# Incident 20090223025809I: Gulfstream G-IV, Providenciales, February 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2009, 11:55 local time
- Place: Providenciales
- Airport: Providenciales International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IMJA
- Aircraft: N403TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N403TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (registry code 3980115, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-611SER (registry code 54561, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-611ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM G-IV
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC TAY 611SER
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090223025809I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N403TB WAS CONDUCTING A CHARTER FROM TAPA TO KILM WHEN THEY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE CARGO COMPARTMENT.  THEY DIVERTED TO AND LANDED AT PROVIDENCIALES AIRPORT (MBPV) TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.INVESTIGATION OF THE SOURCE FOUND THAT THE COMPRESSOR MOTOR FOR THE WATER COMPRESSOR SYSTEM FAILED, WHICH OPENED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.  THE FAILURE OF THE MOTOR WAS THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE.THE WATER COMPRESSOR SYSTEM WAS DEFFERED BY MEL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO KPBI FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER COMPRESSOR MOTOR UNIT.THE COMPANY FILED A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT FOR CEF INDUSTRIES, INC. PART NUMBER 7047M3, S/N 107386.

## Other reports on N403TB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20211220019271I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211220019271I), Dec 20, 2021: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV (N403TB), Lihue, HI, Minor damage. On 12/20/21 the aircrew of citation jet N403TB was conducting an aircraft repositioning flight. While taxiing from parking at Lihue Airport on kauai, citation…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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