N227LJ1982 Swearingen SA227-AC
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Metro-Jet LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Downey, CA
- Certificate issued
- Apr 3, 2003
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 26, 1982
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Swearingen
- Model
- SA227-AC
- Year
- 1982
- Serial number
- AC-522
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 12
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 12,500 - 19,999 lb
- Mode S code
- A1FC05
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tpe331 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 904 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2003 – nowMetro-Jet LLCDowney, CA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Engine · bearing · failedOct 25, 2017
RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING DESCENT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND PROPELLER FEATHERED. FOUND THE GEARBOX BEARING FAILED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Hydraulic power · hydraulic line · rupturedDec 23, 2013
LEFT & RT HYD PRESS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. LOSS OF HYD PRESS WAS CONFIRMED BY A ZERO PSI INDICATION ON THE HYD PRESS INDICATOR. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION & MADE A SAFE LANDING. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A LG UP HYD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026