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Embraer EMB-145XR
N16147 is an Embraer EMB-145XR, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2003. It has 55 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 10, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 11, 2003.
Where is it now Last seen Sunday at 8:41 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Embraer
- Model
- EMB-145XR · all EMB-145XRs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 145749
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Rolls-Royc AE3007 SER · 6,442 lb thrust
- Seats
- 55
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A0F869 (octal 50174151)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 10, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 11, 2003
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00066289
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- United Airlines INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 233 S Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60606-7147
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N16147 links to the rest of the register
- Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 313 registered
- Embraer 663 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce AE3007 series 185 aircraft with this engine series · 6,442 lb thrust
- United Airlines INC 1,216 aircraft in the fleet
- Chicago, IL 1,559 aircraft registered in this town
- Chicago Midway International · MDW
- Chicago O'Hare International · ORD
- Lansing Municipal · IGQ
- Illinois 8,049 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 128 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 52,493 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 87 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce AE3007 series 16 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Rolls-Royce AE3007 series 304 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Lamp, inoperative · 2026-10-23
- Report filed on this aircraft: Lamp, inoperative · 2026-08-11
- Report filed on this aircraft: Oil System, overserviced · 2026-05-14
- Where N16147 is now · Last seen Sunday at 8:41 pm.
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The public federal record on N16147, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to United Airlines INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 10, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated September 11, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 145749 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16147 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson SR-8A (serial 9716, cancelled December 17, 1937). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N16147: Accident on September 13, 2014 at Chicago, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Embraer EMB 145XR · operated under 121
The tractor driver's failure to give way to the taxiing airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data