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N16147

Embraer EMB-145XR

Valid Illinois

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.

Aircraft

Maker
Embraer
Model
EMB-145XR · all EMB-145XRs and related versions
Serial number
145749
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Rolls-Royc AE3007 SER · 6,442 lb thrust
Seats
55
Year built
2003
Transponder code
A0F869 (octal 50174151)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 10, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · September 11, 2003
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00066289

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United Airlines INC
Type
Corporation
Address
233 S Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60606-7147

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1937-12-17Stinson SR-8A · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to United Airlines INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 10, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 11, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 145749 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N16147: Accident on September 13, 2014 at Chicago, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

DCA14CA170Accident on September 13, 2014 at Chicago, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Embraer EMB 145XR · operated under 121

The tractor driver's failure to give way to the taxiing airplane.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA14CA170 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data