Boeing 767-300F
N178FE is a Boeing 767-300F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Federal Express CORP, a corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated August 8, 2019.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 9:29 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 767-300F · all 767-300Fs 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 Boeing 767 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
- 63109
- 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 · Ge CF6-80C2B6F · 60,030 lb thrust
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A13767 (octal 50233547)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 9, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 8, 2024
- 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 · August 8, 2019
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01298399
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Federal Express CORP
- 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
- Attn Manager FAA & Ind Affairs
3131 Democrat Rd
Memphis, TN 38118-1516
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N178FE links to the rest of the register
- Boeing 767 584 registered
- Boeing 6,675 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric CF6-80C2B6F 259 aircraft with this engine series · 60,030 lb thrust
- Federal Express CORP 586 aircraft in the fleet
- Memphis, TN 1,014 aircraft registered in this town
- Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport · MEM
- General Dewitt Spain Airport · M01
- Tennessee 6,524 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing 767 475 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing 767 82,482 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing 767 915 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF6-80C2B6F 46 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF6-80C2B6F 1,456 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, gouged · 2025-06-02
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, gouged · 2025-05-29
- Report filed on this aircraft: Floor Panel, cracked · 2025-05-23
- Where N178FE is now · Last seen yesterday at 9:29 pm.
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The public federal record on N178FE, 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 Federal Express CORP, a corporation, certificate issued September 9, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated August 8, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 63109 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N178FE according to the deregistered file. [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 N178FE: Incident on March 1, 2025 at Newark, NJ: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 767 · operated under 121
On March 1, 2025, at 0800 eastern standard time, FedEx flight 3609, a Boeing 767-300F, powered by two General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofan engines, registration number N178FE, struck birds during initial climb after takeoff from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, New Jersey. There were no injuries to the 2 crew and 1 passenger on board. The flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 domestic cargo flight from EWR to Indianapolis International Airport (IND), Indianapolis, Indiana. The flight crewmembers reported that after takeoff…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data