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N21144

Embraer EMB-145XR

Valid Illinois

N21144 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 January 30, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated February 25, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Embraer
Model
EMB-145XR · all EMB-145XRs and related versions
Serial number
145741
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Rolls-Royc AE3007 SER · 6,442 lb thrust
Seats
55
Year built
2003
Transponder code
A1C03A (octal 50340072)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 30, 2019
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
December 22, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · February 25, 2005
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00059199

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 3

1995-10-17Nigro Victor E KR-2 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1970-06-17Stinson HW75 · Valid registration
—Piper PA-28-181 · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N21144, 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 January 30, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated February 25, 2005, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 145741 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N21144 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Nigro Victor E KR-2 (serial 001, cancelled October 17, 1995); Stinson HW75 (serial 7047, cancelled June 17, 1970); Piper PA-28-181 (serial 288190001, cancelled date not given). 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 N21144: Accident on June 20, 1992 at Lebanon, PA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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

NYC92LA122Accident on June 20, 1992 at Lebanon, PA: serious injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 001

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Victor E. Nigro KR-2 · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND UNCONTROLLED DESCENT TO THE GROUND. FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPEREINCE IN THE TYPE OF AIRPLANE AND THE PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data