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Embraer EMB-145XR
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.
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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
- 145741
- 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
- A1C03A (octal 50340072)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 30, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- December 22, 2025
- 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 · February 25, 2005
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00059199
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 3
Connections how N21144 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 8,050 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 128 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Embraer EMB-145 ERJ 145 52,474 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: Battery Pack, inoperative · 2026-07-16
- Report filed on this aircraft: Battery Pack, inoperative · 2026-07-15
- Report filed on this aircraft: Battery Pack, inoperative · 2026-06-11
- Where N21144 is now · Last seen today at 8:55 pm.
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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.
Valid registration to United Airlines INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 30, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated February 25, 2005, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 145741 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
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]
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 N21144: Accident on June 20, 1992 at Lebanon, PA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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: 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
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data