Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F
N250UP is a Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1995. It has 7 seats. It is registered to United Parcel Service CO, a corporation in Louisville, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 15, 2001 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 28, 2001.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas
- Model
- MD-11F · all MD-11Fs 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 Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 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
- 48745
- 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, 3 motors · Ge CF6-80 SERIES · 47,600 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1995
- Transponder code
- A2594E (octal 50454516)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 15, 2001
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 28, 2001
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00843665
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- United Parcel Service CO
- 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
- 1400 N Hurstbourne Pkwy
Louisville, KY 40223-4015
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.
Connections how N250UP links to the rest of the register
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 104 registered
- Mcdonnell Douglas 254 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric CF6-80 series 238 aircraft with this engine series · 47,600 lb thrust
- Type certificate A22WE · held by The Boeing Company
- United Parcel Service CO 237 aircraft in the fleet
- Louisville, KY 627 aircraft registered in this town
- Bowman Field · LOU
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International · SDF
- Kentucky 2,981 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 261 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 39,276 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 278 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF6-80 series 147 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF6-80 series 2,928 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Battery, no test · 2025-04-29
- Report filed on this aircraft: Wire Harness, damaged · 2025-03-14
- Report filed on this aircraft: Window Frame, corroded · 2024-07-17
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The public federal record on N250UP, 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 Parcel Service CO, a corporation, certificate issued March 15, 2001, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 28, 2001, 6 years after the 1995 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 48745 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N250UP 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 N250UP: Accident on June 7, 2005 at Louisville, KY: no 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · operated under 121
The flying pilot's improper aircraft handling after main landing gear touchdown, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear assembly. Conributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision during the landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data