N253US is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Boeing 727-251. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 23, 1994 when the aircraft was exported to Nigeria. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Boeing 727-251 cancelled September 23, 1994
- Serial number
- 19972
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbojet
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Nigeria
- Certificate issued
- August 4, 1993
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 1993
- Last owner
- Alg INC (Corporation)
Kansas City, MO - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N253US
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-200 · serial 19972
The flight dispatcher failure to provide the flight crew with current in-flight turbulence information that resulted in the in-flight encounter with turbulence during climb. A factor was the pilots failure to obtain adequate weather information.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site