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N29975, a Boeing 787-9
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N29975

Boeing 787-9

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N29975 is a Boeing 787-9, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2020. It has 422 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 28, 2020.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
787-9 · all 787-9s and related versions
Built of
composite
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. Carbon-fibre fuselage and wings, the first airliner built mostly of composite. This is how the Boeing 787 Dreamliner 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
66134
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 GENX-1B76A/P2 · 68,600 lb thrust
Seats
422
Year built
2020
Transponder code
A31A54 (octal 50615124)

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, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
November 3, 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 · January 28, 2020
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01310620

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

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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 2

1998-12-28Boeing 737-71Q · exported to India · Valid registration
1971-01-14Waco UPF-7 · Valid registration

Connections how N29975 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Live

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N29975, 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, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated January 28, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 66134 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N29975 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Boeing 737-71Q (serial 29045, cancelled December 28, 1998); Waco UPF-7 (serial 5472, cancelled January 14, 1971). 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 N29975: Accident on December 3, 2024 at Pacific Ocean, OF: serious injuries. 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

DCA25LA055Accident on December 3, 2024 at Pacific Ocean, OF: serious injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 787-9 · operated under 121

An encounter with unexpected turbulence during descent.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data