N40061 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-10F built in 1979. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 29, 2024. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N40061 is reserved by Federal Express CORP since May 21, 2026. Reservation type: Fee paid. An expiration notice was issued on March 21, 2027.
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-10F cancelled January 29, 2024
- Serial number
- 46973
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbofan
- Year built
- 1979
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 30, 2006
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Last owner
- Federal Express CORP (Corporation)
Memphis, TN - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
Piper PA-28-161 cancelled November 14, 1977
- Serial number
- 28-7816010
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1977
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- United Kingdom
- Certificate issued
- September 2, 1977
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Interflight INC (Corporation)
Avon Park, FL - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N40061
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10 · serial 46973
the ARTCC personnel failed to maintain radio communications with both airplanes and failed to maintain IFR separation standards. Factors relating to the incident were the FAA does not require cargo airplanes to be equipped with TCAS and neither airplane was equipped with TCAS.
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
