Boeing 757-222
N508UA is a Boeing 757-222, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1990. It has 178 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2013 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 18, 1990.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 757-222 · all 757-222s and related versions
- Serial number
- 24744
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turbofan, 2 motors · P & W PW2040 · 40,900 lb thrust
- Seats
- 178
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- A6596B (octal 51454553)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 16, 2013
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · April 18, 1990
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00464681
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- United Airlines INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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.
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The public federal record on N508UA, 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 September 16, 2013, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated April 18, 1990, consistent with the 1990 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24744 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N508UA 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]
3 NTSB records under N508UA: Accident on January 14, 2008 at San Francisco, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 1993 at Denver, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on February 14, 1993 at Grand Junction, CO: no injuries. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 757-222 · operated under 121
The company tug operator's failure to maintain clearance with another aircraft during the pushback process. Also causal was the ground controller's failure to alert the pilot of the other aircraft and tug operator of this airplane of the simultaneous pushback occurring from adjacent gates. Contributing to the accident was the company's pushback operation without the use of wing/tail walkers.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA08LA061 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 757-222 · operated under 121
THE FIRST OFFICER'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. FACTORS WERE: THE FIRST OFFICER'S DELAYED INITIATION OF THE FLARE, AND THE CAPTAIN'S IMPROPER SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN93LA098 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 757-222 · operated under 121
FAILURE OF THE LEFT GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (GCU), INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATOR (IDG), RIGHT (SIDE) ENGINE INDICATOR AND CREW ALERT SYSTEM (EICAS), AND BUS TIE BAR (BTB).
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN93IA027 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data