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N53442

Boeing 737-924ER

Valid Illinois

N53442 is a Boeing 737-924ER, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2009. It has 191 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2009 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 10, 2009.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-924ER · all 737-924ERs and related versions
Serial number
33536
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl CFM56-7B26/3 · 25,900 lb thrust
Seats
191
Year built
2009
Transponder code
A6C248 (octal 51541110)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 15, 2009
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · September 10, 2009
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01035341

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United Airlines INC
Type
Corporation
Address
Attn: Treasurer Willis Tower
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 3

2005-09-22Cessna 172S · exported to Germany · Valid registration
1984-05-01Cessna 172P · Valid registration
1975-04-14Cessna 337G · exported to Haiti · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N53442, 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 September 15, 2009, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 10, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33536 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N53442 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 172S (serial 172S9367, cancelled September 22, 2005); Cessna 172P (serial 17274750, cancelled May 1, 1984); Cessna 337G (serial 33701626, cancelled April 14, 1975). 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 N53442: Accident on May 12, 1982 at Sanford, ME: serious injuries, substantial damage. 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

NYC82FA091Accident on May 12, 1982 at Sanford, ME: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 17274750

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 135

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC82FA091 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data