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Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)
N590AA is a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1991. It has 172 seats. It is registered to Frontera Flight Holdings INC, a corporation in Dover, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 11, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 24, 1991.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas
- Model
- DC-9-83(MD-83) · all DC-9-83(MD-83)s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 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
- 53253
- 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 · P & W JT8D SERIES · 7,700 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 172
- Year built
- 1991
- Transponder code
- A79D68 (octal 51716550)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 11, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- 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 · September 24, 1991
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00164831
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Frontera Flight Holdings 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
- 3500 S Dupont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901-6041
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N590AA links to the rest of the register
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 93 registered
- Mcdonnell Douglas 254 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney JT8D series 82 aircraft with this engine series · 7,700 lb thrust
- Frontera Flight Holdings INC 18 aircraft in the fleet
- Dover, DE 1,044 aircraft registered in this town
- Dover Air Force Base · DOV
- Chandelle Airport · 0N4
- Deldot Helistop · 0N5
- Delaware 10,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 402 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 16,649 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 873 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney JT8D series 69 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney JT8D series 3,031 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Cover, dislodged · 2018-07-11
- Report filed on this aircraft: Windshield, delaminated · 2018-05-20
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, cracked · 2018-03-13
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The public federal record on N590AA, 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 Frontera Flight Holdings INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 11, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated September 24, 1991, consistent with the 1991 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 53253 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N590AA 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]
1 NTSB record under N590AA: Accident on December 22, 1996 at San Jose, CA: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-83 · operated under 121
The flight's encounter with severe turbulence while the injured cabin crew was standing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data