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N612FE

Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F

Valid Tennessee

N612FE is a Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1993. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Federal Express CORP, a corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 22, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Mcdonnell Douglas
Model
MD-11F · all MD-11Fs and related versions
Serial number
48605
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 3 motors · Ge CF6-80 SERIES · 47,600 lb thrust
Seats
7
Year built
1993
Transponder code
A7F6AE (octal 51773256)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 23, 2017
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · September 22, 1993
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00593792

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Federal Express CORP
Type
Corporation
Address
Attn: Mgr FAA & Industry Affairs
3131 Democrat Rd
Memphis, TN 38118-1516

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N612FE, 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 Federal Express CORP, a corporation, certificate issued March 23, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 22, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 48605 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N612FE according to the deregistered file. [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

2 NTSB records under N612FE: Accident on December 26, 2012 at Memphis, TN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Incident on March 23, 2010: no 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 2

DCA13CA035Accident on December 26, 2012 at Memphis, TN: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · operated under 121

the operator's failure to provide appropriate training and documentation for ground personnel, leading the marshaller to inadvertently guide the airplane into the collision.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA13CA035 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

DCA10WA042Incident on March 23, 2010: no injuries.serial on NTSB record: 48550

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F · operated under 121

On March 23, 2010, at 13:17 UTC, a Federal Express MD-11, US registered N612FE, declared an emergency and diverted to Hungary (LHBP) due to a low fuel indication. The flight was en route to Paris from Dubai. There were 3 crew members on board and no injuries were reported. There was no reported hazardous material on board. On the ground, the fuel indication went to normal. TSB Hungary is investigating this incident.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA10WA042 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