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A Airbus A321, the same model family as N64324
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N64324

Airbus S A S A321-271NY

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N64324 is an Airbus S A S A321-271NY, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines. It has 246 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 29, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

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Aircraft

Maker
Airbus S A S
Model
A321-271NY · all A321-271NYs and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail. This is how the Airbus A321 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
13082
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
Seats
246
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A8731B (octal 52071433)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 29, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 29, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01581749

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United Airlines 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
233 S Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60606-7147

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 1

2026-10-29Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

2013-10-23Boeing 727-231 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Connections how N64324 links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N64324, 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 October 29, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 13082 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N64324 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 727-231 (serial 20099, cancelled October 23, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 29, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N64324: Incident on April 17, 1986 at Detroit, MI: 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 1

CHI86IA121Incident on April 17, 1986 at Detroit, MI: no injuries.serial on NTSB record: 20099

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 727-231 · operated under 121

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data