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N706CK, a Boeing 747-4B5F
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N706CK

Boeing 747-4B5F

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N706CK is a Boeing 747-4B5F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2001. It has 490 seats. It is registered to Kalitta Air LLC, an LLC in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated October 18, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
747-4B5F · all 747-4B5Fs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Boeing 747 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
27073
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, 4 motors · P & W PW4056 · 56,750 lb thrust
Seats
490
Year built
2001
Transponder code
A96B14 (octal 52265424)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 2, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Last FAA action
March 2, 2026
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 · October 18, 2017
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01231904

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kalitta Air LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
818 Willow Run Airport
Ypsilanti, MI 48198-0899

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 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2014-02-07Boeing 747-249F · Valid registration

Connections how N706CK links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Ypsilanti, MI 138 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,224 aircraft registered
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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N706CK, 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 Kalitta Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 2, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 18, 2017, 16 years after the 2001 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27073 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N706CK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 747-249F (serial 21827, cancelled February 7, 2014). 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

2 NTSB records under N706CK: Accident on June 3, 1995 at Panama City: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 29, 1995 at Belleville, MI: no 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 2

MIA95WA143Accident on June 3, 1995 at Panama City: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing B-747-238 · operated under 121

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

CHI95LA078Accident on January 29, 1995 at Belleville, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 20010

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 747-238B · operated under 091

the failure of company maintenance personnel to adequately secure the cargo pallets, and the failure of the flightcrew to detect the deficiency during their preflight inspection.

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 October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data