Boeing 737-73W
N712JM is a Boeing 737-73W, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2013. It has 149 seats. It is registered to NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center, a government body in Edwards, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 29, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; to show compliance with regulations, dated June 23, 2020.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 737-73W · all 737-73Ws 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 Boeing 737 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
- 40116
- 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 · Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E · 27,300 lb thrust
- Seats
- 149
- Year built
- 2013
- Transponder code
- A9844F (octal 52302117)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 29, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and development; To show compliance with regulationsFAA certificate purpose code 10 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 23, 2020
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01109678
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- Attn: Jerry Dobbins
PO Box 273
Edwards, CA 93523-0273
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N712JM links to the rest of the register
- Boeing 737 2,891 registered
- Boeing 6,672 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- CFM International CFM56-7B27E 324 aircraft with this engine series · 27,300 lb thrust
- NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center 29 aircraft in the fleet
- Edwards, CA 38 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing 737 853 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing 737 436,304 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing 737 2,230 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the CFM International CFM56-7B27E 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the CFM International CFM56-7B27E 1,217 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N712JM, 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 NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center, a government body, certificate issued September 29, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 23, 2020, 7 years after the 2013 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40116 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N712JM 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 N712JM: Accident on August 29, 1994 at Orr, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 210L · operated under 091
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE FALSE INDICATION FROM THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES, AND TERRAIN CONDITION IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data