Boeing 767-424ER
N77066 is a Boeing 767-424ER, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2002. It has 292 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 3, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 30, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 767-424ER · all 767-424ERs 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 767 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
- 29461
- 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 · Ge CF6-80 SERIES · 47,600 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 292
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- AA6C50 (octal 52466120)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 3, 2002
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- July 20, 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 · May 30, 2002
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00204037
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
- Attn: Treasurer - Willis Tower
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N77066 links to the rest of the register
- Boeing 767 584 registered
- Boeing 6,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric CF6-80 series 238 aircraft with this engine series · 47,600 lb thrust
- United Airlines INC 1,222 aircraft in the fleet
- Chicago, IL 1,567 aircraft registered in this town
- Chicago Midway International · MDW
- Chicago O'Hare International · ORD
- Lansing Municipal · IGQ
- Illinois 8,072 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing 767 475 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing 767 82,584 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing 767 915 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF6-80 series 147 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF6-80 series 2,928 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Flashlight, faulted · 2026-10-07
- Report filed on this aircraft: Aileron, contaminated · 2026-08-27
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, damaged · 2026-08-11
- Where N77066 is now · Last seen today at 4:26 am.
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The public federal record on N77066, 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 United Airlines INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 3, 2002, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated May 30, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29461 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N77066 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 140 (serial 11520, cancelled April 21, 1948). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N77066: Accident on May 3, 2026 at Newark, NJ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 17, 2014 at Newark, NJ: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 767-424ER · operated under 121
On May 3, 2026, about 13:50 eastern daylight time (EDT), United Airlines flight 169, Boeing B767-424ER, N77066, struck a light pole on the New Jersey turnpike while on final approach to runway 29 at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, New Jersey. Debris from the light pole subsequently impacted a tractor-trailer traveling southbound on the New Jersey turnpike. The airplane landed and taxied to the gate without further incident. The 3 flight crew members, 8 cabin crew members and 220 passengers deplaned at the gate without any injury. The driver of the tractor-trailer sustai…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 767 424ER · operated under 121
A hot liquid splashed from a meal box onto the flight attendant's hand, resulting in a 2nd degree burn.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data