Boeing 747-4HQF
N782CK is a Boeing 747-4HQF, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2009. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Kalitta Air LLC, an LLC in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2011 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 6, 2009.
Where is it now Last seen Wednesday at 1:06 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 747-4HQF · all 747-4HQFs 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 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
- 37304
- 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 · Ge CF6-80C2B5F · 60,030 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- AA9830 (octal 52514060)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 2011
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 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 · November 6, 2009
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01029751
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
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N782CK links to the rest of the register
- Boeing 747 192 registered
- Boeing 6,679 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric CF6-80C2B5F 4 aircraft with this engine series · 60,030 lb thrust
- Kalitta Air LLC 39 aircraft in the fleet
- Ypsilanti, MI 138 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing 747 867 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing 747 52,441 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing 747 1,449 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF6-80C2B5F 38 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF6-80C2B5F 44 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Fuel Nozzle, unsecure · 2026-10-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Engine, unserviceable · 2026-10-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Longeron Fitting, cracked · 2025-09-25
- Where N782CK is now · Last seen Wednesday at 1:06 pm.
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The public federal record on N782CK, 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 Kalitta Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 29, 2011, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated November 6, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 37304 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N782CK 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 N782CK: Accident on August 17, 2024 at Istanbul, OF: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 747-4HQF · operated under 121
The fatigue failure of multiple hinge ribs associated with the right outboard aileron, which resulted in abnormal aileron movement and airframe vibration. Contributing to the failure was the mis-rigged condition of the right outboard aileron, which increased operational loads on the hinge fittings during cruise flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data