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N855NW, a Airbus A330-223
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026
N855NW

Airbus A330-223

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesGeorgia

N855NW is an Airbus A330-223, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2004. It has 379 seats. It is registered to Delta Air Lines INC, a corporation in Atlanta, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 2009 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated October 25, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Airbus
Model
A330-223 · all A330-223s 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 A330 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
0621
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, 3 motors · P&W PW4000 SER · 60,000 lb thrust
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
379
Year built
2004
Transponder code
ABBB2C (octal 52735454)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 31, 2009
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 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 · October 25, 2004
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00134679

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Delta Air Lines 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
1775 M H Jackson Service Rd
Dept 595 Aircraft Registrations
Atlanta, GA 30354-3743

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N855NW links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Live

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N855NW, 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 Delta Air Lines INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 31, 2009, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated October 25, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0621 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N855NW according to the deregistered file. [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 N855NW: Incident on October 26, 2016 at Seattle, WA: no injuries. Accident on August 29, 2005 at Portland, OR: no injuries, minor 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

ENG17IA003Incident on October 26, 2016 at Seattle, WA: no injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airbus A330 223 · operated under 121

A No. 1 engine fire caused by a fuel manifold supply line high cycle fatigue crack which led to a fuel leak that subsequently ignited on hot engine case surfaces. The fatigue crack originated and progressed due to elevated fuel manifold assembly vibration levels. Engine vibration testing identified a combustor tone that excites a natural (resonant) frequency of the fuel manifolds at specific engine speeds on Pratt & Whitney PW4000-94 and -100 inch fan series engines that feature a TALON II combustor.

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

SEA05LA184Accident on August 29, 2005 at Portland, OR: no injuries, minor damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airbus Industrie A330-223 · operated under 121

The failure of the flight crew to maintain adequate clearance while taxiing.

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