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N874AA, a Boeing 727-223
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026
N874AA

Boeing 727-223

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N874AA is a Boeing 727-223, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1978. It has 134 seats. It is registered to Antares Aviation LLC, an LLC in Boca Raton, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 16, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 12, 1978.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
727-223 · all 727-223s 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 727 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
21386
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 JT8D-9 SER · 14,500 lb thrust
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
134
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
435 mph
Transponder code
AC0533 (octal 53002463)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 16, 2021
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 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 · April 12, 1978
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00672191

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Antares Aviation 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
9858 Clint Moore Rd Ste 111 # 182
Boca Raton, FL 33496-1044

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N874AA links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N874AA, 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 Antares Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 16, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated April 12, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21386 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N874AA 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N874AA. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data