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N976NN, a Boeing 737-823
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N976NN

Boeing 737-823

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N976NN is a Boeing 737-823, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2015. It has 162 seats. It is registered to Wilmington Trust CO Trustee, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 17, 2015 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated August 11, 2015.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-823 · all 737-823s 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 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
33243
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 CFM56-7B24E · 24,200 lb thrust
Seats
162
Year built
2015
Transponder code
AD9B28 (octal 53315450)

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 17, 2015
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 · August 11, 2015
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01174351

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wilmington Trust CO Trustee
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: Corporate Trust Admin
1100 N Market St
Wilmington, DE 19890-1605

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N976NN 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 N976NN, 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 Wilmington Trust CO Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued August 17, 2015, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated August 11, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 33243 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N976NN 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

1 NTSB record under N976NN: Incident on February 17, 2023 at Sarasota, FL: no injuries. 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 1

DCA23LA179Incident on February 17, 2023 at Sarasota, FL: no injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-823 · operated under 121

The local controller’s failure to prioritize and properly monitor the runway and airport environment along with his erroneous assumption that ROU 1633 would depart from runway 14 before AAL2172 arrived to land on the same runway, which resulted in a loss of separation between both airplanes.

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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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