Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42
16 on the U.S. register across 2 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1987 to 1993; half of them date from 1991 or earlier. Tennessee has the most (16). 100% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.
About the ATR 42 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turboprops
- Power
- Turboprop, 2 engines
- Common engines
- P&W Canada Pw120 (11), P&W Canada Pw121 (4), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (1)
- Seats
- 50
- Built of
- aluminium with composite parts · Aluminium fuselage, composite wing box and tail.
- Maker on the register
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia
- Registered
- earliest certificate February 6, 2003; newest June 15, 2004
Who owns them registrant type
By owner type, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation | 16 | 100% |
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 42-300 | 12 | 1987 to 1993 | 75.0% |
| ATR 42-320 | 4 | 1992 | 25.0% |
When they were built by decade · 3 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
No data
Airworthiness certificate class
By airworthiness certificate, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 14 | 88% |
| Experimental | 2 | 12% |
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Largest fleets, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Federal Express CORP | 16 |
Fleet pages: Federal Express CORP
Accident history NTSB records · 1 cases since 1982, 0 fatal
The 1 most recent of 1 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
16 as of October 23, 2026, counting 2 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42s?
Tennessee, with 16.
Who owns the Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42?
100% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.
When were the Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42s on the register built?
Between 1987 and 1993; half of them in 1991 or earlier.
How many Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42 accidents has the NTSB recorded?
1 accidents and incidents since 1982, 0 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.
What is the Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42 made of?
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Aluminium fuselage, composite wing box and tail. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42 the component layer
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Aluminium fuselage, composite wing box and tail. The design is held under 1 type certificate (A53EU, held by Atr – Gie Avions de Transport Régional). The FAA has issued 171 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about other and general. Operators and repair shops have filed 5,702 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 532 of them in the last ten years: about 332.5 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is airframe structure. 106 approved modifications exist for it, the most by Rockwell Collins INC.
FAA orders 171 airworthiness directives · newest first
All orders naming the Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42
By system
Orders by system, as a table
| orders | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other and general | 24 | 14% |
| Landing gear | 24 | 14% |
| Engine | 24 | 14% |
| Cabin, seats and restraints | 21 | 12% |
| Airframe structure | 19 | 11% |
| Instruments and avionics | 19 | 11% |
| Flight controls | 17 | 10% |
| Emergency equipment | 6 | 4% |
Failure reports 5,702 since 1995 · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 95 | 347 |
| 96 | 477 |
| 97 | 553 |
| 98 | 556 |
| 99 | 563 |
| 00 | 625 |
| 01 | 349 |
| 02 | 239 |
| 03 | 28 |
| 04 | 14 |
| 05 | 28 |
| 06 | 52 |
| 07 | 226 |
| 08 | 62 |
| 09 | 69 |
| 10 | 49 |
| 11 | 149 |
| 12 | 105 |
| 13 | 169 |
| 14 | 224 |
| 15 | 116 |
| 16 | 170 |
| 17 | 163 |
| 18 | 82 |
| 19 | 82 |
| 20 | 53 |
| 21 | 13 |
| 22 | 28 |
| 23 | 40 |
| 24 | 29 |
| 25 | 35 |
| 26 | 7 |
By system
Failure reports by system, as a table
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Seat Track | 428 |
| Floorbeam | 297 |
| Skin | 294 |
| Frame | 261 |
| Battery Pack | 258 |
| Stringer | 226 |
| Light | 139 |
| Fitting | 120 |
| Power Supply | 107 |
| Bulb | 106 |
Latest reports
Approved replacement parts 1,225 parts manufacturer approvals
Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:
Most often: seal (42), bushing (40), bearing (32), ball bearing (28), gasket (27), bumper strip (24), shroud (23), marker symbol (20), cylinder (19), battery (17).
Approved modifications 106 supplemental type certificates
Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:
Latest
Certificates and bulletins
Special conditions rules the FAA wrote for this design
Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how the ATR 42 links to the rest of the register
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia 17 aircraft on the register
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 12 registered
- Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 4 registered
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · Aluminium fuselage, composite wing box and tail.
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 11 of these aircraft · 1800 hp
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 4 of these aircraft · 1950 hp
- Tennessee 16 of these aircraft
- Federal Express CORP 16 of these aircraft
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the ATR 42 1 cases since 1982 · 0 fatal
- FAA orders naming the ATR 42 171 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the ATR 42 5,702 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the ATR 42 106 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia/atr-42.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 16
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N920FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2004-06-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N921FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Experimental | 2004-05-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N919FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2004-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N916FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2004-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N918FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2004-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N917FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2004-01-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N914FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-11-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N915FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-11-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N912FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Experimental | 2003-10-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N913FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-10-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N910FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N909FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-09-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N903FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N907FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-03-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N901FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N906FX | Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 |
Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2003-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |