Timeline
- Built (Boeing 757-224)Serial number 27295
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- NTSB incident record NYC07IA015Damage: Not recorded · Highest injury: None
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- Latest FAA registry actionMost recent change recorded in the FAA registry
- Registration expiresValid
From FAA registry and NTSB records. Registration dates reflect paperwork, not flights.
The aircraft
- Make & model
- Boeing 757-224
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 1994
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- ROLLS-ROYC RB-211 SERIES (22,000 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 27295
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2029
- Certificate issued
- Jun 29, 2016
- Airworthiness class
- Standard
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Registered owner
- UNITED AIRLINES INC
The registered owner is often a bank, leasing company or trust, not necessarily the airline or person who flies it.
What kind of aircraft is this?
The Boeing 757 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner built from the early 1980s to 2004, often used on longer domestic and transatlantic routes and as a freighter.
In plain terms, it's a jet (turbofan) multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 40 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, and about 440 Boeing aircraft with closely related model designations, out of 317,717 registered aircraft in total.
An aircraft's age on its own says little about how safe it is: airliners are maintained on strict, regulator-approved schedules, and inspections become more detailed as aircraft get older. More about the Boeing 757 →
NTSB accident & incident history for N17105
1 record found. An "incident" is a less serious event; an "accident" involves serious injury or substantial damage, as defined by the NTSB. Many records involve no injuries at all.
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Oct 28, 2006 (22:31 UTC)Incident · Newark, NJNTSB #NYC07IA015Aircraft in report: Boeing 757-224Damage: Not recordedHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: The flight crew's misidentification of the parallel taxiway as the active runway, resulting in the flight crew executing a landing on the taxiway. Contributing was the night lighting conditions.
Look up full reports by NTSB number in CAROL, the NTSB's public database.
Data: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database (file dated 2026-10-16) and NTSB aviation accident database; refreshed 2026-10-17 20:47 UTC. SafelyAboard shows public records only and does not rate or score aircraft, airlines or operators.