Timeline
- Built (Boeing 787-8)Serial number 34829
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- NTSB incident record ENG15IA037Damage: Minor · Highest injury: Not recorded
- 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 787-8
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 2012
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- GE GENX SERIES (56,300 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 34829
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2028
- Certificate issued
- Oct 31, 2012
- 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 787 Dreamliner is a twin-engine, twin-aisle long-haul jet with a largely carbon-composite structure, in service since 2011.
In plain terms, it's a jet (turbofan) multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 69 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, and about 214 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 787 Dreamliner →
NTSB accident & incident history for N26906
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 10, 2014 (13:00 UTC)Incident · London, GBNTSB #ENG15IA037Aircraft in report: BOEING 787-8Damage: MinorHighest injury: Not recorded
NTSB probable cause: A shutdown of the displays due to the inability to operate through a rapid transient radiated electric field brought on by a near field lightning strike. Contributing to the loss of displays for the remainder of the flight was the lack of guidance to the crew to perform a controlled power reset to the display.
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.