Timeline
- Built (Boeing 787-9)Serial number 36406
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- NTSB accident record DCA16CA021Damage: Not recorded · Highest injury: Serious
- Latest FAA registry actionMost recent change recorded in the FAA registry
- NTSB accident record DCA25LA173Damage: Not recorded · Highest injury: Serious
- Registration expiresValid
From FAA registry and NTSB records. Registration dates reflect paperwork, not flights.
The aircraft
- Make & model
- Boeing 787-9
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 2015
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- GE GENX-1B74/75/ (76,700 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 36406
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2028
- Certificate issued
- Sep 18, 2015
- 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 118 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. That's a well-established type that mechanics, pilots and regulators know very well.
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 N27958
2 records 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.
-
Mar 27, 2025 (20:34 UTC)Accident · Claveria, OF, PHNTSB #DCA25LA173Aircraft in report: BOEING 787Damage: Not recordedHighest injury: Serious
NTSB probable cause: An encounter with convective turbulence during cruise that was not detected in advance by cockpit weather radar or weather information services.
-
Nov 7, 2015 (11:00 UTC)Accident · Beaumont, TXNTSB #DCA16CA021Aircraft in report: BOEING 787Damage: Not recordedHighest injury: Serious
NTSB probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence resulting in serious injury to a flight attendant.
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.