Timeline
- Built (Airbus A350-941)Serial number 0149
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- Latest FAA registry actionMost recent change recorded in the FAA registry
- NTSB accident record DCA24FA299ADamage: Minor · Highest injury: Minor
- Registration expiresValid
From FAA registry and NTSB records. Registration dates reflect paperwork, not flights.
The aircraft
- Make & model
- Airbus A350-941
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 2017
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- ROLLS-ROYC TRENT XWB-84 (84,200 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 0149
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2027
- Certificate issued
- Oct 31, 2017
- Airworthiness class
- Standard
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Registered owner
- DELTA AIR LINES 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 Airbus A350 is a twin-engine, twin-aisle long-haul jet with a largely carbon-composite structure, in service since 2015.
In plain terms, it's a jet (turbofan) multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 13 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, 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 Airbus A350 →
NTSB accident & incident history for N503DN
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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Sep 10, 2024 (14:07 UTC)Accident · College Park, GANTSB #DCA24FA299AAircraft in report: AIRBUS A350-941Damage: MinorHighest injury: Minor
NTSB summary
On September 10, 2024, about 1007 eastern daylight time, Delta Air Lines flight 295, an Airbus A350-941, N503DN, collided with Endeavor Air flight 5526 (dba Delta Air Lines), a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) CRJ-900, N302PQ, while taxiing for departure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, Georgia. (In this report, flight 295 is referred to as the A350 airplane, and flight 5526 is referred to as the CRJ airplane.) The CRJ was holding short of runway 8R on taxiway H waiting for takeoff clearance, and the A350 was taxiing along intersecting taxiway E. As the A350 passed behind the CRJ, where the taxiways intersected, the right wingtip of the A350 impacted the vertical stabilizer of the CRJ, which resulted in substantial damage to the empennage of the CRJ (figure 1) and minor damage to the A350. The passengers and crew aboard both airplanes were not injured except for a flight attendant aboard the CRJ, who sustained a minor injury. The A350 was operating under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a scheduled international passenger flight from ATL to Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND), Tokyo, Japan. The CRJ was …
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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.