Timeline
- Built (Boeing 757-222)Serial number 24744
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- NTSB incident record DEN93IA027Damage: Not recorded · Highest injury: None
- NTSB accident record DEN93LA098Damage: Substantial · Highest injury: None
- NTSB accident record SEA08LA061BDamage: Substantial · 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 757-222
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 1990
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- P & W PW2040 (40,900 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 24744
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2029
- Certificate issued
- Sep 16, 2013
- 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 38 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 N508UA
3 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.
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Jan 14, 2008 (03:29 UTC)Accident · San Francisco, CANTSB #SEA08LA061BAircraft in report: BOEING 757-222Damage: SubstantialHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: The company tug operator's failure to maintain clearance with another aircraft during the pushback process. Also causal was the ground controller's failure to alert the pilot of the other aircraft and tug operator of this airplane of the simultaneous pushback occurring from adjacent gates. Contributing to the accident was the company's pushback operation without the use of wing/tail walkers.
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Aug 2, 1993 (15:47 UTC)Accident · Denver, CONTSB #DEN93LA098Aircraft in report: BOEING 757-222Damage: SubstantialHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: THE FIRST OFFICER'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. FACTORS WERE: THE FIRST OFFICER'S DELAYED INITIATION OF THE FLARE, AND THE CAPTAIN'S IMPROPER SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT.
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Feb 14, 1993 (02:15 UTC)Incident · Grand Junction, CONTSB #DEN93IA027Aircraft in report: BOEING 757-222Damage: Not recordedHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: FAILURE OF THE LEFT GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (GCU), INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATOR (IDG), RIGHT (SIDE) ENGINE INDICATOR AND CREW ALERT SYSTEM (EICAS), AND BUS TIE BAR (BTB).
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.