Timeline
- Built (Boeing 757-251)Serial number 26487
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- NTSB accident record DCA22LA178Damage: Substantial · Highest injury: None
- 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 757-251
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 1996
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- P & W PW2037 (37,530 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 26487
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Feb 29, 2028
- Certificate issued
- Feb 4, 2015
- 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 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 18 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 N540US
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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Aug 7, 2022 (01:15 UTC)Accident · Atlanta, GANTSB #DCA22LA178Aircraft in report: BOEING 757-251Damage: SubstantialHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: The overpitch control of the airplane during landing resulting in a tail strike.
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.