Timeline
- Built (Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR)Serial number 17000181
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- Current registration certificate issuedOwner type: Corporation
- NTSB accident record CEN11LA072Damage: Substantial · Highest injury: None
- Latest FAA registry actionMost recent change recorded in the FAA registry
- NTSB incident record OPS25LA052ADamage: Not recorded · Highest injury: None
- Registration expiresValid
From FAA registry and NTSB records. Registration dates reflect paperwork, not flights.
The aircraft
- Make & model
- Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 2007
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- GE CF34-8E5 (14,510 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 17000181
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2029
- Certificate issued
- Dec 31, 2009
- 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 Embraer E-Jet family (E170/E175/E190/E195) is a twin-engine regional jet with two seats on each side of the aisle, widely used by regional and mainline airlines.
In plain terms, it's a jet (turbofan) multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 76 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, and about 77 Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De 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 Embraer E-Jet (E170/E175/E190/E195) →
NTSB accident & incident history for N604CZ
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.
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Jul 19, 2025 (00:48 UTC)Incident · Minot, NDNTSB #OPS25LA052AAircraft in report: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LRDamage: Not recordedHighest injury: None
NTSB summary
On July 18, 2025, about 1948 central daylight time (CDT), WarBird03 (WBD03), a US Air Force (USAF) B-52H, enroute to conduct an aerial flyby at the North Dakota Fairgrounds, was involved with a loss of separation event approximately two miles south of Minot International Airport (MOT) with SkyWest (SKW) Airlines flight 3788 (SKW3788), an ERJ-170-200, N604CZ, arriving runway 31 at MOT from Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP). Subsequently, WBD03 was involved in another loss of separation event approximately one mile west-southwest of MOT with N41349, a Piper PA-28-151. WBD03 was operating as a title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 military flight, SKW3788 was operating under title 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled passenger flight, and N41349 was operating as a title 14 CFR Part 91 general aviation flight, conducting local pattern operations at MOT. The Minot International Airport Traffic Control Tower (MOT ATCT) Air Traffic Manager (ATM) stated that at the time of the incident the traffic volume was normal with normal complexity for that time of day. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. The weather at the time …
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Nov 15, 2010 (17:45 UTC)Accident · Minneapolis, MNNTSB #CEN11LA072Aircraft in report: EMBRAER ERJ 170-200 LRDamage: SubstantialHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: The in-flight collision with a flock of birds during climb.
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.