N805NW2003 Airbus A330-323
Timeline
- Built (Airbus A330-323)Serial number 0552
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- NTSB incident record DCA09IA064Damage: Not recorded · 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
- Airbus A330-323
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 2003
- Engine type
- Turbofan (jet) · 2 engines
- Engine model
- P&W PW4000 SER (60,000 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 0552
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 Airbus A330 is a twin-engine, twin-aisle (wide-body) jet used on medium and long-haul routes since the 1990s.
In plain terms, it's a jet (turbofan) multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 21 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, and about 124 Airbus 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 Airbus A330 →
NTSB accident & incident history for N805NW
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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Jun 23, 2009 (03:03 UTC)Incident · Kagoshima, JPNTSB #DCA09IA064Aircraft in report: AIRBUS A330-323Damage: Not recordedHighest injury: None
NTSB probable cause: Brief and temporary blockage of the pitot probes in cruise flight, most likely due to ice crystals aloft, leading to erroneous airspeed indications and airplane automation degradation as designed. Contributing to the incidents were design features of the Thales AA probes which left them more susceptible to high altitude ice crystal icing than other approved pitot probe designs.
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.