Timeline
- Built (Airbus Industrie A319-131)Serial number 0871
- Airworthiness certificate issuedClass: Standard
- NTSB incident record DCA10IA021Damage: Minor · Highest injury: Minor
- 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 Industrie A319-131
- Category
- Fixed-wing airplane, multi-engine
- Year built
- 1998
- Engine type
- Turbojet · 2 engines
- Engine model
- IAE V2500SERIES (25,000 lb thrust)
- Max takeoff weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Serial number
- 0871
Registration
- Status
- Valid
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2029
- Certificate issued
- Apr 1, 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 Airbus A320 family (A318/A319/A320/A321) is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner family in service since 1988 and one of the most common airliners in the world, used for short and medium-haul routes.
In plain terms, it's a turbojet multi-engine airplane. Certification: Type certificated (factory design approved by the FAA).
There are 50 aircraft of this exact model variant on the US register, and about 166 Airbus Industrie 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 A320 family →
NTSB accident & incident history for N816UA
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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Jan 10, 2010 (14:15 UTC)Incident · Newark, NJNTSB #DCA10IA021Aircraft in report: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-131Damage: MinorHighest injury: Minor
NTSB probable cause: A mechanical failure of internal components of the right main landing gear door actuator resulting in the flight crew being unable to fully extend the right main landing gear using the normal and alternate procedures. Contributing to this incident was a circular reference in the company Flight Manual in which the Landing Gear Gravity Extension checklist referred back to the Landing Gear Unsafe Indication After Extension checklist rather than the Landing Gear - Partial Gear or Gear Up Landing checklist.
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.