N249902024 Boeing 787-9
Registration validUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 16, 2026
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 198267 ADs may apply4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- United Airlines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Chicago, IL
- Certificate issued
- Dec 12, 2024
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Dec 6, 2024
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Model
- 787-9
- Year
- 2024
- Serial number
- 38276
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 422
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A2551A
Engine
- Make and model
- Ge Genx-1b76a/P2
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 68,600 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2024 – nowUnited Airlines INCChicago, IL · current
- 1941 – 1948Individual ownerGlendale, MO · different airframe: 1939 Piper J4a S/N 4-781
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (67)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-20-10 | Flight Controls | Nov 12, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB270055-00 RB, Issue 002, dated November 25, 2024 |
| 2026-20-02 | Air | Oct 14, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Equipped with Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000-A, -A2, -AE, -AE2, -C, -C2, -CE, -CE2, -D, -D2, -E, -G, -G2, -H, -H2, -J2, -K2, or -L2 engines. |
| 2026-20-01 | Fuselage | Nov 2, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530108-00 RB, Issue 001, dated November 5, 2025 |
| 2026-17-02 | Wings | Oct 1, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB570048-00 RB, Issue 001, dated August 11, 2025 |
| 2026-13-07 | Equipment/ furnishings | Aug 6, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250253-00 RB, Issue 002 (787-8, 787-9); Boeing Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250254-00 RB, Issue 001 (787-10) |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-13-11 | Navigation | Jul 1, 2026 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2026-12-07 | Auto flight | Jul 20, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB220004-00 RB, Issue 001, dated April 22, 2025 |
| 2026-09-01 | Water/waste | Jun 3, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB380021-00 RB, Issue 001, dated August 12, 2022 |
| 2026-05-01 | Navigation | Apr 16, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB340065-00 RB, Issue 001, dated February 11, 2025 |
| 2026-02-10 | Water/waste | Mar 9, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Certain serial numbers: 6–687; 689–954; 956–970; 972–982; 984–989; 991–996; …. Only with: Ranges are airplane line numbers, not serial numbers. |
| 2026-01-04 | Fuselage | Feb 20, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530090-00 RB, Issue 001, dated February 24, 2025 |
| 2026-01-06 | Fuselage | Feb 20, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530089-00 RB, Issue 001, dated February 7, 2025 |
| 2025-23-05 | Fuselage | Jan 13, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530093-00 RB, Issue 001, dated October 5, 2024 |
| 2025-23-06 | Fuselage | Jan 13, 2026 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530091-00 RB, Issue 001, dated February 7, 2025 |
| 2025-20-03 | Equipment/ furnishings | Nov 6, 2025 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB250302-00 RB, Issue 001, dated August 21, 2024. Only with: Airplanes identified in the bulletin, except Group 3, Configuration 1 and Group 4, Configuration 3 airplanes. |
| 2025-18-02 | Oxygen | Oct 22, 2025 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2025-06-13 | Fuselage | Jul 2, 2025 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530084-00 RB, Issue 002, dated September 5, 2024 |
| 2025-11-05 | Fuselage | Jul 8, 2025 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530086-00 RB, Issue 001, dated October 18, 2024 |
| 2025-09-12 | water waste; 53, Fuselage | Jun 18, 2025 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB530085-00 RB, Issue 001, dated March 6, 2024 |
| 2025-06-10 | Stabilizers | May 2, 2025 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB550013-00 RB, Issue 001, dated August 30, 2024 |
| 2025-01-09 | Windows | Mar 11, 2025 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2024-22-05 | Landing gear | Dec 31, 2024 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2024-18-02 | Equipment/ furnishings | Nov 12, 2024 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2024-16-07 | Instruments; 34, Navigation | Oct 23, 2024 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB340053-00 RB, Issue 001, dated November 16, 2022 |
| 2024-16-14 | Equipment/ furnishings | Aug 21, 2024 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Airplanes with Captain's seat Ipeco P/N 3A380-0007-XX-X or First Officer's seat Ipeco P/N 3A380-0008-XX-X, and airplanes without those seats. |
| 2024-13-05 | Nacelles/ pylons | Sep 24, 2024 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2024-01-04 | Turbine/ turboprop engine | Mar 7, 2024 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: With Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines installed. |
| 2023-25-10 | Equipment/ furnishings | Feb 7, 2024 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Service Letter 787-SL-25-025, dated September 6, 2022 |
| 2023-19-09 | Auto flight | Nov 6, 2023 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2023-12-10 | Navigation | Jun 21, 2023 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2023-10-09 | Fire Protection | Jun 26, 2023 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2023-08-02 | Cargo and accessory compartments | Jun 20, 2023 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB500011-00 RB, Issue 001, dated May 10, 2022 |
| 2023-05-04 | Hydraulic power | May 12, 2023 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2022-24-11 | Fire protection | Jan 18, 2023 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2022-14-04 | Fuel | Oct 6, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: With Rolls-Royce Deutschland Trent 1000 engines installed (Trent 1000-A, -A2, -AE, -AE2, -AE3, -C, -C2, -CE, -CE2, -CE3, -D, -D2, -D3, -E, -E2, -G, -G2, -G3, -H, -H2, -H3, -J2, -J3, -K2, -K3, -L2, -L3, -M3, -N3, -P3, -Q3, -R3, including /01 and /01A variants). |
| 2022-15-01 | Stabilizers | Aug 25, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB550010-00 RB, Issue 001, dated May 24, 2021 |
| 2022-09-08 | Stabilizers | Jul 7, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB550011-00 RB, Issue 001, dated May 18, 2021 |
| 2022-03-21 | Fuel | Apr 11, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Certain serial numbers: 6–687; 689–871; 873; 875; 877; 878; …. Only with: Applicability is by line number (L/N), not serial number: L/Ns 6 through 871 inclusive excluding L/N 688, plus L/Ns 873, 875, 877, 878, 879, 881 and 883. |
| 2022-02-14 | Main landing gear | Mar 30, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB320045-00 RB, Issue 001, dated November 9, 2020 |
| 2021-24-14 | Thrust Reverser | Feb 15, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. |
| 2021-23-20 | Fuselage | Jan 10, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletins B787-81205-SB530075-00 RB and B787-81205-SB530076-00 RB, both Issue 001, dated September 8, 2020 |
| 2021-23-21 | Fuselage | Jan 10, 2022 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Requirements Bulletins B787-81205-SB530077-00 RB and B787-81205-SB530078-00 RB, both Issue 001, dated September 8, 2020 |
| 2021-02-06 | Fire protection | Mar 30, 2021 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2020-20-09 | Flight Controls | Nov 13, 2020 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2020-17-13 | Air conditioning | Oct 8, 2020 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB210108-00, Issue 002, dated October 15, 2019 |
| 2020-17-02 | Fuel; 73, Engine | Aug 25, 2020 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Original standard or export airworthiness certificate issued on or before October 31, 2020; 787 airplanes only when equipped with General Electric GEnx-1B engines. |
| 2020-06-14 | Integrated Modular Avionics | Apr 7, 2020 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2020-02-12 | Flight Controls | Mar 12, 2020 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2019-23-07 | Landing gear | Jan 16, 2020 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Requirements Bulletin B787-81205-SB320040-00 RB, Issue 001, dated March 12, 2019 |
| 2019-08-05 | Hydraulic Power | Jun 6, 2019 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB290032-00, Issue 002 (787-8); Boeing Alert Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB290033-00, Issue 001 (787-9) |
| 2019-06-13 | Flight Controls | Jun 3, 2019 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2019-01-04 | Navigation | Mar 22, 2019 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2018-22-09 | Navigation | Dec 10, 2018 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2018-22-04 | Flight control systems | Nov 28, 2018 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2018-20-15 | Electrical power | Nov 20, 2018 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB240063-00, Issue 002, dated June 7, 2016 |
| 2018-17-03 | Ice/Rain protection system wiring | Sep 19, 2018 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB300019-00, Issue 002, dated April 20, 2018 |
| 2018-15-03 | Engine Exhaust System | Aug 27, 2018 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Powered by Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines. |
| 2018-12-06 | Air conditioning | Jul 16, 2018 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB210075-00, Issue 003 (787-8); Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB210077-00, Issue 004 (787-9) |
| 2018-09-05 | Power plant | Apr 26, 2018 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Powered by Rolls-Royce plc Trent 1000-A2, -AE2, -C2, -CE2, -D2, -E2, -G2, -H2, -J2, -K2, or -L2 turbofan engines. |
| 2018-08-03 | Power plant | Apr 17, 2018 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Powered by Rolls-Royce plc Trent 1000-A2, -AE2, -C2, -CE2, -D2, -E2, -G2, -H2, -J2, -K2, or -L2 turbofan engines. |
| 2018-07-19 | The Boeing Company Airplanes | May 21, 2018 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2018-05-07 | Oxygen | Apr 11, 2018 | Airframe (787-9) |
| 2017-15-10 | The Boeing Company Airplanes | Sep 5, 2017 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB290031-00, Issue 001, dated March 25, 2016 |
| 2017-10-16 | Wings | Jun 29, 2017 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Alert Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB570029-00, Issue 001, dated February 23, 2016 |
| 2016-10-09 | Powerplant | Jun 24, 2016 | Airframe (787-9)Serial numbers per Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015. Only with: Equipped with General Electric GEnx-1B engines. |
| 2016-08-12 | engines | May 9, 2016 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Powered by General Electric (GE) GEnx-1B engines. |
| 2016-06-08 | Engines | Mar 18, 2016 | Airframe (787-9)Only with: Powered by General Electric (GE) GEnx engines. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (4)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuselage · radome · damagedNov 10, 2025
LARGE BANG CLIMBING TRU 8000 NO ABNORMALITIES CREW REPORTS A LOUD BANG AT 8,000 FT WITH NO OTHER ABNORMAL ISSUES. CREW ALSO REPORTS NO OVERWEIGHT OR HARD LANDING. UPON ARRIVAL BACK TO IAD, DISCOVERED A LARGE BIRDSTRIKE ON THE UPPER LT SIDE OF NOSE RADOME AREA. BIRD REMAINS ALSO FOUND ON NR 1…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Lights · elec connector · disconnectedOct 19, 2025
EMERGENCY ISLE LIGHT AT SEAT 11F INOP FOUND WELS ISLE LIGHT CONNECTOR D11J BEHIND SEAT 11F DISCONNECTED. CONNECTED WELS LIGHTS. OPS CHECKED GOOD
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · flap system · out of rigJun 1, 2025
REFER TO ECRA 2751-01964 AND AMM 27-51-17-00A-270B. GAP MEASUREMENT DIMENSION "A" FOUND AT EACH SUPPORT 3, 4, 5 AND 6. ADJUST IF NECESSARY PER AMM 27-51-17-00A-270B. CARRIED BY ELB COMPLETED INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP RIGGING IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-27-51-17-00A-270B-A UP TO STEP 1. C. (3)(B)5) ECRA…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Lights · light · no discrepancyMay 13, 2025
EMERGENCY EXIT LTS STAY ON WITH SWITCH OFF EMERGENCY LIGHT OPERATION CHECKED NORMAL AND EMERGENCY LIGHT SWITCH INSPECTED AND CONDITION FOUND NORMAL. REF AMM 33-51-00
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 16, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 16, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026