N12089

Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 27, 1934.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from December 1997 to December 2000 — 298 flights. Last reported flight: December 31, 2000, Continental Airlines, EWR → IAH.

Not reported in scheduled US service since December 2000 (data through July 2026).

CarrierFirstLastFlights
Continental Airlines CODecember 1997December 2000298

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

Safety history

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: no damage.

  • February 12, 2000Incident

    Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · North Atlantic · A00A0021

    A00A0021: The DC-10-30 aircraft was enroute from Paris to Newark and was approximately 125 miles south of St John's NF when the crew declared an emergency because of fire warning indications in the forward cargo bay. The crew fired both fire extinguishers bottles and the fire warning stopped momentarily but then…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).