N16541

Embraer EMB-145LR · built 2001

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 26, 1983.

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

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 2003 to September 2020 — 29,234 flights. Last reported flight: September 30, 2020, ExpressJet, SHV → IAH.

Not reported in scheduled US service since September 2020 (data through July 2026).

CarrierFirstLastFlights
ExpressJet EVJanuary 2012September 202013,315
ExpressJet / JSX XEJanuary 2003December 201115,919

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

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2022, most recently reported as operating lease.

CarrierFirst filedLast filed
CommuteAir C520202022
ExpressJet EV20122018
ExpressJet / JSX XE20062011
Continental Airlines CO20062007

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2001 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N16541.

  • August 18, 1982Accident

    THE ENGINE QUIT ON DOWNWIND AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND DOWNWIND ON THE RUNWAY BUT CRASHED OFF THE AIRPORT. THE FUELSELECTOR WAS FOUND ON AN AUXILIARY TANK. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND OTHER OPERATORS OF THE AIRCRAFT, ONLY ABOUT THREE GALLONS OF FUEL ARE PUT INTO THE AUXILIARY TANKS FOR LOCAL FLIGHTS.

    Piper PA-28-235