N16618 (Boeing 737-524) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 25, 1974.

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 January 1995 to September 2008 — 18,621 flights. Last reported flight: September 3, 2008, Continental Airlines, IAH → BOS.

Not reported in scheduled US service since September 2008 (data through July 2026).

Carrier	First	Last	Flights
Continental Airlines CO	January 1995	September 2008	18,621

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 2007, most recently reported as operating lease.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
Continental Airlines CO	2006	2007

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

Safety history

May 11, 1997Accident
The flightcrew's inadequate in-flight planning and decision, and their failure to refer to the navaids needed for the instrument approach procedure. A factor was the lack of a minimum safe altitude warning from approach control.
Boeing 737-524
The flightcrew's inadequate in-flight planning and decision, and their failure to refer to the navaids needed for the instrument approach procedure. A factor was the lack of a minimum safe altitude warning from approach control. Full accident record