N17597
Boeing 737-9 · built 2025
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 11, 1989.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at EWR
Most frequent routes
- PHX → EWR4%
- BOS → IAH4%
- IAH → BOS3%
- EWR → PTY3%
- EWR → SEA3%
- PBI → EWR3%
- EWR → DEN3%
- LAX → DEN3%
- OMA → ORD3%
- DEN → BOI3%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from April 2025 to July 2026 — 1,273 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, United Airlines, MCO → CLE.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | April 2025 | July 2026 | 1,273 |
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 in 2025, most recently reported as operating lease.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2025 | 2025 |
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 2025 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N17597.
- December 7, 1987Accident
ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HIGH GUSTING WINDS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STALLED AND ENTERED A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. ACCORDNG TO ONE PASSENGER THE PILOT WAS HOLDING FULL AFT ELEVATOR DURING THE DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER HARD, BREAKING OFF THE FLOATS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SANK SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER STRIKING THE WATER.
- November 30, 1968Accident
Continued Vfr Flight Into Adverse Weather Conditions; Improper In-Flight Decisions Or Planning. Factors: Low Ceiling; Snow