N29968
Boeing 787-9 · built 2016
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at SFO
Most frequent routes
- SFO → AMS9%
- LAX → HKG7%
- ICN → SFO7%
- PHX → IAD7%
- SFO → MEX7%
- SFO → ICN6%
- MEX → SFO6%
- AMS → SFO5%
- IAD → LHR4%
- KIX → GUM4%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 2017 to July 2026 — 600 flights. Last reported flight: July 27, 2026, United Airlines, EWR → LAX.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | January 2017 | July 2026 | 600 |
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 2017 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2017 | 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
- July 1, 2017Accident
AA2018-7 AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT UNITED AIRLINES, INC. N2 9 9 6 8 September 27, 2018 The objective of the investigation conducted by the Japan Transport Safety Board in accordance with the Act for Establishment of the Japan Transport Safety Board and with Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation is to determine the causes of…
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2016 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N29968.
- April 24, 1983Accident
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AFTER DRAGGING THE RIGHT WING IN THE WATER 3 TIMES. THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW OF WITNESSES AROUND A POINT OF LAND IN THE LAKE. THE ACFT WAS HEARD PRODUCING POWER UP TO A 'FEW SECOND' BEFORE A 'THUD' WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM THE SITE.