N38458
Boeing 737-924ER · built 2012
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 15, 1988.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at SFO
Most frequent routes
- FLL → EWR9%
- SAN → SFO6%
- BOS → SFO5%
- SFO → ORD5%
- JAX → EWR5%
- ORD → AUS5%
- DFW → EWR4%
- LAX → SFO4%
- SEA → SFO4%
- EWR → BOS4%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from October 2012 to July 2026 — 13,209 flights. Last reported flight: July 30, 2026, United Airlines, LAX → IAH.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | October 2012 | July 2026 | 13,209 |
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 2012 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2012 | 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 2012 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N38458.
- May 17, 1987Accident
APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO A PLEASURE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A NEARBY AIRPORT, WHERE UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A BUSH. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE BROKE.