N53442
Boeing 737-924ER · built 2009
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 3 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Germany on September 22, 2005.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at EWR
Most frequent routes
- EWR → PBI8%
- ORD → MSN5%
- SAN → SFO5%
- SFO → IAH4%
- LAS → ORD4%
- IAH → LGA3%
- IAH → JAX3%
- SFO → ORD3%
- EWR → CLT3%
- HNL → SFO2%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from October 2009 to July 2026 — 15,974 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, United Airlines, LAS → ORD.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | January 2012 | July 2026 | 13,828 |
| Continental Airlines CO | October 2009 | December 2011 | 2,146 |
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 2009 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2012 | 2025 |
| Continental Airlines CO | 2009 | 2011 |
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 2009 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N53442.
- May 12, 1982Accident
A PIPER PA-28, N81029, AND A CESSNA 172P, N53442, WERE APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14, WHEN THEY COLLIDED ABOUT 1000 FT FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE PILOT OF THE PIPER STATED THAT HE HAD ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND BEGAN TO EXPLAIN THE MECHANICS OF THE PATTERN TO HIS DAUGHTER.