N54344

Boeing 727-231 · built 1979

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 2, 1948.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

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 December 1999 — 7,818 flights. Last reported flight: December 4, 1999, Trans World Airlines, STL → IND.

Not reported in scheduled US service since December 1999 (data through July 2026).

CarrierFirstLastFlights
Trans World Airlines TWJanuary 1995December 19997,818

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

Safety history

  • December 27, 1987Accident

    PLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN THE TAIL TO THE RIGHT AS VIEWED BY THE SIGNAL MAN DURING POWER BACK. AS POWER BACK STARTED THE TAIL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT AS VIEWED BY THE SIGNAL MAN. THE SIGNAL MAN CORRECTED THIS TURN BUT THE ACFT WAS NOW MAKING A MUCH LARGER ARC AND WAS APPROACHING THE AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA AT THE OPPOSITE CONCOURSE.

    Boeing 727-231