N68823 (Boeing 737-924ER) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on February 3, 1971.

Usually based at EWR

Most frequent routes

Last seen

EWR → BOS

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from May 2014 to July 2026 — 12,222 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, United Airlines, MCO → EWR.

Carrier	First	Last	Flights
United Airlines UA	May 2014	July 2026	12,222

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 2014 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.

Carrier	First filed	Last filed
United Airlines UA	2014	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 2014 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N68823.

February 18, 1959AccidentHull loss
The aircraft departed Arica on a cargo flight to Puerto Suarez, overloaded by 1,000 pounds. En route, while overflying the Andes Mountains, the right engine lost power. As the crew was unable to maintain a safe altitude, he decided to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane struck stone walls and crashed in flames near Belén.
Curtiss C-46 Commando · 5 fatalities
The exact cause of the failure of the right engine failure could not be determined with certainty. However as a result of it the exhaust valve of the number 10 cylinder had failed from its piston beating against the spark plugs and cylinder head. Full accident record