N78506
Boeing 737-824 · built 2006
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on March 21, 1989.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at EWR
Most frequent routes
- LAS → SFO6%
- EWR → DEN5%
- EWR → RSW5%
- DEN → PHL4%
- IAH → EWR4%
- MIA → EWR4%
- IAH → PHL4%
- GUM → SFO2%
- EWR → MCO2%
- EWR → SRQ2%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from November 2006 to July 2026 — 18,565 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, United Airlines, DCA → IAH.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | January 2012 | July 2026 | 13,777 |
| Continental Airlines CO | November 2006 | December 2011 | 4,788 |
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 2006 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2012 | 2025 |
| Continental Airlines CO | 2006 | 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 2006 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N78506.
- May 5, 1987Accident
STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED UP AND DOWNDRAFTS WHILE ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT REIGLE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING ROLL OUT, RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND ACROSS A GRASS FIELD. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE WET EARTH AT THE EDGE OF A DIRT FARM FIELD.