N79748

Boeing 727-224 · built 1981

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 July 1999 — 3,347 flights. Last reported flight: July 7, 1999, Continental Airlines, IAH → DTW.

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

CarrierFirstLastFlights
Continental Airlines COJanuary 1995July 19993,347

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

Safety history

  • January 17, 1985Accident

    ACFT STRUCK A SEAWALL DIKE IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 13 AT LA GUADIA AIRPORT, FLUSHING, NY. ACFT CONTINUED ON TO DENVER, CO WHERE UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO TAILSKID AND NUMBER 2 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER.

    Boeing 727-224