N942

Pitts Special S-1C · built 1965

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration revoked on September 17, 2009.

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.

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

BTS lists 2 different airframes under N942; we could not match them to this aircraft’s serial number or build year.

CarrierSerialBuiltFirst filedLast filed
Southwest Airlines WN36648200920102014
AirTran Airways FL55005199920132014

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

  • December 7, 1984Accident

    WHILE EN ROUTE FROM LAS VEGAS, NV TO MINNEAPOLIS, MN AT FL330, THE ACFT HAD BEEN IN SMOOTH AIR FOR AT LEAST 30 MIN WHEN CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE (CAT) WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE FLT CREW TURNED ON THE 'FASTEN SEAT BELT' SIGN. A FLT ATTENDANT, ATTEMPTING TO BUCKLE INTO A REAR CABIN FOLDING SEAT, WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT & SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY.

    Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-30

  • July 3, 1978Accident

    Undetermined

    Varieze · 1 fatalities