Airliner

N23994

2025 Boeing 787-9

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
2025
Serial
68622
Class
Airliner
Engines
2 × Ge GENX-1B76A/P2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
United Airlines Inc (Corporation)
Based
Chicago, IL
Registration record

N23994 on the FAA register

Type
2025 Boeing 787-9
Serial
68622
Engines
2 × Ge GENX-1B76A/P2
Registered owner
United Airlines Inc
Chicago, IL
Certificate issued
2025-05-20
Airworthiness date
2025-05-16
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A22D9F
Mode S (octal)
50426637
Seats (type)
422
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Range (type)
6,430 nm
Cruise (type)
490 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-03-29
    Accident at Pacific Ocean, PO.
  • 2025-05-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N23994 to the current registrant.
  • 2025-05-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1981-05-06
    N23994 previously assigned to a Beechcraft Sierra C-24-R / C24R Sierra (s/n MC-474); cancelled.
Overview

About N23994

N23994 is a 2025 Boeing 787-9, serial number 68622. The FAA register lists United Airlines Inc as the registrant in Chicago, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 20, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an airliner, two Ge GENX-1B76A/P2 engines and 422 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 490 knots and a range of about 6,430 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated May 16, 2025.

N23994 has 1 accident/incident record on file; details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
490 kt
Range
6,430 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
9,400 ft
Landing over 50 ft
5,700 ft
Fuel burn
46 gph

Published figures for the Boeing 787-9 type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2026-03-29 Accident · Pacific Ocean, PO Serious injury NTSB · DCA26LA167
Reported aircraft: Boeing 787-9
Probable cause: An unanticipated encounter with clear air turbulence while in cruise flight.
NTSB report ↗
1978-09-08 Accident · Big Sur,Ca, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2904
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft C-24R — a different aircraft that carried the N23994 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: IDGE LINE. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .07%.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.