Airliner

N44503

1989 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1989
Serial
49797
Class
Airliner
Engines
2 × P & W JT8D series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Frontera Flight Holdings Inc (Corporation)
Based
Dover, DE
Registration record

N44503 on the FAA register

Type
1989 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)
Serial
49797
Engines
2 × P & W JT8D series
Registered owner
Frontera Flight Holdings Inc
Dover, DE
Certificate issued
2018-08-27
Airworthiness date
1989-11-01
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A55FA4
Mode S (octal)
51257644
Seats (type)
172
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-08-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N44503 to the current registrant.
  • 1989-11-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
Overview

About N44503

N44503 is a 1989 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), serial number 49797. The FAA register lists Frontera Flight Holdings Inc as the registrant in Dover, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 27, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an airliner, two P & W JT8D series engines and 172 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated November 1, 1989.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N44503. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1979-11-22 Accident · Laporte,In, 14 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3174
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-32 — a different aircraft that carried the N44503 registration before this airframe.

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.