Aircraft Description
N209TR is a 1976 Boeing 727-223, a three-engine turbo-fan aircraft registered to Career Aviation Co INC in Wilmington, DE. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on February 17, 2015. The registration certificate was issued on May 16, 2014. The registration is set to expire on May 31, 2027. Powered by a P & W JT8D-9 engine producing 14500 pounds of thrust, N209TR is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A1B52B (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N209TR was last updated on January 22, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
The Boeing 727-100, the world's first successful trijet airliner, revolutionized short- and medium-haul commercial aviation by bringing jet service to smaller airports previously inaccessible to larger aircraft. First flown on February 9, 1963, it was a low-wing trijet with three rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines that could seat up to 106 passengers. Measuring just over 133 feet in length with a cruising speed of Mach 0.79, it was manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as the foundation of what would become the world's best-selling passenger jet family of its era. AviatorDB tracks 6,953 Boeing aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is B721.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N209TR. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-01 01:32:20 UTC