Country: United States

Registration: N523UW

Serial: 3960

Operator: American Airlines

Fleet Number: 523

Make/Model: 2009 Airbus A321-200

Full Model: 2009 Airbus A321-231

Engines: 2x International Aero Engines (IAE) V2533-A5

Seating Configuration: 20 Business Class, 170 Economy (190)

Built: Hamburg, Germany (XFW)

First Flight: 25 June 2009

Delivered: 10 July 2009

Delivery Route: Unknown

Entered Service: Unknown

Livery Notes: Standard American Airlines livery (2013 design)

• Originally painted in US Airways livery (2005-2013 "Whitebus" design)

Incident Notes: 25 September 2025: Windshield damaged by hail, landed safely at scheduled destination Orlando (MCO) -- Returned to service 22 hours later.

Other Notes: 

• Originally operated by US Airways from June 2009 to December 2013 or April 2015 (American-US merger)

• I have flown on this plane

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Updated 12 July 2026