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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F

DC10-48261Scrapped

RegistrationUSN362FE

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

OperatorFedEx Express

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1incidents

0accidents

0logbook years

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F built in 1981 in Long Beach. Operated for United Airlines, United Air Lines and FedEx Express. Scrapped.

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Mature · 19 years · ≈ 53,200 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

First flight1981

Built inLong Beach, California (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationEstados Unidos

MSN48261

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FAA (United States) · Oct 8, 2026

The model · McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Figures for the DC-10-30 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 53% the length of a football pitch

Length55.4 m182 ft

Wingspan50.4 m165 ft

Height17.6 m58 ft

Range9,630 km5,200 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82

Service ceiling12,800 m41,995 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight267,619 kg589,998 lb

Maximum payload146,877 kg323,808 lbIts 255 passengers with baggage would weigh about 25.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity255 passengersUp to 380 in a high-density layout

Endurance11 h 03 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 9,630 km range, from Newark it could fly non-stop as far as:

CAICairo9,042 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)8,548 kmLOSLagos8,478 km SCLSantiago8,245 km ISTIstanbul8,047 km

Beyond its rangeDOHDoha10,790 km

The type first flew in 1970 (56 years ago) · About 446 units built · Production ended in 1989

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1981–2000United Air Lines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

EWRNewark IADDulles SFOSan Francisco IAHHouston

Main destinations

FRAFrankfurt am Main ORDChicago BRUZaventem NRTNarita JFKNew York LAXLos Angeles HNLHonolulu, Oahu ZRHZurich

since 2000FedEx Express airline base

Base

MEMMemphis

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

1981

Built

Assembled by McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, California (USA).

Apr 24, 1981

Delivered to United Airlines

Delivered to United Airlines as N1845U.

Apr 24, 1981

Transferred to United Air Lines

Transferred to United Air Lines.

Sep 23, 1992

Incident at San Francisco

On September 23, 1992, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft (registration N1845U), operated by United Airlines, was involved in an incident at San Francisco (United States) due to an engine failure. Source: United Airlines.

Source: United Airlines

Nov 1, 2000

Transferred to FedEx Express

Transferred to FedEx Express.

Operators

1981-04-24

United Airlines

Registration N1845U

1981-04-24

United Air Lines

Registration N1845U

2000-11-01

FedEx Express

Registration N362FE

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BibTeX

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