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N226WN, a Boeing 737-7H4
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026
N226WN

Boeing 737-7H4

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N226WN is a Boeing 737-7H4, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2005. It has 143 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2005 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 30, 2005.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-7H4 · all 737-7H4s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Boeing 737 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
32494
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Cfm Intl. CFM56 SERIES · 2200 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
143
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A1F94C (octal 50374514)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 15, 2005
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 30, 2005
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00147209

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southwest Airlines CO
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2702 Love Field Dr # Hdq-4Gc
Dallas, TX 75235-1908

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N226WN links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Live

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N226WN, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation, certificate issued December 15, 2005, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated November 30, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32494 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N226WN according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N226WN: Incident on April 8, 2026 at Orlando, FL. Accident on August 7, 2024 at Severn, MD: serious injuries. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

OPS26LA036Incident on April 8, 2026 at Orlando, FL.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-7H4 · operated under 121

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

DCA24LA256Accident on August 7, 2024 at Severn, MD: serious injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737 · operated under 121

A passenger’s failure to comply with crew member instructions to remain seated with seatbelt fastened.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data