Boeing 737-8H4
N500WR is a Boeing 737-8H4, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2014. It has 143 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 9, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated June 19, 2014.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 6:58 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 737-8H4 · all 737-8H4s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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
- 36898
- 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 CFM56-7B27E · 27,300 lb thrust
- Seats
- 143
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A63BF4 (octal 51435764)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 9, 2014
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- May 15, 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 · June 19, 2014
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01134711
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
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N500WR links to the rest of the register
- Boeing 737 2,894 registered
- Boeing 6,676 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- CFM International CFM56-7B27E 324 aircraft with this engine series · 27,300 lb thrust
- Type certificate A16WE · held by The Boeing CO
- Southwest Airlines CO 743 aircraft in the fleet
- Dallas, TX 1,862 aircraft registered in this town
- Addison Airport · ADS
- Dallas Executive · RBD
- Dallas Love Field · DAL
- Mckinney Ntl Airport · TKI
- 3 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing 737 855 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing 737 436,568 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing 737 2,230 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the CFM International CFM56-7B27E 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the CFM International CFM56-7B27E 1,218 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Sign, loose · 2026-10-05
- Report filed on this aircraft: Light, inoperative · 2026-10-05
- Report filed on this aircraft: Light, unsecure · 2026-09-21
- Where N500WR is now · Last seen yesterday at 6:58 pm.
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The public federal record on N500WR, 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.
Valid registration to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation, certificate issued July 9, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated June 19, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 36898 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N500WR according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N500WR: Accident on September 25, 2017 at Sioux City, IA: serious injuries. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-8H4 · operated under 121
the flight attendant accidentally pouring hot water on his hand which resulted in a 2nd degree burn.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data