N508SW is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Boeing 737-5H4 built in 1990. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 18, 2018. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Boeing 737-5H4 cancelled April 18, 2018
- Serial number
- 24185
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbofan
- Year built
- 1990
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2014
- Last FAA action
- September 12, 2014
- Last owner
- Southwest Airlines CO (Corporation)
Dallas, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
NTSB accident and incident record under N508SW
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-5H4 · serial 24185
The flying pilot's inadvertent exposure to an unidentified ground-based laser beam. A factor in the incident is the lack of appropriate standards by the FAA and FDA for laser light exposure levels to aircrew in navigable airspace.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site