N649SW is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Boeing 737-3H4 built in 1997. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 5, 2021. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Boeing 737-3H4 cancelled June 5, 2021
- Serial number
- 27719
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbofan
- Year built
- 1997
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 23, 1997
- Last FAA action
- December 18, 2017
- Last owner
- Southwest Airlines CO (Corporation)
Dallas, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
NTSB accident and incident record under N649SW
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737 3H4 · serial 27719
the flight crew's early turn towards the assigned gate because taxiway lighting had been inadvertently turned off by the controller-in-charge which resulted in the airplane leaving the paved surface. Contributing to the accident was the operation of the screen-saver function on the lighting control panel that prevented the tower controllers from having an immediate visual reference to the status of the airfield lighting.
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