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N8522P, a Boeing 737-800
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026
N8522P

Boeing 737-800

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N8522P is a Boeing 737-800, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2017. It has 175 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 13, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 30, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-800 · all 737-800s 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
36922
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/F · 27,300 lb thrust
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
175
Year built
2017
Transponder code
ABB172 (octal 52730562)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 13, 2017
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 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 · January 30, 2017
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01218984

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

2008-02-13Air Tractor Inc AT-602 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1977-03-23Piper PA-24-400 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Connections how N8522P links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N8522P.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N8522P, 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 February 13, 2017, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated January 30, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 36922 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8522P was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-602 (serial 602-0704, cancelled February 13, 2008); Piper PA-24-400 (serial 26102, cancelled March 23, 1977). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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

1 NTSB record under N8522P: Accident on September 14, 2007 at Floydada, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 1

DFW07LA203Accident on September 14, 2007 at Floydada, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 0704

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT 602 · operated under 137

A leak in the outer ply of the BeCu bellows. This hole appeared to be the result of pitting corrosion, but the corroding agent was not determined.

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 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data