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N8890Q

Boeing 737-8

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N8890Q is a Boeing 737-8, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2023. It has 175 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 18, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated August 15, 2023.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-8 · all 737-8s and related versions
Serial number
42687
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 2 motors · Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 SER · 29,317 lb thrust
Seats
175
Year built
2023
Transponder code
AC41AB (octal 53040653)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
August 18, 2023
Expires
August 31, 2030
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 15, 2023
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01389989

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). 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 1

2003-11-17Aero Commander S2R · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N8890Q, 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 August 18, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated August 15, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 42687 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8890Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander S2R (serial 1568R, cancelled November 17, 2003). 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 N8890Q: Accident on September 29, 1983 at Napoleonville, LA: 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

FTW83LA446Accident on September 29, 1983 at Napoleonville, LA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1568R

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander S2R · operated under 137

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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.

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data