Airliner

N8523W

2017 Boeing 737-800

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2017
Serial
36969
Class
Airliner
Engines
2 × Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
Registration record

N8523W on the FAA register

Type
2017 Boeing 737-800
Serial
36969
Engines
2 × Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2017-02-21
Airworthiness date
2017-02-09
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
ABB19C
Mode S (octal)
52730634
Seats (type)
175
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2017-02-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N8523W to the current registrant.
  • 2017-02-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 2008-07-08
    N8523W previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 235 (s/n 28-10024); cancelled.
Overview

About N8523W

N8523W is a 2017 Boeing 737-800, serial number 36969. The FAA register lists Southwest Airlines Co as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 21, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an airliner, two Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F engines and 175 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated February 9, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8523W. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2005-09-09 Accident · Faulkton, SD Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · CHI05LA261
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-235 — a different aircraft that carried the N8523W registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation during initial climb after takeoff into night instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the fog and the dark night.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.