Airliner

N8553W

2017 Boeing 737-800

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2017
Serial
63601
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

N8553W on the FAA register

Type
2017 Boeing 737-800
Serial
63601
Engines
2 × Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2017-12-07
Airworthiness date
2017-12-03
Registration expires
2027-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
ABBCC1
Mode S (octal)
52736301
Seats (type)
175
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2017-12-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N8553W to the current registrant.
  • 2017-12-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
Overview

About N8553W

N8553W is a 2017 Boeing 737-800, serial number 63601. The FAA register lists Southwest Airlines Co as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 7, 2017 and expires on December 31, 2027.

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 December 3, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8553W. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1983-07-29 Accident · Healy, AK Damage: Substantial NTSB · ANC83FA135
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N8553W registration before this airframe.

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.