Airliner

N8888M

2023 Boeing 737-8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2023
Serial
67963
Class
Airliner
Engines
2 × Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
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Registration record

N8888M on the FAA register

Type
2023 Boeing 737-8
Serial
67963
Engines
2 × Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 series
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2023-11-30
Airworthiness date
2023-11-21
Registration expires
2030-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
AC3F09
Mode S (octal)
53037411
Seats (type)
175
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Range (type)
6,200 nm
Cruise (type)
386 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-11-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N8888M to the current registrant.
  • 2023-11-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1990-12-04
    N8888M previously assigned to a Piper Malibu Mirage / Jetprop / M350 (s/n 4622091); cancelled.
Overview

About N8888M

N8888M is a 2023 Boeing 737-8, serial number 67963. The FAA register lists Southwest Airlines Co as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 30, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an airliner, two Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 series engines and 175 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 386 knots and a range of about 6,200 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated November 21, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8888M. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
386 kt
Range
6,200 nm
Fuel burn
720 gph

Published figures for the Boeing 737-8 type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-02-06 Accident · Bakersfield, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX90FA084
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-46-350P — a different aircraft that carried the N8888M registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ACTIVATE THE PITOT HEAT BEFORE FLYING AT AND ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), FOLLOWED BY HIS IMPROPER RESPONSE TO ERRONEOUS AIRSPEED INDICATIONS THAT RESULTED FROM BLOCKAGE OF THE PITOT TUBE BY ATMOSPHERIC ICING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT.
1987-03-24 Accident · Camp Pendleton, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX87FA153
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft V35B — a different aircraft that carried the N8888M registration before this airframe.
1966-07-25 Accident · Atlantic City Nj, 30 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3232
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft S35 — a different aircraft that carried the N8888M 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.