N510

Maule M-7-260C

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on April 14, 1998.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 1995 to February 2007 — 33,523 flights. Last reported flight: February 28, 2007, Southwest Airlines, PHX → LAS.

Not reported in scheduled US service since February 2007 (data through July 2026).

CarrierFirstLastFlights
Southwest Airlines WNJanuary 1995February 200733,523

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2013, most recently reported as operating lease.

CarrierFirst filedLast filed
Southwest Airlines WN20062013

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

  • December 30, 1986Accident

    DURING PASSENGER BOARDING AT TALLAHASSEE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT HANDRAIL ON THE AIRSTAIR WAS COLLAPSED. THE FAILURE WAS AT THE SOLDERED JOINT AT THE HANDRAIL LOCKING MECHANISM. THE STATION MANAGER USED METAL GLUE FOR A TEMPORARY REPAIR OF THE JOINT. THE FLT CREW WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DISCREPANCY.

    Fokker F28 MK4000

  • October 24, 1985Accident

    THE F-28 ACFT WAS HOLDING ON TAXIWAY BB. THE B-767 ACFT WAS TAXIING BEHIND THE F-28 ON TAXIWAY E WHICH IS PERPENDICULAR TO TAXIWAY BB. THE R WING OF THE B 767 STRUCK THE RUDDER OF THE F-28.

    Fokker F-28