N8729H
Boeing 737-8 · built 2018
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on February 25, 1954.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at SJC
Most frequent routes
- SJC → SAN6%
- LGA → DAL5%
- OAK → LAS4%
- TPA → ALB4%
- BUR → SFO4%
- DEN → DSM4%
- SJC → DEN3%
- LAS → SJC3%
- PHX → ORD3%
- STL → LGA3%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 2019 to July 2026 — 8,126 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, Southwest Airlines, AUS → TUL.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | January 2019 | July 2026 | 8,126 |
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 2018 to 2025, most recently reported as operating lease.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 2018 | 2025 |
Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2018 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8729H.
- April 20, 1985Accident
WHILE APPROACHING A FIELD TO DISPENSE RICE, THE ACFT STRUCK A SET OF POWER LINES. THE PLT HAD FLOWN OVER THE SAME SET OF POWER LINES FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS. THE FLAGMEN STATED THEY HEARD THE ACFT STRIKE THE WIRES AND ONE OF THE WIRES MADE A 'POP' AS IF BEING SEPARATED FROM THE POLE. THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE LINES STAYED WITH THE ACFT DURING THE DESCENT.
- June 22, 1982Accident
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AS HE WAS PULLING UP FROM A SWATH RUN. HE PUMPED THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES, THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER MOMENTARILY, THEN QUIT. THE PILOT DUMPED HIS LOAD AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A MUDDY FIELD. AS THE PLANE WAS SLOWING DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE MAIN GEAR SANK INTO THE MUD AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.