N8785L
Boeing 737-8 · built 2022
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last sale reported, registration cancelled on January 22, 2004.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at LAS
Most frequent routes
- BUR → OAK8%
- SAN → OAK5%
- LAS → SJC4%
- BWI → ALB4%
- MDW → STL4%
- MKE → DEN4%
- LAS → OAK3%
- MDW → BOS3%
- BOS → BWI3%
- BNA → AUS2%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from October 2022 to July 2026 — 5,883 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, Southwest Airlines, SMF → SAN.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | October 2022 | July 2026 | 5,883 |
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 2022 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 2022 | 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 2022 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8785L.
- August 16, 2003Accident
The poor judgment by the pilot-in-command of the airplane for his initiation of takeoff after the helicopter pilot had announced intention to perform a 180-degree autorotation to the runway, and the failure of both pilots to maintain visual lookout resulting in the in-flight collision. Full accident record