N8888M
Boeing 737-8 · built 2023
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on December 4, 1990.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at BWI
Most frequent routes
- BUR → OAK6%
- SAN → SJC6%
- ONT → OAK4%
- BWI → ALB4%
- PHX → OAK3%
- BWI → MDW3%
- SJC → SAN3%
- LAS → OAK3%
- SJC → GEG3%
- MDW → PHL2%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from November 2023 to July 2026 — 4,784 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, Southwest Airlines, BNA → PNS.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | November 2023 | July 2026 | 4,784 |
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 2023 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 2023 | 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 2023 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8888M.
- February 6, 1990Accident
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. Full accident record
- March 24, 1987Accident
AS THE ACFT WAS NEARING ITS DESTN AT NGT, THE PLT CONTACTED TRACON & REQD RADAR ADVISORIES & CLNC INTO THE TERMINAL AREA. RADAR CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN THE ACFT WAS 6 MI NW OF OCEANSIDE VOR AT 1500' MSL. THIS PLACED THE ACFT IN A RESTRICTED AREA (R-2533). THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PLT IF HE COULD CLIMB, BUT THERE WAS NO REPLY.
- July 25, 1966Accident
Inadvertently Retracted Gear