- Manufacturer (registry)
- BOEING
- Model
- 737-8H4
- Registry code
- 138440A
- Registered
- 111 aircraft
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engines
- 2 · Turbo-fan
- Seats
- 143
- Weight class
- 20,000 lb and over
- Certification
- Type certificated
- Data sheet
- TCDSA16WE
- Holder
- The Boeing Company
Model codes come from the FAA registry’s reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.
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Aircraft by year built · 126
| 2012 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 17 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 23 |
Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
ADs whose products match this airframe model. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or configuration.
No ADs matched this model
Registered aircraft · 111
N500WRSouthwest Airlines Co · Dallas, TXN815VLBank Of Utah Trustee · Salt Lake City, UTN8301JSouthwest Airlines Co · Dallas, TX
See all 111 registered aircraftQuery with SQL
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FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_registration.parquet'
WHERE aircraft_model_code IN ('138440A')
ORDER BY n_number"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT n_number, serial_number, year_manufactured, status, registrant_name, registrant_city, registrant_state
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WHERE aircraft_model_code IN ('138440A')
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NTSB investigations · 13
Aircraft matched to this model through the registry, by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
Of 13 cases NTSB coded with a defining event. All defining events
Findings NTSB made part of the probable cause. A case can have several. All findings
NTSB DCA25LA241Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Barlow Bend, ALThe airplane’s encounter with unanticipated turbulence during descent, resulting in a serious injury to a flight attendant.NTSB DCA25LA163Incident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Orlando, FLThe captain’s failure to recognize that the airplane’s location did not agree with the assigned departure runway as required per the Southwest Airlines Airplane Operating Manual, and the captain’s plan continuation error when he missed several cues that would…NTSB DCA22LA012Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Lexington, VAThe airplane’s inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.NTSB OPS21LA003Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · San Diego, CAThe blocked go-around radio instruction from the air traffic control tower to the arrival aircraft which resulted in the arrival aircraft continuing the landing approach. This led to a loss of separation between the landing aircraft and the aircraft awaiting…NTSB DCA21LA133Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Chicago, ILthe failure of the flight crew of N8686A to provide sufficient clearance while taxiing past N289CT, which was stopped.NTSB DCA19CA168Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Pittsburgh, PAa provisioning truck that impacted the airplane resulting in substantial damage.NTSB DCA19CA151Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Waycross, GAan encounter with convectively induced turbulence while penetrating cumulus clouds during descent.NTSB DCA18CA209Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Phoenix, AZa passenger bumping into a flight attendant who was holding a hot liquid.NTSB DCA18CA169Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Baltimore, MDThe maintenance truck driver's failure to give way to the airplane that resulted in the truck colliding with the taxiing aircraft.NTSB DCA17CA217Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Sioux City, IAthe flight attendant accidentally pouring hot water on his hand which resulted in a 2nd degree burn.NTSB DCA17CA005Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Denver, COthe flight attendant losing her balance as she was removing her carry-on baggage resulted in her falling against an arm rest causing the serious injury.NTSB DCA15CA025Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing 737-8H4 · Dallas, TXN263WN captain's failure to maintain a safe clearance from the parked N8314L resulting in a ground collision.NTSB DCA14CA034Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing 737 · Las Vegas, NVthe captain's over rotation during the bounced landing.
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c.\"mKey\" = a.case_mkey
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FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c."mKey" = a.case_mkey
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FAA incident reports · 12
Matched to this model through the registry, by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Accident 20251219020629ABoeing 737-8H4 · San Antonio, TXPost flight, the flight attendant (fa) in the “c” position sustained a puncture injury to the middle finger of the left hand while removing trash from a seatback pocket. The injury occurred when the fa was accidentally poked by a pair of tweezers, causing…Accident 20211008017909ABoeing 737-8H4 · Lexington, VAAs the flight attendants were beginning drink service, the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The ?c? Position flight attendant injured her ankle and was unable to complete duties. Upon arrival, she was transported to the hospital. She has reported to…Accident 20210521004242ABoeing 737-8H4 · Chicago, ILOn may 21, 2021 at Midway international airport, Chicago, IL, [privacy data omitted], operating as [privacy data omitted], was proceding on their ATC clearance to taxi to runway 22L, from gate B-14 via takiways tango and yankee. [privacy data omitted],…Incident 20190118008189IBoeing 737-8H4 · Omaha, NEOn flight from las to oma, oma METAR was reporting light freezing drizzle and breaking action of 5-5-5 or wet good. Crew landed normally and was at taxi speed. Tower told the crew to proceed to the end of runway 14R, bypassing a closer taxiway. At the end,…Incident 20181115021752IBoeing 737-8H4 · St. Louis, MOApproximately 1608L southwest aircraft N8635F while attempting to taxi into kstl gate E31 struck wow air flight 168 registration tf-dtr . N8635F left winglet struck the trailing edge of wow air aircraft tf-dtr right winglet trailing edge. The wow air aircraft…Incident 20181023020609IBoeing 737-8H4 · Chicago, ILOn 10/23/2018, at approximately 1251 CDT, southwest airlines aircraft N8619F was on 1.5 mile final when the flight crew reported a bird strike with possible damage to the #2 engine. The aircraft landed without incident. There were no reported injuries to…Accident 20180507013309ABoeing 737-8H4 · Baltimore, MDOn may 07, 2018, at approximately 0010 EST, swa N8655D, a Boeing 737-800, flight # 6263 fll-bwi, with 177 passengers and crew landed at bwi. The PIC [privacy data omitted] and f/o [privacy data omitted] were directed by swa ground operations to taxi N8655D to…Incident 20171010016419IBoeing 737-8H4 · Phoenix, AZOn 10/10/2017 swaa technical operations supervisor stated that swa flight SWA922 aircraft N8621A arrived in phx at 0655 local. While boarding passengers for flight at approximately 0730 the gpu plug shorted internally and started a fire while plugged into the…Incident 20170216011082IBoeing 737-8H4 · Phoenix, AZPhoenix, AZ (phx): SWA4182 / FFT756, N8303R / N202FR, B738 / A320, SWA4182 B738 (erroneously reported as SWA2182 by airport ops, later corrected) was taxing eastbound on twy c via the south route. Taxi instructions were given by the ln controller who had…Incident 20160516007159IBoeing 737-8H4 · Glen Burine, MDSwa 2703 was being pushed back from gate A4. During the push back the tractor operator was turning the aircraft to the left side of the A4 ramp where a food service truck was parked awaiting for the next aircraft to service. The truck driver noticed the…Accident 20141120021442ABoeing 737-8H4 · Dallas, TXPreliminary report. Additional information is required At approximately 2000C on November 20, 2014, at Dallas Love Field (dal), N263WN was taxiing from gate 3 for departure for a functional check flight (fcf) following heavy maintenance. The left winglet of…Accident 20140103002969ABoeing 737-8H4 · Las Vegas, NVSwaa flight 2516 (N8327A) was cleared for a visual approach and landing to klas runway 25L in Las Vegas, NV. Upon touchdown pilot reported a firm/bounced landing. While conducting a post flight inspection at the gate, the crew discovered significant damage to…
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WHERE aircraft_model_code IN ('138440A')
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Service difficulty reports · 24,089
SDR SWAA2026102298211Actuator · leakingNR 2 ENGINE, FUEL LEAK ON START UP. FOUND RIGHT VSV LEAKING SOLID STREAM. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE RT VSV ACTUATOR IAW AMM 75-31-01. OPS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD.SDR SWAA2026102211927Bulb · inoperativeRH AFT EXTERNAL OVERWING EXIT LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RH AFT EXTERNAL OVERWING EXIT LIGHT BULB IAW AMM 33-51-04-960-801 OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR SWAA2026102227717Battery · no testAFT LEFT F/A EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT WILL NOT TEST. REPLACED THE BATTERY IAW AMM 25-64-00.
See all 24,089 difficulty reportsQuery with SQL
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STCs that may be installed · 30
Approved for this model: the STC’s model list names it on its data sheet, or a series that includes it. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has.
STC ST00555ATInstallation of Airshow 210 system.STC SA4842SWModification of air to air heat exchanger (P/N 182820-2 Series 2).STC SA270NWInstallation of modified seat.
See all 30 STCsQuery with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT s.stc_number, s.description, s.holder, s.status, s.status_date, m.matched_model
FROM (
SELECT stc_number, min(matched_model) AS matched_model
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_model_stc.parquet'
WHERE aircraft_model_code IN ('138440A')
GROUP BY stc_number
) m JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_stc.parquet' s USING (stc_number)
ORDER BY s.status = 'Current' DESC, s.status_date DESC, s.stc_number"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT s.stc_number, s.description, s.holder, s.status, s.status_date, m.matched_model
FROM (
SELECT stc_number, min(matched_model) AS matched_model
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_aircraft_model_stc.parquet'
WHERE aircraft_model_code IN ('138440A')
GROUP BY stc_number
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