DCA25WA337

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Cancun, Mexico · September 19, 2025

IncidentClass 4 · Foreign
Date
September 18, 2025, 21:12 local (Sep 19, 2025, 02:12 UTC)
Place
Cancun, Mexico · occurrence airport coords
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N7723EBoeing 737
Defining event
Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
201062

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N7723E
Reported as
Boeing 737 (76N)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
32670
Built
2006
Engines
CFM Intl. CFM56-7B24, turbo fanCFM Intl. CFM56-7B24, turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
Southwest Airlines Co
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Destination
KMDW · Chicago, IL
Airport
MMUN · Cancun International Airport

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.