# NTSB DCA26WA137: Boeing 737, Schiphol, Netherlands, February 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 21, 2026, 07:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place: Schiphol, Netherlands · airport coordinates
- Coordinates: 52.3, 4.765 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.3000&lon=4.7650&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Pushback/towing: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202509
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202509/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA137

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Pushback/towing: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: PH-BCL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CFMI CFM56-7B turbo fan; CFMI CFM56-7B turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Registered owner: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: EHAM, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: PH-BGC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CFMI CFM56-7B turbo fan; CFMI CFM56-7B turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Registered owner: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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