- Date
- May 17, 2026, 14:17 local (20:17 UTC)
- Place
- Liberia, Costa Rica
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8723QBoeing 737-8
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Birdstrike
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 203041
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
BirdstrikeBoeing 737-8: 4 casesAll aircraft: 253 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8723Q
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-8
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines
- Registered owner
- Umb Bank Na Trustee
N8723QRegistered now · Boeing 737-8Airframe modelBoeing 737-8Engine modelCFM International LEAP-1B28 series
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.