- Date
- August 8, 2026
- Place
- Cancun, Mexico · diverted to Cancún International Airport, Mexico,
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N27273Boeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Birdstrike
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 203585
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the occurrence.
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27273
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Cfmi LEAP1B, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
N27273Registered 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.