# NTSB OPS26LA001: Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2, N262MH, Cleveland, OH, October 29, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 29, 2025, 18:16 UTC
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Coordinates: 41.372435, -81.916397 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3724&lon=-81.9164&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Enroute-cruise: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100); [Approach-IFR final approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Operational Factors Division
- Parties: NATCA - PC, NATCA, FAA - EIM, FAA, Southwest Airlines - PC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201937
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OPS26LA001
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201937/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS26LA001

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md?model=5626002), [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)
- [Approach-IFR final approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [Boeing 737-7H4, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md?model=1384404), [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N262MH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N262MH), registered now, S/N 9278 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2
- Registry model: [Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-mbb-bk-117-c-2) (registry code 5626002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 9278
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Metrohealth System
- Registered owner: Metrohealth System
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: KBJJ, Wooster, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Equipment: Unknown

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N280WN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N280WN), registered now, S/N 32533, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-7H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (registry code 1384404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56-7B24 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-series) (registry code 13044, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32533
- Year built: 2007
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Southwest Airlines Co, doing business as Southwest Airlines Co
- Registered owner: Southwest Airlines Co
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: BWI, Baltimore, MD
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KCLE, 4 nm away
- METAR: METAR KCLE 291751Z 08014KT 10SM BKN050 BKN250 14/02 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01390017 10139 20039 58022=

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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