- Date
- April 8, 2026, 10:37 local (14:37 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL · About 15 miles southwest of MCO
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Defining events
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationEnroute-climb to cruise: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationEnroute-climb to cruise: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Operational Factors Division
- Parties
- NATCA, FAA - PC, NATCA - PC, FAA - EIM, FAA
- Case key
- 202803
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.
N566WN · Boeing 737-7CT
Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationDefining eventN226WN · Boeing 737-7H4
Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separationDefining eventAircraft · 3
- Registration
- N566WN
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-7CT
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32753
- Built
- 2002
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines Co
- Registered owner
- Southwest Airlines Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Data recorder
N566WNRegistered now · Boeing 737-7CTAirframe modelBoeing 737-7CTEngine modelCFM International CFM56-7B24 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.
- Registration
- N226WN
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-7H4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32494
- Built
- 2005
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines Co
- Registered owner
- Southwest Airlines Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- RSW · Fort Myers, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B
N226WNRegistered now · Boeing 737-7H4Airframe modelBoeing 737-7H4Engine modelCFM International CFM56 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.
- Registration
- N887PC
- Reported as
- Textron 560XL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 560-6252
- Built
- 2018
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91 subpart K
- Operator
- Pcj LLC, doing business as Jet Linx
- Registered owner
- Pcj LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot
N887PCRegistered now · Textron 560XLAirframe modelTextron 560XLEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW545C
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 16 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KMCO, 5 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KMCO 081353Z 06016G20KT 10SM FEW026 SCT048 BKN100 22/17 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02170172