Boeing 737-8 incident near Liberia, OF, May 17, 2026
On May 17, 2026 at about 8:17 pm local time, a Boeing 737-8, registered N8723Q, was involved in an incident during enroute (climb to cruise) near Liberia, OF. It was flown under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 17, 2026 · about 8:17 pm local time
- Place
- Liberia, OF, Cr
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-8 · all 737-8s on the register
- Registration
- N8723Q · registry record
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Birdstrike during enroute (climb to cruise) defining event
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
- Operator: Southwest Airlines
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA26WA216.