Boeing 737-8 incident near Fresno, California, August 9, 2026
On August 9, 2026 at about 5:55 am local time, a 2024 Boeing 737-8, registered N173AM, was involved in an incident during approach near Fresno, California. It was flown under foreign airline rules (Part 129). 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
- August 9, 2026 · about 5:55 am local time
- Place
- Fresno, California · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-8, built 2024 · all 737-8s on the register
- Registration
- N173AM · registry record · serial 66297
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · foreign airline rules (Part 129)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Air traffic event during approach defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 175
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 SER (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 2: Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 SER (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: GDL Guadalajara OF
- Destination: FAT Fresno CA
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
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 DCA26WA347.