Boeing 737-823 and Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR incident near Goodyear, Arizona, February 26, 2025
On February 26, 2025 at about 8:38 pm local time, 2 aircraft, Boeing 737-823 (N955NN) and Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (N322RC), were involved in the same incident near Goodyear, Arizona (Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl airport). The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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 12, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 26, 2025 · about 8:38 pm local time · cases in 2025
- Place
- Goodyear, Arizona · Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft 1
- Boeing 737-823, built 2014 · all 737-823s on the register
- Registration
- N955NN · registry record · serial 31199
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
- Aircraft 2
- Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR · all ERJ 170-200 LRs on the register
- Registration
- N322RC · registry record · serial 17000969
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record for the Boeing 737-823 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation during approach defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 162
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Wilmington Trust CO Trustee
The flight
- Departed from: AUS Austin TX
- Destination: PHX Phoenix AZ
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 82°F (28°C), dew point 25°F (-4°C)
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observation at 1:47 pm from KGYR, 2 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KGYR 262047Z VRB04KT 10SM SKC 28/M04 A2990
The factual record for the Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation during approach defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 88
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: American Airlines INC
The flight
- Departed from: SLC Salt Lake City UT
- Destination: PHX Phoenix AZ
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The NTSB has not released the docket for this case yet. The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), is usually released when the investigation is nearly complete, and the list here is refreshed when it appears. Check at the NTSB.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N955NN on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Boeing 737 2,894 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Boeing 6,675 aircraft on the register
- N322RC on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Embraer ERJ 170 E170 and E175 761 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Embraer 663 aircraft on the register
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International · nearest airport
- Austin-Bergstrom International · departed from
- Salt Lake City International · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/OPS25LA025.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.