Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2 and Boeing 737-7H4 incident near Cleveland, Ohio, October 29, 2025
On October 29, 2025 at about 6:16 pm local time, 2 aircraft, Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2 (N262MH) and Boeing 737-7H4 (N280WN), were involved in the same incident near Cleveland, Ohio. The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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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
- October 29, 2025 · about 6:16 pm local time
- Place
- Cleveland, Ohio · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft 1
- Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2
- Registration
- N262MH · registry record · serial 9278
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · rules the NTSB did not record
- Aircraft 2
- Boeing 737-7H4, built 2007 · all 737-7H4s on the register
- Registration
- N280WN · registry record · serial 32533
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record for the Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Air traffic event during enroute (cruise) defining event
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Seats: 8
- Landing gear: fixed
The flight
- Departed from: KBJJ Wooster OH at 6:02 pm
- Flight plan: VFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 080° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 5,000 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 57°F (14°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 1:51 pm from KCLE, 4 miles away
Weather report (METAR): METAR KCLE 291751Z 08014KT 10SM BKN050 BKN250 14/02 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01390017 10139 20039 58022=
The factual record for the Boeing 737-7H4 from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Air traffic event during approach (IFR final approach) defining event
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Seats: 143
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Southwest Airlines CO
The flight
- Departed from: BWI Baltimore MD at 9:22 pm
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
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 documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text 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 OPS26LA001.