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).
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 November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 29, 2025 · about 6:16 pm local time · cases in 2025
- 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 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
- N262MH on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- N280WN on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Boeing 737 2,896 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Boeing 6,679 aircraft on the register
- Wayne County · departed from
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Ohio 1,884 since 1982 · 253 in the last ten years
- Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/OPS26LA001.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.