Boeing 737-8 N8776L accident near San Diego, California, March 2, 2025
Boeing 737-8, registration N8776L, operated by Southwest Airlines, was involved in an accident near San Diego, California on March 2, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as serious, with 1 people on board. Case DCA25LA156 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 281 minutes of the flight after departing the San Diego Intl Arpt area (KSAN), reaching a maximum of 39,025 ft. The last recorded position was at 05:16 UTC, at 0 ft and 145 knots, descending at 768 feet per minute, about 3 km from Baltimore-Washington Intl (KBWI).
The nearest weather report, from KBWI (3 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 737-8 registered in United States (Mode S AC138C).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- March 2, 2025
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-8
- Registration
- N8776L
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines
- Injuries
- Serious (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- DCA25LA156 (Completed)
- Departure area
- San Diego Intl Arpt (KSAN)
- Nearest airport
- Baltimore-Washington Intl (KBWI)
- Recorded flight
- 281 min, max 39,025 ft
- Last recorded position
- 05:16 UTC, 0 ft, 145 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA25LA156; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.