Boeing 737 N247WN accident near Centerville, Tennessee, May 2, 2025
Boeing 737, registration N247WN, operated by Southwest Airlines, was involved in an accident near Centerville, Tennessee on May 2, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case DCA25LA197 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 122 minutes of the flight after departing the Austin/Bergstrom Intl area (KAUS), reaching a maximum of 39,050 ft. The last recorded position was at 17:20 UTC, at 675 ft and 146 knots, descending at 832 feet per minute, about 4 km from Nashville Intl (KBNA).
The nearest weather report, from KBNA (4 km away), showed wind 240° at 7 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 25,000 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 737NG 7H4/W registered in United States (Mode S A24C01).
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
- May 2, 2025
- Location
- Centerville, Tennessee
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N247WN
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- DCA25LA197 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Austin/Bergstrom Intl (KAUS)
- Nearest airport
- Nashville Intl (KBNA)
- Recorded flight
- 122 min, max 39,050 ft
- Last recorded position
- 17:20 UTC, 675 ft, 146 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 DCA25LA197; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.