Boeing 737-8 N306SW accident near Denver, Colorado, July 26, 2025
Boeing 737-8, registration N306SW, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an accident near Denver, Colorado on July 26, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case DCA25LA275 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 27 minutes of the flight after departing the Denver Intl area (KDEN), reaching a maximum of 0 ft. The last recorded position was at 21:11 UTC, on the ground, about 5 km from Denver Intl (KDEN).
The nearest weather report, from KDEN (5 km away), showed wind 320° at 19 knots gusting 32, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 17,000 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Boeing 737MAX 8 registered in United States (Mode S A33741).
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
- July 26, 2025
- Location
- Denver, Colorado
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-8
- Registration
- N306SW
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- DCA25LA275 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Denver Intl (KDEN)
- Nearest airport
- Denver Intl (KDEN)
- Recorded flight
- 27 min, max 0 ft
- Last recorded position
- 21:11 UTC, on the ground
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 DCA25LA275; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.