List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (P–Z)

JetBlue Airways Flight 292 making an emergency landing in September 2005 with its nose landing gear turned sideways.

This list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline summarizes airline accidents by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause.

This list is dynamic and by no means complete!

While all of the incidents in this list are noteworthy, not all the incidents listed involved fatalities.

• Main article: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (A-C)
• Main article: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (D-O)
• Main article: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (P-Z)

P

Pacific Air Lines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 773	San Ramon, California	May 7, 1964	Fairchild F-27A		Murder and suicide
Pacific Air Transport
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
NC5340	Techachapi Mountains	November 18, 1930	Boeing 40		CFIT
NC5390	Las Tunas Canyon near Burbank	May 5, 1931	Boeing 40		Low visibility
NC10347	San Francisco Bay	September 16, 1931	Boeing 40		CFIT
NC5589	Burbank	May 16, 1932	Boeing 40		Low visibility
NC431H	Eugene	January 24, 1933	Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor		Crash on takeoff
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 182	San Diego	September 25, 1978	Boeing 727–214		Mid-air collision
Flight 1771	San Luis Obispo County, California	December 7, 1987	British Aerospace 146–200		Murder and suicide
Pacific Western Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 314	Cranbrook, British Columbia	February 11, 1978	Boeing 737–200		Human Error
Flight 501	Calgary, Alberta	March 22, 1984	Boeing 737–200		In-flight fire
Flight 117	Kelowna, British Columbia	July 14, 1986	Boeing 737–275		Pilot Error
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
AP-ACZ	Lash Golath Mountain	February 25, 1956	Douglas C-47B-40-DK		Pilot error
AP-AJS	off Charlakhi Island	July 1, 1957	Douglas C-47A-10-DK		CFIT
Flight 205	Delhi-Palam Airport	May 15, 1958	Convair CV-240-7		Pilot error
Flight 705	Cairo, Egypt	May 20, 1965	Boeing 720-040B		CFIT
AP-ALM	Islamabad, Pakistan	August 6, 1970	Fokker F27-200		Weather
Flight 631	Maidan, Pakistan	December 8, 1972	Fokker F27-600		Unknown
Flight 740	30 mi N of Ta'if, Saudi Arabia	November 26, 1979	Boeing 707-340C		In-flight fire
AP-AUX	Near Peshawar, Pakistan	October 23, 1986	Fokker F27-600		Unknown
AP-BBF	Gilgit, Pakistan	August 25, 1989	Fokker F27-200		Flight carrying 54 people disappears after leaving Gilgit in northern Pakistan. The wreckage is never found.
Flight 268	Kathmandu, Nepal	September 28, 1992	Airbus A300B4		CFIT
Flight 688	near Multan International Airport	July 10, 2006	Fokker F27-200		Under investigation
Palair Macedonian Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 301	near Skopje	March 5, 1993	Fokker 100	Skopje-Zurich	Wing icing, loss of control
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
NC9700 Christopher Columbus	Santiago de Cuba	June 10, 1929	Fokker F.10	Santiago de Cuba-Havana	Failed to takeoff
? (General Machado)	South Pacific	August 15, 1932	Fokker F.VIIb/3m		Fuel starvation due to navigational error
NC660M Cuba	Miami	April 16, 1935	Consolidated 16 Commodore	None	Burned in hanger fire
NC824M Puerto Rican Clipper	Port of Spain	April 11, 1936	Sikorsky S-42A	Miami-Rio de Janeiro	Collision with boat on takeoff
Flight 1 Samoan Clipper	Pago Pago	January 11, 1938	Sikorsky S-42	Honolulu-Pago Pago-Auckland	Static discharge igniting dumped fuel (suspected) Killed chief pilot Ed Musick
NC18114	Morón, Argentina	July 15, 1938	Douglas DC-3-228	Morón-Asunción	Engine failure, CFIT
Flight 229 Hawaii Clipper	South Pacific	July 28, 1938	Martin M-130	Alameda-Manila	Unknown (Alleged hijacking)
NC16933	Rio de Janeiro	August 13, 1939	Sikorsky S-43	Miami-Rio de Janeiro	Engine failure, loss of control
Flight 202 Dominican Clipper	San Juan	October 3, 1941	Sikorsky S-42B	Miami-Buenos Aires	Crashed on landing, pilot error
NC21750	Khartoum	March 10, 1942	Douglas DC-3-270	None	Burned on the ground
Flight 1104 Philippine Clipper	Boonville	January 21, 1943	Martin M-130	Hawaii-San Francisco	CFIT
Flight 9035 Yankee Clipper	Tagus River near Lisbon	February 21, 1943	Boeing 314	New York City-Lisbon	Weather, loss of control
NC16736 Bermuda Clipper	Manaus, Brazil	July 27, 1943	Sikorsky S-42B	None	Burned while docked
NC742N	near Nome, Alaska	April 6, 1944	Pilgrim 100B	Nome-Fairbanks	Pilot error
7233	Funafati, Gilbert Islands	July 31, 1944	Consolidated PB2Y-3R Coronado		CFIT
Flight 218 Hong Kong Clipper	near Antilla	August 8, 1944	Sikorsky S-42	San Juan-Port-au-Prince-Antilla-Miami	Loss of control on takeoff
Flight 161 China Clipper	Port of Spain	January 8, 1945	Martin M-130	Miami-Leopoldville	Pilot error
Flight 216	Fort de France	August 3, 1945	Sikorsky S-43	Port of Spain-Fort de France	Crashed on landing
NC18601 Honolulu Clipper	Pacific Ocean	November 4, 1945	Boeing 314 (prototype)	Honolulu-San Francisco	Engine failure, water ditching
Flight 100 Clipper Empress of the Skies	Willimantic, Connecticut	June 18, 1946	Lockheed L-049-51-26 Constellation	New York City-Gander-Shannon-London	Mechanical failure, engine fire, belly landing
N88831 Clipper Caribbean	Shannon Airport	September 24, 1946	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	New York City-Shannon	Crew error
NC86508	Delaware Bay	May 11, 1947	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	None	Loss of control for reasons unknown
Flight 121 Clipper Eclipse	near Mayadine	June 19, 1947	Lockheed L-049-46-21 Constellation		Engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 131 Clipper Defender	Floyd Bennett Field	September 20, 1947	Douglas DC-4 (former C-54)	Bermuda-New York City	Double engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 923 Clipper Talisman II	Annette Island	October 26, 1947	Douglas DC-4 (former C-54)	Seattle-Annette Island-Juneau	Unknown (suspected turbulence or icing)
Flight 1–10 Clipper Empress of the Skies	Shannon Airport	April 15, 1948	Lockheed L-049-51-26 Constellation	San Francisco-Calcutta-Damascus-Istanbul-Brussels-London-Shannon-New York	CFIT
Flight 428	Rancho Boyeros Airport	December 9, 1948	Convair CV-240-2	Havana-Miami	Brake failure, runway overrun
N1241N (operated by USAF)	Asmara International Airport	January 26, 1949	Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando		Loss of engine power, stall, loss of control
Flight 100 Clipper Monarch of the Skies	over Port Washington	January 30, 1949	Lockheed L-749 Constellation	New York-Shannon	Mid-air collision with a Cessna 140
N74170	Merida	June 15, 1950	Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando		Propeller separation, fuselage penetration
N74176	São Paulo, Brazil	May 8, 1951	Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando		Runway overrun
Flight 151 Clipper Great Republic	Liberia	June 22, 1951	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	Johannesburg-Leopoldville-Accra-Monrovia-New York	CFIT
Flight 507	off Kingston	September 2, 1951	Convair CV-240-2	Miami-Camagüey-Kingston	Pilot error
Flight 526A Clipper Endeavour	Atlantic Ocean	April 11, 1952	Douglas DC-4 (former C-54)	San Juan-New York	Engine failure leading to water ditching
Flight 202 Clipper Good Hope	Brazil	April 29, 1952	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–26	Buenos Aires-Montevideo-Rio de Janeiro-Port of Spain-New York	Engine separation, loss of control and in-flight breakup for reasons unknown
Flight 201 Clipper Southern Cross	off Rio de Janeiro	July 27, 1952	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–26	New York-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires	Cabin door failure, explosive decompression
Flight 845/26 Clipper United States	Pacific Ocean off Oregon coast	March 26, 1955	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–26	Portland-Honolulu	Propeller failure, engine separation, loss of control, water ditching
Flight 6 Clipper Sovereign of the Skies	Pacific Ocean	October 16, 1956	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–29		Double engine failure leading to water ditching
Flight 7 Clipper Romance of the Skies	Pacific Ocean	November 8, 1957	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–29	San Francisco-Honolulu	Unexplained disappearance (possible engine failure, sabotage, or bombing)
N1023V Clipper Golden Gate	Manila	June 2, 1958	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–26	San Francisco-Singapore	Weather, hard landing, propeller failure, fuselage penetration
N740PA Clipper Northern Light	San Francisco International Airport	February 20, 1959	Douglas DC-7C	None	Excessive descent
N1033V Clipper Midnight Sun	Juneau International Airport	April 10, 1959	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26	Seattle/Tacoma-Juneau	Landed short of runway
N5026K Clipper Panama	Shannon Airport	June 22, 1959	Douglas DC-6		Propeller failure, engine separation
N90941 Clipper Australia	Haneda Airport	July 9, 1959	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-29		Landing gear failure, belly landing
N88900 Clipper Fearless	near Tegucigalpa	September 12, 1959	Douglas DC-4 (former C-54)	San Salvador-Miami	Deviation from course for reasons unknown
N745PA Clipper Midnight Sun	Stuttgart Airport	February 18, 1961	Douglas DC-7CF	Frankfurt-Stuttgart	Crew error
Flight 501	José Martí International Airport	August 9, 1961	Douglas DC-8	Mexico City-Guatemala City	Hijacking
Flight 214 Clipper Tradewind	Elkton, Maryland	December 8, 1963	Boeing 707–121	San Juan-Baltimore-Philadelphia	Weather, lightning strike, in-flight explosion
Flight 212 Clipper Southern Cross	John F. Kennedy International Airport	April 7, 1964	Boeing 707-139	San Juan-New York City	Pilot error, runway overrun
Flight 843 Clipper Friendship	San Francisco	June 28, 1965	Boeing 707-321B	San Francisco-Honolulu	Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 292 Clipper Constitution	Chances Peak	September 17, 1965	Boeing 707-121B	Fort de France-Antigua	CFIT
Flight 708 Clipper München	East Berlin	November 15, 1966	Boeing 727–21	Frankfurt-West Berlin	Undetermined
Unknown	Da Nang Airport	February 9, 1968	Douglas DC-6	Da Nang-Hong Kong	Hijacking
Flight 1 Clipper Caribbean	near Calcutta	June 12, 1968	Boeing 707-321C		Incorrect altimeter setting
Flight 281	New York City	November 24, 1968	Boeing 707	New York-San Juan	Hijacking
Flight 217 Clipper Malay	near Caracas	December 12, 1968	Boeing 707-321B	New York-Caracas	Pilot error, optical illusion
Flight 799 Clipper Racer	Anchorage	December 26, 1968	Boeing 707-321C	San Francisco-Anchorage-Tokyo-Da Nang-Cam Ranh Bay	Weather, bad preflight checklist, warning system defect
Flight 812	Sydney Airport	December 1, 1969	Boeing 707-321B		Bird strike during takeoff, resulting in overrun runway excursion
Flight 299 Clipper Victor	José Martí International Airport	August 2, 1970	Boeing 747-121	New York-San Juan	Hijacking
Flight 93 Clipper Fortune	Egypt	September 6, 1970	Boeing 747-121	Amsterdam-New York	Hijacking by PFLP, Blown up in Cairo
Flight 6005 Clipper Rising Sun	20 mi E of Manila	July 25, 1971	Boeing 707-321C	San Francisco-Honolulu-Guam-Manila-Saigon	Crew error, poor CRM
Flight 845 Clipper America	San Francisco	July 30, 1971	Boeing 747–121	San Francisco-Tokyo	Crew error, ground collision
Flight 841	Tan Son Nhat International Airport	July 2, 1972	Boeing 747	Manila-Saigon	Hijacking
Flight 816 Clipper Winged Racer	Tahiti, French Polynesia	July 22, 1973	Boeing 707-321B	Auckland-Tahiti-San Francisco-Los Angeles	Unknown (possible instrument failure leading to crew distraction)
Flight 160 Clipper Titian	Boston	November 3, 1973	Boeing 707-321C	New York-Prestwick-Frankfurt	Smoke in cockpit, loss of control
Flight 110 Clipper Celestial	Rome, Italy	December 17, 1973	Boeing 707-321C		Terrorism, bombing
Flight 806 Clipper Radiant	Pago Pago, American Samoa	January 30, 1974	Boeing 707-321B	Auckland-Pago Pago-Honolulu-Los Angeles	CFIT
Flight 812 Clipper Climax	Bali	April 22, 1974	Boeing 707-321B	Hong Kong-Bali-Sydney	Instrument failure, pilot error
Flight 1736 Clipper Victor	Canary Islands	March 27, 1977	Boeing 747–121	Los Angeles-New York-Las Palmas	Ground collision with KLM Boeing 747
Flight 816 Clipper Mayflower	Kingsford Smith International Airport	April 4, 1979	Boeing 747SP-21	Sydney-Auckland	Hijacking
N771PA Clipper Donald McKay	Heathrow Airport	December 27, 1979	Boeing 747-121SF	New York City-London	Engine separation, in-flight fire
Flight 421 Clipper Meteor	Juan Santamaria International Airport	September 3, 1980	Boeing 727-21	Miami-San Juan	Crashed short of runway
Flight 759 Clipper Defiance	Kenner, Louisiana	July 9, 1982	Boeing 727–235	Miami-New Orleans-Las Vegas	Weather, microburst
Flight 830 Clipper Ocean Rover	Pacific Ocean	August 11, 1982	Boeing 747-121		Terrorism, bombing
Flight 378	Havana	July 2, 1983	Boeing 727	Miami-Orlando	Hijacking
Flight 925	Houston	August 2, 1983	Boeing 727	Miami-Houston	Hijacking
Flight 73 Clipper Defender	Karachi International Airport	August 4, 1983	Boeing 747-121	Delhi-Karachi	Loss of control, crew error
Flight 558 Clipper Intrepid	Hopkins International Airport	January 4, 1985	Boeing 727-235	Cincinnati-Cleveland	Hijacking
Flight 73 Clipper Empress of the Seas	Pakistan	September 5, 1986	Boeing 747–121	Mumbai-Karachi-New York	Hijacking
Flight 164 Clipper Good Hope	Tampa International Airport	November 6, 1986	Boeing 727-235	Tampa-Newark	Ground collision with a private Piper Apache
Flight 125 Clipper Ocean Pearl	England	March 10, 1987	Boeing 747–121		Mechanical failure
Flight 103 Clipper Maid of the Seas	Lockerbie, Scotland	December 21, 1988	Boeing 747–121A	London-New York	Terrorism, bombing
Paninternational
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 112	A7/E45 near Hamburg Airport	September 6, 1971	BAC 1-11-515FB		Dual engine failure due to maintenance error
Partnair
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 394	Hirtshals, Denmark	September 8, 1989	Convair 580		Structural failure, counterfeit parts
Philippine Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
PI-C12	Mount Parker	January 25, 1947	Douglas C-47A-25-DK		CFIT
PI-C98	between Daet and Manila	May 7, 1949	Douglas C-47B-35-DK		Bombing
PI-C22	near Iloilo	January 24, 1950	Douglas DC-3		Unexplained disappearance
PI-C270	Loakan Airport	March 30, 1952	Douglas C-47A-DL		Crashed on takeoff
PI-C38	Chinmen Island	December 30, 1952	Douglas DC-3		Hijacking
PI-C294	Rome	January 14, 1954	Douglas DC-6		Loss of control
PI-C55	Ozamiz City	December 11, 1957	de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter		Stall, loss of control
Flight 526	Mount Baco	November 23, 1960	Douglas DC-3C		Navigation error, CFIT
Flight S85	Talamban	December 22, 1960	Douglas DC-3C (former C-47)		Engine failure
Flight 984	Mount Boca	March 2, 1963	Douglas C-47B-30-DK		Navigation error, CFIT
Flight 946	near Marawi	February 21, 1964	Douglas C-47B-10-DK		Weather, pilot error
Flight 26/25	Sibuco Point	May 20, 1964	de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter		Weather, pilot error
Flight 741	Manila	October 20, 1965	Douglas C-47A-25-DK		Pilot error
Flight 785	Sabalyan	June 29, 1966	Douglas C-47A-90-DL		Weather, pilot error
Flight 215	over the Philippine Islands	April 21, 1970	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2		Bombing (suspected)
RP-C1028	near Manila	February 3, 1975	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-226 Srs. 2		Engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 116	Zamboanga Airport	May 23, 1976	BAC 1-11-527FK		Hijacking
Flight 480	Jolo Airport	July 11, 1982	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2		Aborted takeoff, runway overrun
Flight 206	near Baguio City	June 27, 1987	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2		Weather, CFIT
Flight 443	near Iligan	December 13, 1987	Shorts 360-300		CFIT
Flight 124	Ninoy Aquino International Airport	July 21, 1989	BAC 1-11-516FP		Skidded off runway
Flight 143	Ninoy Aquino International Airport	May 11, 1990	Boeing 737-3Y0		Fuel tank explosion
Flight 434	Daito Islands	December 11, 1994	Boeing 747-283B		Terrorism, bombing
Flight 137	Bacolod City	March 22, 1998	Airbus A320-214		Mechanical failure
Flight 812	near Manila	May 25, 2000	Airbus A330-301		Hijacking
PMTair
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
XU-072 (operated by Royal Phnom Penh Airways)	Ratanakiri Airport	November 21, 2005	Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C		Under investigation
Flight 241	Kampot Province	June 25, 2007	Antonov An-24B		CFIT
Polar Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Unknown	Dudinka	December 25, 1945	Douglas C-47		In-flight fire, crash on takeoff
CCCP-N400	off Ostrov Litne	December 13, 1946	Focke-Wulf Fw 200C	Igarka-Arkangelsk	Engine failure, forced landing
CCCP-N500	Yakutsk Airport	April 23, 1950	Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4		Runway overrun
RA-05881	near Sangar	May 16, 2003	Antonov An-3T		Weather, engine failure, forced landing
RA-02252	Sangar	November 18, 2005	Antonov An-2TP	Sangar-Sebyan-Kyuel	Crew error
RA-26061	Deputatskiy Airport	November 21, 2012	Antonov An-26B-100	Yakutsk-Deputatskiy	Under investigation (runway excursion)
Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 191	Ponce, Puerto Rico	June 24, 1972	De Havilland DH-114 Heron		Pilot error
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 612	Sukha Balka, Ukraine	August 22, 2006	Tupolev Tu-154M		Pilot error

Q

Qantas
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
G-AUED	Tambo, Queensland	March 24, 1927	de Havilland DH-9C	Stall, loss of control
G-AUHI	Adelaide Hills, South Australia	September 4, 1928	de Havilland DH.50J	Loss of control
VH-UHE	Winton, Queensland	October 3, 1934	de Havilland DH.50A	Loss of control, possible stall
VH-USG	Longreach, Queensland	November 15, 1934	de Havilland DH-86	Loss of control due to design defect
G-AEUH	Timor Sea off Kupang	January 30, 1942	Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat	Shot down by Japanese aircraft
VH-USE	Brisbane	February 20, 1942	de Havilland DH-86	Loss of control, possible in-flight breakup
VH-ADU	Port Moresby	April 22, 1943	Short S-23 Empire Flying Boat	Broke apart after landing
VH-CAB	Port Moresby	November 26, 1943	Lockheed C-56B-LO Lodestar	CFIT
VH-ABB	Sydney	October 11, 1944	Short S-23 Empire Flying Boat	Stall, loss of control
VH-EBQ	Lae	July 16, 1951	de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover	Centre propeller failure
Flight 1	Bangkok	September 23, 1999	Boeing 747–438	Weather, crew error
Flight 30	South China Sea	July 25, 2008	Boeing 747–438	Mid-air decompression, Exploding oxygen cylinder
Flight 72	Near Exmouth, Western Australia	October 7, 2008	Airbus A330-303	Air data inertial reference unit failure and autopilot software design error
Flight 32	Between Singapore and Batam	November 4, 2010	Airbus A380	Engine Failure
Flight 32	Over eastern India	January 7, 2012	Airbus A380	Severe turbulence

R

Red Wings Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 9268	M3 near Vnukovo Airport	December 29, 2012	Tupolev Tu-204-100V	Pardubice-Moscow	Under investigation (runway overrun)
Royal Air Maroc (RAM)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 630	Atlas Mountains	August 21, 1994	ATR-42-312	Agadir-Casablanca	Deliberate crash (disputed)
RusAir
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 9605	A133 near Besovets	June 20, 2011	Tupolev Tu-134A-3	Moscow-Petrozavodsk	Crew failed to go-around, premature descent, CFIT
Ryanair
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 296	London Stansted Airport	February 27, 2002	Boeing 737–8AS		Ground fire
Flight 9336	Barcelona-Girona	August 25, 2008	Boeing 737–8AS		Brutal loss of cabin pressurization
Flight 4102	Rome	November 10, 2008	Boeing 737–8AS	Frankfurt-Rome	Multiple birdstrikes

S

S7 Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 778	Irkutsk	July 8, 2006	Airbus A310-324	Moscow-Irkutsk	Pilot error
Sabena
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
OO-AGN	Tatsfield, Surrey	December 10, 1935	Savoia-Marchetti S.73	Brussels-London	Pilot error
OO-AUB	Ostend, Belgium	November 16, 1937	Junkers Ju 52/3mge	Frankfurt-Cologne-Brussels-London	Weather, pilot error
OO-AGT	Soest, Germany	October 10, 1938	Savoia-Marchetti S.73		In-flight breakup
OO-AGS	Arques, France	May 23, 1940	Savoia-Marchetti S.73		Shot down
OO-AUR	Brussels, Belgium	September 17, 1946	Douglas C-47-DL	Brussels-London	Loss of speed for reasons unknown
OO-CBG	near Gander, Newfoundland	September 18, 1946	Douglas DC-4-1009	Brussels-Shannon-Gander-New York City	Pilot error
OO-CAR	near Mitwaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo	December 24, 1947	Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar		Engine failure, loss of control
OO-AWB	Heathrow Airport	March 2, 1948	Douglas DC-3D	Brussels-London	Pilot error
OO-CBE	near Magazini, Belgian Congo (now Zaire)	May 12, 1948	Douglas DC-4-1009	Léopoldville-Libenga	Flew into a tornado, windshear
OO-CBL	near Elizabethville, Belgian Congo	August 31, 1948	Douglas DC-3 (former C-47)	Manono-Elizabethville	Undetermined
OO-CBK	Léopoldville (now Kinshasa), Zaire	August 27, 1949	Douglas C-47B-5-DK	Léopoldville-Elizabethville	Loss of engine power, failed to gain height on takeoff
OO-AUQ	Aulnay-sous-Bois, France	December 18, 1949	Douglas C-47A-60-DL	Paris-Brussels	Wing separation
OO-CBA	near Gao Airport, Mali	July 24, 1951	Douglas DC-3-455		Engine failure on takeoff
OO-CBN	near Kikwit, Belgian Congo	February 4, 1952	Douglas C-47A-25-DK	Costermansville-Léopoldville	Propeller separation, fuselage penetration, loss of control
OO-AWQ	near Frankfurt, Germany	October 14, 1953	Convair CV-240-12	Frankfurt-Brussels	Loss of power on takeoff
OO-AWO	near Kloten Airport, Switzerland	December 19, 1953	Convair CV-240-12	Brussels-Zürich	Pilot error
OO-CBY	near Maribor, Slovenia	June 3, 1954	Douglas C-47A-1-DK	Blackbushe-Beograd	Attacked by MiG-15 fighter, forced landing
OO-SDB	Abruzzio Mountains, Italy	February 13, 1955	Douglas DC-6	Brussels-Rome	Navigation error, CFIT
OO-SFA	near Casablanca, Morocco	May 18, 1958	Douglas DC-7C	Brussels-Lisbon-Léopoldville	Engine failure, pilot error
Flight 548	Brussels, Belgium	February 15, 1961	Boeing 707-329	New York City-Brussels	Mechanical failure
OO-SJK	near Lagos, Nigeria	July 13, 1968	Boeing 707-329C	Brussels-Lagos	Excessive descent for reasons unknown
Flight 571	Lod International Airport, Israel	May 8, 1972	Boeing 707-329	Vienna-Tel Aviv	Hijacking
Sahsa
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Tan-Sahsa Flight 414	Tegucigalpa	October 21, 1989	Boeing 727		Pilot Error
Saturn Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
N640NA	near San Antonio International Airport	January 31, 1967	Douglas DC-6A		Undetermined
N9248R	near Fort Dix	October 10, 1970	Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules		Weather, spatial disorientation, pilot error
Flight 14	near Springfield, Illinois	May 23, 1974	Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules		Metal fatigue, wing separation, loss of control
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
HZ-AAN	Red Sea, 63 mi off Jeddah	June 13, 1964	Douglas C-47A-20-DK		CFIT
HZ-AAM	near Khalif Nsier	June 24, 1967	Douglas C-47		?
HZ-AAZ	3 mi S of Dhahran	July 8, 1968	Convair CV-340-68		Poor visibility, aborted approach
Flight 163	Riyadh	August 19, 1980	Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar		In-flight fire
Flight 162	over Qatar	December 22, 1980	Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar		Explosive decompression
Flight 763	Delhi	November 12, 1996	Boeing 747-168B		Mid-air collision with a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
SE-BDA Agnar Viking	London	July 4, 1948	Douglas DC-6	Amsterdam–London	Mid-air collision with RAF Avro York
Flight 871	Ankara	January 19, 1960	Sud Aviation Caravelle I		Unintentional descent for reasons unknown
Flight 933 Sverre Viking	Los Angeles	January 30, 1969	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62		Pilot error
Flight 370	Oslo	January 13, 1973	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21		Aborted takeoff after rotation
Flight 751	Gottröra	December 27, 1991	McDonnell Douglas MD-81		Inadequate de-icing
Flight 686 Lage Viking	Linate Airport, Milan	October 8, 2001	McDonnell Douglas MD-87	Milan-Copenhagen	Ground collision with a private Cessna Citation
Flight 1209	Aalborg	September 9, 2007	Dash 8–400 (Q400)		Landing gear failure
Flight 2748	Vilnius Airport	September 12, 2007	Dash 8–400 (Q400)		Landing gear failure
Flight 2867	Copenhagen Airport	October 27, 2007	Dash 8–400 (Q400)		Landing gear failure
Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
F-ADTP	near Schiphol Airport	August 24, 1924	Farman F.61 Goliath		Engine failure, forced landing
F-ADTN	Atlantic Ocean	May 5, 1927	Farman F.61 Goliath		Unexplained disappearance
F-AEIE	Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport	May 23, 1928	Farman F.63bis Goliath		Crashed on takeoff
F-ADTQ	Aalsmeer, Netherlands	July 9, 1930	Farman F.63bis Goliath		Mechanical failure, loss of control
Shanxi Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
B-4218	Linfen	October 7, 1988	Ilyushin Il-14P	None	Crash on takeoff
Siberia Airlines (now S7 Airlines)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 1812	Black Sea	October 4, 2001	Tupolev Tu-154M	Tel Aviv-Novosibirsk	Shot down by stray surface to air missile
Flight 852	Omsk Airport	January 14, 2002	Tupolev Tu-204-100	Frankfurt-Novosibirsk	Double engine failure, skidded off runway
Flight 1047	Rostov Oblast	August 24, 2004	Tupolev Tu-154B-2	Moscow-Sochi	Terrorist bombing
SilkAir
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 185	Palembang, Indonesia	December 19, 1997	Boeing 737–300	Jakarta-Singapore	?
Singapore Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 117	Singapore	March 26, 1991	Airbus A310	Kuala Lumpur-Singapore	Hijacking
Flight 006	Taipei	October 31, 2000	Boeing 747–412	Singapore-Taipei-Los Angeles	Ground collision
Skyways Limited
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
G-AHFA	North Atlantic	February 2, 1953	Avro York		Unexplained disappearance
South African Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
ZS-AST	Elands Bay, South Africa	March 28, 1941	Lockheed Lodestar		CFIT
ZS-AVJ	Mount Ingeli	October 15, 1951	Douglas DC-3		CFIT
Flight 201 (operated by BOAC)	Mediterranean Sea	April 8, 1954	de Havilland Comet 1		Metal fatigue, structural failure
Flight 512	near Seymour	March 6, 1962	Douglas DC-3		Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 406	East London, South Africa	March 13, 1967	Vickers 818 Viscount		Unknown
Flight 228	Windhoek	April 20, 1968	Boeing 707-344C		CFIT
Flight 295	Indian Ocean, near Mauritius	November 28, 1987	Boeing 747-244B Combi		In-flight fire
South Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 8971	Donetsk, Ukraine	February 13, 2013	Antonov An-24RV		Under investigation
Southeast Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 308	Holston Mountain	January 8, 1959	Douglas DC-3A		Pilot error, CFIT
Southern Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 932	Huntington, West Virginia	November 14, 1970	McDonnell Douglas DC-9		CFIT
Flight 242	New Hope, Georgia	April 4, 1977	McDonnell Douglas DC-9		Multiple engine failure
Southwest Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 1455	Burbank, California	March 5, 2000	Boeing 737-3T5		Runway overrun due to pilot error
Flight 1248	Chicago	December 8, 2005	Boeing 737-7H4		Weather runway overrun
Spanair
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 5022	Madrid	August 20, 2008	McDonnell Douglas MD-82		Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff
Spantax
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 995	Málaga Airport, Spain	September 13, 1982	Douglas DC-10-30		Aborted take-off
Spencer Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
VP-YFD	Croydon Airport, United Kingdom	January 25, 1947	Douglas C-47A		Pilot error
Surinam Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight PY764	Paramaribo, Suriname	June 7, 1989	Douglas DC-8		Pilot error
Swissair
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
CH-170	near Tuttlingen	July 27, 1934	Curtiss AT-32C Condor II		Vibration, fatigue, wing separation
HB-IXA	Konstanz	July 20, 1939	Junkers Ju 86Z-2		Engine fire, loss of control
HB-IRW Ticino	English Channel off Folkestone	June 19, 1954	Convair CV-240-4		Crew error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
HB-IMD	Shannon Airport	July 15, 1956	Convair CV-440-11		Pilot error
HB-IRK	Bodensee	June 18, 1957	Douglas C-47B-1-DL		Stall, loss of control
Flight 306	Zurich	September 4, 1963	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III		In-flight fire
HB-IMF	Zurich	February 10, 1967	Convair CV-440-11		CFIT
Flight 330	Lucerne	February 21, 1970	Convair CV-990-30A-6		Terrorism, bombing
Flight 100	Zarqa, Jordan	September 13, 1970	Douglas DC-8-53		Hijacking
Flight 316 Uri	Athens	October 8, 1979	Douglas DC-8-62		Crew error, runway overrun
Flight 111	St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia	September 2, 1998	McDonnell Douglas MD-11		In-flight fire

T

TACA
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 110	New Orleans	May 24, 1988	Boeing 737-3T0		Weather, design failure
Flight 510	Guatemala City	April 6, 1993	Boeing 767-2S1ER		Pilot error
Flight 390	Tegucigalpa	May 30, 2008	Airbus A320		Runway overrun in bad weather
TAESA
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 725	Uruapan	November 9, 1999	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31	Mexico City-Uruapan-Tijuana	Failure to use checklists, spatial deorientation
TAG Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
N2300H	Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio	January 28, 1970	de Havilland Dove		Structural failure
TAM Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
PT-SBB	Agudos	February 8, 1979	Embraer EMB-110C Banderante		CFIT
Unknown	Macaé	July 4, 1984	Embraer EMB-110 Banderante		Unknown
PT-LUG	Bauru	February 12, 1990	Fokker F-27		Pilot error, engine failure, ground collision (car)
Flight 402	Congonhas	October 31, 1996	Fokker F-100		Mechanical failure
Flight 283	Suzano	July 9, 1997	Fokker F-100		Bombing
Flight 9755	Belo Horizonte	September 15, 2001	Fokker F-100		Right engine disintegration, explosive decompression
Flight 3804	Araçatuba	August 30, 2002	Fokker F-100		Fuel starvation, emergency gear-up landing in a field
Flight 3499	Viracopos-Campinas International Airport	August 30, 2002	Fokker F-100		Fuel starvation, emergency gear-up landing
Flight 3040	São Paulo	August 8, 2006	Fokker F-100		Forward airstair collapse in mid-flight
Flight 3054	Congonhas	July 17, 2007	Airbus A320		Pilot error, improper training, bad weather and short runway
TAP Portugal
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 425	Madeira	November 19, 1977	Boeing 727–282		Overran runway due to poor weather and short runway
TAROM
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
YR-ILB	near Sibiu	October 9, 1964	Ilyushin Il-14P	Timisoara-Bucharest	In-flight breakup due to weather
Flight 371	Baloteşti	March 31, 1995	Airbus A310-324		Mechanical failure followed by pilot error
Flight 3107	Otopeni	December 30, 2007	Boeing 737-300		Ground collision with maintenance car involving weather conditions
TAT European Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 230	Fontainebleau, France	March 4, 1988	Fairchild FH-227	Nancy-Paris	Electrical failure, loss of control
F-GCPZ	Pleurtuit Airport	March 23, 1991	Fairchild FH-227		Burned while parked
Texas International Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
N1304T	over Harlingen, Texas	February 6, 1969	Douglas DC-9-15MC		Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-28
Flight 655	Black Fork Mountain	September 27, 1973	Convair 600		Pilot error, deviation from route, poor CRM, CFIT
Flight 987	Stapleton International Airport	November 16, 1976	Douglas DC-9-14		Mechanical failure, runway overrun
N9103	Ryan Field	March 17, 1980	Douglas DC-9-14		Weather, runway overrun
Thai Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 2	Chiang Mai International Airport	December 25, 1967	Douglas DC-3	Bangkok-Chiang Mai	Loss of control
Flight 231	9 mi NE of Bangkok	April 27, 1980	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-207 Srs. 2	Khon Kaen-Bangkok	Windshear
HS-TBB	near Phang Nga, Thailand	April 15, 1985	Boeing 737-2P5	Bangkok-Phuket	Double engine failure, CFIT
Flight 365	Andaman Sea, 9 mi off Phuket	August 31, 1987	Boeing 737-2P5	Hat Yai-Phuket	Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Thai Airways International
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 601	near Kai Tak International Airport	June 30, 1967	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III	Taipei-Hong Kong	Pilot error
HS-TGU Srisubhan	Kathmandu Airport	May 10, 1973	Douglas DC-8-33		Runway overrun
Flight 620	over Tosa Bay	October 26, 1986	Airbus A300B4-601	Bangkok-Manila-Osaka	Bombing
Flight 311	Langtang National Park, Nepal	July 31, 1992	Airbus A310-304	Bangkok-Kathmandu	CFIT
HS-THO	Bangkok International Airport	October 22, 1994	Airbus A300B4-103	None	Ground collision with a Thai Airways MD-11
Flight 261	4 mi SW of Surat Thani, Thailand	December 11, 1998	Airbus A310-204	Bangkok-Surat Thani	Disputed
Flight 114 Narathiwat	Bangkok International Airport	March 3, 2001	Boeing 737–400	Bangkok-Chiang Mai	Explosion cause of fuel/air mixture
Tianjin Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 7554	Hotan Airport	June 29, 2012	Embraer E-190-100LR		Attempted hijacking
Toa Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
JA6158	Mount Ohira	February 23, 1962	de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B		CFIT
Toa Domestic Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 533	Yokotsu Mountain	July 3, 1971	NAMC YS-11A-217		CFIT
Flight 621	Osaka-Itami Airport	May 28, 1975	NAMC YS-11-125		Mechanical failure
Flight 670	Miho-Yonago Airport	January 10, 1988	NAMC YS-11-109		Icing
Transair Georgia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
SSSR-65893	Sukhumi	September 21, 1993	Tupolev Tu-134		Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
SSSR-85163	Sukhumi	September 22, 1993	Tupolev Tu-154		Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
SSSR-65001	Sukhumi	September 23, 1993	Tupolev Tu-154		Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
TransAVIAexport Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
EW-78849	Mogadishu	March 23, 2007	Ilyushin Il-76		Terrorism
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
NC9649 The City of San Francisco	Mount Taylor, New Mexico	September 3, 1929	Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor		Lightning strike
Unknown	Amarillo, Texas	December 30, 1929	Travel Air 6000		Crash on approach
Trans Maldivian Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight N/O	Maldives	May 17, 2004	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter		Mechanical failure
Transocean Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
N79998	9 mi off Lurga Point	August 15, 1949	Douglas C-54A-DO		Poor CRM
Flight 5763	Tucumari Airport	November 5, 1951	Martin 2-0-2		Poor visibility, pilot error
Flight 501	near Fairbanks, Alaska	December 30, 1951	Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando		Pilot error
Flight 942	12 mi SW of Alvarado, California	March 20, 1953	Douglas C-54G-10-DO		Loss of control for reasons unknown
Flight 512 The Royal Hawaiian	344 mi E of Wake Island	July 12, 1953	Douglas DC-6		Undetermined
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
F-BGOD	near Cairo	February 20, 1956	Douglas DC-6B		Pilot error, crew error, crew fatigue, improper approach
F-BIAP	Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport	September 24, 1959	Douglas DC-7C		CFIT
Trans Service Airlift
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight MSN-1080	Angola	December 18, 1995	Lockheed L-188C Electra		Surpassed maximum take-off weight
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 599	Cottonwood Falls, Kansas	March 31, 1931	Fokker F-10A Trimotor		Structural failure
NC9605	Quay, New Mexico	August 29, 1933	Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor		Weather
Flight 6	Atlanta, Missouri	May 6, 1935	Douglas DC-2-112		CFIT for reasons unknown
Flight 1	Uniontown, Pennsylvania	April 7, 1936	Douglas DC-2-112		Pilot error
Flight 15A	Clifton, Pennsylvania	March 25, 1937	Douglas DC-2-112		Icing
Flight 8	Yosemite National Park	March 1, 1938	Douglas DC-2-112	San Francisco-Winslow	CFIT
Flight 6	near Robertson, Missouri	January 23, 1941	Douglas DC-3B-202	Kansas City-St. Louis	Weather, CFIT
Flight 3	Potosi Mountain, Nevada	January 16, 1942	Douglas DC-3-382	Las Vegas-Burbank	Navigation error, deviation from course, CFIT
Flight 277 (operated by USAAF)	Fort Mountain	June 20, 1944	Douglas C-54	Stephenville-Washington, DC	Spatial disorientation
Flight 8	Hanford, California	November 4, 1944	Douglas DC-3-454	San Francisco-Burbank	Structural failure
Flight 13	near Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal	December 1, 1944	Douglas DC-3-209	San Francisco-New York City	Pilot error
Flight 47	over Chicago	September 26, 1945	Douglas C-49J (DC-3-454)	Chicago-Kansas City	Mid-air collision with a Boeing A75N1
Flight 456	Chicago	July 2, 1946	Douglas DC-3-201F	Chicago-South Bend	Fuel exhaustion, double engine failure
Flight 513 Star of Lisbon	Reading, Pennsylvania	July 11, 1946	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	None	In-flight fire
Flight 6963 Cairo Skychief	Shannon Airport, Ireland	December 28, 1946	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	Paris-Shannon-Gander-New York City	Standby altimeter wrongly connected causing CFIT, poor forward vision
NC86508 Star of Athens	off Delaware Bay	May 11, 1947	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	None	Loss of control for reasons unknown
NC86507 Star of Madrid	New Castle Airport	November 18, 1947	Lockheed L-049-46-26 Constellation	None	Landed short of runway
Flight 211	Los Angeles Airport	November 25, 1948	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	Washington, DC-Kansas City-Albuquerque-Phoenix-Los Angeles	Poor visibility
Flight 924	Gander Airport	March 2, 1949	Douglas C-54B-1-DC	New York City-Delhi	Poor visibility, CFIT
Flight 903 Star of Maryland	near Cairo	August 31, 1950	Lockheed L-749A Constellation	Bombay-New York City	Engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 694	Boone County, Kentucky	January 12, 1955	Martin 2-0-2A	Cincinnati-Cleveland	Mid-air collision with a private DC-3
Flight 260	Sandia Mountain, New Mexico	February 19, 1955	Martin 4-0-4	Albuquerque-Santa Fe	Deviation from course for reasons unknown
Flight 400	near Greater Pittsburgh Airport	April 1, 1956	Martin 4-0-4	Pittsburgh-Newark	Mechanical failure, crew error
Flight 2 Star of the Seine	Grand Canyon	June 30, 1956	Lockheed L-1049-54-80 Super Constellation	Los Angeles-Kansas City	Mid-air collision with a United DC-7
Flight 891 Star of the Severn	near Milan	June 26, 1959	Lockheed L-1649A Starliner		Lightning strike, in-flight explosion, structural failure
Flight 595	Chicago	November 24, 1959	Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation	Chicago-Los Angeles	Pilot error
Flight 266 Star of Sicily	Staten Island	December 16, 1960	Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation	Columbus-New York City	Mid-air collision with a United DC-8
Flight 529 Star of Dublin	Near Hinsdale, Illinois	September 1, 1961	Lockheed L-049 Constellation	Boston-New York City-Pittsburgh-Chicago-Las Vegas-Los Angeles-San Francisco	Mechanical failure
Flight 800	Rome	November 23, 1964	Boeing 707–331		Mechanical failure
Flight 42	over Carmel, New York	December 4, 1965	Boeing 707-131B	San Francisco-New York City	Mid-air collision with an Eastern Super Constellation
Flight 553	Urbana, Ohio	March 9, 1967	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15	New York City-Harrisburg-Pittsburgh-Dayton-Chicago	Mid-air collision with a Beechcraft 55
Flight 159	Erlanger, Kentucky	November 6, 1967	Boeing 707–131	New York-Cincinnati-Los Angeles	Near collision, pilot error
Flight 128	Constance, Kentucky	November 20, 1967	Convair 880-22-1	Los Angeles-Cincinnati	CFIT
Flight 5787	Atlantic City International Airport	July 26, 1969	Boeing 707-331C	None	Crew error, loss of control
Flight 840	Damascus	August 29, 1969	Boeing 707-331B		Hijacking, bombing
Flight 741	Zarqa, Jordan	September 13, 1970	Boeing 707-331B	Frankfurt-New York City	Hijacking
Flight 841	Ionian Sea	September 8, 1974	Boeing 707-331B	Tel Aviv-Athens-Rome-New York City	Terrorism, bombing
Flight 514	Mount Weather, Virginia	December 1, 1974	Boeing 727–231	Indianapolis-Columbus-Washington, DC	CFIT
Flight 355	New York City	September 10, 1976	Boeing 727–231	New York City-Chicago	Hijacking
Flight 841	Detroit	April 4, 1979	Boeing 727–231	New York City-Minneapolis	Crew error
Flight 847	Beirut	June 14, 1985	Boeing 727–231		Hijacking
Flight 840	Corfu	April 2, 1986	Boeing 727–231		Terrorism, bombing
Flight 756	Scott Air Force Base	August 22, 1987	Boeing 767-231ER	San Francisco-St. Louis	Improper maintenance
Flight 843	John F. Kennedy International Airport	July 30, 1992	Lockheed L-1011 Tristar 1	New York City-San Francisco	Design defect, mechanical failure, ran off runway
Flight 800	Long Island	July 17, 1996	Boeing 747–131	New York City-Paris	Mid-air explosion (cause publicly disputed)
Flight 600	Nashville International Airport	September 9, 1999	Douglas DC-9-15	St. Louis-Nashville	Hard landing, landing gear failure, crew error
Tupolev
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
SSSR-77102	Goussainville, Val-d'Oise, France	June 3, 1973	Tupolev Tu-144S		In-flight breakup
SSSR-77111	Khabarovsk Novy Airport, Russia	May 23, 1978	Tupolev Tu-144D		Fuel leak, in-flight fire
Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
1959 Charter Flight	Gatwick, London	February 17, 1959	Vickers Viscount 793		Unknown – cause undetermined
TC-TAY	Etimesgut, Ankara	September 23, 1961	Fokker F27 Friendship 100		Pilot error
TC-KOP	Mt. Medetsiz	March 8, 1962	Fairchild F-27		Unknown
TC-ETI	Ankara	February 3, 1964	Douglas C-47A-5-DK		Unknown – Possible pilot error
TC-JAC	Adana	January 21, 1972	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32		Downwind during emergency landing
TC-JAO	Cumaovası, Izmir	January 26, 1974	Fokker F28-1000		Icing
Flight 981	Ermenonville	March 3, 1974	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10		Design error, mechanical failure (faulty cargo door)
Flight 345	Sea of Marmara	January 30, 1975	Fokker F28-1000		Possible downwind during landing
Flight 452	Isparta	September 19, 1976	Boeing 727-2F2		Pilot error
TC-JAT Trabzon	Çubuk, Ankara	December 23, 1979	Fokker F28-1000		Turbulence
Flight 890	Diyarbakır	October 13, 1980	Boeing 727–200		Hijacking
Flight 158	Ankara Esenboğa Airport	January 16, 1983	Boeing 727-2F2		Poor visibility
Flight 278	Van	December 29, 1994	Boeing 737-4Y0		Poor visibility
Flight 5904	Ceyhan	April 7, 1999	Boeing 737-4Q8		Poor weather conditions, pilot error
Flight 634	Diyarbakır	January 8, 2003	Avro RJ100		Pilot error, bad weather conditions
Flight 1951	near Schiphol, Amsterdam	February 25, 2009	Boeing 737–800		Instrument failure, stall, loss of control
Flight 1754	Atatürk Airport	January 5, 2011	Boeing 737-8F2		Attempted hijacking

U

United Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
NC13304	Chesterton, Indiana	October 10, 1933	Boeing 247		Bombing
NC13345	Portland, Oregon	November 9, 1933	Boeing 247		Poor visibility, navigation error, CFIT
Flight 6	Western Springs, Illinois	December 20, 1934	Boeing 247		Icing, loss of power
Flight 4	near Silver Crown, Wyoming	October 7, 1935	Boeing 247D		Pilot error
NC13323	Cheyenne, Wyoming	October 30, 1935	Boeing 247D		Pilot error
Trip 34	Rice Canyon, California	December 27, 1936	Boeing 247D		Pilot error
Flight 23	off San Francisco	February 9, 1937	Douglas DC-3A-197	Burbank-San Francisco	Loss of control due to co-pilot dropping microphone
Flight 1	Haydens Peak, Wyoming	October 17, 1937	Douglas DC-3-197	Newark-Oakland	Weather, CFIT
Flight 9	Cleveland, Ohio	May 24, 1938	Douglas DST-A-207A		In-flight fire
Flight 6	off Point Reyes, California	November 29, 1938	Douglas DC-3A-191	Seattle-San Diego	Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Flight 16	Bountiful Peak, Utah	November 4, 1940	Douglas DC-3-197	Oakland-Salt Lake City	Weather, loss of radio communication, pilot error, CFIT
Flight 21	Chicago, Illinois	December 4, 1940	Douglas DC-3A-197C	New York-Chicago	Possible icing, stall, loss of control
NC16072	Salt Lake City Municipal Airport	January 12, 1941	Douglas DC-3A-197	None	Burned in hangar fire
Flight 4	Salt Lake City, Utah	May 1, 1942	Douglas DST-A-207A (DC-3)		Deviation from course for reasons unknown
Flight 14	Elk Mountain	January 31, 1946	Douglas DC-3-194H	Boise-Denver	Deviation from course, CFIT
Flight 28 Mainliner Lake Michigan	near Cheyenne, Wyoming	October 8, 1946	Douglas DC-4	San Francisco-Cheyenne	Loss of altitude on approach
Flight 404	Cleveland, Ohio	November 11, 1946	Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3)	Chicago-Cleveland	Pilot error
Flight 521 Mainliner Lake Tahoe	LaGuardia Airport, New York City	May 29, 1947	Douglas C-54B	New York City-Cleveland	Pilot error
Flight 608	Bryce Canyon, Utah	October 24, 1947	Douglas DC-6	Los Angeles-Chicago	In-flight fire
Flight 624 Mainliner Utah	Aristes, Pennsylvania	June 17, 1948	Douglas DC-6	Los Angeles-Chicago-New York City	False warning of in-flight fire, crew error operating extinguishers
Flight 129	near Fort Wayne, Indiana	April 28, 1951	Douglas DC-3A-197	Cleveland-Fort Wayne	Windshear
Flight 610 Mainliner Overland Trail	Crystal Mountain, Colorado	June 30, 1951	Douglas DC-6	San Francisco-Oakland-Salt Lake City-Denver-Chicago	Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Flight 615	near Decoto, California	August 24, 1951	Douglas DC-6B	Boston-Hartford-Cleveland-Chicago-Oakland	Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 7030 Mainliner Oahu	off Redwood City, California	September 12, 1951	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–34	None	Stall, loss of control
Flight 16	Stapleton International Airport	December 4, 1951	Douglas DC-3A	None	Stall, loss of control
Flight 314	Michigan City, Indiana	August 26, 1953	Convair CV-340-31	Chicago-Detroit	Mid-air collision with an American Airlines Convair 240
N37512 Mainliner Idaho	Long Island MacArthur Airport	August 4, 1955	Douglas DC-6	None	Pilot error, loss of control
Flight 409	Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming	October 6, 1955	Douglas DC-4	New York City-Chicago-Denver-Salt Lake City-San Francisco	Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Flight 629	Longmont, Colorado	November 1, 1955	Douglas DC-6B	Denver-Portland	Bombing
Flight 718 Mainliner Vancouver	Grand Canyon, Arizona	June 30, 1956	Douglas DC-7	Los Angeles-Chicago	Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Flight 736	Arden, Nevada	April 21, 1958	Douglas DC-7	Los Angeles-New York City	Mid-air collision with USAF F-100 fighter
Flight 826 Mainliner Will Rogers	Over Staten Island, NY	December 16, 1960	Douglas DC-8-11	Chicago-New York City	Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Flight 859	Stapleton International Airport	July 11, 1961	Douglas DC-8-12	Omaha-Denver	Mechanical failure, pilot error
Flight 297	Howard County, Maryland	November 23, 1962	Vickers Viscount 745D	Newark-Washington, DC	Bird strike
Flight 823	near Parrottsville, Tennessee	July 9, 1964	Vickers Visount 745D	Philadelphia-Washington, DC-Knoxville-Huntsville	In-flight fire
Flight 389	Lake Michigan off Chicago	August 16, 1965	Boeing 727–22	New York City-Chicago	CFIT, pilots misread altimeters
Flight 227	Salt Lake City International Airport	November 11, 1965	Boeing 727–22	New York City-Cleveland-Chicago-Denver-Salt Lake City-San Francisco	Crashed short of the runway, pilot error
Flight 459	Cuba	January 11, 1969	Boeing 727	Jacksonville, TX-Miami	Hijacking
Flight 266	Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles	January 18, 1969	Boeing 727-22C	Los Angeles-Denver-Milwaukee	Mechanical failure, total loss of electrical power, spatial disorientation
Flight 14	over Riverside, California	June 25, 1969	Douglas DC-8	Los Angeles-New York City	Hijacking
Flight 611 City of Bristol	Philadelphia International Airport	July 19, 1970	Boeing 737–222		Engine failure, pilot error, runway overrun
Flight 553 City of Lincoln	Chicago	December 8, 1972	Boeing 737–222	Washington, DC-Chicago	Approach landing stall, pilot error
Flight 2860	near Kaysville, Utah	December 18, 1977	Douglas DC-8-54F	San Francisco-Salt Lake City	Electrical failure, pilot error, ATC error
Flight 173	Portland, Oregon	December 28, 1978	Douglas DC-8-61	New York City-Denver-Portland	Fuel exhaustion, pilot error
Flight 2885	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	January 11, 1983	Douglas DC-8-54F	Cleveland-Detroit-Los Angeles	Crew error
Flight 811	Pacific Ocean	February 24, 1989	Boeing 747–122	Honolulu-Auckland-Sydney	Cargo door opened—explosive decompression
Flight 232	Sioux City, Iowa	July 19, 1989	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10	Denver-Philadelphia	Manufacturing error, engine failure
Flight 585	Colorado Springs, Colorado	March 3, 1991	Boeing 737–291	Peoria-Moline-Denver-Colorado Springs	Mechanical failure, rudder reversion
Flight 826	Pacific Ocean, 956 mi ESE of Tokyo	December 28, 1997	Boeing 747–122	Tokyo-Honolulu	Severe turbulence
N7274U	Eppley Airfield	May 13, 2001	Boeing 727-222	None	Damaged by hailstorm
Flight 175	World Trade Center, New York City	September 11, 2001	Boeing 767–222	Boston-Los Angeles	Terrorism, hijacking
Flight 93	Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania	September 11, 2001	Boeing 757–222	Newark-San Francisco	Terrorism, hijacking
Flight 955	Heathrow Airport	July 5, 2007	Boeing 777-222ER		Mechanical failure, on-board fire
Flight 634	Newark Liberty International Airport	January 10, 2010	Airbus A319-131	Chicago-Newark	Landing gear failure
Flight 663	en route from Washington, DC to Denver	April 7, 2010	Boeing 757–222		Suspicious activity
Flight 497	Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport	April 7, 2011	Airbus A320		Electrical failure, runway overrun
United Arab Airlines (now EgyptAir)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 738	17 mi off Elba	September 29, 1960	Vickers Viscount 739B		In-flight breakup
Flight 869	Khao Yai Mountain	July 19, 1962	de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C		CFIT
Flight 869	6 mi off Bombay Airport	July 27, 1963	de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C		Loss of control
Flight 749	near Cairo	March 18, 1966	Antonov An-24B		Pilot error
Flight 844	4 mi from Tripoli International Airport	January 2, 1971	de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C		Poor visibility, pilot error
United States Air Force
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
IFO-21	Dubrovnik, Croatia	April 3, 1996	T-43 Bobcat		Pilot error, bad approach, weather
UPS Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 744	Louisville, Kentucky	September 11, 1998	Boeing 767–300		Weather, runway overrun
Flight 6971	Louisville, Kentucky	June 7, 2005	McDonnell Douglas MD-11		Pilot error
Flight 1307	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	February 8, 2006	Douglas DC-8		In-flight fire
Flight 6	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	September 3, 2010	Boeing 747–400		In-flight fire
Uruguayan Air Force
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 571	Border between Chile and Argentina	October 13, 1972	Fairchild FH-227		Crash into mountain
US Airways (Formerly USAir)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 5050	Flushing, Queens	September 20, 1989	Boeing 737–401		Crew error
Flight 1493	Los Angeles, California	February 1, 1991	Boeing 737–300		Ground collision
Flight 405	Flushing, Queens	March 22, 1992	Fokker F-28		Ice buildup, pilot error, inadequate deicing procedures
Flight 427	Aliquippa, Pennsylvania	September 8, 1994	Boeing 737–300		Mechanical failure
Flight 1016	Charlotte, North Carolina	July 2, 1994	McDonnell Douglas DC-9		Wind shear, crew error
Flight 1170	Logan International Airport	June 9, 2005	Boeing 737-3B7		Near collision
Flight 1549	Hudson River, New York	January 15, 2009	Airbus A320		Bird strike, loss of power to both engines
Union des Transports Aériens (UTA)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
F-BHMS	Mount Alcazaba	October 2, 1964	Douglas DC-6B		Undetermined
Flight 772	Sahara Desert	September 19, 1989	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30		Terrorist bombing
Union des Transports Aériens de Guinée (UTA, UTAGE)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 141	Bight of Benin	December 25, 2003	Boeing 727–223		Surpassed maximum take off weight
UTair Aviation
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
RA-26012	Antalya Airport	November 9, 2002	Antonov An-26B		Weather, poor visibility, CFIT
Flight 471	Samara Kurumoch Airport	March 17, 2007	Tupolev Tu-134A-3		Hard landing, structural failure
VQ-BAC	Vnukovo International Airport	January 16, 2010	Boeing 737–500		Runway overrun
Flight 120	Roschino International Airport	April 2, 2012	ATR 72–201		Under investigation

V

ValuJet Airlines (Now AirTran Airways)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 592	Everglades	May 11, 1996	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32	Miami-Atlanta	In-flight fire
Varig
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 837	Roberts International Airport	March 5, 1967	Douglas DC-8-33	Rome-Monrovia-Rio de Janeiro	Pilot error
Flight 820	Orly International Airport	July 11, 1973	Boeing 707-345C	Rio de Janeiro-Paris	In-flight fire
PP-VLU	125 mi off Japan	January 30, 1979	Boeing 707-323C	Tokyo-Los Angeles-Rio de Janeiro	Unexplained disappearance
Flight 797	Abidjan	January 3, 1987	Boeing 707-379C	Abidjan-Rio de Janeiro	Engine failure
Flight 254	Mato Grosso	September 3, 1989	Boeing 737–241	São Paulo-Maraba-Belem	Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
Varney Air Lines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
NC741K	Bluff Mountain	January 21, 1931	Boeing 40	Portland-Pasco	CFIT
NC10338	Pasco, Washington	November 26, 1931	Boeing 40	Portland-Pasco	Poor visibility
NC891E	near Walsenburg, Colorado	May 1, 1935	Lockheed Vega		Engine failure
NC176W	Walsenburg, Colorado	September 28, 1936	Lockheed Vega	El Paso-Puebla	Engine failure, CFIT
VASP
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 376	Brasília	May 25, 1982	Boeing 737-2A1		Weather condition
Flight 168	Fortaleza	June 8, 1982	Boeing 727–212 Advanced	Rio de Janeiro-Fortaleza	CFIT
Vietnam Airlines
Main article: Vietnam Airlines accidents and incidents
Vladivostok Air
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 352	Budarovka, Russia	July 4, 2001	Tupolev Tu-154M	Ekaterinburg-Irkutsk-Vladivostok	Pilot error
Vnukovo Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 2801	Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway	August 29, 1996	Tupolev Tu-154M		CFIT
Air Volga (formerly known as Volga-Aviaexpress)
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Route	Cause
Flight 1303	Tula Oblast	August 24, 2004	Tupolev Tu-154		Terrorist bombing

W

Walcot Air Line
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
G-AAZK	near Meopham, Kent	July 21, 1930	Junkers F.13ge	Stall, loss of control
West Caribbean Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 708	Near Machiques, Venezuela	August 16, 2005	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	Ice accumulation
West Coast Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 956	Wemme, Oregon	October 1, 1966	McDonnell Douglas DC-9	Unknown
Western Air Express
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
NC13314	Burbank, California	September 1, 1935	Boeing 247	Engine failure, loss of altitude
Flight 6	near Salt Lake City	December 15, 1936	Boeing 247D	CFIT
Flight 7	near Newhall, California	January 12, 1937	Boeing 247B	CFIT
Widerøe
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 933	Barents Sea off Gamvik	March 11, 1982	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	Structural failure, clear-air turbulence
Flight 710	Torghatten	May 6, 1988	de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102	CFIT, pilot error
Flight 839	Værøy	April 12, 1990	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	Windshear, structural failure
Flight 744	Overhalla	October 27, 1993	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	Crew error, CFIT
World Airways
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 30	Boston, Massachusetts	January 23, 1982	McDonnell Douglas DC-10	Weather
Wuhan Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
B-4211	Huajia	October 8, 1992	Avia 14	Engine failure, CFIT
Flight 343	near Sitai	June 22, 2000	Xi'an Y-7	Lightning strike, windshear

X

Xiamen Airlines
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 8301	Guangzhou, People's Republic of China	October 2, 1990	Boeing 737	Hijacking, collision on runway

Y

Yak-Service
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 9634	near Yaroslavl	September 7, 2011	Yakovlev Yak-42D	Pilot error
Yemenia
Flight designation	Location	Date	Aircraft type	Cause
Flight 626	Moroni, Comoros Islands	June 30, 2009	Airbus A310-324	Under investigation

See also

• Lists of disasters

External links

• Aircraft Crashes Record Office
• AirSafe
• Aviation Safety Network
• Federal Aviation Administration: Accident & Incident Data