US air carrier accidents by severity of injury, 1983–2017
This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in the United States summarizes airline accidents that occurred within the territories claimed by the United States, with information on airline company with flight number, date, and cause.
GP Express Flight 861 crashed in Anniston, on June 8, 1992, after the crew lost spatial and situational awareness while attempting to land. Two passengers and the captain were killed.[2]
Japan Air Lines Flight 46E experienced a number-two engine detachment on while climbing over Alaska on March 31, 1993. The pilots did lose some control, but soon made a successful emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport, with all three pilots surviving.
KLM Flight 867 lost all four engines after flying through volcanic ash, but managed to land safely and without loss of life at Anchorage International Airport on December 15, 1989.
MarkAir flight 3087, a Boeing 737 registered N670MA, crashed 7.5 miles short of runway 14 at Unalakleet Airport on June 2, 1990. No fatalities.
Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 crashed into Mount Sanford, killing all 30 on board on March 12, 1948.[8] The wreckage was lost for nearly fifty years until being located in 1997. The exact cause of the accident was never determined.
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was a Military Air Transport Service charter flight carrying 101 servicemen and their families that crashed into the sea off the Alaska coast on June 3, 1963. The cause of the accident was never determined, and no bodies were ever recovered.[9]
Pan Am Flight 923 crashed into the side of Tamgas Mountain near Annette Island on October 26, 1947; 18 people died,[10] making it the deadliest crash in Alaska at the time.[11]
Pan Am Flight 799 stalled after take-off and crashed due to an incorrect flap setting. All three crew members died.
Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 suffered a propeller detachment and lost control. The plane landed safely at Anchorage International Airport.
Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 crashed into Sevuokuk Mountain while on approach to Gambell, through heavy fog on August 30, 1975. All 10 people on board were killed on impact and in the subsequent fire.[13]
American Airlines Flight 1 crashed into a swamp near Goodwin on January 14, 1936; the flight, disintegrated on impact, killing all 17 people on board. "With great difficulty the bodies of the victims were brought out of the marsh where their bodies were found scattered among fragments of the shattered plane." At the time, it was the worst civil plane crash on U.S. soil. As of 2016, it remains the deadliest crash in Arkansas state history.[19]
American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway while attempting to land at Little Rock National Airport on June 1, 1999. The pilots decided to land though heavy winds and wind shear exceeded the safety limits for the aircraft, and in their rush to land, they made a number of critical errors that led to the flight's crash. The captain and 10 passengers were killed on impact.[20]
Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashed into Black Fork Mountain on September 27, 1973, killing all eight passengers and three crewmembers. The pilots had descended below the minimum altitude for the area while attempting to circumnavigate a thunderstorm.[21]
California
Aeroméxico Flight 498 falling to the ground immediately after colliding with a Piper Archer.JetBlue Airways Flight 292 executes an emergency landing after its nose gear locked in an irregular position.
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 went down on January 31, 2000, in the Pacific Ocean about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north of Anacapa Island, California. The two pilots, three cabin crew members, and 83 passengers on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.[24]
BCPA Flight 304 crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport on October 29, 1953, killing all 19 people on board, including American pianist William Kapell,[28]
China Airlines Flight 006 suffered an in-flight upset and dove 30,000 feet before recovering. It landed safely at San Francisco International Airport.
Emery Worldwide Flight 17 lost control after take-off and crashed into an automobile salvage yard due to faulty maintenance. All three crew members died.
Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean while en route to Hawaii on November 8, 1957, killing all 44 on board. The reason for the crash was never determined.[35]
Pan Am Flight 845 struck the approach light structure navigational aids at the end of San Francisco International Airport's runway 01R on take-off for Tokyo on July 30, 1971.[36]
PSA Flight 182 collided with a Cessna over San Diego on September 25, 1978, killing all 144 people on both aircraft. It is the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history, the first fatal Pacific Southwest Airlines incident, and at the time, the deadliest aircraft incident in the United States.[38]
PSA Flight 1771 crashed near Cayucos, California, on December 7, 1987, after being hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee, killing all 43 on board.[39]
USAir Flight 1493 collided while attempting to land with a plane attempting to take off on the same runway in Los Angeles on February 1, 1991. All 12 people aboard the smaller plane were killed, as were an eventual total of 23 of the 89 passengers on the Boeing 737.[42]
United Airlines Trip 34 crashed into Rice Canyon on December 27, 1936, killing all 12 passengers and crew.
United Airlines Flight 615 crashed into mountainous terrain 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Oakland, careened into Tolman Peak and over its knoll, scattering on the downslope and into Dry Gulch Canyon below in a fiery explosion August 24, 1951. All 50 persons on board perished.[44]
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 crashed while taking off from Denver on December 20, 2008, resulting in two critical injuries and 36 noncritical injuries. The aircraft was written off.[48]
United Airlines Flight 663 was the location of a "minor international incident" on April 7, 2010, involving a Qatari diplomat on the leg of a United Airlines flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Denver International Airport. The diplomat prompted a midair terrorism alert after smoking in the airplane lavatory, which led the Qatari government to recall him two days later.
United Airlines Flight 696 was hijacked by Clay Thomas; 95 minutes after landing at Denver International Airport, Thomas surrendered.
United Airlines Flight 859 crashed during landing at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, on July 11, 1961. The aircraft slammed into several airport vehicles, including construction equipment, and caught fire, killing 18 (including one on the ground) and injuring 104 of the 122 people on board.[53]
Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 crashed through three vacant beach cottages and into a swampy field as it attempted to land at Tweed New Haven Airport on June 7, 1971; 28 passengers and two crew members were killed. Only two passengers and the first officer survived. The Convair CV-580 was a two-engine propjet with a seating capacity of 50.[54] The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was pilot error, because the captain disregarded the prescribed minimum descent altitude in adverse weather conditions.[55]
Pilgrim Airlines Flight 203 went down in the Long Island Sound near Waterford, Connecticut, on February 10, 1970, about two hours after it had departed from Trumbull Airport enroute to JFK Airport. After the flight was held in the New York area for an extended period, it diverted to Tweed New Haven Airport, where it attempted and missed an instrument landing approach. The aircraft was ditched in the sound when it attempted to return to Trumbull Airport. All five people aboard the aircraft perished. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was fuel exhaustion and pilot error.[57]
A Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B turboprop plane killed four people—including two children on the ground—when it slammed into a neighborhood in East Haven, Connecticut, on August 11, 2013. The aircraft came in inverted and nose down at a 60 to 70° angle when it crashed into the side of a home about a half-mile from Tweed New Haven Airport.[58] The NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was pilot error. His failure to maintain airspeed while banking aggressively in and out of clouds for landing in gusty tailwind conditions resulted in an aerodynamic stall and uncontrolled descent.[59]
Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experienced an uncontained, catastrophic turbine engine failure during takeoff at Pensacola on July 6, 1996. Debris from the front compressor hub of the engine penetrated the fuselage, killing two passengers.[67]
National Airlines Flight 193 crashed into Escambia Bay, sinking in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water, on May 8, 1978, due to heavy fog. Three passengers drowned while attempting to exit the aircraft.[69]
Northwest Airlines Flight 5 suffered an in-flight engine failure due to improper maintenance procedures on January 4, 1990. The engine separated from the wing and landed in a field near Madison, Florida.
Southern Airways Flight 49 was successfully hijacked by three passengers and forced to fly to Cuba on November 10, 1972. Cuba returned the airplane, crew, passengers, and ransom money to the US and sentenced the hijackers to prison.
ValuJet Flight 592 crashed in the Florida Everglades on May 11, 1996, when a fire started in a cargo hold during takeoff. All 110 on board were killed.[70]
The Bramlage plane crashed on June 7, 2012, near Lake Wales. The crash probably was caused by the inexperience of the pilot, Ronald Bramlage of Junction City, Kansas, who was killed with his wife and four children.
RED Air Flight 203 caught fire at Miami International Airport after landing due to landing gear collapsing, causing a runway excursion. Three minor injuries happened among the 140 passengers and crew on board.
On February 9, 2024, Hop-A-Jet Flight 823 was a flight carrying 5 people from Ohio State University Airport to Naples Airport in Florida. During its approach, the pilot reported engine failure, it later crashed on the I-75 highway near Naples Airport, killing 2 people. There were 3 survivors.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffered explosive decompression when the passenger roof blew off during an interisland flight on April 28, 1988. A flight attendant was killed, and the plane landed safely at Kahului Airport.[79]
Pan Am Flight 830 made an emergency landing in Honolulu after a terrorist bomb exploded, killing a single passenger on August 11, 1982.[80]
Pan Am Flight 6 was forced to make an emergency water landing in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii after two of its four engines failed on October 16, 1956. Only a few minor injuries and no fatalities were reported.[81]
Transair Flight 810 ditches off the coast of Oahu after a double engine failure. Both crew survive with injuries.[83]
Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35 experienced severe turbulence; everyone onboard survived, but 36 people were injured, 11 of whom had serious injuries.
Illinois
American Airlines Flight 191 lost control and crashed immediately after take-off at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago on May 25, 1979. killing all 271 occupants and two people on the ground. Its number-one engine had been severed on the runway. It was the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashed during take-off from O'Hare International Airport on September 17, 1961, killing all 37 on board. The co-pilot's control of the aileron boost unit had been disconnected during maintenance.[84]
TWA Flight 529 crashed on takeoff from Chicago Midway International Airport on September 1, 1961, killing all 78 people on board. A bolt had fallen out of the elevator system, resulting in an abrupt pitch up and stall.
United Airlines Flight 389 crashed into Lake Michigan near Lake Forest, Illinois, on August 16, 1965, killing all 30 on board. The NTSB could not determine a definitive cause for the pilot's actions, though it was most likely the result of the pilots misreading their three-pointer altimeters by 10,000 feet (3,000 m).[86]
United Airlines Flight 553 struck trees and houses in Chicago before crashing into a house after an aborted landing at Chicago Midway International Airport on December 8, 1972. Illinois Congressman George W. Collins and the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, Dorothy Hunt, were killed in the crash.[87]
United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed on July 19, 1989, at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City after explosion of the number-two engine destroyed all three hydraulic systems. The pilots were hailed as heroes for landing the plane only using the throttles.
Air Canada Flight 797 emergency landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on June 2, 1983, after a fire started in the aft washroom. By the time the plane landed, the fire had already consumed much of the aircraft. While the evacuation was in progress, the fire erupted in a flashover, which killed 23 of the 46 people on board.
Air Tahoma Flight 185 ran out of fuel and crashed as it approached the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on August 13, 2004. One person, the first officer, was killed.[94]
American Airlines Flight 383 crashed on approach to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on November 8, 1965, and only three passengers and a flight attendant survived.[96]
Comair Flight 5191 crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport on August 27, 2006, killing all 47 passengers and two of the three crewmembers.[97]
Comair Flight 444 crashed shortly after takeoff from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on October 8, 1979, killing all on board.[98]
TWA Flight 159 rolled off the runway after the captain aborted a takeoff at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on November 6, 1967. The aircraft crashed and caught fire. One passenger later died of injuries sustained during the crash.[100]
Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashed in New Orleans on March 30, 1967, during a training flight, killing all six crew on board and 13 people on the ground.
National Airlines Flight 967 disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans on November 16, 1959, with 42 passengers and crew on board. Several bodies and some scattered debris were recovered, though the main section of wreckage was never found. The cause was presumed to be a bombing, though investigators were unable to prove it.
Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashed into the water off of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, shortly after takeoff on August 26, 2003. Improper maintenance and pilot error led to a loss of control in-flight. The pilot and co-pilot, the only people on board, perished.
Delta Air Lines Flight 723 crashed while landing at Logan International Airport on July 31, 1973, killing all 89 on board.
EgyptAir Flight 990 plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999, about 60 miles (97 km) south of Nantucket Island, killing all 217 people on board. The first officer was presumed to have nose-dived the plane and turned off the engines before it crashed.
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on August 16, 1987, because the pilots had forgotten to set the flaps to takeoff position. In all, 154 people on board, plus two on the ground, were killed. The only surviving passenger was a four-year-old girl.
TWA Flight 841 made an emergency landing at Detroit after losing control and barrel-rolling at supersonic speeds on April 4, 1979. No fatalities occurred among the 82 passengers and seven crew members, though eight passengers reported minor injuries relating to high G forces. The exact cause of the accident is disputed.
Minnesota
Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 crashed on approach to Hibbing on December 1, 1993, after striking trees following a controlled excessive descent into the airport on its night approach during ILS conditions. The crash claimed all 16 passengers and the two flight crew aboard and is the worst aviation accident in Minnesota history.
On March 7, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307 hit a flagpole on approach to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and crashed into a house.
Mississippi
A Convair CV-240 that was carrying members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrdcrashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi on October 20, 1977, after running out of fuel. The crash claimed the lives of six of the 20 people on board the aircraft, including four passengers and both crew members.
TWA Flight 427 struck a Cessna 441 while on a takeoff roll at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on November 22, 1994. The two people on board the Cessna were killed instantly.
Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114 crashed into a mountain about 8 miles (13 km) south of McCarran International Airport on November 15, 1964. The airplane immediately exploded, killing all 29 on board. This was the first and only fatal crash for the airline.
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed near Reno-Cannon International Airport about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the end of the runway and burst into flames on January 21, 1985. Of the 71 passengers and crew, the only survivor was a 17-year-old passenger who was thrown clear of the plane.
Northeast Airlines Flight 946 crashed near Etna, New Hampshire, on October 25, 1968, killing 32 passengers and crew. The NTSB determined that the plane was flying 600 feet (180 m) below its required altitude, though the reason for this is unknown. The NTSB report suggests that the pilots misjudged their altitude position during approach due to a lack of navigational aids on the aircraft and near the airport.[121]
FedEx Flight 14 crashed during landing at Newark International Airport on July 31, 1997. The pilot was unable to slow down the descent of the aircraft, and it bounced and rolled on the runway, eventually coming to rest on its back and catching fire.[123]
1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash occurred on December 16, 1951. A Curtiss C-46 operating a flight from Newark Airport to Tampa, Florida crashed shortly after take-off, hitting a house next to the Elizabeth River. All 58 people on board were killed.
National Airlines Flight 101, a Douglas DC-6, crashed shortly after take-off from Newark Airport on February 11, 1952. The aircraft impacted a residential building in Elizabeth, New Jersey, killing 29 people on board, as well as four on the ground.
American Airlines Flight 1502, a Boeing 707-123 Flagship Oklahoma, crashed at Montauk, after an unexplained loss of control on January 28, 1961, while on a training flight, with six killed.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog on November 30, 1962. 25 people (four crew, 21 passengers) out of 51 on board perished.[129]
TWA Flight 266 (inbound to Idlewild Airport) and United Airlines Flight 826 (inbound to LaGuardia Airport) collided over Miller Field, Staten Island, New York City, on December 16, 1960. The TWA aircraft crashed at the site, while the United aircraft continued flying for 8 miles until it crashed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.[136]
TWA Flight 800 exploded in midair and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on board.
TWA Flight 843 crashed and burst into flames after an aborted takeoff from JFK Airport on July 30, 1992. All 292 people on board were safely evacuated.
United Flight 175 moments after impacting the south tower of the WTC, September 11, 2001
United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked after takeoff from Boston during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The aircraft was subsequently crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan.
United Airlines Flight 521 failed to get airborne during takeoff on May 29, 1947. The aircraft overran the end of the runway, ripped through an airport fence, barreled through traffic on the Grand Central Parkway, and then slammed into an embankment before ultimately plunging into a pond and exploding.[137]
US Airways Flight 1549 was a commercial flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, that on January 15, 2009, made an emergency water landing in the Hudson River about six minutes after takeoff.
US Airways Flight 1016 crashed while attempting to land during a severe thunderstorm at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport on July 2, 1994. Strong wind shear and a microburst caused the pilots to lose control of the aircraft; 37 people were killed and 20 survived.[143]
United Airlines / Western Air Express Boeing 247D crashed on November 9, 1933, after a failed takeoff from Swan Island Municipal Airport in Portland, Oregon. The passenger transport plane, which was carrying seven passengers and three crew, was destined for a stopover at The Dalles, Oregon enroute to Medford, Oregon. The plane took off at night in dense fog and skidded off the runway, but was still able to climb. The pilots miscalculated their direction and crashed into the Tualatin Mountains west of the airport. Three passengers and one crew member were killed.[146][147]
USAir Flight 427nosedived into the ground on its landing approach when the rudder on the Boeing 737-300 malfunctioned near Pittsburgh on September 8, 1994. All 132 passengers and crew were killed on impact.[159] This is the third-highest death toll of any accident involving the Boeing 737-300.
Rhode Island
US Airways Express Flight 3758 airplane slid off the runway while landing at T.F. Green Airport on December 16, 2007. The flight, carrying 31 passengers and three crew members from Philadelphia, slid off the runway after landing shortly before 5 pm. No injuries were reported and the incident was assumed to be related to the weather.[160]
American Airlines Flight 910 collided with a privately owned Temco Swift on June 28, 1952, while on approach to Dallas Love Field. Both people on board the Swift were killed and the aircraft was destroyed; Flight 910 landed safely with no injuries or fatalities. [168]
Braniff Flight 38 was hijacked on January 12, 1972, while en route to Dallas Love Field. All passengers and crew were able to escape safely in Dallas, and the hijacker was arrested.[169]
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashed after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on August 31, 1988. The NTSB determined that the flight crew had failed to deploy the plane's flaps prior to takeoff.[174]
JetBlue Flight 191 diverted to Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport on March 27, 2012, after its captain suffered a severe mental breakdown while flying from New York to Las Vegas and had to be restrained by passengers while the copilot and a deadheading captain took over.[176]
Northwest Airlines Flight 305 was hijacked by a man using the alias "D. B. Cooper" on November 24, 1971. Cooper ransomed the passengers for $200,000 and four parachutes, and then later jumped from the plane over Washington. Cooper was never seen again, and the case remains the only unsolved US aircraft hijacking.
Air Wisconsin Flight 671 and North Central Airlines Flight 290 collided over Lake Winnebago on June 29, 1972. All 13 people aboard both aircraft were killed, though the NTSB was unable to determine why the pilots were unable to detect each other and took no evasive action.
Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a DC-9 (31 Series), crashed just after takeoff from General Mitchell Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while on a scheduled flight to Atlanta-Hartsfield International on September 6, 1985, after suffering engine failure. All 31 passengers and crew on board died during impact or in the post-crash fire.[188]
Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashed near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border near Winona, Minnesota, on a routine scheduled flight from Chicago to St. Paul, Minnesota, after flying into a severe thunderstorm on August 29, 1948. It was the first loss of a Martin 2-0-2 aircraft, the worst disaster involving a Martin 2-0-2 to date, and with 37 fatalities, still ranks as the worst air crash in Wisconsin history.[189]
Western Airlines Flight 470 overran the runway at Casper/Natrona County International Airport on March 31, 1975. All 99 people on board the aircraft survived, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off.[191]
Pan Am Flight 526Aditched in rough seas after mechanical failure caused its engines to fail on April 11, 1952. Panicking passengers refused to leave the sinking aircraft; 52 passengers drowned and the remaining 17 passengers and crew were rescued by the US Coast Guard. After this accident, airlines began performing pre-flight safety demonstrations for over-water flights.
Vieques Air Link Flight 901A crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after taking off from Vieques, Puerto Rico, on August 2, 1984. The pilot and all eight passengers died. The NTSB determined that the pilot was not qualified to be the pilot-in-command of a commuter aircraft, one of the fuel tanks had been contaminated with water, the aircraft was overloaded, and no life vests were found in the wreckage.
U.S. Virgin Islands
ALM Flight 980ditched near St. Croix on May 2, 1970, after the aircraft ran out of fuel while making several attempts at landing in St. Maarten due to pilot error; 23 people died and 40 survived.
This is a list of all airliner accidents and incidents in the United States and its territories that have resulted in 100 or more fatalities. They are listed by death toll and include any ground fatalities and injuries, as well as any survivors on board the aircraft.
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