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

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JetBlue 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 and all kinds of incidents, major or minor, 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.

P

Pacific Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 308[1]
Santa Maria Airport
26 October 1959 Douglas DC-3 Santa Maria–Paso Robles Engine failure
Flight 773[2] San Ramon, California 7 May 1964
Fairchild F-27A
Reno–Stockton–San Francisco Mass murder/suicide
Pacific Air Transport
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
NC5340 Techachapi Mountains 18 November 1930
Boeing 40B-4A
Burbank–Oakland CFIT
NC5390 La Tuna Canyon near Burbank 5 May 1931
Boeing 40B-4
San Diego–Los Angeles Low visibility
NC10347 San Francisco Bay 16 September 1931
Boeing 40B-4
Oakland–Seattle CFIT
NC5389 Burbank 16 May 1932
Boeing 40B-4
San Diego–Burbank–Oakland Low visibility
NC431H
Dawson
Eugene 24 January 1933
Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor
Portland–Eugene–Medford Engine failure, crash on takeoff
NC13345 Portland 9 November 1933 Boeing 247D Portland–The Dalles Poor visibility, navigation error, CFIT
Pacific Overseas Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
HS-PC103 off
Sumatra Island
25 October 1948
Douglas C-47
Possibly shot down
HS-POS
City of Ayudhya
Hong Kong Island 11 March 1951 Douglas R5D-1 Hong Kong–Bangkok Poor visibility, CFIT
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 710 San Francisco International Airport 5 July 1972
Boeing 737-200
Sacramento–San Francisco Hijacking
Flight 182
San Diego 25 September 1978
Boeing 727-214
Sacramento–Los Angeles–San Diego Mid-air collision with a Cessna 172
Flight 1771
The Smile of Stockton
near Paso Robles 7 December 1987
BAe 146–200
Los Angeles–San Diego Mass murder/suicide
Pacific Western Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 314 Cranbrook 11 February 1978
Boeing 737-200
Edmonton–Calgary–Cranbrook–Castlegar Runway incursion, thrust reverser deployed during go-around, loss of control
Flight 501 Calgary 22 March 1984
Boeing 737-200
Calgary–Edmonton–Alberta Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 117
Kelowna
14 July 1986
Boeing 737-275
Calgary–Kelowna–Vancouver Pilot error, runway overrun
Pakistan International Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
AP-ACZ Lash Golath Mountain 25 February 1956
Douglas C-47B
Gilgit–Islamabad Pilot error, CFIT
AP-AJS off Charlakhi Island 1 July 1957
Douglas C-47A
Chittagong–Dhaka Weather, loss of control
Flight 205 Delhi-Palam Airport 15 May 1958
Convair CV-240-7
Karachi–Delhi–Karachi Pilot error, CFIT
AP-AAH near Lowery Pass 26 March 1965
Douglas C-47A
Peshawar–Chitral Weather, CFIT
Flight 705 near Cairo 20 May 1965
Boeing 720-040B
Karachi–Dhahran–Cairo–Geneva–London Excessive descent for reasons unknown
AP-ATT near Patian 8 October 1965
Fokker F27-200
Rawalpindi–Skardu Undetermined
AP-ALM Islamabad 6 August 1970
Fokker F27-200
Rawalpindi–Lahore Weather[3]
AP-AUV near Shamshernagar Airport 31 December 1970
Fokker F27-200
Pilot error, loss of control
Flight 631 near Jalcot 8 December 1972
Fokker F27-600
Gilgit–Rawalpindi Weather, CFIT[3]
Flight 740 30 mi N of
Ta'if
26 November 1979
Boeing 707-340C
Kano–Jeddah–Karachi In-flight fire for reasons unknown
Flight 326
Kabul 2 March 1981 Boeing 720-030B Karachi–Peshawar Hijacking
AP-AUX near Peshawar 23 October 1986
Fokker F27-600
Lahore–Peshawar Poor CRM, crashed short of runway[3]
Flight 404 Himalaya Mountains (presumed) 25 August 1989
Fokker F27-200
Gilgit–Islamabad Unexplained disappearance[3]
Flight 268 Kathmandu 28 September 1992 Airbus A300B4-203 Karachi–Kathmandu CFIT
Flight 544 Hyderabad Airport 25 May 1998
Fokker F27
Gwadar–Turbat–Hyderabad Hijacking
Flight 688 near Multan International Airport 10 July 2006
Fokker F27-200
Multan–Lahore Improper maintenance, engine failure, crew errors
Flight 756 near Peshawar 24 June 2014 Airbus A310-324ET Riyadh–Peshawar Struck by ground fire
Flight 661 near Havelian 7 December 2016 ATR 42-500 Chitral–Islamabad Improper maintenance, propeller failure, loss of control
Flight 8303 near Karachi 22 May 2020
Airbus A320-214
Lahore–Karachi Under investigation
Palair Macedonian Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 301 near Skopje 5 March 1993 Fokker 100 Skopje–Zurich Wing icing, loss of control
Panair do Brasil
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
PP-PBD Serra de Cantareira 18 August 1941
Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar
Porto Alegre–São Paulo CFIT
PP-PBH Rio Doce, Brazil 21 September 1944
Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar
Rio de Janeiro–Belem Engine failure
PP-PBN São Paulo de Olivenca 3 January 1947
Sikorsky S-43B
Iquitos–Manaus CFIT
Flight 99 near Gravatai Air Base 28 July 1950 Lockheed L-049 Constellation Rio de Janeiro–Porto Alegre Weather, CFIT
Flight 389 Uberlandia, Brazil 28 February 1952
Douglas DC-3A-393
Goiania–Uberlandia–Rio de Janeiro Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 263 near Congonhas Airport 17 June 1953 Lockheed L-049 Constellation Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo Bad visibility, crew error
Flight 263 near Silvio Pettirossi Int'l Airport 16 June 1955
Lockheed L-149 Constellation
London–Paris–Lisbon–Dakar–Recife–Rio de Janeiro–São Paulo–Ascunción–Buenos Aires Pilot error, CFIT
PP-PDO near Guararapes Int'l Airport 1 November 1961
Douglas DC-7C
Lisbon–Ilha do Sal–Recife Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 026 Galeao Int'l Airport 20 August 1962
Douglas DC-8-33
Buenos Aires–Rio de Janeiro Aborted takeoff, ran off runway
PP-PDE
Estevao Ribeiro Baiao Parente
near Parana da Eva 14 December 1962 Lockheed L-049 Constellation Belem–Manaus CFIT for reasons unknown
Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown
Arequipa Airport
21 February 1931 Ford Trimotor Hijacking
NC403H
San José
near Vitacura 16 July 1932
Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Santiago–Mendoza Weather, CFIT
NC407H
Lima Airport
22 March 1934
Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Engine failure, crashed on takeoff
NC8417
San Pedro
Mar Chiquita Lake 11 June 1934
Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Buenos Aires–Santiago Weather, CFIT
NC433H
San Felipe
Lima, Peru 24 December 1935
Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor
None CFIT
NC14273 near San José Pinula 10 October 1936 Douglas DC-2-118B San Salvador–Guatemala City CFIT
NC15065 off Cristobal 2 August 1937 Sikorsky S-43B Guayaquil–Tumaco–Cali–Cristobal Engine failure or weather
NC14272
Santa Lucia
Mount Mercedario 19 July 1938 Douglas DC-2-118A CFIT
Flight 9 northeast of Chaparra, Peru 22 January 1943 Douglas DC-3A-399 Santiago–Arequipa–Lima Pilot error, CFIT
NC19470 off Chorrillos 4 January 1945 Douglas DC-3A Aircraft stolen, CFIT
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Paninternational
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 112 A7/E45 near Hamburg Airport 6 September 1971
BAC 1-11-515FB
Hanover–Hamburg–Málaga Maintenance error, double engine failure
Partnair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 394 Hirtshals, Denmark 8 September 1989
Convair 580
Oslo–Hamburg Structural failure, counterfeit parts
Pegasus Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2193
Açelya
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
5 February 2020
Boeing 737-86J
Izmir–Istanbul Under investigation (runway overrun on landing)
Pennsylvania Central Airlines (PCA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Trip 19 Lovettsville, Virginia 31 August 1940 Douglas DC-3-313 Washington, DC–Pittsburgh–Detroit Lightning strike (probable), loss of control
NC21788
(operating for USAAF)
Atlantic Ocean, off Lake Worth, Florida 5 May 1944
Douglas C-49H
Miami–Savannah Mid-air collision with a USAAF B-24
Flight 142 Cheat Mountain, near Morgantown, West Virginia 14 April 1945 Douglas DC-3-313A Pittsburgh–Morgantown Pilot error,
CFIT
Flight 105 Birmingham Airport 6 January 1946 Douglas DC-3-392 New York City–Pittsburgh–Knoxville–Birmingham Pilot error, runway excursion on landing
Flight 410 Lookout Rock, Blue Ridge Mountains 13 June 1947
Douglas C-54
Chicago–Cleveland–Pittsburgh–Washington, DC–Norfolk Pilot error,
CFIT
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
RA-87481 Tigil, Russia 23 September 2001 Yakovlev Yak-40 Under investigation (heavy landing, nosegear failure)
Flight 123 Ust-Kamchatsk Airport 16 April 2011
Yakovlev Yak-40K
Ust Kamchatsk–Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky Under investigation (runway excursion)
Flight 251 near Palana 12 September 2012 Antonov An-28 Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky–Palana Pilot intoxication, pilot error, CFIT
Flight 251 near Palana 6 July 2021 Antonov An-26 Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky–Palana Under investigation (CFIT)
Philippine Airlines
Piedmont Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 349
Buckeye Pacemaker
Bucks Elbow Mountain, near Crozet, Virginia 30 October 1959 Douglas DC-3 Washington, DC–Charlottesville Pilot error,
CFIT
Flight 22
Manhattan Pacemaker
over Hendersonville, North Carolina 19 July 1967 Boeing 727-22 Asheville–Roanoke Mid-air collision with a Cessna 310
PMTair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
XU-072
(operated by Royal Phnom Penh Airways)
Ratanakiri Airport 21 November 2005
Xian Y-7-100C
Phnom Penh–Ratanakiri Crashed on landing
Flight 241
Kampot Province
25 June 2007
Antonov An-24B
Siem Reap–Sihanoukville CFIT for reasons unknown
Polar Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
RA-05881 near
Sangar
16 May 2003
Antonov An-3T
Under investigation (engine failure, forced landing)
RA-02252 Sangar 18 November 2005
Antonov An-2TP
Sangar–Sebyan–Kyuel Weather, loss of control
RA-26061 Deputatskiy Airport 21 November 2012
Antonov An-26B-100
Yakutsk–Deputatskiy Under investigation (runway excursion)
Flight 9977
Vilyuisk Airport
16 August 2013
Antonov An-2TP
Vilyuisk–Ugulet Engine problems for reasons unknown, forced landing
Polyarnya Aviatsiya
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Dudinka 25 December 1945
Douglas C-47
In-flight fire, crash on takeoff
CCCP-N400 Kara Sea 13 December 1946
Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3
Igarka–Arkangelsk Double engine failure, forced landing
CCCP-N444 89 mi N of Kharp, Russia 7 March 1948 Lisunov Li-2 Dudinka–Anderma CFIT
CCCP-N464 off Cape Medynski Zavorot 16 September 1948
Lisunov Li-2T
None Weather, spatial disorientation, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
CCCP-N494 10 mi east of Mys Kosistyy 1 November 1948 Lisunov Li-2 Kresty Kolymskiye–Ust-Yansk–Mys Kosistyy Engine failure, icing, stall, loss of control
CCCP-N500 Yakutsk Airport 23 April 1950
Focke-Wulf MK-200
Runway overrun
CCCP-N488 Khimki Reservoir 26 June 1950 Consolidated KM-2 Pilot error
CCCP-N568 Lena River near Yakutsk 20 August 1951 Antonov An-2 Maintenance error, crash on takeoff
CCCP-N591 Ust-Tareya 28 September 1952 Antonov An-2 Pilot error, stall, loss of control
CCCP-N479 near Kępino 4 March 1955 Ilyushin Il-12 Mys-Kamennyy–Amderma–Arkhangelsk–Moscow Engine fire, forced landing
Flight 3 41 mi from Katanga 30 December 1958
Ilyushin Il-14M
Pevek–Mys Kosistyy–Khatanga–Moscow Deviation from course, premature descent, CFIT
Precision Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 494
Bukoba
Lake Victoria near Bukoba 6 November 2022
ATR 42-500
Dar es Salaam–Mwanza–Bukoba Under investigation
President Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
N90773
Theodore Roosevelt
River Shannon 10 September 1961 Douglas DC-6 Düsseldorf–Shannon–Gander–Chicago Instrument failure, weather, possible pilot error, loss of control
Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 277 Luquillo, Puerto Rico 5 March 1969 de Havilland Heron 2D Charlotte Amalie-San Juan ATC error, CFIT
Flight 191 Ponce, Puerto Rico 24 June 1972 de Havilland Heron 2 San Juan-Ponce Pilot error
Flight 610
Alexander Hamilton Airport
24 July 1979 de Havilland Heron 2D St. Croix-St. Kitts Overloading, loss of control
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 9045 near Nalchik Airport 24 February 1994 Antonov An-12BP Volgograd-Nalchik Icing, stall, loss of control
RA-86060 near
Sheremetyevo Airport
28 July 2002 Ilyushin Il-86 Moscow-Saint Petersburg Mechanical failure, loss of control
Flight 612 near Donetsk 22 August 2006
Tupolev Tu-154M
Anapa-Saint Petersburg Weather, stall, loss of control

Q

Qantas
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
G-AUED Tambo 24 March 1927
de Havilland DH-9C
Charleville–Tambo–Blackall Engine failure
G-AUHI Adelaide Hills 4 September 1928
de Havilland DH.50J
Adelaide–Longreach Weather, loss of control
VH-UHE
Atalanta
near Winton 3 October 1934
de Havilland DH.50A
Loss of control, possible stall
VH-USG
Adelaide
Longreach 15 November 1934 de Havilland Express London–Singapore–Darwin–Longreach–Brisbane–Sydney Loss of control due to design defect
G-AEUH
Timor Sea off Kupang 30 January 1942 Short Empire Shot down
VH-USE Brisbane 20 February 1942 de Havilland Express Brisbane–Mount Isa–Darwin Unexplained tailfin failure, loss of control
VH-ADU
Camilla
Port Moresby 22 April 1943 Short Empire Townsville–Port Moresby Broke apart after landing
VH-CAB
(operated for RAAF)
Port Moresby 26 November 1943
Lockheed C-56B Lodestar
Port Moresby–Townsville Poor visibility, CFIT
VH-ABB Sydney 11 October 1944 Short Empire Sydney–Townsville Pilot error, stall, loss of control
VH-EBQ Lae 16 July 1951 de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover Wau–Bulolo–Lae Propeller failure, engine separation, loss of control
Flight 1 Bangkok 23 September 1999
Boeing 747-438
Sydney–Bangkok Weather, crew error
Flight 1737
Over Bass Strait, Australia 29 May 2003 Boeing 717-231 Melbourne–Launceston Hijacking
Flight 30 South China Sea 25 July 2008
Boeing 747-438
Hong Kong–Melbourne Mid-air explosion, mid-air decompression
Flight 72 Near Exmouth, Western Australia 7 October 2008
Airbus A330-303
Singapore–Perth Air data inertial reference unit failure and autopilot software design error
Flight 32 Between Singapore and Batam 4 November 2010 Airbus A380-842 Singapore–Sydney Uncontained engine failure

R

RED Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 203 Miami International Airport 21 June 2022
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Santo Domingo–Miami Under investigation (runway excursion)
Red Wings Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 9268
Vnukovo Airport
29 December 2012
Tupolev Tu-204-100V
Pardubice–Moscow Brake failure, pilot error, runway overrun
Royal Air Maroc (RAM)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 630 Atlas Mountains 21 August 1994
ATR-42-312
Agadir–Casablanca Deliberate crash (by pilot)
Royal Nepal Airlines (now Nepal Airlines)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
9N-AAH Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal 1 August 1962
Douglas C-47
Kathmandu–New Delhi
CFIT
9N-AAP Hetauda, Makwanpur District 12 July 1969 Douglas DC-3 Kathmandu–Simara (now Jitpur Simara)
CFIT
RusAir (now AtlasJet)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 9605 A133 near Besovets 20 June 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 27 February 2002
Boeing 737-8AS
Ground fire
Flight 4102 Rome 10 November 2008
Boeing 737-8AS
Frankfurt–Rome Multiple birdstrikes

S

S7 Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 778 Irkutsk 8 July 2006
Airbus A310-324
Moscow–Irkutsk Pilot error
Sabena
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
OO-AGN Tatsfield, Surrey 10 December 1935 Savoia-Marchetti S.73P Brussels–London Pilot error
OO-AUB Ostend, Belgium 16 November 1937
Junkers Ju 52/3mge
Frankfurt–Cologne–Brussels–London Weather, pilot error
OO-AGT Soest, Germany 10 October 1938 Savoia-Marchetti S.73P Brussels–Düsseldorf–Berlin In-flight breakup
OO-AGS
(operating for RAF)
Arques, France 23 May 1940 Savoia-Marchetti S.73P Brussels–London Shot down
OO-AGZ
(operated by RAF)
Merville, France 23 May 1940 Savoia-Marchetti S.73P Destroyed on the ground
OO-AUI
(operated by RAF)
near Arques, France 23 May 1940
Douglas DC-3-227B
Merville-London Shot down by ground fire, forced landing
OO-AUR Haren Airport 17 September 1946
Douglas C-47A
Brussels–London Loss of speed for reasons unknown
OO-CBG near
Gander
18 September 1946
Douglas DC-4-1009
Brussels–Shannon–Gander–New York City Pilot error
OO-CAR near Mitwaba, Belgian Congo 24 December 1947
Lockheed C-60A
Mitwaba–Manono Double engine failure, loss of control
OO-AWH
Heathrow Airport 2 March 1948
Douglas DC-3D
Brussels–London Pilot error
OO-CBE
near Magazini, Belgian Congo 12 May 1948
Douglas DC-4-1009
Johannesburg–Léopoldville–Libenga–Brussels Flew into a tornado, windshear
OO-CBL near Kimbwe, Belgian Congo 31 August 1948
Douglas C-47A
Manono–Elizabethville Undetermined
OO-CBK Léopoldville, Belgian Congo 27 August 1949
Douglas C-47B
Léopoldville–Elizabethville Loss of engine power, failed to gain height on takeoff
OO-AUQ Aulnay-sous-Bois, France 18 December 1949
Douglas C-47A
Paris–Brussels Wing separation, loss of control
OO-CBA near
Gao Airport
24 July 1951
Douglas DC-3-455
Brussels–Gao–Léopoldville Engine failure on takeoff
Flight 425 near Kikwit, Belgian Congo 4 February 1952
Douglas C-47A
Costermansville-Léopoldville Propeller separation, fuselage penetration, loss of control
OO-AWQ near Frankfurt 14 October 1953
Convair CV-240-12
Frankfurt–Brussels Loss of power on takeoff
OO-AWO near
Kloten Airport
19 December 1953
Convair CV-240-12
Brussels–Zürich Pilot error
OO-CBY near Maribor, Yugoslavia 3 June 1954
Douglas C-47A
Blackbushe-Beograd Attacked by MiG-15 fighter, forced landing
Flight 503 Mount Terminillo 13 February 1955 Douglas DC-6 Brussels–Rome Navigation error, CFIT
OO-SFA near Casablanca 18 May 1958
Douglas DC-7C
Brussels–Lisbon–Léopoldville Engine failure, pilot error
Flight 548 Brussels 15 February 1961
Boeing 707-329
New York City–Brussels Mechanical failure
Flight 712 near Lagos 13 July 1968
Boeing 707-329C
Brussels–Lagos Excessive descent for reasons unknown
Flight 571
Lod International Airport
8 May 1972
Boeing 707-329
Vienna-Tel Aviv Hijacking
SAHSA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 414
Tegucigalpa 21 October 1989 Boeing 727 Pilot error
Saratov Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 703 near Stepanovskoye, Moscow Oblast 11 February 2018 Antonov An-148-100B Moscow–Orsk Pilot error, icing, loss of control
Saturn Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
N640NA near San Antonio International Airport 31 January 1967
Douglas DC-6A
Undetermined
N9248R near Fort Dix 10 October 1970
Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules
Dayton–Wrightstown Weather, spatial disorientation, pilot error
Flight 14 near Springfield, Illinois 23 May 1974
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Alameda–Indianapolis–Wilmington Metal fatigue, wing separation, loss of control
Saudia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
HZ-AAF Jeddah 25 September 1959
Douglas C-54A
Jeddah–Riyadh Pilot error, stall, forced landing
HZ-AAN Red Sea, 63 mi off Jeddah 13 June 1964
Douglas C-47A
None CFIT
HZ-AAM near Khalif Nseir 24 June 1967
Douglas C-47
Nejran-Jeddah ?
HZ-AAZ 3 mi S of Dhahran 8 July 1968
Convair CV-340-68
Bahrain–Dhahran Poor visibility, aborted approach
Unknown Damascus 10 November 1970 Douglas DC-3 Amman–Riyadh Hijacking
Flight 163 Riyadh 19 August 1980
Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar
Karachi–Riyadh–Jeddah In-flight fire for reasons unknown, burned out on the ground
Flight 162 over Qatar 22 December 1980
Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar
Dhahran–Karachi Explosive decompression
Flight 763 Delhi 12 November 1996
Boeing 747-168B
Delhi–Dhahran Mid-air collision with a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76
Flight 770 Tambaram Air Force Station 2 June 1997 Boeing 747 Dhahran–Riyadh–Chennai Pilot error, landed at wrong airport
Flight 3830 Kuala Lumpur International Airport 23 August 2001
Boeing 747-368
Kuala Lumpur-Jeddah Hydraulic system failure, ran off runway
Flight 810
(leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic)
Zia International Airport 25 March 2008
Boeing 747-357
Madinah–Dhaka Fuel leak, in-flight fire
Flight 931
(leased from Air ACT)
Frankfurt International Airport 16 September 2018 Boeing 747-428FER Dammam–Frankfurt Fatigue, wing flap fell off on landing
Flight 919
(operated by Air ACT)
King Fahad International Airport 1 February 2020 Boeing 747-412F (SCD) Dammam–Zaragoza Tailstrike on takeoff
Saudia Cargo
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 916
(operated by Air ACT)
Aachen Airport 11 November 2017 Boeing 747-428FER Maastricht–Jeddah Runway excursion on takeoff
Scandinavian Airlines System
(SAS)
Seaboard World Airlines
Flight 253A Burevestnik, Kuril Islands 1 July 1968
Douglas DC-8-63CF
Seattle–Yokota AB Forced landing
N6834 Stockton Airport 16 October 1969
Douglas DC-8-63CF
None Mechanical failure, runway overrun
Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
F-ADTP near
Schiphol Airport
24 August 1924
Farman F.61 Goliath
Engine failure, forced landing
F-ADTN Atlantic Ocean 5 May 1927
Farman F.61 Goliath
Unexplained disappearance
F-AEIE Cologne Butzweilerhof Airport 23 May 1928
Farman F.63bis Goliath
Crashed on takeoff
F-ADTQ Aalsmeer, Netherlands 9 July 1930
Farman F.63bis Goliath
Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp–Brussels–Paris Mechanical failure, loss of control
Shanxi Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
B-4218 Linfen 7 October 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 4 October 2001
Tupolev Tu-154M
Tel Aviv–Novosibirsk Accidental shoot down
Flight 852
Omsk Airport
14 January 2002
Tupolev Tu-204-100
Frankfurt–Novosibirsk Double engine failure, skidded off runway
Flight 1047
Rostov Oblast 24 August 2004
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Moscow–Sochi Terrorist bombing
Sichuan Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 434 near Chengdu 24 January 2003 Embraer ERJ-145LR Chongqing–Chengdu Attempted hijacking
Flight 8633 over Xiaojin County 14 May 2018
Airbus A319-100
Chongqing–Lhasa Windshield failure, uncontrolled decompression
SilkAir
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 185 Palembang 19 December 1997
Boeing 737-300
Jakarta–Singapore Deliberate crash (disputed)
Singapore Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 117 Singapore 26 March 1991 Airbus A310 Kuala Lumpur–Singapore Hijacking
Flight 006 Taipei 31 October 2000
Boeing 747-412
Singapore–Taipei–Los Angeles Ground collision
Flight 368 Changi Airport 27 June 2016 Boeing 777-312ER Singapore-Milan Oil leak, in-flight fire
9V-SQK Changi Airport 29 November 2017 Boeing 777-212ER None Contact with burning ground vehicle
Skyways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
G-AJPL near Castel Benito Airport 4 February 1949
Douglas C-54A
Nairobi–Khartoum–Tripoli–London Fuel exhaustion, double engine failure, loss of altitude
G-AHFI near Gatow 15 March 1949 Avro York I Northolt–Berlin Loss of control
G-AHFA North Atlantic 2 February 1953 Avro York I London–Azores–Gander–Kingston Unexplained disappearance
G-AGNY Kyritz 26 June 1954 Avro York C.I Hamburg–Berlin Engine separation, loss of control for reasons unknown
G-ALDV Meesden Green 1 April 1958 Handley Page Hermes 4/A None Jammed elevator, loss of control
Slick Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
NC59486 Denver 14 February 1947
Curtiss C-46E
Chicago–Omaha–Denver Loss of control
NC59488 Hanksville, Utah 21 August 1947
Curtiss C-46E
Denver–Los Angeles Weather, CFIT
NC56489 near
Port Columbus International Airport
16 May 1948
Curtiss C-46E
Newark–Chicago–Denver–Burbank–San Francisco Turbulence, rudder failure, loss of control
Flight 11-8 near Cheyenne Regional Airport 9 October 1949
Curtiss C-46E
Las Vegas–Denver Turbulence, icing, loss of control
Flight 162-3 near Bradley Field 4 March 1953
Curtiss C-46F
New York–Windsor Locks–Chicago Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 40Z San Francisco International Airport 3 February 1963
Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Albuquerque–San Francisco Pilot error
Flight 12 near Logan International Airport 10 March 1964 Douglas DC-4 New York–Windsor Locks–Boston Icing, loss of control
South African Airways (SAA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
ZS-AKY Rand Airport 16 June 1937
Junkers Ju 52/3msa1
Loss of power, crash on takeoff
ZS-AST Elands Bay, South Africa 28 March 1941
Lockheed 18-08-01 Lodestar
Windhoek–Cape Town CFIT
ZS-AVJ Mount Ingeli 15 October 1951
Douglas C-47A
Port Elizabeth–Durban CFIT
Flight 201
(Yoke Yoke, operated by BOAC)
Mediterranean Sea off San Lucido 8 April 1954
de Havilland Comet 1
London-Rome-Cairo-Johannesburg Metal fatigue, structural failure
Flight 512 near Seymour 6 March 1962 Douglas DC-3 Cape Town–Collondale Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 406
Rietbok
East London
, South Africa
13 March 1967
Vickers Viscount 818
Port Elizabeth–East London–Bloemfontein-Johannesburg Unknown[4] (possible pilot incapacitation and loss of control)
Flight 228
Pretoria
Windhoek 20 April 1968
Boeing 707-344C
Johannesburg–Windhoek–Luanda–Las Palmas–Frankfurt–London Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 295
Helderberg
Indian Ocean, near Mauritius 28 November 1987
Boeing 747-244B Combi
Taipei–Mauritius–Johannesburg In-flight fire, in-flight breakup, loss of control
South Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 8971
Donetsk Airport
13 February 2013
Antonov An-24RV
Odesa–Donetsk Poor visibility, pilot error, loss of control
Southeast Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 308 Holston Mountain 8 January 1959
Douglas DC-3A
Knoxville–Bristol Pilot error, CFIT
Southern Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 932 Huntington, West Virginia 14 November 1970
Douglas DC-9-31
Kinston–Huntington Unexplained descent, CFIT
Flight 242 New Hope, Georgia 4 April 1977
Douglas DC-9-31
Muscle Shoals–Huntsville–Atlanta Water ingestion, double engine failure
Southwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 1455 Burbank, California 5 March 2000
Boeing 737-3T5
Las Vegas–Burbank Pilot error, runway overrun
Flight 2066
Amarillo International Airport
24 May 2003
Boeing 737-3H4
Las Vegas–Amarillo Crew error, weather, runway excursion
Flight 1248 Chicago 8 December 2005
Boeing 737-7H4
Baltimore–Chicago Weather, runway overrun, ground collision
Flight 2294 near Charleston, West Virginia 13 July 2009
Boeing 737-3H4
Nashville–Baltimore Metal fatigue, structural failure, rapid depressurization
Flight 812 Yuma International Airport 1 April 2011
Boeing 737-3H4
Phoenix–Sacramento Metal fatigue, structural failure, rapid depressurization
Flight 345
La Guardia Airport
22 July 2013
Boeing 737-7H4
Nashville–New York City Pilot error, landed nose-first, nosegear failure
Flight 149
BWI Marshall Airport
4 August 2016
Boeing 737-3H4
Baltimore–Atlanta Nosegear failure (during pushback)
Flight 3472 Gulf of Mexico 27 August 2016
Boeing 737-7H4
New Orleans–Orlando Uncontained engine failure, fuselage penetration
Flight 1380 near Philadelphia 17 April 2018
Boeing 737-7H4
New York City–Dallas Uncontained engine failure, fuselage penetration, explosive decompression
Flight 1392
Austin–Bergstrom International Airport 7 May 2020
Boeing 737-7H4
Denver–Austin Collision with pedestrian on runway
Southwest Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 7[5] Refugio Pass, CA 6 April 1951 Douglas DC-3 Santa Maria Airport (CA)–Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (CA) CFIT
Spanair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 5022 Madrid 20 August 2008
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Barcelona–Madrid–Gran Canaria Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff
Spantax
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
EC-ARZ El Ortigal de Arriba 7 December 1965
Douglas C-47A
Tenerife–Las Palmas Entered a spin after takeoff
EC-BNM
Arlanda Airport 5 January 1970 Convair CV-990-30A-5 Stockholm–Zürich Pilot error, wind shear
Flight 275 Tenerife, Canary Islands 3 December 1972 Convair CV-990-30A-5 Tenerife–Munich Pilot error
Flight 995 Málaga Airport 13 September 1982
Douglas DC-10-30
Madrid–Málaga–New York City Landing gear tire failure, aborted take-off
Spencer Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
VP-YFD Croydon Airport 25 January 1947
Douglas C-47A
London–Rome–Salisbury Pilot error, loss of control
Sriwijaya Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 62
Sultan Thaha Airport
27 August 2008
Boeing 737-200
Jakarta-Jambi Hydraulic failure, runway overrun on landing
Flight 182
Citra
off Thousand Islands 9 January 2021
Boeing 737-524
Jakarta-Pontianak Asymmetrical thrust setting due to a faulty autothrottle system
Sudan Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
ST-ADY near
Malakal
16 August 1986
Fokker F27
Malakal–Khartoum Shot down
Flight 139
White Nile
Port Sudan 8 July 2003
Boeing 737-2J8C
Port Sudan–Khartoum Engine problems, pilot error
Flight 109 Khartoum International Airport 10 June 2008 Airbus A310-324 Amman–Damascus–Port Sudan–Khartoum Weather, runway overrun
Surinam Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 764 Paramaribo, Suriname 7 June 1989 Douglas DC-8 Amsterdam–Paramaribo Pilot error
Swissair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
CH-170 near Tuttlingen 27 July 1934
Curtiss AT-32C Condor II
Zurich–Stuttgart–Leipzig–Berlin Vibration, fatigue, wing separation
HB-ITA near Senlis 7 January 1939 Douglas DC-2-115B Geneva–Paris CFIT
HB-IXA Konstanz 20 July 1939
Junkers Ju 86Z-2
Vienna–Zurich Engine fire, loss of control
HB-IRW
Ticino
English Channel off Folkestone 19 June 1954
Convair CV-240-4
Geneva–London Crew negligence, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
HB-IMD Shannon Airport 15 July 1956
Convair CV-440-11
San Diego–New York City–Gander–Shannon–Zurich Pilot error
HB-IRK
Bodensee
18 June 1957
Douglas C-47B
None Stall, loss of control
Flight 306
Schaffhausen
Dürrenäsch 4 September 1963
Sud Aviation Caravelle III
Zurich-Geneva-Rome In-flight fire, hydraulic failure, loss of control
HB-IMF Jura Mountains 10 February 1967
Convair CV-440-11
None CFIT
Flight 330
Baselland
Würenlingen 21 February 1970
Convair CV-990-30A-6
Zurich–Tel Aviv–Hong Kong Terrorist bombing
Flight 100
Nidwalden
Zarqa, Jordan 13 September 1970
Douglas DC-8-53
Zurich–New York City Hijacking, blown up on the ground
Flight 316
Uri
Athens 8 October 1979
Douglas DC-8-62
Geneva–Athens–Bombay–Beijing Crew error, runway overrun
Flight 111
Vaud
off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia 2 September 1998 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 New York City–Geneva In-flight fire, electrical and hydraulic failure, spatial disorientation, loss of control

T

TAAG Angola Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
D2-TYC near Matala 8 June 1980 Yakovlev Yak-40K Lubango—Jamba Possibly shot down
D2-EAS near Menongue Airport 16 May 1981 Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules Shot down
D2-TAB Monte Bibala 29 November 1982 Antonov An-26 CFIT
Flight 462
near Lubango 8 November 1983 Boeing 737-2M2 Lubango—Luanda Structural failure (official)
Possible shoot down (unofficial)
D2-TFP Maya Maya Airport 14 April 1997 Fokker F27-600 Brazzaville–Luanda Loss of control on takeoff
D2-TBP M'Banza Congo Airport 28 June 2007
Boeing 737-2M2
Luanda—M'Banza—Negage Landed short of runway, right gear collapse
TACA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 110 New Orleans 24 May 1988
Boeing 737-3T0
Belize City–New Orleans Weather, design failure
Flight 510 Guatemala City 6 April 1993
Boeing 767-2S1ER
Pilot error
Flight 390 Tegucigalpa 30 May 2008
Airbus A320
La Paz–Tegucigalpa–San Pedro Sula–Miami Runway overrun in bad weather
TAESA
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 725 Uruapan 9 November 1999
Douglas DC-9-31
Mexico City–Uruapan–Tijuana Failure to use checklists, spatial disorientation
TAG Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 730 Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio 28 January 1970 de Havilland Dove 6A Cleveland—Detroit Wing failure
Tajik Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
26035 63 mi from Tbilisi 17 June 1993 Antonov An-26B Batumi–Baku–Chimkent Severe turbulence, probable loss of control
87995
near Khorugh 28 August 1993 Yakovlev Yak-40 Khorugh–Dushanbe Overloading, failure to take off, runway overrun
Flight 3183 near
Sharjah Airport
15 December 1997 Tupolev Tu-154B-1 Dushanbe–Sharjah Pilot error, CFIT
TAM Airlines (now
LATAM Brasil
)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
PP-SBB
Agudos 8 February 1979
Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante
Bauru–São Paulo CFIT
PP-SBC
Rio das Ostras 28 June 1984
Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante
Rio de Janeiro–Macaé VFR in IMC, CFIT
PT-LCG
Bauru 12 February 1990 Fokker F27-200 São Paulo–Bauru–Araçatuba Pilot error, ground collision (car)
Flight 402 Congonhas 31 October 1996 Fokker 100 São Paulo–Rio de Janeiro Mechanical failure, pilot error
Flight 283
Suzano 9 July 1997 Fokker 100 São José–São Paulo Bombing
Flight 9755
Belo Horizonte 15 September 2001 Fokker 100 Recife–Campinas–São Paulo Right engine disintegration,
explosive decompression
Flight 3804 Araçatuba 30 August 2002 Fokker 100 São Paulo–Campo Grande Fuel starvation, emergency gear-up landing in a field
Flight 3499
Viracopos-Campinas International Airport
30 August 2002 Fokker 100 Salvador—São Paulo Hydraulic system problems, emergency gear-up landing
Flight 3040
São Paulo 8 August 2006 Fokker 100 São Paulo–Recife Passenger door opened and separated
Flight 3054 Congonhas 17 July 2007
Airbus A320-233
Porto Alegre–São Paulo Pilot error, improper training, bad weather and short runway
TAP Portugal
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 425
Madeira 19 November 1977
Boeing 727-282
Brussels–Lisbon–Madeira Overran runway due to poor weather and short runway
TAP Portugal
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 149 Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport 2 September 2022 A320 Neo Portugal to Guinea Pilot error, crashed into vehicles when landing[6]
Tara Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
9N-AFX Okhaldhunga District 15 December 2010 de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 310 Lamidanda-Kathmandu CFIT
Flight 193 Dana, Myadgi District 24 February 2016 Viking Air Twin Otter 400 Pokhara-Jomsom Weather, VFR in IMC, loss of situational awareness, CFIT
Flight 197
(operated for Yeti Airlines)
Sanosware, Thasang 29 May 2022 de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 Pokhara–Jomsom Controlled flight into terrain
TAROM
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
YR-IMB near Paphos, Cyprus 24 February 1962 Ilyushin Il-18V Bucharest–Nicosia–Tel Aviv Loss of power, belly landing
YR-ILL near Békéssámson, Hungary 13 June 1963
Ilyushin Il-14P
Munich–Constanta Entered a dive
YR-ILB near Cugir 9 October 1964
Ilyushin Il-14P
Timișoara–Bucharest Windshear, severe turbulence, in-flight breakup
Flight 35 Vladeasa mountains 4 February 1970
Antonov An-24B
Bucharest-Oradea Premature descent, CFIT
YR-BCA near Kogalniceanu Airport 7 December 1970 BAC 1-11-424EU Tel Aviv–Bucharest CFIT
YR-AMD Lotrului Mountains 29 December 1974
Antonov An-24RV
Oradea-Bucharest Crew error, CFIT
YR-TPH
Nouadhibou Airport
7 August 1980
Tupolev Tu-154B-1
Bucharest–Nouadhibou Crew error, water ditching
Flight 785A Retezat Mountains 13 August 1991 Ilyushin Il-18V Bucharest–Timișoara Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 371
Muntenia
Baloteşti
31 March 1995
Airbus A310-324
Bucharest-Brussels Misread instruments, loss of control
Flight 3107
Constanţa
Otopeni 30 December 2007
Boeing 737-38J
Bucharest-Sharm el Sheikh ATC errors, poor visibility, ground collision (car)
TARS (now TAROM)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
YR-TAI Plouznice, Czech Republic 21 November 1947
Lisunov Li-2P
Bucharest–Prague Spatial disorientation, CFIT
Unknown
Beograd Airport
9 December 1949 Douglas DC-3 Sibiu–Bucharest Hijacking
TAT European Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 230 Fontainebleau, France 4 March 1988 Fairchild Hiller FH-227B Nancy–Paris Electrical failure, loss of control
F-GCPZ Pleurtuit Airport 23 March 1991 Fairchild Hiller FH-227 Burned while parked
Tatarstan Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 363 Kazan International Airport 17 November 2013 Boeing 737-53A Moscow-Kazan Pilot error
Texas International Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
N1304T over Harlingen, Texas 6 February 1969
Douglas DC-9-15MC
Little Rock-Harlingen Mid-air collision with a Piper PA-28
Flight 926 Valley International Airport 11 January 1970
Douglas DC-9-31
McAllen-Harlingen-Houston-Dallas Collision with obstacles on approach
Flight 655 Black Fork Mountain 27 September 1973 Convair 600 Memphis-Pine Bluff-El Dorado-Texarkana-Dallas Pilot error, deviation from route, poor
CRM, CFIT
Flight 987 Stapleton Int'l Airport 16 November 1976
Douglas DC-9-14
Denver–Houston Mechanical failure, runway overrun
N9103
Ryan Field
17 March 1980
Douglas DC-9-14
Houston–Baton Rouge Weather, runway overrun
Thai Airways Company
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 002 Chiang Mai Int'l Airport 25 December 1967
Douglas C-47A
Bangkok–Chiang Mai Pilot disorientation, loss of control
Flight 231 9 mi NE of Bangkok 27 April 1980 HS 748-207 Srs. 2 Nakhon Phanom–Udon–Khon Kaen–Bangkok Windshear
HS-TBB near Phang Nga 15 April 1985
Boeing 737-2P5
Bangkok–Phuket CFIT
Flight 365 Andaman Sea off Phuket 31 August 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
Chiraprapa
near
Kai Tak Int'l Airport
30 June 1967 Sud Aviation Caravelle III Tokyo–Taipei–Hong Kong–Bangkok Weather, pilot error
HS-TGK
Tepamart
Bangkok Int'l Airport 9 July 1969 Sud Aviation Caravelle III Hong Kong–Bangkok Weather, possible windshear, heavy landing
Flight 311 (1973)
Srisubhan
Tribhuvan International Airport 10 May 1973
Douglas DC-8-33
Bangkok-Kolkata–Kathmandu Pilot error, runway overrun
Flight 620
Sukhothai
over Tosa Bay 26 October 1986
Airbus A300B4-601
Bangkok–Manila–Osaka Bombing
Flight 311
Buri Ram
Langtang National Park 31 July 1992
Airbus A310-304
Bangkok–Kathmandu CFIT
HS-THO
Srichulalak
Bangkok Int'l Airport 22 October 1994
Airbus A300B4-103
None Ground collision with a Thai Airways MD-11
Flight 261
Phitsanulok
4 mi SW of Surat Thani 11 December 1998
Airbus A310-204
Bangkok–Surat Thani Probable spatial disorientation
Flight 114
Narathiwat
Don Mueang Int'l Airport 3 March 2001
Boeing 737-4D7
Bangkok–Chiang Mai Fuel tank explosion (while parked)
Flight 679
Song Dao
Suvarnabhumi Int'l Airport
8 September 2013
Airbus A330-321
Guangzhou–Bangkok Landing gear collapse, runway excursion
Tianjin Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 7554
Hotan Airport
29 June 2012 Embraer E190-100LR Hotan-Ürümqi Attempted hijacking
Toa Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
JA6158 Mount Ohira 23 February 1962
de Havilland Heron 1B
Hiroshima–Hōfu CFIT
Toa Domestic Airlines
(TDA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 63 Yokotsu Mountain 3 July 1971
NAMC YS-11A-217
Sapporo-Hakodate CFIT
Flight 621
Itami Airport
28 May 1975
NAMC YS-11-125
Osaka-Oki Island Mechanical failure, runway excursion
Flight 670
Miho Airport
10 January 1988
NAMC YS-11-109
Yonago-Osaka Icing, runway overrun
Transair Georgia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
4L-65893 Black Sea off Sukhumi 21 September 1993
Tupolev Tu-134A
Sochi–Sukhumi Shot down by the Abkhaz forces in the course of war
4L-65001
Babusheri Airport
23 September 1993
Tupolev Tu-134A
Sukhumi–Tbilisi Destroyed on the ground by Abkhaz forces
TransAsia Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 791 off
Makung City
21 December 2002
ATR 72-202
Taipei–Macau Icing, loss of control
Flight 222
Husi, Penghu
23 July 2014
ATR 72-500
Kaohsiung–Magong Pilot error,
CFIT
Flight 235 Taipei 4 February 2015
ATR 72-600
Taipei–Kinmen Engine failure, pilot error
TransAVIAexport Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
EW-78849 Mogadishu 23 March 2007 Ilyushin Il-76TD Mogadishu–Djibouti–Minsk Possible shootdown
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
NC9649
City of San Francisco
Mount Taylor, New Mexico 3 September 1929
Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Albuquerque-Los Angeles Lightning strike, CFIT
Unknown Amarillo, Texas 30 December 1929 Travel Air 6000 Crashed on approach
Transocean Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
N79998 9 mi off Lurga Point 15 August 1949
Douglas C-54A
Rome-New York City Poor
CRM
Flight 5763 Tucumcari Airport 5 November 1951 Martin 2-0-2 Oakland-Albuquerque Poor visibility, pilot error
Flight 501 near Fairbanks, Alaska 30 December 1951
Curtiss C-46F Commando
Umiat-Fairbanks Pilot error, spatial disorientation
Flight 942 12 mi SW of Alvarado, California 20 March 1953
Douglas C-54G
Roswell-Oakland-Guam Loss of control for reasons unknown (possible wing icing)
Flight 512
The Royal Hawaiian
Pacific Ocean, 344 mi E of Wake Island 12 July 1953 Douglas DC-6 Guam-Wake Island-Honolulu-Oakland Undetermined
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
F-BELB 10 mi S of Bangui Airport 8 December 1950
Douglas C-54A
Paris–Bangui–Dar es-Salaam Crew errors, CFIT
F-BGOD near Cairo 20 February 1956
Douglas DC-6B
Saigon–Calcutta–Karachi–Bahrain–Cairo-Paris Pilot error, crew error, crew fatigue, improper approach
Flight 307 Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport 24 September 1959
Douglas DC-7C
Paris–Bordeaux–Bamako–Abidjan CFIT
Trans Service Airlift
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
9Q-CCR Jamba Airport 18 December 1995
Lockheed L-188C Electra
Jamba–Kinshasa Overloading, loss of control
Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Trigana Air Service
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
PK-YNM
Mount Deyjay 4 November 1994
de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 100
Nabire–Obano CFIT
PK-YPZ
31 mi from Nabire 25 May 2002
de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Nabire–Enarotali CFIT
PK-YPY
Puncak Jaya 17 November 2006
de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300
Mulia–Ilaga CFIT
Flight 168
near Sepingan Airport 11 February 2010 ATR 42-300 Tanjung Redep–Samarinda Double engine failure, forced landing
Flight 257
Papua, Indonesia 16 August 2015 ATR 42-300 Jayapura–Oksibil Deviation from approach, CFIT
Tupolev
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
CCCP-N20 over Moscow 18 May 1935 Tupolev ANT-20 None Mid-air collision
CCCP-45076 near
Chkalovsky Airport
14 January 1966 Tupolev Tu-134 None Loss of control
CCCP-77102
Goussainville, Val-d'Oise 3 June 1973
Tupolev Tu-144S
None In-flight breakup, loss of control
CCCP-77111 Khabarovsk Novy Airport 23 May 1978
Tupolev Tu-144D
None Fuel leak, in-flight fire
Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
TC-SEV
near Gatwick Airport 17 February 1959 Vickers Viscount 794D Ankara-Istanbul–Rome-London Weather, CFIT for reasons unknown
Flight 835 Etimesgut, Ankara 23 September 1961 Fokker F27-100 Cyprus–Adana–Ankara–Istanbul Pilot error
TC-KOP
Mt. Medetsiz 8 March 1962 Fairchild F-27 Istanbul–Ankara–Adana Spatial disorientation
TC-ETI Ankara 3 February 1964
Douglas C-47A
Istanbul–Ankara Disregard of procedure
TC-JAC near
Adana Airport
21 January 1972
Douglas DC-9-32
Damascus–Ankara Downwind during emergency landing
Flight 301
Van
Cumaovası, Izmir
26 January 1974
Fokker F28-1000
Izmir-Istanbul Wing icing, stall, loss of control
Flight 981
Ankara
Ermenonville 3 March 1974
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Istanbul-Paris-London Design error, mechanical failure (faulty cargo door)
Flight 345
Bursa
Sea of Marmara 30 January 1975
Fokker F28-1000
Izmir–Istanbul Possible downwind during landing
Flight 452
Antalya
near Isparta 19 September 1976
Boeing 727-2F2
Istanbul–Antalya Navigation error, CFIT
TC-JAT

Trabzon
Çubuk, Ankara
23 December 1979
Fokker F28-1000
Samsun–Ankara Deviation from course
Flight 890
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır 13 October 1980
Boeing 727-200
Istanbul–Ankara Hijacking
Flight 158
Afyon
Esenboğa Airport
16 January 1983
Boeing 727-2F2
Istanbul–Ankara Poor visibility, crash short of runway
Flight 278
Mersin
Van 29 December 1994
Boeing 737-4Y0
Ankara–Van Poor visibility, CFIT
Flight 5904
Trakya
Ceyhan 7 April 1999
Boeing 737-4Q8
Adana–Jeddah Weather, possible icing, crew error
Flight 634
Konya
Diyarbakır 8 January 2003
Avro RJ100
Istanbul–Diyarbakır CFIT
Flight 1476
Papola Casale Airport
3 October 2006
Boeing 737-4Y0
Tirana–Istanbul Hijacking
Flight 1951
Tekirdağ
near
Schiphol, Amsterdam
25 February 2009
Boeing 737-800
Istanbul-Amsterdam Instrument failure, stall, loss of control
Flight 1754 Atatürk Airport 5 January 2011
Boeing 737-8F2
Oslo–Istanbul Attempted hijacking
Flight 1878
Gümüşhane
Atatürk Airport 25 April 2015
Airbus A320-232
Milan–Istanbul Hard landing leading to fire, landing gear collapse and runway excursion
Flight 6491
(leased from MyCargo Airlines)
near Manas International Airport 16 January 2017 Boeing 747-412F Hong Kong–Bishkek CFIT

U

Ukraine International Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 752 near
Shahriar
, Iran
8 January 2020
Boeing 737-8KV
Tehran–Kyiv Accidental shootdown
United Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Trip 23 Chesterton, Indiana 10 October 1933
Boeing 247D
Newark–Cleveland–Chicago–Oakland Bombing
NC13357 Parley's Canyon, Utah 23 February 1934 Boeing 247 Salt Lake City–Cheyenne Poor visibility, weather, CFIT
Flight 6 Western Springs, Illinois 20 December 1934 Boeing 247 Chicago–Omaha Icing, loss of power
Trip 4 near Silver Crown, Wyoming 7 October 1935
Boeing 247D
Oakland–Salt Lake City–Denver–Cheyenne Pilot error
NC13323 Cheyenne 30 October 1935
Boeing 247D
None Pilot error
Flight 34 Rice Canyon, California 27 December 1936
Boeing 247D
San Francisco–Los Angeles Pilot error
Flight 23 off San Francisco 9 February 1937
Douglas DC-3A-197
Los Angeles–San Francisco–Oakland Loss of control due to co-pilot dropping microphone
Flight 1 Haydens Peak, Wyoming 17 October 1937
Douglas DC-3-197
Newark–Chicago–Cheyenne–Salt Lake City–Los Angeles Weather, CFIT
Flight 9 Cleveland 24 May 1938
Douglas DST-A-207A
Newark–Cleveland–Chicago In-flight fire, loss of control
Flight 6 off Point Reyes, California 29 November 1938
Douglas DC-3A-191
Seattle–Portland–Medford–Sacramento–Oakland–San Francisco–Fresno–Bakersfield–Los Angeles–San Diego Pilot error, fuel exhaustion, water ditching
Flight 16 Bountiful Peak, Utah 4 November 1940
Douglas DC-3-197
Oakland–San Francisco–Sacramento–Reno–Elko–Salt Lake City Weather, loss of radio communication, pilot error, CFIT
Flight 21 Chicago 4 December 1940
Douglas DC-3A-197C
New York–Philadelphia–Allentown–Akron–Cleveland–Chicago Possible icing, stall, loss of control
NC16072 Salt Lake City Municipal Airport 12 January 1941
Douglas DC-3A-197
None Burned in hangar fire
Flight 4 Salt Lake City 1 May 1942
Douglas DST-A-207A
San Francisco–Oakland–Salt Lake City–New York City Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
41-24027 Whenuapai, New Zealand 2 August 1943 Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express Whenuapai–Amberley Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 14
Mainliner Tacoma
Elk Mountain 31 January 1946 Douglas DC-3-194H Portland–Pendleton–Boise–Denver Deviation from course, CFIT
Flight 28
Mainliner Lake Michigan
near Cheyenne 8 October 1946 Douglas DC-4 San Francisco–Cheyenne–Chicago Loss of altitude on approach
Flight 404
Mainliner Elko
Cleveland, Ohio 11 November 1946
Douglas C-53D
(DC-3)
Chicago–Cleveland Pilot error
Flight 521
Mainliner Lake Tahoe
LaGuardia Airport 29 May 1947
Douglas C-54B
New York City–Cleveland Pilot error
Flight 608
Mainliner Washington D.C.
Bryce Canyon, Utah
24 October 1947 Douglas DC-6 Los Angeles–Denver–Chicago Design flaw, in-flight fire
Flight 624
Mainliner Utah
Aristes, Pennsylvania 17 June 1948 Douglas DC-6 San Diego–Los Angeles–Chicago–New York City False warning of in-flight fire, crew error operating extinguishers
Flight 129 near Fort Wayne, Indiana 28 April 1951
Douglas DC-3A-197
Cleveland–Fort Wayne–South Bend–Chicago Windshear
Flight 610
Mainliner Overland Trail
Crystal Mountain, Colorado 30 June 1951 Douglas DC-6 San Francisco–Oakland–Salt Lake City–Denver–Chicago Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Flight 615
Mainliner Omaha
near Decoto, California 24 August 1951
Douglas DC-6B
Boston–Hartford–Cleveland–Chicago–Oakland–San Francisco Pilot error, navigation error, CFIT
Flight 7030
Mainliner Oahu
off Redwood City, California 12 September 1951 Boeing Stratocruiser 10–34 None Stall, loss of control
Flight 16 Stapleton Int'l Airport 4 December 1951
Douglas DC-3A
None Stall, loss of control
Flight 314 Michigan City, Indiana 26 August 1953
Convair CV-340-31
Chicago-Detroit Mid-air collision with an American Airlines Convair 240
N37512
Mainliner Idaho
Long Island MacArthur Airport 4 April 1955 Douglas DC-6 None Pilot error, loss of control
Flight 409
Mainliner Capistrano
Medicine Bow Peak 6 October 1955 Douglas DC-4 New York City–Chicago–Denver–Salt Lake City–San Francisco Deviation from course for reasons unknown, CFIT
Flight 629
Mainliner Denver
Longmont, Colorado 1 November 1955
Douglas DC-6B
New York City–Chicago–Denver–Portland–Seattle Bombing
Flight 718
Mainliner Vancouver
Grand Canyon 30 June 1956 Douglas DC-7 Los Angeles–Chicago–New York City Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Flight 736 Arden, Nevada 21 April 1958 Douglas DC-7 Los Angeles–Denver–New York City
F-100
fighter
Flight 826

Mainliner Will Rogers
over Staten Island 16 December 1960 Douglas DC-8-11 Chicago–New York City Mid-air collision with TWA Constellation
Flight 859 Stapleton Int'l Airport 11 July 1961
Douglas DC-8-12
Philadelphia–Chicago–Omaha–Denver Mechanical failure, pilot error
Flight 297 Howard County, Maryland 23 November 1962
Vickers Viscount 745D
Newark–Washington DC Bird strike, loss of control
Flight 823 near Parrottsville, Tennessee 9 July 1964
Vickers Viscount 745D
Philadelphia–Washington DC–Knoxville–Huntsville In-flight fire for reasons unknown, loss of control
Flight 389 Lake Michigan off Chicago 16 August 1965
Boeing 727-22
New York City–Chicago CFIT for reasons unknown
Flight 227 Salt Lake City International Airport 11 November 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 11 January 1969 Boeing 727 Jacksonville, TX–Miami Hijacking
Flight 266 Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles 18 January 1969
Boeing 727-22C
Los Angeles–Denver–Milwaukee Mechanical failure, total loss of electrical power, spatial disorientation
Flight 14 over Riverside, California 25 June 1969 Douglas DC-8 Los Angeles–New York City Hijacking
Flight 611
City of Bristol
Philadelphia Int'l Airport 19 July 1970
Boeing 737-222
Philadelphia–Rochester Engine failure, pilot error, runway overrun on takeoff
Flight 553
City of Lincoln
Chicago 8 December 1972
Boeing 737-222
Washington, D.C.–Chicago Approach landing stall, pilot error
Flight 2860 near Kaysville, Utah 18 December 1977
Douglas DC-8-54F
San Francisco–Salt Lake City Electrical failure, pilot error, ATC error
Flight 173 Portland, Oregon 28 December 1978
Douglas DC-8-61
New York City–Denver–Portland Fuel exhaustion, pilot error
Flight 2885
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
11 January 1983
Douglas DC-8-54F
Cleveland–Detroit–Los Angeles Aircraft upset, crew error
Flight 811 Pacific Ocean 24 February 1989
Boeing 747-122
Honolulu–Auckland–Sydney Cargo door opened—explosive decompression
Flight 232 Sioux City, Iowa 19 July 1989
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Denver–Philadelphia Manufacturing error, engine failure
Flight 585 Colorado Springs, Colorado 3 March 1991
Boeing 737-291
Peoria–Moline-Denver-Colorado Springs Mechanical failure, rudder reversion
Flight 826 Pacific Ocean, 956 mi ESE of Tokyo 28 December 1997
Boeing 747-122
Tokyo-Honolulu Severe turbulence
N7274U Eppley Airfield 13 May 2001
Boeing 727-222
None Damaged by hailstorm
Flight 175 World Trade Center, New York City 11 September 2001
Boeing 767-222
Boston–Los Angeles Terrorism, hijacking
Flight 93 Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania 11 September 2001
Boeing 757-222
Newark–San Francisco Terrorism, hijacking
Flight 955 Heathrow Airport 5 July 2007
Boeing 777-222ER
Mechanical failure, on-board fire
Flight 634 Newark Liberty Int'l Airport 10 January 2010
Airbus A319-131
Chicago–Newark Landing gear failure
Flight 663 en route from Washington, DC to Denver 7 April 2010
Boeing 757-222
Washington DC–Denver–Las Vegas Suspicious activity
Flight 497 Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int'l Airport 7 April 2011
Airbus A320
Electrical failure, runway overrun
Flight 1175 Pacific Ocean 13 February 2018
Boeing 777-222
San Francisco-Honolulu Engine failure
Flight 627 Newark Liberty International Airport 15 June 2019
Boeing 757-224
Denver-Newark Hard landing
Flight 328 Over Broomfield, Colorado 20 February 2021
Boeing 777-222
Denver-Honolulu Uncontained engine failure
United Arab Airlines (now
EgyptAir
)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 738
17 mi off Elba 29 September 1960
Vickers Viscount 739B
In-flight breakup
Flight 869 Khao Yai Mountain 19 July 1962
de Havilland Comet 4C
Hong Kong–Bangkok–Cairo CFIT
SU-AJX Az Zahweyyin, Egypt 12 May 1963 Douglas DC-3 Cairo–Alexandria CFIT
Flight 869 6 mi off
Bombay Airport
27 July 1963
de Havilland Comet 4C
Loss of control
Flight 749
near Cairo 18 March 1966
Antonov An-24B
Pilot error
SU-AOL 180 km off Cyprus 18 August 1968
Antonov An-24B
Cairo–Damascus Controlled flight into water
SU-APC Aswan Airport 20 March 1969
Ilyushin Il-18D
Jeddah–Aswan Poor visibility, pilot error, pilot fatigue
ET-AAQ
(leased from Ethiopian Airlines)
2 mi south of Suez 10 April 1969
Douglas C-47A
Asmara–Cairo Shot down
SU-ANZ Cairo 19 July 1970
Antonov An-24B
None Pilot error, stall, loss of control
Flight 844 4 mi from Tripoli International Airport 2 January 1971
de Havilland Comet 4C
Poor visibility, pilot error
UPS Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
N568UP Corbin Airport 31 January 1985 Swearingen Expediter Louisville–London Overloading, failed to go-around, ran off runway
Flight 774 Ellington Field 11 September 1998
Boeing 767-34AF
Louisville–Houston Weather, runway excursion
Flight 6971 Standiford Field 7 June 2005
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Anchorage–Louisville Pilot error, nose gear failure
Flight 1307 Philadelphia 8 February 2006
Douglas DC-8-71
Atlanta–Philadelphia In-flight fire for reasons unknown
Flight 6 Dubai 3 September 2010
Boeing 747-44AF (SCD)
Dubai–Cologne In-flight fire, loss of control
Flight 1354 near
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
14 August 2013
Airbus A300F4-622R
Louisville–Birmingham Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 61 Incheon International Airport 6 June 2016 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Seoul–Anchorage Runway excursion
Ural Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 178 near Zhukovsky International Airport 15 August 2019
Airbus A321-211
Moscow–Simferopol Bird strikes, forced landing
Uruguayan Air Force
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 571 Border between Chile and Argentina 13 October 1972
Fairchild FH-227
Montevideo–Mendoza–Santiago CFIT
US Airways (formerly USAir)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 5050 Flushing, Queens 20 September 1989
Boeing 737-401
New York–Charlotte Crew error
Flight 1493
Los Angeles, California 1 February 1991
Boeing 737-300
Syracuse–Washington DC–Columbus–Los Angeles–San Francisco Ground collision
Flight 405 Flushing, Queens 22 March 1992
Fokker F-28
New York–Cleveland Ice buildup, pilot error, inadequate deicing procedures
Flight 427 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 8 September 1994
Boeing 737-300
Chicago–Pittsburgh–Palm Beach Mechanical failure
Flight 1016 Charlotte, North Carolina 2 July 1994
Douglas DC-9
Columbia–Charlotte Wind shear, crew error
Flight 1170 Logan International Airport 9 June 2005
Boeing 737-3B7
Boston–Philadelphia Near collision
Flight 1549 Hudson River, New York 15 January 2009
Airbus A320
New York–Charlotte–Seattle 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 2 October 1964
Douglas DC-6B
Undetermined
Flight 772 Sahara Desert 19 September 1989
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
N'Djamena–Paris Terrorist bombing
Union des Transports Africains de Guinée (UTA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 141 Bight of Benin 25 December 2003
Boeing 727-223
Cotonou–Kufra–Beirut–Dubai Overloading, failed to take off
US-Bangla Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 211 Tribhuvan International Airport 12 March 2018
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Dhaka–Kathmandu Pilot error, spatial disorientation, loss of situational awareness
UTair Aviation (now Utair)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
RA-26012 Antalya Airport 9 November 2002
Antonov An-26B
Weather, poor visibility, CFIT
Flight 471
Kurumoch Airport
17 March 2007
Tupolev Tu-134A-3
Surgut–Samara–Belgorod Hard landing, structural failure
VQ-BAC Vnukovo International Airport 16 January 2010
Boeing 737-500
Runway overrun
Flight 120
Roschino International Airport
2 April 2012
ATR 72–201
Tyumen–Surgut Crew error, wing icing, stall, loss of control
Flight 579 Sochi International Airport 1 September 2018
Boeing 737-8AS
Moscow–Sochi Pilot error, windshear, runway overrun

V

ValuJet Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 592 Everglades 11 May 1996
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Miami–Atlanta In-flight fire
Varig
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
PP-VAL
Maua
Porto Alegre Airport
28 February 1942 Junkers Ju 52/3mge Crashed after takeoff
PP-VBI Jaquirana 2 August 1949
Curtiss C-46D
São Paulo-Porto Alegre In-flight fire
PP-VBZ São Paulo–Congonhas Airport 4 June 1954
Curtiss C-46A
São Paulo-Porto Alegre Crew error, crash on takeoff
PP-VCF Bage Airport 7 April 1957
Curtiss C-46A
Bagé-Porto Alegre In-flight fire, wing separation, loss of control
PP-VCS Salgado Filho International Airport 18 October 1957
Douglas C-47A
Porto Alegre–São Paulo Crew error, possible engine failure, ground turbulence
PP-CDS Federal Airport 12 April 1960
Douglas C-53
Jaguarão–Rio Grande–Pelotas–Porto Alegre Pilot error
Flight 810 La Cruz Peak 27 November 1962 Boeing 707-441 Rio de Janeiro–Lima–Bogota–Panama City–Mexico City–Los Angeles Deviation from course for reasons unknown
PP-VCQ near Brasilia 22 December 1962 Convair CV-240-2 Rio de Janeiro–Belo Horizonte–Brasilia Unexplained descent
PP-VBV near Passo Fundo Airport 1 July 1963
Douglas C-47B
Porto Alegre–Passo Fundo Weather, pilot error
Flight 837
Roberts International Airport 5 March 1967
Douglas DC-8-33
Rome–Monrovia–Rio de Janeiro Pilot error
PP-VBJ Gravata 15 July 1968
Curtiss C-46 Super C
São Paulo–Recife CFIT
PP-VLJ Galeão International Airport 9 June 1973 Boeing 707-323C São Paulo–Rio de Janeiro Crew error, loss of control
Flight 820 Orly International Airport 11 July 1973
Boeing 707-345C
Rio de Janeiro–Paris In-flight fire
Flight 967 125 mi off Japan 30 January 1979
Boeing 707-323C
Tokyo–Los Angeles–Rio de Janeiro Unexplained disappearance
Flight 797 Abidjan 3 January 1987
Boeing 707-379C
Abidjan–Rio de Janeiro Engine failure
Flight 254 Mato Grosso 3 September 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 21 January 1931
Boeing 40B-4
Portland–Pasco CFIT
NC10338 Pasco, Washington 26 November 1931
Boeing 40B-4
Portland–Pasco Poor visibility
NC891E near Walsenburg, Colorado 1 May 1935 Lockheed Vega 5C Engine failure
NC176W Walsenburg, Colorado 28 September 1936 Lockheed Vega 5C El Paso–Puebla Engine failure, CFIT
VASP
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 376 Brasília 25 May 1982
Boeing 737-2A1
São Paulo–Brasília Weather conditions
Flight 168 Fortaleza 8 June 1982
Boeing 727-212 Advanced
Rio de Janeiro–Fortaleza CFIT
Vietnam Airlines
Vladivostok Air
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 352 Budarovka, Russia 4 July 2001
Tupolev Tu-154M
Ekaterinburg–Irkutsk–Vladivostok Pilot error
Vnukovo Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 2801 Operafjellet, Norway 29 August 1996
Tupolev Tu-154M
Moscow-Svalbard CFIT
Volga-Dnepr Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 4066 Tolmachevo Airport 13 November 2020 Antonov An-124 Incheon-Novosibirsk-Vienna Uncontained engine failure on takeoff, runway overrun

W

Walcot Air Line
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
G-AAZK near Meopham, Kent 21 July 1930
Junkers F.13ge
Le Torquet-Croydon Stall, loss of control
West Caribbean Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 708 near Machiques 16 August 2005
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Panama City-Martinique Poor CRM, updrafts, stall, loss of control
West Coast Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 956 Wemme, Oregon 1 October 1966 Douglas DC-9-14 San Francisco-Eugene-Portland-Seattle Excessive descent for reasons unknown
Flight 720 Klamath Falls, Oregon 10 March 1967 Fokker F27 Friendship Klamath Falls-Medford Crashed after takeoff due to an icing accident
Western Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
NC13314 Burbank, California 1 September 1935 Boeing 247D Burbank-Saugus Engine failure, loss of altitude
Flight 6 near Salt Lake City 15 December 1936 Boeing 247D Las Vegas-Salt Lake City CFIT
Flight 7 near
Newhall, California
12 January 1937 Boeing 247D Salt Lake City-Burbank CFIT
Flight 1 near Fairfield, Utah 15 December 1942 Douglas DC-3A-191 Pilot error
NC33621 near
Hollywood, California
24 April 1946 Douglas DC-3A-367 None Improper maintenance, engine failure, pilot error
Flight 23 14 mi S of Lebec, California 13 November 1946 Douglas DC-3A Las Vegas-Burbank Radio problems, pilot error, CFIT
Flight 44 50 mi E of San Diego 24 December 1946 Douglas DC-3A Holtville-San Diego Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 636 San Francisco Bay 20 April 1953 Douglas DC-6B Los Angeles-San Francisco-Oakland Optical illusion, pilot error, controlled flight into water
N15569 Los Angeles International Airport 29 June 1953 Douglas DC-3A None Maintenance error, loss of control
Flight 34 19 mi ENE of Wright, Wyoming 26 February 1954 Convair CV-240-1 Salt Lake City-Rapid City Weather, loss of control for reasons unknown
N8406H over Daggett, California 25 July 1957
Convair CV-240-1
Las Vegas-Los Angeles Bombing
Flight 366 Ontario International Airport 31 March 1971 Boeing 720-047B None Poor visibility, rudder failure, loss of control
Flight 701
Algeria 2 June 1972 Boeing 727 Los Angeles-Seattle Hijacking
Flight 470
Casper Airport
31 March 1975
Boeing 737-247
Denver-Casper-Minneapolis Runway overrun
Flight 44 Buffalo, Wyoming 31 July 1979
Boeing 737-200
Pilot error, landed at wrong airport
Flight 2605
Juarez International Airport
31 October 1979
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Los Angeles-Mexico City Poor CRM, runway confusion, collision with truck on runway
Widerøe
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 933 Barents Sea off Gamvik 11 March 1982
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Kirkenes-Vadsø-Berlevåg-Mehamn-Honningsvåg-Alta Clear-air turbulence, pilot error, structural failure, loss of control
Flight 710 Torghatten 6 May 1988 de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 Trondheim-Namsos-Brønnøysund-Sandnessjøen-Bodø Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 839 Værøy 12 April 1990
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Værøy-Bodø Windshear, structural failure, loss of control
Flight 744 Berg, Overhalla 27 October 1993
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300
Trondheim-Namsos Crew error, CFIT
World Airways
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 830 near
Agana Naval Air Station
19 September 1960 Douglas DC-6 Agana NAS–Wake Island Airfield Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 30H
Logan International Airport 23 January 1982 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF Oakland–Newark–Boston Weather, runway excursion
Wuhan Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
B-4211 Huajia 8 October 1992 Avia 14M Lanzhou-Xian Engine failure, CFIT
Flight 343
Hanyang District
, Wuhan
22 June 2000
Xian Y-7-100
Enshi City-Wuhan Lightning strike, windshear

X

Xiamen Airlines (now XiamenAir)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 8301 Guangzhou Baiyun Int'l Airport 2 October 1990 Boeing 737-247 Xiamen–Guangzhou Hijacking, runway collision with a China Southwest Boeing 707 and China Southern Boeing 757
Flight 8667
Ninoy Aquino Int'l Airport 16 August 2018
Boeing 737-85C
Xiamen–Manila Pilot error, skidded off runway

Y

Yak-Service
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
RA-42434
near Yaroslavl 7 September 2011 Yakovlev Yak-42D Yaroslavl-Minsk Pilot error
Yemenia
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 626 Moroni, Comoros Islands 30 June 2009 Airbus A310-324 Sanaa-Moroni Crew error, stall, loss of control
Yeti Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 117 near Lukla 25 May 2004 de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 Kathmandu–Lukla Pilot negligence, crew errors, CFIT
9N-AEQ
near Jumla Airport 21 June 2006 de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 Surkhet–Jumla Pilot error, CFIT
Flight 101 Tenzing–Hillary Airport 8 October 2008 de Havilland Canada Twin Otter 300 Kathmandu–Lukla Weather, pilot error, CFIT
Flight 691 near Pokhara International Airport 15 January 2023 ATR 72-500 Kathmandu–Pokhara Stall on approach due to accidental feathering of propellers


See also

References

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  2. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild F-27A N2770R San Ramon, CA". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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