8,535

Total of accidents

29,251

Total of fatalities

May 25, 1979
Worst accident (273 fatalities)
Image Date Operator A/C Type Location Fatalities Registration
May 25, 1979 Douglas DC-10 Chicago-O'Hare, Illinois 273
N110AA
+
Nov 12, 2001 Airbus A300-600 Belle Harbor, New York 265
N14053
+
Dec 12, 1985 Douglas DC-8 Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador 256
N950JW
+
Jul 17, 1996 Boeing 747-100 East Moriches, New York 230
N93119
+
Sep 2, 1998 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia 229
HB-IWF
+
Aug 16, 1987 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan 156
N312RC
+
Jul 9, 1982 Boeing 727-200 New Orleans-Louis Armstrong (Moisant), Louisiana 153
N4737
+
Sep 25, 1978 Boeing 727-200 San Diego, California 142
N533PS
+
Aug 2, 1985 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas 135
N726DA
+
Sep 8, 1994 Boeing 737-300 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 132
N513AU
+
Nov 29, 1963 Douglas DC-8 Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec 118
CF-TJN
+
Jun 24, 1975 Boeing 727-200 New York-JFK, New York 113
N8845E
+
Sep 4, 1971 Boeing 727-100 Juneau, Alaska 111
N2969G
+
Jul 19, 1989 Douglas DC-10 Sioux City-Gateway, Iowa 111
N1819U
+
May 11, 1996 Douglas DC-9 Everglades National Park, Florida 110
N904VJ
+
Jul 5, 1970 Douglas DC-8 Toronto, Ontario 109
CF-TIW
+
Dec 29, 1972 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Everglades National Park, Florida 101
N310EA
+
Mar 1, 1962 Boeing 707 New York-Idlewild, New York 95
N7506A
+
Dec 1, 1974 Boeing 727-200 Mt Weather, Virginia 92
N54328
+
Sep 11, 2001 Boeing 767-200 New York, New York 92
N334AA
+