Cause of Airplane Accident Data
Causes of Each Disaster
Air Traffic Control Error 06/13/1947 Leesburg, Virginia Pen Central Air 11/11/1949 Arlington, Virginia Eastern / U.S. AF 04/14/1958 Castel de Fels, Spain Aviaco 07/21/1961 Shemya, Alaska Alaska AL 02/08/1965 New York, New York Eastern AL 01/14/1970 Mt. Pumacona, Peru Faucett 02/06/1970 Samarkand, USSR Aeroflot 12/20/1972 Chicago, Illinois Delta/North Central 09/09/1976 Adler, Russia Aeroflot / Aeroflot 09/10/1976 Gaj, Yugoslavia Inex / British AW 08/11/1979 Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR Aeroflot 02/01/1991 Los Angeles, California USAir/Skywest 05/19/1993 Medellin, Colombia SAM 11/07/1996 Lagos, Nigeria Aviation Dev. Corp. 09/26/1997 Buah Nabar, Indonesia Garuda Indonesian AL Bird Strike 10/04/1960 Boston, Massachusetts Eastern AL 11/23/1962 Ellicott, Maryland United AL 09/15/1988 Bahar Dar, Ethiopia Ethiopian AL 04/18/1990 Off Panama Aero Perlas 09/22/1995 Anchorage, Alaska U.S. Air Force Cargo Hold / Cabin Fire 07/09/1945 Florence, South Carolina Eastern AL 06/17/1948 Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania United AL 08/02/1949 Jaquirana, Brazil Varig 01/09/1964 Zarate, Argentina Aero Litoral Argentina 07/09/1964 Parrottsville, Tennesee United AL 07/26/1969 Biskra, Algeria Air Algerie 08/14/1972 Konigs, East Germany Interflug 08/31/1972 Magnitogorsk, Russia Aeroflot 07/11/1973 Paris, Orly, France Varig 11/03/1973 Boston, Massachusetts Pan American 11/26/1979 Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Pakistan Inter. AL 08/19/1980 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian AL 12/24/1982 Guangzhou, China CAAC 06/02/1983 Covington, Kentucky Air Canada 07/02/1986 Syktyvar, Russia Aeroflot 05/09/1987 Warsaw, Poland LOT 11/28/1987 Mauritius, Indian Ocean South African Airways 01/13/1990 Pervouralsk, Russia Aeroflot 07/12/1995 Gumey, New Guinea Milne Bay Air 05/11/1996 Everglades, Florida ValuJjet 09/02/1998 Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Swissair Design Flaw 03/31/1933 Bazaar, Kansas Trans Cont. & Western AW 10/24/1947 Bryce Canyon, Utah United AL 11/11/1947 Gallup, New Mexico American AL 06/17/1948 Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania United AL 08/29/1948 Winona, Minnesota Northwest Orient AL 05/02/1953 Jalalogori, India British Overseas AW 01/10/1954 Elba, Italy British Overseas AW 04/08/1954 Off Stromboli, Italy Trans Canada AL 02/05/1955 Calabar, Nigeria West African AW 09/29/1959 Buffalo, Texas Braniff AL 03/17/1960 Tell City, Indiana Northwest Orient AL 07/05/1970 Toronto, Canada Air Canada 07/06/1982 Moscow, Russia Aeroflot 07/30/1992 New York, New York Trans World AL 04/06/1993 Over the Pacific Ocean China Eastern AL Sabotage - Explosive Device 03/28/1933 Dixmude, Belgium Imperial AW 10/10/1933 Chesterton, Indiana United AL 05/07/1949 Sibuyan Sea, Philippines Phillipine AL 09/09/1949 Sault-aux-Cochons, Canada Canadian Pacific AL 08/12/1952 Palmeria de Goias, Brazil Trans Aero Nac. 04/11/1955 Great Natuna Island, Sarawak Air India 11/01/1955 Longmont, Colorado United AL 07/25/1957 Daggett, California Western AL 04/17/1959 Puerto Kino,Mexico Tigres Voladores 09/06/1959 Poza Rica, Mexico Mexicana 11/16/1959 Gulf of Mexico National AL 01/06/1960 Bolivia, North Carolina National AL 05/10/1961 In Amenas, Libya Air France 05/22/1962 Unionville, Missouri Continental AL 12/08/1964 Tripuani, Bolivia Aerolineas Abaroa 07/08/1965 Dog Creek, British Columbia Canadian Pacific AL 11/22/1966 Aden, Yemen Aden AW 02/09/1967 Mexico City, Mexico Cubana 10/12/1967 Rhodes, Greece British European AW 12/22/1969 Nha Trang, Vietnam Air Vietnam 02/21/1970 Zurich, Switzerland Swissair 04/21/1970 Manila, Philippines Philippine AL 11/21/1971 Penhu Island, Taiwan China AL 01/26/1972 Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia JAT 06/15/1972 Pleiku, Vietnam Cathay Pacific AW 03/19/1973 Ben Me Thout, South Vietnam Air Vietnam 04/21/1973 Patabangan, Philippines Philippine AL 12/17/1973 Rome, Italy Pan American AW 09/08/1974 Ionian Sea, Greece Trans World AL 01/01/1976 Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia Middle East AL 10/06/1976 Bridgetown, Barbados Cubana 02/19/1979 Barentu, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 06/27/1980 Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy Itavia 12/21/1980 Rio Hacha, Colombia Trans. Aereos del Caribe 09/23/1983 Mina Jebel Ali, UAE Gulf Air 06/23/1985 Atlantic Ocean, Ireland Air India 04/02/1986 Athens, Greece Trans World AL 05/03/1986 Colombo, Sri Lanka Air Lanka 11/29/1987 Andaman Sea Korean AL 03/01/1988 Johannesberg, South Africa Comair 12/21/1988 Lockerbie, Scotland Pan American AW 09/19/1989 Bilma, Niger Union des Trans. Aeriens 11/27/1989 Bogota, Colombia Avianca 07/19/1994 Colon, Panama Alas Chiricanas 12/11/1994 Pacific Ocean, Okinawa Philippine AL 07/09/1997 Suzano, Brazil TAM 03/03/2001 Bangkok, Thailand Thai Airways Fuel Starvation 05/06/1936 Macon, Missouri Transcon. & West. Air 12/31/1935 Alexandria, Egypt Imperial AW 01/14/1936 Goodwin, Arkansas American AL 07/02/1937 Lae, New Guinea Purdue Res. Found. 11/28/1938 Off Point Reyes, Calif. United Air Lines 02/09/1943 Gander, Newfoundland British Overseas AW 12/26/1946 Michigan City, Michigan American AL 01/05/1947 Carmel, New Jersey Nationwide Air Trans. 01/11/1947 Lympne, England BOAC 01/07/1948 Savannah, Georgia Coastal Air Lines 01/30/1948 Near Bermuda British So. Am. AW 12/28/1948 San Juan, Puerto Rico Airborne Transport 08/15/1949 Lurga Point, Ireland Transocean Air Lines 07/28/1950 Porte Alegre, Brazil Penair do Brasil 04/30/1952 Delhi, India Deccan, AW 06/19/1954 Folkestone, England Swissair 12/22/1954 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Johnson Flying Service 04/04/1967 Stockport, England British Midland AW 05/02/1970 St. Croix, Virgin Islands Antillian AL 08/11/1974 Ouagadougou, Upper Volta Air Mali 10/20/1977 Gillsburg, Mississippi L & J Company 12/02/1977 Al Bayda, Lebanon Balkan Bulgarian AL 12/28/1978 Portland, Oregon United AL 09/04/1982 Rio Branco, Brazil Cia Bras. de Tratores 07/23/1983 Gimli, Manitoba, Canada Air Canada 09/03/1989 Sao Jose do Xingu, Brazil Varig 01/25/1990 Cove Neck, New York Avianca 09/11/1990 Off Newfoundland, Canada Faucett 06/26/1991 Sokotu, Nigeria Okada Air 11/15/1993 Kerman, Iran Magistralnye Avialinii 09/18/1994 Tamanrasset, Algeria Oriental AL 09/26/1994 Vanavera, Russia Cheremshanka AL 09/11/1995 Jalalabad, Afghanistan Ariana Afghan AL 10/31/1995 Piedras Negras, Mexico TACSA 04/05/1996 Petropavlovsk, Russia Krasnoyarskie AV 01/13/1998 Tor Kach, Pakistan Ariana Afghan AL 03/23/2000 Kadirana, Sri Lanka OMSK Hijacking (resulting in fatalities) 07/16/1948 Pacific Ocean Cathay Pacific AW 11/01/1958 Nipe Bay, Cuba Cubana 04/28/1960 Calabozo, Venezuela Linea Aero. Venezolana 1/23/1971 Korean Air Lines Sokcho, South Korea 12/06/1971 Tikaka, Sudan Sudan AW 05/28/1973 Chita, Russia Aeroflot 09/15/1974 Phan Rang, Vietnam Air Vietnam 05/23/1976 Zamboanga, Philippines Philippine AL 06/27/1976 Entebbe, Uganda Air France 12/04/1977 Kampung Ladang, Malaysia Malaysia AL 06/14/1985 Athens, Greece Trans World AL 11/24/1985 Luqa, Malta Egyptair 09/16/1986 Karachi, Pakistan Pan American AW 12/25/1986 Ay, Saudi Arabia Iraqi AW 07/24/1987 Geneva, Switzerland Air Afrique 04/05/1988 Combi, Cyprus Kuwait AW 10/02/1990 Guangzhou, China Xiamen/China SW AL 08/28/1993 Khorag, Tajikistan Tadzhikistan Nat. AL 12/26/1994 Algiers, Algeria Air France 11/23/1996 Moroni, Comoros Islands Ethiopian AL 07/23/1999 Tokyo, Japan All Nippon AW 09/11/2001 New York City, New York American Airlines 09/11/2001 New York City, New York United Airlines 09/11/2001 Washington, D.C. American Airlines 09/11/2001 Somerset County, Pennsylvania United Airlines Lightning 07/22/1938 Stulpica, Romania LOT 08/31/1940 Lovettsville, Virginia Penn Central AL 01/17/1951 Civitavecchia, Italy Alitalia 06/26/1959 Varese, Italy Trans World AL 08/29/1960 Dakar, Senegal Air France 07/19/1961 Azul, Brazil Aerolineas Argentinas 12/19/1962 Warsaw, Poland LOT 08/12/1963 Lyon, France Air Inter 12/08/1963 Elkton, Maryland Pan American AW 12/24/1971 Puerto Inca, Peru Lineas Aereas Nacionales 05/09/1976 Madrid, Spain Iran Air Force 02/08/1988 Mulheim, Germany NFD 06/22/2000 Shitai, China Wuhan AL Overloading / Improper Loading of Aircraft 03/14/1942 Kunming, China CNAC 01/17/1956 Oreway, Canada Quebecair 06/07/1949 San Juan, Puerto Rico Strato Feight 12/08/1956 Caqueta, Colombia AIDA 10/29/1960 Toledo, Ohio Arctic Pacific Air 10/02/1970 Silver Plume, Colorado Golden Eagle Av. Inc. 09/02/1981 Paipa, Colombia Taxi Aereo el Venado 10/30/1981 Bafoussam, Cameroon Cameroon AL 12/22/1991 Heidelberg, Germany Classic Wings 07/20/1992 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgian Air 11/11/1992 Tver-Kallinen, Russia Aeroflot 08/26/1993 Aldan, Russia Sakha AL 08/28/1993 Khorag, Tajikistan Tadzhikistan Nat. AL 12/13/1995 Verona, Italy Romanian Banat Air 12/18/1995 Kahengula, Angola Trans Service Airlift 11/27/1996 Abakan, Siberia, Russia Russian Air Force 11/30/1996 Medellin, Colombia ACES 05/26/1998 Erdenet, Mongolia MIAT 01/15/2000 San Jose, Costa Rica TACA Pilot Incapacitation 10/30/1959 Waynesborough, Virginia Piedmont AL 12/14/1962 Burbank, California Flying Tiger Line 10/06/1965 Centennial, Wyoming United AL 04/22/1966 Ardmore, Oklahoma American Flyers AL 03/13/1967 East London, South Africa South African AW 01/14/1970 Mt. Pumacona, Peru Faucett 06/18/1972 Staines, Surrey, England British European AW 10/13/1972 Krasnaya, Polyana, USSR Aeroflot 02/09/1982 Tokyo, Japan Japan AL 03/31/1995 Balotesti, Romania Trans. Aeriene Rom. Pilots Shot by Passenger 05/07/1964 San Ramon, California Pacific AL 12/04/1977 Kampung Ladang, Malaysia Malaysian AL 12/07/1987 San Luis Obispo, California Pacific Southwest AL
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