List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States

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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.

This list is a subset of the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location.

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Alabama[edit]

• Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254 collided with a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 over Gadsden, on April 9, 1990. Both individuals on board the Cessna were killed, while Flight 2254 was able to land safely at Northeast Alabama Regional Airport.^[1]
• 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]
• L'Express Airlines Flight 508 crashed in Birmingham while attempting to land at Birmingham Municipal Airport during a severe thunderstorm on July 10, 1991, killing 13 people.^[3] It remains the deadliest commercial aviation accident in Alabama history.^[4]
• Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 crashed while attempting to land at Birmingham Municipal Airport on January 6, 1946. The three pilots were all killed.
• UPS Flight 1354 crashed short of Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport due to pilot error and pilot fatigue. Both crew members were killed.

Alaska[edit]

• ACE Air Cargo Flight 51 crashed into Muklung Hills, killing both crew members.
• Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashed into a mountain in the Chilkat Range near Juneau, on September 4, 1971, killing all 111 on board.^[5] It was the first fatal jet airliner crash for Alaska Airlines, and the worst plane crash in the history of the United States until June 24, 1975.^[6]
• 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.
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85 experienced a severe rudder hardover event that forced it to divert to Anchorage on October 9, 2002. As a result of the incident, an airworthiness directive was issued to prevent further such events.^[7]
• 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.
• PenAir Flight 3296 ran off the end of the runway at Unalaska Airport. One passenger was killed by a propeller blade.^[12]
• 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]
• Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashed into Pedro Bay, killing all 39 on board on December 2, 1968, after encountering extreme air turbulence and suffering structural failure.^[14] The accident is the third-worst accident involving a Fairchild F-27.^[15]

Arizona[edit]

• Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 collided with a Bell 206 helicopter over Grand Canyon National Park on June 18, 1986. All 25 passengers and crew on board the two aircraft were killed.^[16]
• Southwest Airlines Flight 812 suffered rapid depressurization while in flight on April 1, 2011, due to a manufacturing error dating back to the Boeing 737's construction.^[17]
• United Airlines Flight 718 and TWA Flight 2 collide over the Grand Canyon on June 30, 1956, killing all 128 aboard both aircraft. A Civil Aeronautics Board investigation determined that the aircraft had been flying in each other's blind spots and did not see each other prior to impact.^[18]

Arkansas[edit]

• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[19]
• 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.^[20]

California[edit]

• Some 75 passengers on board Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386 fell ill with cholera after eating contaminated shrimp on February 20, 1992, between Lima, Peru, and Los Angeles. One person died.^[21]
• Aeroméxico Flight 498 collided with a Piper Archer on August 31, 1986. All 64 people on both aircraft were killed. The stricken aircraft plummeted into Cerritos, California, killing an additional 15 on the ground.^[22]
• Air Canada Flight 759 accidentally lined up with a taxiway on final approach and nearly collided with taxiing planes at San Francisco International Airport. The plane landed safely.
• 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.^[23]
• American Airlines Flight 28 collided with a US Army Air Corps B-34 bomber over Chino Canyon on October 23, 1942, after the army pilot's reckless flying severed the airliner's tail. All 12 on board Flight 28 were killed; both army pilots survived.^[24]
• An Arrow Air DC-3 crashed as it flew into terrain on approach to Sacramento, killing all 9 on board.
• Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed upon landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013. Of the 307 people aboard, three were killed and 181 injured.^[25][26]
• 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,^[27]
• 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.
• Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashed near the top of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno on December 24, 1964.^[28]

• Golden West Airlines Flight 261 collided in midair with a Cessna 150 (N11421) near Whittier, California, on January 9, 1975.^[29]
• Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashed into the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board.^[30]
• Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a fighter jet on June 6, 1971, and crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, California, killing all 49 people aboard.^[31]
• Japan Airlines Flight 2 accidentally landed in San Francisco Bay while attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport during heavy fog on November 22, 1968.
• JetBlue Airways Flight 292 executed an emergency landing on September 21, 2005, in Los Angeles International Airport after the nose wheels of the landing gear jammed in an abnormal position. No one was injured.^[32]
• Omega Aerial Refueling Services Flight 70 veered off the runway on May 18, 2011, following an engine separation. Everyone survived.
• Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashed near San Ramon, California, on May 7, 1964, after a passenger shot the flight crew and killed himself, causing the plane to crash and kill all 44 on board.^[33]
• 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.^[34]

• 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.^[35]
• Pan Am Flight 1104 crashed into a mountain near Boonville, California, on January 21, 1943, killing all 19 on board, including Rear Admiral Robert Henry English, commander of the U.S. Pacific Submarine Fleet.^[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.^[37]
• 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.^[38]
• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933 crashed in Santa Monica Bay, about 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of the Los Angeles International Airport on January 13, 1969.^[39]
• Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran the runway upon landing at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport on March 5, 2000.^[40]
• Standard Air Lines Flight 897R crashed on approach to Burbank Airport, killing 35.
• Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashed after takeoff from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport on March 13, 1974, killing all 36 people on board.
• 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.^[41]
• United Airlines Trip 34 crashed into Rice Canyon on December 27, 1936, killing all 12 passengers and crew.
• United Airlines Flight 266 crashed into Santa Monica Bay four minutes after take-off on January 18, 1969, killing all 38 on board.^[42]
• 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.^[43]
• United Airlines Flight 863 nearly flew into San Bruno Mountain after take-off from San Francisco International Airport. The plane landed safely.
• Western Air Express Flight 7 crashed into Pinetos Peak northeast of San Fernando on January 12, 1937, killing five, including adventurer and documentary filmmaker Martin Johnson of Martin and Osa Johnson fame.^[44]

• TWA Flight 8 crashed into Yosemite National Park while attempting to divert to Fresno during severe weather on March 1, 1938.^[45]

Colorado[edit]

• A chartered Avjet Gulfstream III business jet crashed on March 29, 2001, into terrain while on instrument approach to Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, killing all 18 on board.^[46]
• 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.^[47]
• Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed on take-off in a snowstorm from the Denver Stapleton International Airport on November 1, 1987. The crash resulted in the deaths of 28 of the aircraft's occupants, while 54 survived. The airplane had been destined for Boise, Idaho.^[48]
• Key Lime Air Flight 970 collided with a Cirrus SR22. Both planes landed safely.
• United Airlines Flight 328 suffered an uncontained engine failure and landed safely at Denver International Airport.
• United Airlines Flight 585 crashed while attempting to land at Colorado Springs Airport on March 3, 1991.^[49]
• United Airlines Flight 610 crashed near Denver on June 30, 1951, killing all 50 people on board.^[50]

• United Airlines Flight 629 exploded over Longmont, Colorado, on November 1, 1955, due to a bomb placed on the aircraft by John Gilbert Graham as part of an attempt to collect insurance money.^[51]

• 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.^[52]
• In the Wichita State University football team plane crash, 31 people were killed. The cause was attributed to pilot error.

Connecticut[edit]

• 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.^[53] 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.^[54]
• American Airlines Flight 1572 crashed while attempting to land at Bradley International Airport due to an incorrect altimeter setting, on November 12, 1995.^[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.^[56]
• 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.^[57] 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.^[58]

District of Columbia[edit]

• Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the Potomac River in 1982 after hitting the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, DC shortly after takeoff from Washington National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia, during icy conditions. The captain declined to deice the aircraft after waiting on the runway for nearly an hour and did not turn on the engine deicers, causing a fatal buildup of ice on the wings and insufficient engine thrust.^[59] Four passengers and a flight attendant survived.^[60]
• American Airlines Flight 444 was a Boeing 727 that was attacked by the Unabomber on November 15, 1979. The bomb in the cargo hold failed to explode, but the incident led the Federal Bureau of Investigation to begin investigating the Unabomber.
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 collided with a Lockheed P-38 Lightning on November 1, 1949, killing all but the P-38 pilot.^[61]

Florida[edit]

• Airborne Transport airliner NC16002 disappeared the night of December 28, 1948, near the end of a scheduled flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami, Florida. The aircraft was never found, and the case remains unsolved.^[62]

• America West Flight 556 was ordered back to the terminal after pilots were suspected of being drunk on July 1, 2002.^[63]
• Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashed off Miami Beach, Florida, due to structural failure, December 19, 2005.^[64]
• Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 collided with a US Navy Beechcraft SNB-1 Kansan on April 25, 1951, killing all on both aircraft.^[65]

• 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.^[66]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Everglades on December 29, 1972, while attempting to land in Miami.^[67]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 lost three engines, but managed to land safely at Miami International Airport on May 5, 1980.
• Fine Air Flight 101 crashed on takeoff from Miami International Airport on August 7, 1997.
• National Airlines Flight 16 crashed into the water after overshooting the runway in Lakeland, Florida, on October 5, 1945. Two passengers drowned.
• 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.^[68]
• 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.
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 broke up in midair and crashed into the Everglades shortly after taking off in a severe thunderstorm on February 12, 1963.
• PBA Flight 1039 crashed upon takeoff from Jacksonville International Airport on December 6, 1984, killing all 13 passengers and crew.
• 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.^[69]
• 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.

Georgia[edit]

• Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashed near Carrollton, Georgia, on August 21, 1995, due to mechanical failure, and the wreckage subsequently ignited before an evacuation could be completed. Nine of the 29 passengers and crew on board eventually died due to injuries suffered in the accident.^[70]
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 crashed near Brunswick, Georgia, on April 5, 1991, killing all 23 passengers and crew, including former U.S. Senator John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.^[71]
• Lehigh Acres Development Inc. Flight 701 crashed near Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1970, killing one passenger and five people in a car. Thirty other passengers were injured when the twin-engine, propeller-driven plane, a Martin 404, crashed on the Moreland Avenue bridge over I-285, after just departing moments before from the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, several miles across town, headed for Fort Myers, Florida.^[72][73]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 crashed while preparing to land at Candler Field on February 26, 1941. Eight of the 16 on board were killed. Among the injured was Eastern Air Lines president and World War I hero Eddie Rickenbacker.^[74]

• Southern Airways Flight 242 executed a forced landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977. In all, 63 of 85 passengers and crew on board were killed, as were 9 more on the ground.^[75]

Hawaii[edit]

• The 1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash occurred when a Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashed into the Waianae Range in Oahu, killing all 66 people on board. This accident remains the deadliest air disaster in Hawaii.^[76]
• 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.^[77]
• Pan Am Flight 830 made an emergency landing in Honolulu after a terrorist bomb exploded, killing a single passenger on August 11, 1982.^[78]
• 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.^[79]

• United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing 9 passengers.^[80]
• Transair Flight 810 ditches off the coast of Oahu after a double engine failure. Both crew survive with injuries.^[81]
• Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35 experienced severe turbulence; everyone onboard survived, but 36 people were injured, 11 of whom had serious injuries.

Illinois[edit]

• 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.
• American Airlines Flight 444 was attacked by the Unabomber on November 15, 1979, near Chicago Illinois. The bomb planted in the cargo hold malfunctioned, but 12 passengers had to be treated for smoke inhalation.
• 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.^[82]

• Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slid off the runway while landing in a snowstorm at Chicago Midway Airport on December 8, 2005. The aircraft crashed into automobile traffic, killing a 6-year-old boy in a car.^[83]
• 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).^[84]

• 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.^[85]

Indiana[edit]

• Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 crashed southeast of Indianapolis on September 9, 1969, due to collision with a private plane, killing all 83 people aboard both aircraft.^[86]
• American Eagle Flight 4184 crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, due to icing on October 31, 1994, killing all 68 on board.^[87]
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashed near Cannelton, Indiana, on March 17, 1960, killing all 57 passengers and six crewmembers.^[88]

• United Airlines tail number NC13304 was destroyed by a bomb on October 10, 1933, near Chesterton, Indiana, in what is thought to be the first proven act of air sabotage in the history of commercial aviation.^[89]

Iowa[edit]

• Continental Airlines Flight 11 was a Boeing 707 aircraft which exploded in the vicinity of Centerville, Iowa, while en route from O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, on May 22, 1962.
• 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.
• A DC-3 owned by and carrying the Minneapolis Lakers NBA team made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Carroll, Iowa, on January 17, 1960. The DC-3 had lost all electrical power. Future NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor was on board.^[90]

Kansas[edit]

• A Transcontinental and Western Air Fokker F-10 crashed near Bazaar, Kansas, on March 31, 1931, killing all eight aboard, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.^[91]

Kentucky[edit]

• 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.^[92]
• On July 28, 1943, American Airlines Flight 63 lost control due to severe turbulence and violent downdrafts and crashed near Trammel, Kentucky, killing 20 of the 22 people on board.^[93]

• 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.^[94]

• 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.^[95]
• Comair Flight 444 crashed shortly after takeoff from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on October 8, 1979, killing all on board.^[96]
• The 1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision occurred between a TWA Martin 2-0-2 and a Douglas DC-2 on January 12, 1955, killing all on board both aircraft.
• TWA Flight 128 struck trees on final approach and crashed 9,357 feet (2,852 m) short of the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on November 20, 1967.^[97]
• 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.^[98]

Louisiana[edit]

• Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain on February 25, 1964, killing all 58 on board.^[99]
• Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashed in New Orleans on March 30, 1967, during a training flight, killing all six people 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.
• Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner, Louisiana, on July 9, 1982, shortly after takeoff from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
• TACA Flight 110 made a successful deadstick landing on a grass levee at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans after losing thrust in both engines on May 24, 1988. No casualties or serious injuries occurred.

Maine[edit]

• Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashed short of the runway at Lewiston Airport on August 25, 1985, killing all on board, including 13-year-old Samantha Smith, the "Goodwill Ambassador" to the Soviet Union.^[100]
• Downeast Flight 46 crashed during approach to Knox County Regional Airport near Rockland, Maine, on May 30, 1979, killing both crew and 15 of the 16 passengers on board.
• TWA Flight 277 crashed into Fort Mountain in Baxter State Park on June 20, 1944. Heavy wind with rain had blown the C-54 Skymaster off course, and the pilot suffered a bout of spatial disorientation and did not realize his position in relation to the mountain. The pilot and all six passengers were killed.

Maryland[edit]

• Capital Airlines Flight 75 crashed in Chase, Maryland, on May 12, 1959, due to a weather-induced loss of control. All perished.^[101]
• The rudder on board MetroJet Flight 2710 malfunctioned, causing the jet to roll violently on February 23, 1999. The crew was able to regain control and landed safely at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
• Pan Am Flight 214 crashed near Elkton, Maryland, on December 8, 1963, after being struck by lightning and having an empty fuel tank on the wing that had flammable fumes explode.^[102]
• United Airlines Flight 297 crashed near Columbia, Maryland, on November 23, 1962, after a bird strike.^[103]

Massachusetts[edit]

• Air New England Flight 248 crashed on approach to Barnstable Municipal Airport on June 17, 1979. The cause was determined to be pilot fatigue. One crew member was killed.
• On June 9, 2005, Aer Lingus Flight 132, an Airbus A330 St. Maeve and US Airways Flight 1170, a Boeing 737, almost collided while both were taking off on intersecting runways at Logan International Airport, Boston.
• 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.
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 crashed on takeoff from Logan International Airport on October 4, 1960. Ten people survived.^[104]
• 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.
• World Airways Flight 30 overshot the runway due to icy conditions on January 23, 1982, killing two passengers.

Michigan[edit]

• Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashed on final approach to MBS Airport during a severe snowstorm on April 6, 1958.^[105]
• Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight on January 9, 1997, that crashed on approach to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, near Detroit.^[106]
• Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was the target of the attempted al-Qaida "Christmas Day bombing" on December 25, 2009. Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate plastic explosives concealed in his underwear, but was stopped by other passengers.
• 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.
• Northwest Airlines Flight 299 collided with Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 on an active runway at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in heavy fog on December 3, 1990.^[107] Seven passengers and one crewperson from Flight 1482 were killed.^[108] There were no injuries on board Flight 299.^[109]
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared on the night of June 23, 1950, over Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan. The plane was never found.^[110]
• Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304 diverted to Windsor, Ontario, after the blade of the propeller broke off and sliced through a section of the cabin, killing one passenger and injuring four passengers and one flight attendant on July 9, 1956, while flying over Flat Rock, Michigan.^[111]
• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• A Convair CV-240 that was carrying members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed 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.
• A United States Marine Corps Lockheed Martin KC-130 crashed in Leflore County, Mississippi, on July 10, 2017, killing all 16 people on board, including seven passengers and 9 crew members. This made it the deadliest aviation accident in Mississippi history.^[112]

Missouri[edit]

• Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, crashed near Unionville, Missouri, due to bomb exploded by a passenger on May 22, 1962.^[113]

• Continental Airlines Flight 12 overran the runway at Kansas City Downtown Airport on July 1, 1965.^[114]

• Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to Kirksville Airport on October 19, 2004, killing 13.
• Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 crashed on approach to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on July 23, 1973, after flying through a microburst generated by a severe thunderstorm; 38 of the 44 people on board perished.
• Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashed on October 14, 2004, near Jefferson City, Missouri, after engine flameout and subsequent pilot error.
• 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.
• The 1966 NASA T-38 Crash occurred when a NASA-owned Northrop T-38 Talon flying into Lambert Field hit the roof of the McDonnell Aircraft building, where the Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled, and crashed nearby on February 28, 1966. The two people on board, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, were killed.

Montana[edit]

• Northwest Airlines Flight 1 crashed 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of the Miles City, Montana, airport on January 13, 1939, after a fire broke out in the cockpit.^[115]

• Northwest Airlines Flight 2 crashed into the Bridger Mountains about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Bozeman, Montana, on January 10, 1938. This was the first fatal crash for Northwest Airlines.^[116]

Nebraska[edit]

• Braniff Flight 250 broke up midair and crashed near Falls City, Nebraska, on August 6, 1966, after flying into an active squall line. All 42 on board were killed.^[117]

Nevada[edit]

• 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.
• TWA Flight 3 crashed into Mount Potosi 23 minutes after takeoff from Las Vegas on January 16, 1942. All 22 on board were killed, including movie star Carole Lombard.^[118]

• United Airlines Flight 736 collided with a US Air Force F-100 Super Sabre fighter on a training mission near Las Vegas on April 21, 1958. All 47 aboard the airliner and both F-100 crew members were killed.

New Hampshire[edit]

• 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.^[119]

New Jersey[edit]

• American Airlines Flight 6780 crashed into a house in Elizabeth, New Jersey, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southeast of the airport on January 22, 1952. The cause of the crash was never determined. This was the first fatal crash of a Convair 240.^[120]

• Continental Airlines Flight 1883 accidentally landed on a taxiway instead of a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport, on October 28, 2006.
• 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.^[121]
• 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.

New Mexico[edit]

• TWA Flight 260 deviated from its prescribed flight path and crashed into the Sandia Mountains on February 19, 1955, for reasons unknown.^[122][123]

New York[edit]

• American Airlines Flight 1 crashed immediately after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now JFK Airport), New York City, on March 1, 1962.^[124]

• American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked by Al Qaeda operatives after takeoff from Boston during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The aircraft was subsequently crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City.
• American Airlines Flight 320 crashed in the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport, New York City on February 3, 1959; 65 of the 73 people on board perished.^[125]

• American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City, after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. Everyone on board was killed, along with five people on the ground.
• American Airlines Flight 723 crashed on September 16, 1953, in Colonie, New York, while attempting to land at Albany Airport. All 28 people on board perished.
• 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.
• Avianca Flight 052 crashed at Cove Neck, Long Island, after running out of fuel on January 25, 1990.
• Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed six miles from the runway at Buffalo Niagara International Airport on February 12, 2009.
• Continental Charters Flight 44-2, crashed into a ridge near Napoli, New York, while en route to Buffalo, New York, on December 29, 1951.
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed after striking the runway lights at JFK Airport on June 24, 1975.^[126]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog on November 30, 1962. All 25 people (four crew, 21 passengers) perished.^[127]

• Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, about 7 miles south of Jones Beach State Park on Long Island, after takeoff from JFK Airport when forced to evade inbound Pan Am Flight 212 on February 8, 1965, killing all 84 people on board.^[128]

• Mohawk Airlines Flight 121 crashed during takeoff from Rochester-Monroe airport on July 2, 1963, killing seven people and injuring 36.^[129]

• Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashed into a house on March 3, 1972, on final approach to Albany International Airport, killing 17 people.^[130]
• Mohawk Airlines Flight 411 crashed into Pilot Knob on November 19, 1969, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board.^[131]
• Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed on Rikers Island, New York City, during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on February 1, 1957, killing 20 of the 101 people on board.^[132]

• Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 crashed near Stony Point, New York, on December 1, 1974, due to pilot error. All three crew on board were killed.
• The 1965 Carmel mid-air collision occurred between TWA Flight 42 and Eastern Air Lines Flight 853 over Carmel, New York, on December 4, 1965.^[133]

• 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.^[134]

• 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 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.^[135]

• United Airlines Flight 826 suffered a midair collision over New York City in 1960.
• 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.
• USAir Flight 405 crashed during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on March 22, 1992.^[136]
• USAir Flight 5050 crashed during an aborted takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on September 20, 1989.

North Carolina[edit]

• Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashed into an airport hangar and burst into flames 37 seconds after leaving Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, killing all 21 on board on January 8, 2003.^[137]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed while attempting to land in thick fog at Douglas Municipal Airport on September 11, 1974, killing 71 on board.^[138]
• National Airlines Flight 2511 exploded over Bolivia, North Carolina, on January 6, 1960, when a passenger detonated dynamite in a suicide act.^[139]

• Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina, on July 19, 1967, killing all on board both aircraft.^[140]
• Piedmont Airlines Flight 467 overran the runway after touchdown at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport on October 25, 1986, with no fatalities.
• 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.^[141]

Ohio[edit]

• United Express Flight 6291 crashed on approach to Port Columbus International Airport, Ohio on January 7, 1994, killing five of eight people on board. The cause of the crash was attributed to pilot error.
• Cal Poly football team plane crash - October 29, 1960^[142]

• TWA Flight 553 collided in midair with a Beechcraft Baron on March 9, 1967, over Urbana, Ohio. All 26 people on both aircraft (one on the Baron) were killed.^[143]

Oregon[edit]

• United Airlines / Western Air Express Boeing 247D crash 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.^[144][145]
• West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed with 18 fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon, on October 1, 1966. This was the first loss of a commercial Douglas DC-9.^[146]
• West Coast Airlines Flight 720 crashed after takeoff from Klamath Falls, killing all four occupants in 1967.
• United Airlines Flight 173 ran out of fuel and crashed while attempting to land near Portland, Oregon, on December 28, 1978. Ten of 189 people on board perished.^[147]
• Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had uncontrolled decompression after a plug door blew out. There were no fatalities.^{[148] [149]}

Pennsylvania[edit]

• Allegheny Airlines Flight 371 crashed on approach to Williamsport Regional Airport on December 1, 1959, killing 25 of 26 on board.
• Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 a Convair 580, crashed on approach to Bradford, Pennsylvania, killing 20 of the 47 people on board.
• Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317 clipped the last tower of landing lights on final approach into the Johnstown–Cambria County Airport in Johnstown before slamming into an embankment on January 6, 1974. Twelve of 17 people on board perished.
• Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 lost control and crashed over Blossburg, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 1967, killing all 34 people on board. It was the deadliest disaster in the airline's history.^[150]
• Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered an uncontained engine failure, causing a passenger to get partially sucked out from a window and later die. The plane safely landed at Philadelphia International Airport.^[151]
• TWA Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed into Cheat Mountain, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, around 10:20 am Eastern Standard Time on April 7, 1936, killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew aboard.^[152]
• TWA Flight 400 crashed during takeoff from Greater Pittsburgh International Airport on April 1, 1956. Twenty-two of 36 people aboard were killed.^[153]

• TWA Flight 513 crashed near Reading on July 11, 1946, while on a training flight. TWA subsequently grounded its Constellation fleet for 30 days.^[154]

• United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked after takeoff from Newark, New Jersey, on September 11, 2001. Passengers fought the hijackers after learning of the incidents at the World Trade Center and the hijackers' plans to use the aircraft for terrorism; their battle ended when the plane crashed into a field in Somerset County (See also: September 11 terrorist attacks.)^[155]
• United Airlines Flight 624 crashed on June 17, 1948, outside of Aristes, Pennsylvania, killing all four crew and 39 passengers aboard.^[156]

• USAir Flight 427 nosedived 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.^[157] This is the third-highest death toll of any accident involving the Boeing 737-300.

Rhode Island[edit]

• US Airways Express Flight 3758 airplane slid off 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.^[158]

South Carolina[edit]

• Eastern Airlines Flight 45 collided with a US Army Air Force A-26 Invader bomber over northeastern South Carolina on July 12, 1945. One civilian, and two military personnel died.

South Dakota[edit]

• Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 struck a snow plow while landing at Sioux Falls Regional Airport during a snowstorm on December 20, 1983. The driver of the snow plow was the only casualty.^[159]

Tennessee[edit]

• American Airlines Flight 2 crashed into the Mississippi River on February 10, 1944, killing all 24 on board. The cause of the crash remains unknown.^{[citation needed]}
• American Airlines Flight 63 crashed after ice formed on the wings and propeller near Centerville, Tennessee, on October 15, 1943.^[160]

• Delta Air Lines Flight 516 crashed short of the runway while attempting to land at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport on November 27, 1973. The cause was attributed to pilot error.^{[citation needed]}
• Federal Express Flight 705 experienced an attempted hijacking for the purpose of a suicide attack on April 7, 1994. Despite serious injuries, the crew was able to make an emergency landing at Memphis International Airport.^{[citation needed]}
• United Airlines Flight 823 crashed near Parrottsville, Tennessee, after an uncontrollable fire broke out in the main cabin, killing all 39 passengers and crew on July 9, 1964.^[161]

Texas[edit]

• American Airlines Flight 157 crashed during final approach to Love Field in Dallas, Texas, after the pilot lost control when an engine failed on November 29, 1949. Twenty-six passengers and two flight attendants died.^[162]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Atlas Air Flight 3591 nosedived into Trinity Bay as a result of spatial disorientation. All three crew members were killed.
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Braniff Flight 352 broke up in midair and crashed near Dawson, Texas, after flying into a severe thunderstorm on May 3, 1968. All 85 on board were killed.^[163]
• Braniff Flight 542 disintegrated in midair near Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959. All 34 passengers and crew were killed.^{[citation needed]}
• Continental Express Flight 2574 crashed on descent in Eagle Lake, Texas, near Houston, on September 11, 1991.^[164]
• Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on August 2, 1985, due to a powerful weather event known as a microburst.^[165]
• 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.^[166]
• Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 crashed at the Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, during a training flight on May 30, 1972.^[167]
• Empire Airlines Flight 8284 crashed on final approach to Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. Both crew members survive.
• Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 suffered a cargo door opening and lost control, killing both crew members.
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Delta Airlines Flight 1111 an Airbus A319 while taxiing suffered a suicidal ground crew worker employed by Unifi deliberately getting ingested into the left engine on June 23, 2023.^[168]

Utah[edit]

• United Air Lines Boeing 247 crashed into a Utah canyon in bad weather, February 23, 1934, killing all eight on board.^{[citation needed]}
• United Airlines Flight 227 crashed short of the runway while attempting a scheduled landing at Salt Lake City International Airport, on November 11, 1965.^[169]

• United Airlines Flight 608 crashed on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all on board.^[170]

• Skywest Airlines Flight 1834, on January 15, 1987, was involved in a midair collision with a small private plane, near Salt Lake City.^{[citation needed]}

Virginia[edit]

• American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked after takeoff from Dulles on September 11, 2001. Terrorists crashed the aircraft into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.^[171]
• Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashed into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, on January 18, 1960, killing all 50 people on board.^[172]
• Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 suffered an in-flight rudder malfunction on June 9, 1996. The pilot was able to regain control of the Boeing 737-200, and the aircraft landed safely with only a single injury at Richmond International Airport.
• Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashed into Bucks Elbow Mountain near Crozet, Virginia, on October 30, 1959, killing all three crewmembers and 23 of 24 passengers.^[173]
• TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather during descent to Dulles International, on December 1, 1974.^[174]

Washington[edit]

• 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.
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2 ditched into Puget Sound just off the Seattle waterfront shortly after takeoff from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on April 2, 1956. All of those aboard survived the ditching and escaped the aircraft before it sank, but four passengers and one flight attendant subsequently died.^[175]
• United Express Flight 2415 crashed on approach to Pasco Airport.
• 2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident crashed after being stolen by an airline employee.

West Virginia[edit]

• Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410 crashed into the Blue Ridge Mountains near Charles Town, West Virginia, on June 13, 1947, due to pilot error. All 50 people on board were killed, making it the second-deadliest accident in US commercial air travel at the time.
• Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed near Huntington-Tri-State/Milton Airport after 7:30 pm on November 14, 1970, carrying the Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd football squad, killing all on board.^[176]
• Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, after structural damage led to rapid depressurization of the passenger cabin on July 13, 2009. No fatalities resulted.

Wisconsin[edit]

• 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.^[177]
• 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.^[178]

Wyoming[edit]

• United Airlines Trip 4 crashed near Silver Crown, Wyoming, on October 7, 1935. The Bureau of Air Commerce determined the cause was pilot error. All 12 aboard perished.
• United Airlines Flight 409 crashed into Medicine Bow Peak, near Centennial, Wyoming, on October 6, 1955, killing all 66 people on board. At the time, this was the worst crash in U.S. commercial aviation history.^[179]
• 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.

U.S. territories[edit]

American Samoa[edit]

• Pan Am Flight 806 crashed on approach to Pago Pago International Airport on January 30, 1974, killing 97 people on board.^[180]
• The Samoan Clipper, one of 10 Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 flying boats, exploded over Pago Pago, American Samoa, on January 11, 1938.^[181]

Guam (United States)[edit]

• Korean Air Flight 801 crashed on August 6, 1997, on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam.^[182] Of the 254 people aboard the Boeing 747, 229 perished in the crash. It is the deadliest crash in Guam to date, and the 9th-deadliest crash involving a 747.^[183]

Puerto Rico[edit]

• American Eagle Flight 5452 crashed while landing in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 8, 1987, killing both pilots and destroying the aircraft. All four passengers survived.
• American Eagle Flight 5456 crashed into a swamp near Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, during heavy rain on June 7, 1992. All five people on board were killed.
• Pan Am Flight 526A ditched 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.
• Prinair Flight 191 crashed while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport on June 24, 1972. Five people died in the accident.^[184]
• 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[edit]

• ALM Flight 980 ditched 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.
• American Airlines Flight 625 crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, on April 27, 1976, due to pilot error. All 37 people on board perished.^[185]

Deadliest incidents[edit]

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.

A more extensive and globally inclusive list of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents is also available.

† Was previously the deadliest airliner accident or incident.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Department of Transportation, Special Collections - archived accident reports of the Civil Aeronautics Board.
• Recent aviation accidents investigated by the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board).
• Older aviation accidents investigated by the NTSB.
• Aviation studies conducted by the NTSB.
• Aviation statistical Reports, by the NTSB.