List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States

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

• Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254 collided with a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 172 over Gadsden, Alabama, 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, Alabama, 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, Alabama, 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 fatally wounded. The accident is the only fatal accident recorded at Birmingham airport.

Alaska

• Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashed into a mountain near Juneau, Alaska, 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]
• 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 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, Alaska on October 26, 1947. 18 people died,^[10] making it the deadliest crash in Alaska at the time.^[11]
• Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 crashed into Sevuokuk Mountain while on approach to Gambell, Alaska, through heavy fog on August 30, 1975. 10 people on board were killed on impact and in the subsequent fire.^[12]
• 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.^[13] The accident is the third-worst accident involving a Fairchild F-27.^[14]

Arizona

• 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.^[15]
• 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.^[16]
• 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.^[17]

Arkansas

• 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 ten passengers were killed on impact.^[18]
• Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashed into Black Fork Mountain on September 27, 1973, killing all 8 passengers and 3 crewmembers. The pilots had descended below the minimum altitude for the area while attempting to circumnavigate a thunderstorm.^[19]

California

• 75 passengers on board Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386 fell ill with cholera after eating contaminated shrimp on 20 February 1992 between Lima, Peru and Los Angeles. One person died.^[20]
• 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.^[21]
• 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.^[22]
• American Airlines Flight 28 collided with a US Army Air Corps B-34 bomber over Chino Canyon after the army pilot's reckless flying severed the airliner's tail. All twelve on board Flight 28 were killed; both army pilots survived.^[23]
• 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.^[24][25]
• BCPA Flight 304 crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport on October 29, 1953, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist William Kapell^[26]

• Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashed near the top of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno on December 24, 1964.^[27]

• Golden West Airlines Flight 261 collided in mid-air with a Cessna 150 (N11421) near Whittier, California, on January 9, 1975.^[28]
• Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashed into the tallest mountain in the Continental United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board.^[29]
• 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.^[30]
• 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.^[31]
• 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 killing all 44 on board.^[32]
• Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean while en route to Hawaii on November 8, 1957, killing all on board. The reason for the crash was never determined.^[33]

• Pan Am Flight 845 struck the Approach Light Structure (ALS) navigational aids at the end of San Francisco International Airport's runway 01R on takeoff for Tokyo on July 30, 1971.^[34]
• Pan Am Flight 1104 crashed into a mountain near Boonville, California, on January 21, 1943, killing all on board, including Rear-Admiral Robert Henry English, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Submarine Fleet.^[35]

• 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.^[36]
• PSA Flight 1771 crashed near Cayucos, California, on December 7, 1987, after being hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee.^[37]
• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933 crashed in Santa Monica Bay, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of the Los Angeles International Airport on January 13, 1969.^[38]
• Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran the runway upon landing at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport on March 5, 2000.^[39]
• USAir Flight 1493 collided while attempting to land with a plane attempting to take off on the same runway in Los Angeles, California, on February 1, 1991.^[40]
• United Airlines Trip 34 crashed into Rice Canyon, California, on December 27, 1936, killing all 12 passengers and crew.
• United Airlines Flight 266 crashed into Santa Monica Bay four minutes after takeoff on January 18, 1969.^[41]
• 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.^[42]

• 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.^[43]

• A TWA Douglas DC-2 crashed into Yosemite National Park while attempting to divert to Fresno during severe weather on 1 March 1938.^[44]

Colorado

• Chartered Avjet Gulfstream III business jet crashed on March 29, 2001, into terrain while on instrument approach to Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, Aspen, Colorado, killing all 18 on board.^[45]
• Continental Airlines Flight 1404 crashed while taking off from Denver on December 20, 2008, resulting in 2 critical injuries and 36 non-critical injuries. The aircraft was written off.^[46]
• Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed on take-off in a snowstorm from the Denver, Colorado, 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 was destined for Boise, Idaho.^[47]
• United Airlines Flight 585 crashed while attempting to land at Colorado Springs Airport on March 3, 1991^[48]
• United Airlines Flight 610 crashed near Denver on June 30, 1951, killing all 50 people on board.^[49]

• 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.^[50]

• 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 mid-air terrorism alert after smoking in the airplane lavatory, which led the Qatari government to recall him two days later.
• United Airlines Flight 859 crashed during landing at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, 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 from a total of 122 people on board.^[51]

Connecticut

• American Airlines Flight 1572 crashed while attempting to land at Bradley International Airport due to incorrect altimeter setting, on November 12, 1995.^[52]

District of Columbia

• Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in Potomac River in 1982 after hitting 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. shortly after takeoff from Washington National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia, during icy conditions. The captain declined to de-ice 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.^[53] Four passengers and a flight attendant survived.
• 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 lead the FBI 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.^[54]

Florida

• 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.^[55]

• America West Flight 556 was ordered back to terminal after pilots were suspected of being drunk on 1 July 2002.^[56]
• Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashed off Miami Beach, Florida, due to structural failure, December 19, 2005.^[57]
• Comair Flight 5054 experienced severe icing conditions resulting in a rapid loss of altitude on March 19, 2001. The crew was able to recover control of the aircraft and made a successful emergency landing at West Palm Beach Airport.
• Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 collided with a US Navy Beechcraft SNB-1 Kansan on April 25, 1951, killing all on both aircraft.^[58]

• 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.^[59]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 346 crashed and burned while landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 18, 1972.
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Everglades on December 29, 1972, while attempting to land in Miami, Florida.^[60]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 lost three engines but managed to land safely at Miami International Airport on May 5, 1980.
• 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.^[61]
• 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 11 May 1996 when a fire started in a cargo hold during takeoff. All 110 on board were killed instantly.^[62]

Georgia

• Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashed near Carrollton, Georgia, on August 21, 1995, due to mechanical failure. Nine of the 29 passengers and crew on board eventually died due to injuries suffered in the accident.^[63]
• 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.^[64]
• 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.^[65]

• 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. 62 out of 85 passengers and crew on board were killed, as well as 9 more on the ground.^[66]

Hawaii

• The 1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash occurs in which a Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into the Waianae Range in Oahu, killing all 66 people on board. This accident remains the deadliest air disaster in Hawaii.^[67]
• Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffered explosive decompression when the passenger roof blew off during an inter-island flight on April 28, 1988. A flight attendant was killed, and the plane landed safely at Kahului Airport.^[68]
• Pan Am Flight 830 made an emergency landing in Honolulu after a terrorist bomb exploded, killing a single passenger on August 11, 1982.^[69]
• Pan Am Flight 6 is 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. There were only a few minor injuries and no fatalities.^[70]

• United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on Friday, February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing 9 passengers.^[71]

Illinois

• American Airlines Flight 191 lost control and crashed immediately after take-off at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago on May 25, 1979. Its No. 1 engine had been severed on the runway.^[72]
• 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.^[73]

• 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.^[74]
• 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 is believed that it was most likely the result of the pilots misreading their three-pointer altimeters by 10,000 feet (3,000 m).^[75]

• 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.^[76]

Indiana

• Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 crashed southeast of Indianapolis, Indiana on 9 September 1969 due to collision with a private plane, killing all 83 people aboard both aircraft.^[77]
• American Eagle Flight 4184 crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, due to icing on 31 October 1994, killing all 68 on board.^[78]
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashed near Cannelton, Indiana, on March 17, 1960, killing all 57 passengers and 6 crewmembers.^[79]

• United Airlines tail number NC13304 was destroyed by a bomb on 10 October 1933 near Chesterton, Indiana, in what is thought to be the first proven act of air sabotage in the history of commercial aviation.^[80]

Iowa

• 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 at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City after explosion of the No. 2 engine destroyed all three hydraulic systems
• A DC-3 owned by and carrying the Minneapolis Lakers NBA team made an emergency landing in a corn field 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.^[81]

Kansas

• Continental Airlines Flight 12 crashed on landing at Kansas City Downtown Airport on July 1, 1965: aircraft destroyed, but all 66 on board survived.
• TWA Flight 599 crashed near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, on March 31, 1931, killing all eight aboard, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.^[82]

Kentucky

• Air Canada Flight 797 - Emergency landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport; fire consumed much of the aircraft
• 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.^[83]
• American Airlines Flight 63 lost control due to severe turbulence and violent downdrafts and crashed near Trammel, Kentucky, killing 20 out of 22 people on board.^[84]

• American Airlines Flight 383 crashed on approach to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on November 8, 1965, and only 3 passengers and 1 flight attendant survived.^[85]

• Comair Flight 5191 crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport on August 27, 2006, killing all 47 passengers and 2 out of 3 crewmembers.^[86]
• Comair Flight 444 crashed shortly after takeoff from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on October 8, 1979, killing all on board.^[87]
• The 1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision 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.^[88]
• 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 died later of injuries sustained during the crash.^[89]

Louisiana

• Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain on February 25, 1964, killing all 58 on board.^[90]

• 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, July 9, 1982, shortly after takeoff from New Orleans.
• 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. There were no casualties or serious injuries.

Maine

• Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashed short of the runway at Lewiston Airports on August 25, 1985, killing all on board, including 13-year-old Samantha Smith, the "Goodwill Ambassador" to the Soviet Union.^[91]
• 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 and 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

• Capital Airlines Flight 75 crashed in Chase, Maryland, on 12 May 1959 due to a weather-induced loss of control. All perished.^[92]
• 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 8 December 1963 after being struck by lightning.^[93]
• United Airlines Flight 297 crashed near Columbia, Maryland, on 23 November 1962 after a bird strike.^[94]

Massachusetts

• 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.
• Aer Lingus Flight 132, an Airbus A330 "St. Maeve" and US Airways Flight 1170, a Boeing 737 almost collide 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. 10 survived.^[95]

• EgyptAir Flight 990 plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean, about 60 miles (97 km) south of Nantucket Island, killing all 217 people on board.
• World Airways Flight 30 overshot the runway due to icy conditions on January 23, 1982, killing 2 passengers.

Michigan

• Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashed on final approach to Freeland Tri-City Airport during a severe snowstorm on April 6, 1958.^[96]

• Comair Flight 3272 - Crashed on approach to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, near Detroit.^[97]
• 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. 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.^[98] Seven passengers and one crewperson from Flight 1482 were killed.^[99] There were no injuries on board Flight 299.^[100]
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared on the night of June 23, 1950, over Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan. The plane was never found.^[101]

• Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304 diverted to Windsor, Ontario after the blade of the propeller broke off and sliced through the passenger 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.^[102]

• TWA Flight 841 made an emergency landing at Detroit, Michigan, after losing control and barrel-rolling at supersonic speeds on April 4, 1979. No fatalities occurred among the 82 passengers and seven crew members, though eight passengers reported minor injuries relating to high G forces. The exact cause of the accident is disputed.

Minnesota

• Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 crashed on approach to Hibbing on December 1, 1993, after striking trees following a controlled excessive descent into the airport on its night approach during ILS conditions. The crash claimed all 16 passengers and the two flight crew aboard and is the worst aviation accident in Minnesota history.
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307

Missouri

• Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, near Unionville, Missouri, due to bomb exploded by a passenger on May 22, 1962.^[103]

• Continental Airlines Flight 12 overran the runway at Kansas City Downtown Airport on July 1, 1965.^[104]

• Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashed on approach to Kirksville Airport on October 19, 2004, killing thirteen.
• 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.

Montana

• 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.^[105]

• 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.^[106]

Nebraska

• 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 killed.^[107]

Nevada

• 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 are killed, including movie star Carole Lombard.^[108]

• 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 are killed.

New Hampshire

• 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.^[109]

New Jersey

• 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.^[110]

• 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.^[111]

New Mexico

• TWA Flight 260 deviated from its prescribed flight path and crashed into the Sandia Mountains on February 19, 1955, for reasons unknown.^[112][113]

New York

• American Airlines Flight 1 crashed immediately after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now JFK airport), New York City on 1 March 1962.^[114]

• American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked 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 3 February 1959. 65 of the 73 people on board perished.^[115]

• American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on 12 November 2001.
• American Airlines Flight 723 crashed 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, New York, United States, after an unexplained loss of control on January 28, 1961, while on a training flight, six killed.
• Avianca Flight 52 crashed at Cove Neck, Long Island, after running out of fuel on 25 January 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 Kennedy airport on 24 June 1975.^[116]
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog on 30 November 1962. 25 people (4 crew, 21 passengers) perished.^[117]

• Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed at Jones Beach State Park after takeoff from Kennedy airport when forced to evade inbound PanAm Flight 212 on 8 February 1965.^[118]

• Mohawk Airlines Flight 121 crashed during takeoff from Rochester-Monroe airport on July 2, 1963, killing 7 people and injuring 36.^[119]

• Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashed into a house on March 3, 1972, on final approach to Albany International Airport, killing 17 people.^[120]
• Mohawk Airlines Flight 411 crashed into Pilot Knob on November 19, 1969, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board.^[121]
• Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed on Rikers Island, New York City, during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on 1 February 1957.^[122]

• Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 crashed near Stony Point, New York, on December 1, 1974, due to pilot error. All 3 crew on board were killed.
• The 1965 Carmel mid-air collision between TWA Flight 42 and Eastern Air Lines Flight 853 over Carmel, New York, on December 4, 1965.^[123]

• 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 16 December 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.^[124]

• TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air 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 John F. Kennedy International 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, New York, City.
• United Airlines Flight 521 failed to get airborne during takeoff on 29 May 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.^[125]

• United Airlines Flight 826 suffered a mid-air collision over New York City in 1960.
• US Airways Flight 1549 was a commercial flight from LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York City to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT) 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 22 March 1992.^[126]
• USAir Flight 5050 crashed during an aborted takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on 20 September 1989.

North Carolina

• 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.^[127]
• 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.^[128]
• National Airlines Flight 2511 exploded over Bolivia, North Carolina, on 6 January 1960 when a passenger detonated dynamite in a suicide attempt.^[129]

• Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina, on July 19, 1967, killing all on board both aircraft.^[130]
• Piedmont Airlines Flight 467 overran the runway after touchdown at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport on October 25, 1986. There were 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.^[131]

Ohio

• United Express Flight 6291 crashed on approach to Port Columbus International Airport, Ohio on January 7, 1994, killing five of nine people on board. The cause of the crash was attributed to pilot error.
• Cal Poly football team plane crash - October 29, 1960^[132]

• TWA Flight 553 collided in midair with a Beechcraft Baron on March 9, 1967, over Urbana, Ohio. All people on both aircraft were killed.^[133]

Oregon

• United Airlines Flight 173 ran out of fuel and crashed while attempting to land near Portland, Oregon, on 28 December 1978. 10 of 189 people on board perished.^[134]
• West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon, on 1 October 1966. This was the first commercial loss of a Douglas DC-9.^[135]

Pennsylvania

• Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317 clipped the last tower of landing lights on final approach into the Johnstown–Cambria County Airport in Johnstown, PA before slamming into an embankment on January 6, 1974. Twelve of seventeen 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.^[136]
• TWA Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed into Cheat Mountain, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, approximately 10:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time April 7, 1936, killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew aboard.^[137]
• TWA Flight 400 crashed during takeoff from Greater Pittsburgh International Airport on April 1, 1956. Twenty-two of 36 people aboard were killed.^[138]

• TWA Flight 513 crashed near Reading on July 11, 1946, while on a training flight. TWA subsequently grounded its Constellation fleet for 30 days.^[139]

• 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.)^[140]
• United Airlines Flight 624 crashed on June 17, 1948, outside of Aristes, Pennsylvania, killing all 4 crew and 39 passengers aboard.^[141]

• 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.^[142] This is the third-highest death toll of any accident involving the Boeing 737-300.

Rhode Island

• US Airways Express Flight 3758 airplane slid off runway while landing at T.F. Green Airport on December 16, 2007. The flight, carrying 31 passengers and 3 crew members from Philadelphia, slid off the runway after landing shortly before 5 p.m. No injuries were reported and assumed the incident was related to the weather.^[143]

South Carolina

• 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

• 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.^[144]

Tennessee

• 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.
• American Airlines Flight 63 crashed after ice formed on the wings and propeller near Centerville, Tennessee, on October 15, 1943.^[145]

• 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.
• 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.
• United Airlines Flight 823 crashed near Parrotsville, Tennessee, after an uncontrollable fire broke out in the main cabin, killing all 39 passengers and crew on July 9, 1964.^[146]

Texas

• 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. 26 passengers and 2 flight attendants died.^[147]

• 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.
• Braniff Flight 352 broke up in mid air and crashed near Dawson, Texas, after flying into a severe thunderstorm on May 3, 1968. All 85 on board were killed.^[148]
• Braniff Flight 542 disintegrated in mid-air near Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959. All 34 passengers and crew were killed.
• 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.
• Continental Airlines Flight 1760 made a safe landing through low clouds at the wrong airport on May 11, 1997. The flight landed safely at NOLF Cabaniss Field in Corpus Christi, Texas, instead of their destination Corpus Christi International Airport, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) to the southeast.^[149]
• Continental Express Flight 2574 crashed on descent in Eagle Lake, Texas, near Houston, on September 11, 1991.^[150]
• Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed upon landing in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas/Fort Worth on August 2, 1985.^[151]
• Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashed after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Dallas/Fort Worth on August 31, 1988.^[152]
• Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 crashed at the Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, during a training flight on May 30, 1972.^[153]

Utah

• United Airlines Flight 227 crashed short of the runway while attempting a scheduled landing at Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 11, 1965.^[154]

• 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.^[155]

• Skywest Western Express Flight No. 1834, Jan 16, 1987, mid-air collision with small private plane, Salt Lake City, Utah

Virginia

• 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.^[156]
• Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashed into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, on January 18, 1960, killing all 50 people on board.^[157]
• 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.^[158]
• TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather during descent to Dulles International, on 1 December 1974.^[159]

Washington

• 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 state. 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.^[160]

West Virginia

• 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 carrying the Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd football squad, killing all on board.^[161]
• 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. There were no fatalities.

Wisconsin

• Air Wisconsin Flight 671 and North Central Airlines Flight 290 collided over Lake Winnebago on June 29, 1972. All 11 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.^[162]
• Northwest Airlines Flight 421 The airliner 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 29 August 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.^[163]

Wyoming

• 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.^[164]
• 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

American Samoa

• Pan Am Flight 806 crashed on approach to Pago Pago International Airport on January 30, 1974, killing all 97 people on board.^[165]
• The Samoan Clipper, one of ten Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 flying boats, exploded over Pago Pago, American Samoa on January 11, 1938.^[166]

Guam (United States)

• Korean Air Flight 801 crashed on 6 August 1997 on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam.^[167] 228 of the 254 people aboard the Boeing 747 perished in the crash. It is the deadliest crash in Guam to date, and the 9th deadliest crash involving a 747.^[168]

Puerto Rico

• 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.^[169]
• 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 over loaded, and no life vests were found in the wreckage.

U.S. Virgin Islands

• 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; 40 survived.
• American Airlines Flight 625 crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 27, 1976, due to pilot error. 37 people on board perished.^[170]

Deadliest incidents

This is a list of all airliner incidents in the United States or US territories that have resulted in at least 100 fatalities. They are listed by death toll, and include any ground fatalities and injuries, as well as any survivors on board the aircraft.

Rank	Date	Fatalities	Injuries	Survivors	Article	Location	Comments
1.	September 11, 2001	2,996 (including 265 on board the airliners)	6,000+ (ground)	0	American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77, United Airlines Flight 175 and United Airlines Flight 93	New York City, New York, Arlington, Virginia, Shanksville, Pennsylvania	hijacking of 4 commercial airliners by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. This resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people, including those on the planes, first responders, people on the ground, and people in the towers.
2.	May 25, 1979	273 (including 2 on the ground)	5 (ground)	0	American Airlines Flight 191	Des Plaines, Illinois	The DC-10 known as 'Flight 191', lost its left engine, along with several crucial hydraulic controls. The plane leaned to the left, before crashing into the ground, killing 273 people.
3.	November 12, 2001	265 (including 5 on the ground)	1 (ground)	0	American Airlines Flight 587	Queens, New York
4.	July 17, 1996	230	0	0	TWA Flight 800	Atlantic Ocean, near Moriches, New York
5.	August 6, 1997	228	26	26	Korean Air Flight 801	Nimitz Hill, Guam	only incident in a US territory to result in 100+ fatalities
6.	October 31, 1999	217	0	0	EgyptAir Flight 990	Atlantic Ocean, near Nantucket, Massachusetts
7.	August 16, 1987	156 (including 2 on the ground)	6 (including 5 on the ground)	1	Northwest Airlines Flight 255	Romulus, Michigan, (a suburb of Detroit)
8.	July 9, 1982	153 (including 8 on the ground)	4 (ground)	0	Pan Am Flight 759	Kenner, Louisiana
9.	September 25, 1978	144 (including 7 on the ground)	9 (ground)	0	PSA Flight 182	San Diego, California
10.	August 2, 1985	137 (including 1 on the ground)	28 (including 1 on the ground)	27	Delta Air Lines Flight 191	Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas
11.	December 16, 1960	134 (including 6 on the ground)	unknown	0	1960 New York mid-air collision	Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York
12.	September 8, 1994	132	0	0	US Air Flight 427	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13.	June 30, 1956	128	0	0	1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision	Grand Canyon, Arizona
14.	June 24, 1975	113	11	11	Eastern Air Lines Flight 66	Jamaica, New York
15.	September 4, 1971	111	0	0	Alaska Airlines Flight 1866	near Juneau, Alaska
16.	July 19, 1989	111	172	185	United Airlines Flight 232	Sioux City, Iowa
17.	May 11, 1996	110	0	0	ValuJet Flight 592	Florida Everglades, Florida
18.	December 29, 1972	101	75	75	Eastern Air Lines Flight 401	Florida Everglades, Florida

References

External links

• 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.