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.
It is also available grouped
This list is not complete.
This is a list of all airliner accidents and incidents in the United States or U.S. 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.
A more extensive list of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in at least 50 fatalities is also available.
Date | Fatalities | Injuries | Survivors | Article | Location | Comments | |
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1. | September 11, 2001 | 2,996 (including 265 on board the airliners) | 25,000 (ground)[180] | 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 | Incident involved the hijacking of four commercial airliners by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. This resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people, including those on the planes, people in the World Trade Center and The Pentagon, and first responders. |
2. | May 25, 1979 | 273 (including 2 on the ground) | 6 (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 | 229 | 24 | 25 | Korean Air Flight 801 | Nimitz Hill, Guam | The only incident in a U.S. territory to result in 100+ fatalities. One person who survived the initial crash died 65 days later due to their injuries. |
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 | 2 passengers, who initially survived the crash, died months after the crash, leading the toll to 136. |
11. | December 16, 1960 | 134 (including 6 on the ground) | N/A | 0 | 1960 New York mid-air collision | Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York | One passenger, an 11 year old boy who is on United Airlines Flight 826, initially survives the crash but died of pneumonia the next day. |
12. | September 8, 1994 | 132 | 0 | 0 | USAir 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 | A passenger, who initially survived the crash, died 9 days later, making a death toll to 113. |
15. | July 19, 1989 | 112 | 171 | 184 | United Airlines Flight 232 | Sioux City, Iowa | One passenger, who survived the initial crash, died 31 days later due to his injuries. |
16. | September 4, 1971 | 111 | 0 | 0 | Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 | Pacific Ocean, near Juneau, Alaska | |
17. | May 11, 1996 | 110 | 0 | 0 | ValuJet Flight 592 | Florida Everglades, Florida | |
18. | June 3, 1963 | 101 | 0 | 0 | Northwest Airlines Flight 293 | Pacific Ocean, near Annette Island, Alaska | |
December 29, 1972 | 101 | 75 | 75 | Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 | Florida Everglades, Florida |
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