This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in the United States summarizes airline accidents that occurred within the territories claimed by the

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. It is also available grouped * by year as

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Alabama

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254 On April 9, 1990, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254, a scheduled passenger flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Gadsden, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, was involved in a mid-air collision with a Cessna 172 over Gadsden. The collision resu ...

collided with a Civil Air Patrol

Cessna 172 The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.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 Northeast Alabama Regional Airport is five miles southwest of Gadsden, in Etowah County, Alabama. It is owned by Gadsden Airport Authority and it used to be Gadsden Municipal Airport. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2 ...

. *

GP Express Flight 861 GP Express Airlines Flight 861, from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia to Anniston Metropolitan Airport in Anniston, Alabama, crashed while attempting to land at approximately 8:04 a.m. Central Time Zone (North Am ...

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. * L'Express Airlines Flight 508 crashed in

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, while attempting to land at

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during a severe thunderstorm on July 10, 1991, killing 13 people. It remains the deadliest commercial aviation accident in Alabama history. *

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 was a regularly scheduled commercial flight between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama which crashed in the pre-dawn hours of January 6, 1946 while landing at Birmingham Municipal Airport, resulting in ...

crashed while attempting to land at

on January 6, 1946. The three pilots were all killed. *

UPS Flight 1354 UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama. On August 14, 2013, the Airbus A300 flying the route crashed and burst into flames short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesw ...

crashes short of Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport due to pilot error and pilot fatigue. Both crew members are killed.

Alaska

ACE Air Cargo Flight 51 Alaska Central Express Flight 51 was an Alaska Central Express flight from Anchorage to King Salmon and Dillingham, Alaska. On 8 March 2013, the Beechcraft 1900C-1 serving the flight crashed into a mountain on approach to Dillingham Airport, k ...

crashes into Muklung Hills killing both crew members. * Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashed into a mountain in the Chilkat Range near

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, on September 4, 1971, killing all 111 on board. It was the first fatal jet airliner crash for

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, and the worst plane crash in the history of the United States until June 24, 1975. * Japan Air Lines Flight 46E experienced an

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detachment on No. 2 while climbing over

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, on March 31, 1993. The pilots did lose some control but soon made a successful emergency landing at

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, with all three pilots surviving. * KLM Flight 867 lost all four engines after flying through

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, but managed to land safely and without loss of life at

on December 15, 1989. * Northwest Airlines Flight 85 experienced a severe

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hardover event that forced it to divert to Anchorage on October 9, 2002. As a result of the incident, an

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was issued to prevent further such events. * Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 crashed into Mount Sanford killing all 30 on board on March 12, 1948. 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 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was an American military charter operated on 3 June 1963 by a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C registered ''N290'' which crashed into the sea off the coast of Alaska. All 101 crew and passengers on ...

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. * Pan Am Flight 923 crashed into the side of Tamgas mountain near Annette Island on October 26, 1947. 18 people died, making it the deadliest crash in Alaska at the time. * Pan Am Flight 799 stalls after take-off and crashes due to an incorrect flap setting. All 3 crew members die. * PenAir Flight 3296 runs off the end of the runway at

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. One passenger is killed by a propeller blade. * Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 suffers a propeller detachment and loses control. The plane lands safely at

. *

Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Alaska to St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. On approach to Gambell on 30 August 1975, it crashed into Sevuokuk Mountain, east of the airport's runway. Of the 32 on b ...

crashed into Sevuokuk Mountain while on approach to Gambell, through heavy fog on August 30, 1975. 10 people on board were killed on impact and in the subsequent fire. * Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashed into

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, killing all 39 on board on December 2, 1968, after encountering extreme air turbulence and suffering structural failure. The accident is the third-worst accident involving a

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Arizona

Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 The Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred when Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, collided with a Bell 206 helicopter, Helitech Flight 2, over Grand Canyon National Park on June 18, 1986. All 25 passenger ...

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. *

Southwest Airlines Flight 812 Southwest Airlines Flight 812 was a Boeing 737-300 passenger jet that on April 1, 2011, suffered rapid depressurization while cruising at near Yuma, Arizona, leading to an emergency landing at Yuma International Airport. Two of the 123 people ...

suffered rapid depressurization while in flight on April 1, 2011, due to a manufacturing error dating back to the

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's construction. *

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Flight 718 and

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Flight 2 collide over the Grand Canyon on June 30, 1956, killing all 128 aboard both aircraft. A

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investigation determined that the aircraft had been flying in each other's blind spots and did not see each other prior to impact.

Arkansas

* American Airlines Flight 1 On Tuesday, January 14, 1936, the flight crashed into a swamp near Goodwin, disintegrating on impact and 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. * *

American Airlines Flight 1420 American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Little Rock National Airport in the United States. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Flight 1420 overran the runway upon ...

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

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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. *

Texas International Airlines Flight 655 Texas International Airlines Flight 655, registration N94230, was a Convair 600 turboprop aircraft en route from El Dorado to Texarkana, Arkansas, crashing into Black Fork Mountain, Arkansas, on the night of September 27, 1973. The eight passen ...

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.

California

* 75 passengers on board

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386 On 14 February 1992, food contaminated with cholera was distributed to the passengers on Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386, sometimes referred to as the ''Valentine's Day flight''. One of the passengers died from the illness. Description On 1 ...

fell ill with cholera after eating contaminated shrimp on February 20, 1992, between Lima, Peru and

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. One person died. *

Aeroméxico Flight 498 Aeroméxico Flight 498 was a scheduled commercial flight from Mexico City, Mexico to Los Angeles, California, United States, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, August 31, 1986, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight was clipped ...

collided with a Piper Archer on August 31, 1986. All 64 people on both aircraft were killed. The stricken aircraft plummeted into

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, killing an additional 15 on the ground. *

Air Canada Flight 759 On July 7, 2017, an Airbus A320-211 operating as Air Canada Flight 759 was nearly involved in an accident at San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, United States. The flight, which originated at Toronto Pearson I ...

accidentally lines up with a taxiway and nearly collides with taxiing planes at San Francisco International Airport. The plane lands safely. *

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, ...

went down on January 31, 2000, in the

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about north of Anacapa Island, California. The two pilots, three cabin crew members, and 83 passengers on board and a total of 88 were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. *

American Airlines Flight 28 American Airlines Flight 28 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed on October 23, 1942, in Chino Canyon near Palm Springs, California, United States, after being struck by a United States Army Air Forces Lockheed Ventura B-34 Le ...

collided with a

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B-34

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over

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on October 23, 1942, after the army pilot's reckless flying severed the airliner's tail. All twelve on board Flight 28 were killed; both army pilots survived. * An

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DC-3 crashes flies into terrain on approach to

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, killing all 9 on board. *

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea. On the morning of July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight stalled and crashed on f ...

crashed upon landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013. Of the 307 people aboard, three were killed and 181 injured. *

BCPA Flight 304 BCPA Flight 304/44 was a scheduled flight operated by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines from Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver, Canada, with scheduled stops at Fiji, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. On 29 October 1953, the fligh ...

crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport on October 29, 1953, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist

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China Airlines Flight 006 China Airlines Flight 006 (callsign "Dynasty 006") was a daily non-stop flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport. On 19 February 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident, following ...

suffers an in-flight upset and dives 30,000 feet before recovering. It lands safely at San Francisco International Airport. *

Emery Worldwide Flight 17 Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 was a regularly scheduled domestic cargo flight, flying from Reno to Dayton with an intermediate stopover at Rancho Cordova. On February 16, 2000, the DC-8 crashed onto an automobile salvage yard shortly afte ...

loses control after take-off and crashes into automobile salvage yard due to faulty maintenance. All 3 crew members die. * Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashed near the top of Sweeney Ridge in

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on December 24, 1964. *

Golden West Airlines Flight 261 Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a De Havilland Twin Otter DHC-6, collided with a Cessna 150 (N11421), owned by CessnAir Aviation, Inc., near Whittier, California. The accident occurred on January 9, 1975, at approximately 4:07 p.m. PST, whil ...

collided in mid-air with a Cessna 150 (N11421) near

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, on January 9, 1975. * 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. * Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a

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on June 6, 1971, and crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains near

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, killing all 49 people aboard. *

Japan Airlines Flight 2 Japan Air Lines Flight 2 was a scheduled passenger flight on November 22, 1968. The plane was a new Douglas DC-8-62 named , flying from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Due to heavy fog and other ...

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. * Omega Aerial Refueling Services Flight 70 veers off the runway on May 18, 2011, following an engine separation. Everyone survives. *

Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 was a Fairchild F27A Friendship airliner that crashed on May 7, 1964, near Danville, California, a suburb east of Oakland. The Thursday morning crash was most likely the first instance in the United States of an airl ...

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. * Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the

while en route to Hawaii on November 8, 1957, killing all 44 on board. The reason for the crash was never determined. *

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struck the Approach Light Structure (ALS) navigational aids at the end of San Francisco International Airport's runway 01R on takeoff for

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on July 30, 1971. *

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crashed into a mountain near

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, on January 21, 1943, killing all 19 on board, including

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, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Submarine Fleet. *

PSA Flight 182 Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182 was a scheduled flight of Pacific Southwest Airlines from Sacramento to Los Angeles and San Diego. On September 25, 1978, the Boeing 727-214 serving the flight, registration N533PS, collided with a p ...

collided with a Cessna over

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on September 25, 1978, killing all 144 people on both aircraft. It is the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history, the first fatal

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incident, and, at the time, the deadliest aircraft incident in the United States. * PSA Flight 1771 crashed near

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, on December 7, 1987, after being hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee, killing all 43 on board. *

Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 933 was a scheduled international flight from Denmark to the United States that on January 13, 1969, crashed into Santa Monica Bay at 19:21, approximately west of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Ca ...

crashed in

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, approximately west of the Los Angeles International Airport on January 13, 1969. * Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran the runway upon landing at

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on March 5, 2000. *

Standard Air Lines Flight 897R Standard Air Lines Flight 897R was a domestic passenger flight between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Burbank, California. At 7:43am on July 12, 1949, the flight, operated by a Curtiss C-46E ( registered ), crashed in Chatsworth, California, upon a ...

crashes on approach to

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, killing 35. * USAir Flight 1493 collided while attempting to land with a plane attempting to take off on the same runway in

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, on February 1, 1991. All 12 people aboard the smaller plane were killed, as well as an eventual total of 23 out of the 89 passengers on the Boeing 737. *

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crashed into Rice Canyon,

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, on December 27, 1936, killing all 12 passengers and crew. * United Airlines Flight 266 crashed into

four minutes after takeoff on January 18, 1969, killing all 38 on board. *

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crashed into mountainous terrain 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. * United Airlines Flight 863 nearly flies into San Bruno Mountain after take-off from San Francisco International Airport. The plane lands safely. * Western Air Express Flight 7 crashed into Pinetos Peak northeast of

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on January 12, 1937, killing five, including adventurer and documentary filmmaker Martin Johnson of

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fame. * TWA Flight 8 crashes into

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while attempting to divert to

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during severe weather on March 1, 1938.

Colorado

* Chartered Avjet

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on March 29, 2001, into terrain while on

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to Aspen-Pitkin County Airport,

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, killing all 18 on board. *

Continental Airlines Flight 1404 Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was a Continental Airlines flight from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

on December 20, 2008, resulting in 2 critical injuries and 36 non-critical injuries. The aircraft was written off. *

Continental Airlines Flight 1713 Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial airline flight that crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on The Douglas DC-9 airliner, operated by Continental Airlines, was making ...

crashed on take-off in a snowstorm from the

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, 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

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. *

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collides with a

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. Both planes land safely. *

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suffers an uncontained engine failure and lands safely at Denver International Airport. *

United Airlines Flight 585 United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991 from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The plane experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway ...

crashed while attempting to land at

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on March 3, 1991 * United Airlines Flight 610 crashed near

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on June 30, 1951, killing all 50 people on board. *

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exploded over Longmont, Colorado, on November 1, 1955, due to a bomb placed on the aircraft by

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as part of an attempt to collect insurance money. * United Airlines Flight 663 was the location of a "minor international incident" on April 7, 2010, involving a

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i diplomat on the leg of a

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flight from

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to Denver International Airport. The diplomat prompted a mid-air

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alert after smoking in the airplane lavatory, which led the Qatari government to recall him two days later. *

United Airlines Flight 696 United Airlines Flight 696 was a flight from San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, to Seattle, Washington, with 75 people in board on March 13, 1978 which was hijacked by a man claiming to have a bomb. The incident re ...

is hijacked by Clay Thomas. 95 minutes after landing at Denver International Airport, Thomas surrenders. * United Airlines Flight 859 crashed during landing at Stapleton International Airport,

, 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. * 31 people are killed in the

Wichita State University football team plane crash In clear and calm weather in Colorado at 1:14 p.m. MDT on Friday, October 2, 1970, a chartered Martin 4-0-4 airliner crashed into a mountain eight miles (13 km) west of Silver Plume. Operated by Golden Eagle Aviation, the twin-engine ...

. The cause is attributed to pilot error.

Connecticut

* An Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 passenger airliner crashed through three vacant beach cottages and into a swampy field as it attempted to land at

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on June 7, 1971. 28 passengers and 2 crew members were killed. Only 2 passengers and the first officer survived. The

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was a two-engine propjet with a

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of 50. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was

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, because the captain disregarded the prescribed minimum descent altitude in adverse weather conditions. * American Airlines Flight 1572 crashed while attempting to land at

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due to incorrect altimeter setting, on November 12, 1995. *

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Flight 203 went down in the Long Island Sound near

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on February 10, 1970, about two hours after it had departed from Trumbull Airport en route to

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. After the flight was held in the New York area for an extended period, it diverted to

, 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 5 people aboard the aircraft perished. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was

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and

. *A

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Turbo Commander 690B turboprop plane killed four people—including two children on the ground—when it slammed into a neighborhood in

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, on August 11, 2013. The aircraft came in inverted and nose down at a 60- to 70-degree angle when it crashed into the side of a home about a half-mile from

. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was

. 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.

District of Columbia

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crashed in

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in 1982 after hitting the 14th Street Bridge in

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shortly after takeoff from

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, 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. Four passengers and a flight attendant survived. * American Airlines Flight 444 was a

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that was attacked by the

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on November 15, 1979. The bomb in the cargo hold failed to explode, but the incident led the

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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.

Florida

Delta Airlines Flight 1288 Engine Failure

* Airborne Transport airliner '' NC16002'' disappeared the night of December 28, 1948, near the end of a scheduled flight from

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. The aircraft was never found, and the case remains unsolved. *

America West Flight 556 America West Airlines Flight 556 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami, Florida, to Phoenix, Arizona, operated by an America West Airlines Airbus A319. On July 1, 2002, the plane was ordered back to the terminal after the pilots were susp ...

was ordered back to terminal after pilots were suspected of being drunk on July 1, 2002. * Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashed off Miami Beach, Florida, due to structural failure, December 19, 2005. * Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 collided with a

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Beechcraft SNB-1 Kansan on April 25, 1951, killing all on both aircraft. *

Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 was a regularly scheduled flight from Pensacola, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia. On July 6, 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, was on takeoff roll from Runway 17 at Pensacola when it exp ...

experienced an uncontained, catastrophic turbine engine failure during takeoff at

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on July 6, 1996. Debris from the front compressor hub of the engine penetrated the fuselage, killing two passengers. *

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crashed into the

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on December 29, 1972, while attempting to land in

. *

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lost three engines but managed to land safely at

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on May 5, 1980. *

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crashed on takeoff from

on August 7, 1997. * National Airlines Flight 16 crashed into the water after overshooting the runway in

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, on October 5, 1945. Two passengers drowned. *

National Airlines Flight 193 National Airlines Flight 193, registration N4744, ''Donna'', was a Boeing 727-235 en route from Miami, Florida to Pensacola on May 8, 1978. It was scheduled with stops at Melbourne, Florida; Tampa; New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. T ...

crashed into

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, sinking in of water, on May 8, 1978, due to heavy fog. Three passengers drowned while attempting to exit the aircraft. * 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. *

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crashed in the Florida

on May 11, 1996, when a fire started in a cargo hold during takeoff. All 110 on board were killed instantly.
The Bramlage Plane
crashed on June 7, 2012, near Lake Wales, Fla. The crash probably was caused by the inexperience of the pilot, Ronald Bramlage of Junction City, Kan., 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. There were three minor injuries among the 140 passengers and crew on board.

Georgia

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 was an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft that crashed near Carrollton, Georgia, on August 21, 1995. Nine of the 29 passengers and crew on board were killed as a result of the accident. The accident bore si ...

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. * 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. *Lehigh Acres, Florida, Lehigh Acres Development Inc. Flight 701 crashed near Atlanta, 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 4-0-4, Martin 404, crashed on the Moreland Avenue bridge over Interstate 285 (Georgia), I-285, after just departing moments before from the DeKalb–Peachtree Airport, Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, several miles across town, headed for Fort Myers, Florida. * Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 crashed while preparing to land at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 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. * Southern Airways Flight 242 executed a forced landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977. 63 out of 85 passengers and crew on board were killed, as well as 9 more on the ground.

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. * 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. * Pan Am Flight 830 made an emergency landing in Honolulu after a terrorist bomb exploded, killing a single passenger on August 11, 1982. * Pan Am Flight 6 is forced to make an emergency water landing in the

northeast of Hawaii after two of its four engines failed on October 16, 1956. There were only a few minor injuries and no fatalities. * United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on Friday, February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing 9 passengers. * Transair Flight 810 ditches off the coast of Oahu after a double engine failure. Both crew survive with injuries. * Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35 experienced severe turbulence, everyone onboard survived with 36 people injured, 11 of which had serious injuries.

Illinois

* 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 2 people on the ground. Its No. 1 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

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. * 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. * 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 National Transportation Safety Board, 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 . * 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 United States Congress, Congressman George W. Collins and the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, Dorothy Hunt, were killed in the crash.

Indiana

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

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 on July 19, 1989, at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City after explosion of the No. 2 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 National Basketball Association, 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 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor was on board.

Kansas

* A 1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash, Transcontinental & 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.

Kentucky

* 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. * On July 28, 1943, American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Ohio), 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. * American Airlines Flight 383 (1965), 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. * 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. * Comair (United States), Comair Flight 444 crashed shortly after takeoff from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on October 8, 1979, killing all on board. * The 1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision between a

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 (aviation), final approach and crashed short of the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on November 20, 1967. * 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.

Louisiana

* Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain on February 25, 1964, killing all 58 on board. * Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashes in New Orleans on March 30, 1967, during a training flight, killing all 6 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, July 9, 1982, shortly after takeoff from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, 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 Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, Lewiston Airport on August 25, 1985, killing all on board, including 13-year-old Samantha Smith, the "Goodwill Ambassador" to the Soviet Union. * 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 (Maine), 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 May 12, 1959, due to a weather-induced loss of control. All perished. * 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 a fuel tank on the wing that was empty but had flammable fumes explode.

. File #1-0015. December 8, 1963
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. US Department of Transportation. Accessed online on September 8, 2009. * United Airlines Flight 297 crashed near Columbia, Maryland, on November 23, 1962, after a bird strike.

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. * On June 9, 2005, Aer Lingus Flight 132, an Airbus A330 "St. Maeve" and US Airways Flight 1170, a

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. * EgyptAir Flight 990 plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999, about south of Nantucket, 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 ice, icy conditions on January 23, 1982, killing 2 passengers.

Michigan

* Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashed on final approach to MBS International Airport, MBS Airport during a severe snowstorm on April 6, 1958. * Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair (USA), Comair flight on January 9, 1997, that crashed on approach to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, near Detroit. * 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. 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. Seven passengers and one crewperson from Flight 1482 were killed. There were no injuries on board Flight 299. * Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared on the night of June 23, 1950, over Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan. The plane was never found. * 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. * TWA Flight 841 (1979), 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, Minnesota, 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

* A Convair CV-240 family, Convair CV-240 that was carrying members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd 1977 Convair CV-240 crash, crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi on October 20, 1977, after running out of fuel. The crash claimed the lives of six out of the twenty people on board the aircraft, including four passengers and both crew members. * A United States Marine Corps Lockheed Martin KC-130 2017 United States Marine Corps KC-130 crash, crashed in Leflore County, Mississippi on July 10, 2017, killing all sixteen people on board, including seven passengers and nine crew members. This makes it the deadliest aviation accident in Mississippi history.

Missouri

* Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, near Unionville, Missouri, due to bomb exploded by a passenger on May 22, 1962. * Continental Airlines Flight 12 overran the runway at Kansas City Downtown Airport on July 1, 1965. * 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

. * 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. * 1966 NASA T-38 crash, 1966 NASA T-38 Crash - a NASA-owned Northrop T-38 Talon was flying into Lambert Field when it hit the roof of the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9A, 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

* Northwest Airlines Flight 1 crashed southwest of the Miles City, Montana, airport on January 13, 1939, after a fire broke out in the cockpit. * Northwest Airlines Flight 2 crashed into the Bridger Mountains (Montana), Bridger Mountains about northeast of Bozeman, Montana, on January 10, 1938. This was the first fatal crash for Northwest Airlines.

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.

Nevada

* Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114 crashed into a mountain about 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/Tahoe International Airport, Reno-Cannon International Airport about 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 Potosi Mountain (Nevada), Mount Potosi 23 minutes after takeoff from Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas on January 16, 1942. All 22 on board are killed, including movie star Carole Lombard. * United Airlines Flight 736, collided with a US Air Force North American F-100 Super Sabre, F-100 Super Sabre fighter on a training mission near Las Vegas, Nevada, 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 National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB determined that the plane was flying 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.

New Jersey

* American Airlines Flight 6780 crashed into a house in Elizabeth, New Jersey, 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. * 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.

New Mexico

* TWA Flight 260 deviated from its prescribed flight path and crashed into the Sandia Mountains on February 19, 1955, for reasons unknown.

New York

US Airways Flight 1549 (N106US) after crashing into the Hudson River (crop 2)

* American Airlines Flight 1 (1962), American Airlines Flight 1 crashed immediately after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now JFK airport), New York City on March 1, 1962. * American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked by Al Qaeda operatives after takeoff from Boston during the September 11, 2001 attacks, September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The aircraft was subsequently crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (1973–2001), 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. * 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 in Colonie, New York, while attempting to land at Albany International Airport, Albany Airport. All 28 people on board perished. * American Airlines Flight 1502, a Boeing 707-123 ''Flagship Oklahoma'', crashed at Montauk, New York, 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 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 John F. Kennedy International Airport, Kennedy airport on June 24, 1975. * Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashed during go-round after failing to land at Idlewild Airport in the fog on November 30, 1962. 25 people (4 crew, 21 passengers) perished. * Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, approximately seven miles south of Jones Beach State Park on Long Island, after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, Kennedy airport when forced to evade inbound Pan Am Flight 212 on February 8, 1965. * Mohawk Airlines Flight 121 crashed during takeoff from Rochester-Monroe airport on July 2, 1963, killing 7 people and injuring 36. * Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashed into a house on March 3, 1972, on final approach to Albany International Airport, killing 17 people. * Mohawk Airlines Flight 411 crashed into Pilot Knob (Iron County, Missouri), Pilot Knob on November 19, 1969, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board. * Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashed on Rikers Island, New York City, during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on February 1, 1957. * 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. * 1960 New York air disaster, 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. * 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. UA Flight 175 hits WTC south tower 9-11 edit

UA Flight 175 hits WTC south tower 9-11 edit

* United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked after takeoff from Boston during the September 11, 2001 attacks, 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 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. * 1960 New York mid-air collision, 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 March 22, 1992. * USAir Flight 5050 crashed during an aborted takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on September 20, 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. * Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed while attempting to land in thick fog at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Douglas Municipal Airport on September 11, 1974, killing 71 on board. * National Airlines Flight 2511 exploded over Bolivia, North Carolina, on January 6, 1960, when a passenger detonated dynamite in a suicide attempt. * Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina, on July 19, 1967, killing all on board both aircraft. * 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

and a microburst caused the pilots to lose control of the aircraft; 37 people were killed and 20 survived.

Ohio

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

Oregon

* United Airlines Flight 173 ran out of fuel and crashed while attempting to land near Portland, Oregon, on December 28, 1978. 10 of 189 people on board perished. * West Coast Airlines Flight 720 crashed after takeoff from Klamath Falls, Oregon, Klamath Falls, Oregon, killing all 4 occupants. * West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed with eighteen fatal injuries and no survivors south of Wemme, Oregon, on October 1, 1966. This was the first commercial loss of a Douglas DC-9.

Pennsylvania

* 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

, 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, 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. * Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffers an uncontained engine failure, causing a passenger to get partially sucked out from a window and later dies. The plane safely lands at Philadelphia International Airport. *TWA Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed into Cheat Mountain (Pennsylvania), Cheat Mountain, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, approximately 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Standard Time April 7, 1936, killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew aboard. * TWA Flight 400 crashed during takeoff from Greater Pittsburgh International Airport on April 1, 1956. Twenty-two of 36 people aboard were killed. * TWA Flight 513 crashed near Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading on July 11, 1946, while on a training flight. TWA subsequently grounded its Lockheed Super Constellation, Constellation fleet for 30 days. * 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 (1973–2001), 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, Pennsylvania, Somerset County (''See also: September 11, 2001 attacks, September 11 Terrorist Attacks.) * United Airlines Flight 624 crashed on June 17, 1948, outside of Aristes, Pennsylvania, killing all 4 crew and 39 passengers aboard. * USAir Flight 427 wikt:nosedive, nosedived into the ground on its landing approach when the rudder on the Boeing 737-300 malfunctioned near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh on September 8, 1994. All 132 passengers and crew were killed on impact. 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.

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.

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 (Flagship Missouri), American Airlines Flight 63 crashed after ice formed on the wings and propeller near Centerville, Tennessee, on October 15, 1943. * 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 Aircraft hijacking, 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 Parrottsville, Tennessee, after an uncontrollable fire broke out in the main cabin, killing all 39 passengers and crew on July 9, 1964.

Texas

* American Airlines Flight 157 crashed during final approach to Dallas Love Field, 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. * 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. * Atlas Air Flight 3591 nosedives into Trinity Bay (Texas), Trinity Bay as a result of spatial disorientation. All 3 crew members are 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. * 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. * Braniff Flight 542 disintegrated in mid-air near Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959. All 34 passengers and crew were killed. * Continental Express Flight 2574 crashed on descent in Eagle Lake, Texas, near Houston, on September 11, 1991. * Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed upon landing in Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas/Fort Worth on August 2, 1985, due to a powerful weather event known as a microburst. * Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashed after takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Dallas/Fort Worth on August 31, 1988. The NTSB determined that the flight crew had failed to deploy the plane's flaps prior to takeoff. * Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 crashed at the Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, during a training flight on May 30, 1972. * Empire Airlines Flight 8284 crashes on final approach to Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport. Both crew members survive. * Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 suffers a cargo door opening and loses 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.

Utah

* United Airlines 1934 Utah crash, United Air Lines Boeing 247 crashes into a Utah canyon in bad weather, February 23, 1934, killing all eight on board. * 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. * United Airlines Flight 608 crashed on October 24, 1947, about southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all on board. * Skywest Airlines Flight 1834, January 15, 1987, mid-air collision with small private plane, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah

Virginia

* American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked after takeoff from Washington Dulles International Airport, Dulles on September 11 Terrorist Attacks, September 11, 2001. Terrorists crashed the aircraft into The Pentagon in

. * Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashed into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, on January 18, 1960, killing all 50 people on board. * Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 suffered an in-flight

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. * TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather during descent to Washington Dulles International Airport, Dulles International, on December 1, 1974.

Washington

* D. B. Cooper, 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. *United Express Flight 2415 crashed on approach to Tri-Cities Airport (Washington), Pasco Airport. *2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident crashed after being stolen by an airline employee.

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 after 7:30 p.m. on November 14, 1970, carrying the Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd American football, football squad, killing all on board. * Southwest Airlines Flight 2294 made an emergency landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, after structural damage led to rapid uncontrolled decompression, depressurization of the passenger cabin on July 13, 2009. There were no fatalities.

Wisconsin

* Air Wisconsin Flight 671 and North Central Airlines Flight 290 1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision, 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. * Northwest Airlines Flight 421 The airliner crashed near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border near Winona, Minnesota, on a routine scheduled flight from Chicago to Saint Paul, Minnesota, 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.

Wyoming

* United Airlines Cheyenne Crash, 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. * 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 97 people on board. * The Samoan Clipper, one of ten Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 flying boats, exploded over Pago Pago, American Samoa on January 11, 1938.

Guam (United States)

* Korean Air Flight 801 crashed on August 6, 1997, on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. 229 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.

Puerto Rico

* American Eagle Flight 5452 crashed while landing in

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 ditching, 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 United States Coast Guard, 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. * 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 National Transportation Safety Board, 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 ditching, 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.National Transportation Safety Board (1976)
Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc.; Boeing 727-95, N1963; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; April 27, 1976
Retrieved May 25, 2009.

Deadliest incidents

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.

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References

External links

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- archived accident reports of the Civil Aeronautics Board.

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