Douglas DC9 accidents

The NTSB database holds 19 accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC9, recorded between 1971 to 2025. 1 of them were fatal (5%), and 71 people died.

The deadliest year was 1974, with 71 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (8 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Venezuela and Mexico.

15 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

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1971 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 4 of 19 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 9

1980s 2

1990s 1

2010s 3

2020s 4

Where these happened

United States 12 Venezuela 4 Mexico 2 Niger 1

Operators involved

Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 3 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 3 Hughes Airwest 1 Republic Airlines, Inc. 1 Delta Air Lines 1 Southern Airways, Inc. 1

All 19 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Sep 1974	Douglas DC9-31 N8984E	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	71
7 Jul 2025	Douglas DC9 YV3145	El Vigía, Venezuela	Not Provided	No injuries	-
16 Sep 2024	Douglas DC9 YV1240	Maiquetia, Venezuela no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
24 Aug 2023	Douglas DC9 YV648T	Maturin, Venezuela	Rutuca	No injuries	-
18 Dec 2021	Douglas DC9 TT-ABC	Diffa, Niger no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
11 Jul 2018	Douglas DC9 N802WA	Chichen Itza, Mexico no coordinates	World Atlantic Leasing Llc	No injuries	-
24 Aug 2012	Douglas DC9 YV493T	Santo Domingo, Venezuela no coordinates	Aserca Airlines	No injuries	-
15 Jun 2010	Douglas DC9 N671MC	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	Delta Air Lines	Unknown	-
14 May 1996	Douglas DC9-14 XASNR	Tampico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Dec 1982	Douglas DC9-30 N9344	Pellston, Michigan, United States	Republic Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Jun 1980	Douglas DC9-30 N915RW	Santa Ana, California, United States no coordinates	Hughes Airwest	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1975	Douglas DC9-31 N8933E	Greer, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Nov 1975	Douglas DC9-32 N1286L	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Sep 1972	Douglas DC9-32 N3329L	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 May 1972	Douglas DC9-31 N8961E	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Jun 1971	Douglas DC9-31 N982NE	Marthas Vnyd, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Northeast Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Mar 1971	Douglas DC9-10 N1066T	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Feb 1971	Douglas DC9-15 N92S	Gulfport, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
11 Jan 1971	Douglas DC9-32 N3325L	Jackson, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-