McDonnell Douglas MD80 accidents

The NTSB database holds 16 accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas MD80, recorded between 1988 to 2026. 0 of them were fatal (0%), and 0 people died.

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

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

Records

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Deaths

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1988 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 6 of 16 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 1

1990s 1

2000s 1

2010s 9

2020s 4

Where these happened

United States 5 Venezuela 2 Ukraine 1 China 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Iran 1

Operators involved

Far Eastern Air transport 2 American Airlines 1 Dana Airlines Ltd 1 Continental Airlines 1 Venezolana 1 Swift Air 1

All 16 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Jul 2026	McDonnell Douglas MD80 EX-80003	Dachi Su, Kyrgyzstan no coordinates	Tez Jet Airline, LLC	No injuries	-
31 Mar 2026	McDonnell Douglas MD80 YV3499	La Guaira, Venezuela	Venezolana	No injuries	-
23 Apr 2024	McDonnell Douglas MD80 5N-BKI	Lagos, Nigeria	Dana Airlines Ltd	No injuries	-
21 Jun 2022	McDonnell Douglas MD80 HI-1064	Miami, Florida, United States	Red Air, SA	Minor injuries	-
2 Jul 2018	McDonnell Douglas MD80 B28035	Songshan, Taipei, China, Taiwan no coordinates	Far Eastern Air Transport	Unknown	-
14 Jun 2018	McDonnell Douglas MD80 UR-CPR	Zhuliany, Ukraine no coordinates	Bravo Airlines	No injuries	-
8 Mar 2017	McDonnell Douglas MD80 N786TW	Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States	Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Jan 2016	McDonnell Douglas MD80 EP-ZAB	Mashad, Iran no coordinates	Zagros Air	Minor injuries	-
11 Oct 2014	McDonnell Douglas MD80-80 YV2971	Maiquetia, Vargas, Venezuela no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Jul 2014	McDonnell Douglas MD80-80 EC-LTV	Gossi, Mali	-	Unknown	-
16 Jun 2014	McDonnell Douglas MD80-80 B-28017	Kinmen, China no coordinates	Far Eastern Air transport	No injuries	-
5 Feb 2012	McDonnell Douglas MD80-80 SE-DIL	Copenhagen, Denmark no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
24 Jan 2012	McDonnell Douglas MD80 EC-JJS	Kabul, Afghanistan no coordinates	Swift Air	Unknown	-
1 Jun 2009	McDonnell Douglas MD80	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1994	McDonnell Douglas MD80 N83873	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Airlines	No injuries	-
14 Jul 1988	McDonnell Douglas MD80 N253A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-