American Airlines accidents

The NTSB database holds 99 accidents and incidents involving American Airlines, recorded between 1982 to 2026. 4 of them were fatal (4%), and 157 people died.

The deadliest year was 2001, with 156 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Boeing 767 and Boeing 757.

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

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

Records

Fatal

157

Deaths

Share fatal

1982 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 43 of 99 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 24

1990s 22

2000s 8

2010s 32

2020s 13

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 737 13 Boeing 767 11 Boeing 757 10 Boeing 727 7 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 7 Airbus A321 6

Where these happened

United States 69 Mexico 6 United Kingdom 2 Spain 2 Honduras 1 Canada 1

All 99 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Sep 2001	Boeing 767-200ER N334AA	New York City, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Fatal	92
11 Sep 2001	Boeing 757-200 N644AA	Arlington, Virginia, United States	American Airlines	Fatal	64
20 Nov 2000	Airbus A300B4-605R N14056	Miami, Florida, United States	American Airlines	Fatal	1
1 Mar 2026	Boeing 737-823 N907NN	San Salvador, El Salvador no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
11 Feb 2026	Airbus A319 N9010R	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
13 Mar 2025	Boeing 737-823 N885NN	Denver, Colorado, United States	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
30 Mar 2023	Boeing 737-823 N940AN	Belize City, Belize no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
11 Feb 2023	Boeing 737 N944AN	Rushville, Indiana, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
21 Aug 2021	Airbus 319-132 N806AW	Chicago, Illinois, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
16 Jul 2021	Boeing 787 N873BB	Dublin, Ireland no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
25 Jun 2021	Airbus A321-231 N926UW	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
19 Sep 2020	Bombardier CL600 2C10 N770SK	Chihuahua City, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
24 Aug 2020	Boeing 737 N806NN	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
21 Mar 2020	Boeing 757 N193AN	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Feb 2020	Boeing 757 N200UU	San Jose, Costa Rica no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
8 Jan 2020	Boeing 737 N929NN	New York, New York, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
11 Apr 2019	Airbus A321 N114NN	New York, New York, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
27 Feb 2019	Boeing 777 N771AN	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
5 Feb 2019	Boeing 737 N852NN	Bluefields, Nicaragua	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
31 Dec 2018	Boeing 757 N938UW	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	American Airlines	Unknown	-
3 Dec 2018	Boeing 737 N868NN	Chicago, Illinois, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
11 Sep 2018	Boeing 737 N950NN	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
6 Sep 2018	Boeing 757 N173AN	New York, New York, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
18 Aug 2018	Boeing 737 N337PJ	Los Cabos, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
31 Jul 2018	Boeing 757 N192AN	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
29 Jun 2018	Airbus A330 N278AY	Gander, Canada no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
8 May 2018	Boeing 767 N342AN	Guayaquil, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
3 May 2018	Boeing 767 323 N396AN	Guayaquil, Ecuador no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
10 Apr 2018	Airbus A319 115 N70020	Unknown, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
3 Dec 2017	Airbus A319 115 N9011P	Miami, Florida, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
30 Sep 2017	Boeing 737 823 N841NN	Arlington, Virginia, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
15 Sep 2017	Airbus A321 231 N137AA	Christ Church, Barbados	American Airlines	No injuries	-
1 Jul 2017	Airbus A321 231 N991AU	Chicago, Illinois, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
10 Mar 2017	McDonnell Douglas DC 9 83(MD-83) N9615W	Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Texas, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
20 Feb 2017	Airbus A321 N995AN	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
26 Jan 2017	Boeing 757-223 N176AA	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
3 Aug 2016	Airbus A319 115 N9010R	Grand Cayman Island (GCM), Cayman Islands	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
12 Jun 2016	Airbus A321 231 N104NN	Jamaica, New York, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
17 Feb 2016	Boeing 737 N925NN	Detroit, Michigan, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
14 Feb 2016	Airbus A319 132 N827AW	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
6 Dec 2015	Boeing 777 223 N758AN	Madrid, Spain no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
16 Dec 2014	Boeing 777 223 N751AN	Ishikawa, Japan no coordinates	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
7 Jun 2012	Boeing 757 2B7 N936UW	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
8 Feb 2012	Boeing 767 N360AA	Jamaica, New York, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
14 Apr 2011	Boeing 767 323 N366AA	Barcelona, Spain no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
3 Jan 2011	Boeing 737-823 N831NN	Los Angeles, California, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
30 Apr 2010	Boeing 767 N320AA	Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
12 Jan 2010	ATR ATR72 N434AT	St. Croix, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
14 Dec 2009	Boeing MD N483A	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
22 Sep 2008	Unknown aircraft	Peoria, Illinois, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-