American Airlines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 231 accidents and incidents involving American Airlines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 2025. 7 of them were fatal (3%), and 371 people died.

The deadliest year was 1979, with 271 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (63 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 727, Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-10.

Most of these records are from United States, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. and Argentina.

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

231

Records

Fatal

371

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 69 of 231 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 55

1970s 79

1980s 17

1990s 17

2000s 17

2010s 26

2020s 20

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 727 40 Boeing 707 31 Douglas DC-10 17 Boeing 747 15 Boeing 777 13 Boeing 737 10

Where these happened

United States 199 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 5 Argentina 4 Canada 3 China 2 Brazil 2

All 231 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
18 Dec 1981	Boeing 747 N674	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Oct 1981	Boeing 727 N6816	Dal Ftw Arpt, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Oct 1980	Boeing 707 N8406	Kingston, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
18 Sep 1979	Boeing 707 N7566	Palatine, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1979	Boeing 747 N9673	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Apr 1979	Boeing 727 N6821	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Apr 1979	Boeing 707 N8413	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 Nov 1978	Boeing 727 N6825	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Oct 1978	Boeing 727 N1979	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
20 Sep 1978	Boeing 707 N7573A	St Louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Aug 1978	Douglas DC-10 N102AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 May 1978	Boeing 727 N1974	Erlanger, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Jul 1977	Douglas DC-10 N121AA	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
22 Jun 1977	Boeing 707 N7590A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Apr 1977	Boeing 707 N7508A	St Louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
4 Mar 1977	Boeing 727 N6834	Dayton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Jan 1977	Boeing 707 N7598A	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1976	Boeing 747 N9664	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1976	Boeing 747 N665	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Aug 1976	Boeing 727 N854AA	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
18 May 1976	Boeing 727 N6805	Binghamton, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 May 1976	Boeing 747 N9672	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Nov 1975	Douglas DC-10 N124	Carleton, Michigan, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
11 Oct 1975	Boeing 727 N1905	Chantilly, Virginia, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Sep 1975	Douglas DC-10 N107AA	Banning, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Sep 1975	Boeing 747 N9655A	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
25 Aug 1975	Douglas DC-10 N109AA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
23 Aug 1975	Boeing 727 N6814	Buffalo, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1975	Boeing 727 N839AA	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Jul 1975	Boeing 747 N670AA	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Feb 1975	Douglas DC-10 N103A	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Feb 1975	Boeing 707 N7589A	Longview, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1974	Boeing 707 N8432	Richmond, Virginia, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Dec 1974	Boeing 707 N7554A	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Oct 1974	Douglas DC-10 N120AA	Brownsville, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Jul 1974	Boeing 727 N6818	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
14 May 1974	Douglas DC-10 N106AA	Earlville, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Mar 1974	Boeing 707 N7571A	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
1 Jan 1974	Boeing 707 N7521	San Antonio, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Dec 1973	Boeing 727 N2914	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
5 Sep 1973	Boeing 707 N7595A	Memphis, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Sep 1973	Boeing 747 N9676	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jul 1973	Douglas DC-10 N115	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 May 1973	Douglas DC-10 N119AA	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 May 1973	Douglas DC-10 N102AA	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 May 1973	Boeing 707 N8406	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Mar 1973	Douglas DC-10 N118AA	Rochester, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Mar 1973	Boeing 707 N7577A	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1973	Boeing 707 N8436	Elk Grv Vllg, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Dec 1972	Boeing 707 N7569A	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-