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
27 May 2008	Embraer 140 N816AE	Dallas, Texas, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
28 Sep 2007	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) N454AA	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
4 Dec 2001	Boeing 767-323 N7375A	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1999	Boeing 757 N697AN	Tegucigalpa, Honduras no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
11 May 1999	Airbus 300-600 N7082A	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
15 Jan 1999	Boeing 767-300 N373AA	London, United Kingdom no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
28 Sep 1998	Airbus A300-600 N70073	Paris, France no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
20 Apr 1998	Airbus A300-600 N33069	Atlantic Ocean no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
15 Dec 1997	Airbus A-300-600 N90070	Montego Bay, Jamaica no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
12 May 1997	Airbus A300B4-605R N90070	West Palm Beach, Florida, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
23 Nov 1996	McDonnell Douglas MD-82 N3507A	Dfw Airport, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
14 Jul 1996	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N1768D	Westerly, Rhode Island, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
5 Jun 1996	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) N224AA	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
19 Oct 1993	Airbus A-300-605R N41063	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
14 Apr 1993	Douglas DC-10-30 N139AA	Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
10 Jan 1993	McDonnell Douglas DC9-82 N7532A	Dfw Airport, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
9 Feb 1992	Boeing 767-323ER N354AA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
23 Dec 1991	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N142AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1991	Boeing 727-223 N892AA	St. Thomas no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1991	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N442AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
28 Aug 1991	Airbus A-300-600R N18066	Atlantic Ocean no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
27 Jul 1991	McDonnell Douglas MD-80 N491AA	Dfw Airport, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
13 Jul 1991	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N111AA	Los Angeles, California, United States	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
25 Jan 1991	Boeing 727-200 N815AA	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
2 Jan 1990	Douglas DC-10 N109AA	Baltimore, Maryland, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
22 Dec 1989	Boeing 757-223 N611AM	Santa Ana, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
12 Sep 1989	McDonnell Douglas MD-80 N244AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
31 Aug 1989	McDonnell Douglas MD-80 N490AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
12 Jul 1989	Airbus A-300 N7062A	San Juan no coordinates	American Airlines	Fatal	-
23 Mar 1989	McDonnell Douglas DC-9 N447AA	Houston, Texas, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1989	Boeing 727-200A N728	San Antonio, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
14 Feb 1989	British BAE 146-200A N141AC	Los Alamitos, California, United States	American Airlines	No injuries	-
30 Dec 1988	McDonnell Douglas DC-10 N153AA	Atlantic Ocean no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1988	Airbus A-300-600 N80057	San Juan no coordinates	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
14 Jul 1988	McDonnell Douglas MD80 N253A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
21 May 1988	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N136AA	Dfw Airport, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
24 Mar 1988	Boeing 767-200 N308AA	Cimarron, New Mexico, United States	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
11 Feb 1988	Douglas DC-10 N123AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1988	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 N569AA	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
20 Jan 1988	Boeing 767-200 N306AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
22 Nov 1987	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N121AA	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1987	Boeing 727-223 N844AA	Tampa, Florida, United States	American Airlines	Minor injuries	-
16 Aug 1987	Boeing B 767 200ER N332AA	Frankfurt, Germany no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
6 Jun 1987	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N105AA	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1987	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N128AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
8 Mar 1987	McDonnell Douglas MD-80 N236AA	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
23 Apr 1985	Boeing 727-223 N856AA	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States	American Airlines	Serious injuries	-
26 Dec 1982	Boeing 727-223 N6810	Memphis, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
23 Nov 1982	Boeing 727-223 N846AA	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-