Eastern Air Lines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 205 accidents and incidents involving Eastern Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 1990. 15 of them were fatal (7%), and 457 people died.

The deadliest year was 1975, with 112 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (77 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8 and Douglas DC-9.

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

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

205

Records

Fatal

457

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 1990

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 205 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 107

1970s 79

1980s 15

1990s 4

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 727 55 Douglas DC-8 38 Douglas DC-9 28 Lockheed 1011 13 Boeing B-727 10 Douglas DC-7B 7

Where these happened

United States 192 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 10 Mexico 2 Other-Foreign Countries 1

All 205 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Sep 1975	Lockheed 1011 N319EA	Orlando, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
18 Jun 1975	Boeing 727 N8841E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
26 Apr 1975	Lockheed 1011 N315EA	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Feb 1975	Boeing 727 N8102N	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1975	Lockheed 1011 N304EA	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Dec 1974	Douglas DC-9 N8910E	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Dec 1974	Boeing 727 N8152G	Houston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Dec 1974	Boeing 727 N8123N	Gordonsville, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Nov 1974	Douglas DC-9 N8975E	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1974	Douglas DC-9 N8962E	Meridian, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jul 1974	Lockheed 1011 N324EA	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1974	Lockheed 1011 N308EA	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Mar 1974	L0CKHEED 1011 N321EA	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Dec 1973	Douglas DC-9 N8978E	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
27 Nov 1973	Douglas DC-9 N8967E	North Canton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Sep 1973	Douglas DC-9 N8966E	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Aug 1973	Lockheed L-1011 N318EA	Grnd Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Aug 1973	Lockheed 1011 N305EA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 May 1973	Lockheed 1011 N313EA	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Apr 1973	Boeing 727 N8843E	Toledo, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Feb 1973	Lockheed 1011 N315EA	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Jan 1973	Boeing 727-25 N8122N	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1973	Lockheed L-1011 N307EA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1972	Lockheed 1011 N305EA	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Nov 1972	Boeing 727 N8156G	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Aug 1972	Boeing 727 N8016N	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1972	Douglas DC-9 N8944	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Jun 1972	Lockheed 1011 N307EA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Jun 1972	Douglas DC-8 N8615	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Jun 1972	Douglas DC-8 N8764E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern 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	-
10 May 1972	Douglas DC-9 N8916E	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Apr 1972	Douglas DC-8 N8776	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	-
11 Apr 1972	Douglas DC-8 N8613	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Feb 1972	Boeing 727 N8163G	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
23 Dec 1971	Douglas DC-8 N8613	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Dec 1971	Boeing 727 N8168G	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Nov 1971	Boeing 747 N735PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1971	Douglas DC-9 N8924E	New Haven, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 May 1971	Douglas DC-9 N8962E	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 May 1971	Boeing 727 N8131N	York, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Apr 1971	Douglas DC-8 N8762	Wilmington, Delaware, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1971	Douglas DC-9 N8922E	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Dec 1970	Douglas DC-9 N895E	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N735PA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1970	Boeing 727 N8104N	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Jul 1970	Douglas DC-8 N8778	Ontario, California, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Jun 1970	Boeing 727 N5181G	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Jun 1970	Boeing 727 N8825F	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Mar 1970	Boeing 727 N8830E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-