Southwest Air accidents

The NTSB database holds 21 accidents and incidents involving Southwest Air, recorded between 1965 to 1981. 4 of them were fatal (19%), and 14 people died.

The deadliest year was 1972, with 6 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (8 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Piper PA-28, Piper PA-24 and Piper PA-32.

Most of these records are from United States.

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1965 to 1981

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 21 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 12

1970s 7

1980s 2

Aircraft types involved

Piper PA-28 6 Piper PA-24 4 Piper PA-32 2 Piper PA-28R 2 Piper PA28 1 Cessna TU206G 1

Where these happened

United States 21

All 21 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 Jun 1972	Piper PA-32 N4278R	Glenwood, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Fatal	6
23 Jul 1970	Piper PA-28 N7943N	Hinton, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Fatal	5
28 Aug 1981	Piper PA-38 N2390F	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Fatal	2
28 Oct 1981	Cessna 172N N733BB	Prescott, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Fatal	1
16 Feb 1979	Cessna TU206G N7374C	Tonopah, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
18 Jun 1977	Piper PA-34 N3671Q	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
25 May 1972	Piper PA-28R N4596T	Lukachukai, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1971	Piper PA-28R N4996J	Carrizozo, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
15 May 1970	Piper PA-24 N8667P	Clovis, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1969	Piper PA-28 N3697J	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
16 Nov 1969	Piper PA-24 N9180P	Mayhill, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
14 May 1969	Piper PA-28 N4996J	Los Lunas, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1968	Piper PA-32 N4181R	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
30 Oct 1968	Piper PA-24 N9180P	Artesia, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
24 Oct 1968	Hughes 269A N8717F	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
3 Sep 1968	Piper PA-28 N1517J	Esperanza, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
1 Feb 1968	Piper PA-23 N4195P	Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
30 Sep 1967	Piper PA-24 N7500P	Boulder, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Minor injuries	-
27 Jun 1967	Piper PA-28 N6768W	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1967	Piper PA-28 N9728J	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Minor injuries	-
29 Apr 1965	Piper PA28 N6437W	Los Alamos N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Serious injuries	-