Aviation Crash Map

Southwest Airlines accidents

The NTSB database holds 25 accidents and incidents involving Southwest Airlines, recorded between 1991 to 2026. 0 of them were fatal (0%), and 0 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737.

Most of these records are from United States and Costa Rica.

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

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1991 to 2026
Period
Show these on the map 23 of 25 have coordinates

By decade

1990s 2
2010s 21
2020s 2

All 25 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
17 May 2026 Boeing 737-8
N8723Q
Liberia, Costa Rica
no coordinates
Southwest Airlines Unknown -
29 Sep 2022 Boeing 737
N7881A
Denver, Colorado, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
22 Dec 2019 Boeing 737
N7739A
Kansas City, Missouri, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
17 Jun 2019 Boeing 737-8H4
N8608N
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
28 Mar 2019 Boeing 737
N249WN
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Southwest Airlines Unknown -
6 Dec 2018 Boeing 737
N752SW
Burbank, California, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
15 Oct 2018 Boeing 737
N7816B
Albany, New York, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
19 Nov 2017 Boeing 737 7H4
N740SW
Los Angeles, California, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
2 Oct 2017 Boeing 737 7H4
N930WN
Chicago, Illinois, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
25 Sep 2017 Boeing 737-8H4
N500WR
Sioux City, Iowa, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
5 Oct 2016 Boeing 737-8H4
N8324A
Denver, Colorado, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
27 Aug 2016 Boeing 737-700
N766SW
Pensacola, Florida, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
5 Aug 2016 Boeing 737 3H4
N368SW
Baltimore, Maryland, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
15 Dec 2015 Boeing 737 3H4
N649SW
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
23 Aug 2015 Boeing 737 7H4
N232WN
Oakland, California, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
5 Aug 2015 Boeing 737
N779SW
Denver, Colorado, United States Southwest Airlines Minor injuries -
11 Dec 2014 Boeing 737 7H4
N481WN
San Jose, California, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
21 Nov 2014 Boeing 737 7H4
N263WN
Dallas, Texas, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
17 Jun 2014 Boeing 737 7H4
N968WN
Dallas, Texas, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
17 Oct 2012 Boeing 737-3H4
N625SW
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
6 Sep 2011 Boeing 737 7H4
N936WN
Cape Coral, Florida, United States Southwest Airlines Serious injuries -
25 Dec 2010 Boeing 737
N248WN
San Francisco, California, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
19 Apr 2010 Boeing 737-7H4
N473WN
Burbank, California, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
4 Oct 1997 Boeing 737-200
N129SW
Chicago, Illinois, United States Southwest Airlines No injuries -
1 Dec 1991 Boeing 737-200
N73SW
Lubbock, Texas, United States
no coordinates
Southwest Airlines No injuries -