Southwest Avia accidents

The NTSB database holds 23 accidents and incidents involving Southwest Avia, recorded between 1968 to 1979. 5 of them were fatal (22%), and 12 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 4 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (13 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Piper PA-28, Bell 47G3B1 and Cessna 150.

Most of these records are from United States and Mexico.

23 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

22%

Share fatal

1968 to 1979

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 23 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 3

1970s 20

Aircraft types involved

Piper PA-28 12 Bell 47G3B1 3 Cessna 150 2 Bell 47 1 Cessna 172 1 Piper PA-28R 1

Where these happened

United States 22 Mexico 1

All 23 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Aug 1977	Cessna U206 N8062Z	Engle, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Fatal	4
5 Dec 1972	Piper PA-28 N5009S	Dragoon, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Fatal	3
25 Nov 1978	Piper PA-38 N9816T	Las Cruses, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Fatal	2
17 Mar 1973	Piper PA-28 N16342	Douglas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Fatal	2
7 Aug 1976	Piper PA-28R N55765	Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Fatal	1
24 Aug 1979	Cessna 150 N704UB	Branson, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
25 Jan 1975	Piper PA-28 N15373	Dexter, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
22 May 1973	Piper PA-28 N6302R	Lake Benton, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
30 Oct 1972	Cessna 150 N7212S	Fabens, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
1 Aug 1972	Piper PA-28 N5009S	Fabens, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1972	Piper PA-28 N5619U	Juarez, Mexico no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Serious injuries	-
2 Mar 1972	Bell 47G3B1 N1361X	Hollomn Afb, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	Serious injuries	-
12 Feb 1972	Piper PA-28 N9071J	Faribault, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
15 Dec 1971	Bell 47G3B1 N1382X	Hollomn Afb, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
8 Oct 1971	Piper PA-28 N3897K	Englewood, Florida, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
19 Jul 1971	Cessna 172G N3866L	New Home, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
21 May 1971	Piper PA-28 N2174R	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
31 Aug 1970	Bell 47G3B1 N1373X	Holloman Ab, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
31 Aug 1970	Piper PA-28 N98222	Fabens, Texas, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
7 Jul 1970	Piper PA-28 N6302R	Marshall, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1969	Bell 47G-3B N73995	Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1968	Cessna 177 CF-WUT	Barbeau, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1968	Piper PA-28 N5623W	San Antonio, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Avia	No injuries	-