Western Air Lines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 31 accidents and incidents involving Western Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1963 to 1979. 3 of them were fatal (10%), and 78 people died.

The deadliest year was 1979, with 72 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (12 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Boeing 720 and Boeing 727.

Most of these records are from United States and Mexico.

31 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

10%

Share fatal

1963 to 1979

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 31 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 12

1970s 19

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 737 7 Boeing 720 6 Boeing 727 5 Douglas DC-6B 3 Douglas DC-10 2 Boeing B-720 1

Where these happened

United States 28 Mexico 3

All 31 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 Oct 1979	Douglas DC-10 N903WA	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	72
31 Mar 1971	Boeing 720 N3166	Ontario, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	5
18 Oct 1964	Douglas DC-6B N93130	Hector Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	1
2 Mar 1979	Boeing B727 N2819W	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jan 1979	Boeing 727 N2811W	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1978	Boeing 727 N2821W	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
30 May 1978	Boeing 737 N4518W	Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
9 May 1978	Douglas DC-10 N68054	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1977	Boeing 707 N1501W	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
5 Oct 1976	Boeing 737 N4523W	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Jun 1976	Boeing 727 N2820W	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Jan 1976	Boeing 727 N2821W	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
31 Mar 1975	Boeing 737 N4527W	Casper, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Jun 1973	Boeing 737 N4508W	W.yellowstne, Montana, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 1973	Boeing 737 N4519W	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
6 Aug 1970	Boeing 720 N7081	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 May 1970	Boeing 727 N2804W	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Mar 1970	Boeing 720B N3156	Annette Isl, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Jan 1970	Boeing 737 N4518W	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jan 1970	Boeing 720B N93144	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Oct 1969	Boeing 737 N4528W	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1967	Boeing 720 N3158	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Aug 1966	Lockheed L-188A N7137C	San Diego Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Aug 1966	Boeing 720B N3156	Los Mochis Mex, Mexico no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Aug 1965	Lockheed L-188 N7139C	Battle Mtn.nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Jan 1965	Boeing B-720B N93151	Salt Lake City Ut, Utah, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1964	Douglas DC-6 N93128	San Francisco Cal, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Sep 1964	Boeing B-720 N93141	Sacramento Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Dec 1963	Douglas DC-6B N93131	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1963	Lockheed 188A N7142C	Los Mochis, Mexico no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Feb 1963	Douglas DC-6B N93123	Mt.hamilton, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-