This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list meet this list's size criteriapassenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least . The list is grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
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1910s
1919 July 21 – The Goodyear dirigible Wingfoot Air Express caught fire and crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, while carrying passengers to a local amusement park, killing 13 people: three out of the five on board and ten others on the ground, with 27 others on the ground being injured. August 2 – A Caproni Ca.48 crashed at Verona, Italy, during a flight from Venice to Taliedo, Milan, killing all on board (14, 15, or 17 people, according to different sources).
1920s 1920 December 14 – A Handley Page O/400 hit a tree and crashed at Golders Green, London, after failing to gain height following takeoff, killing four out of eight on the plane.
1921 August 26 – A SNETA Farman Goliath ditched in the North Sea. The aircraft was recovered, but the two crew members were missing.
1922 March 31 – A Baoding Air Force Handley Page aircraft crashed while landing at Baoding Airport, killing all 14 on board in China's first fatal aviation accident. April 7 – In the Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine mid-air collision, a de Havilland DH.18A, G-EAWO, operated by Daimler Hire Ltd., collided with a Farman F.60 Goliath, F-GEAD, operated by Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA), over the Thieulloy-St. Antoine road near Picardie, France, killing all seven people on both aircraft. This was the first mid-air collision of two airliners.
1923 January 13 – An Aeromarine 75 seaplane of Aeromarine West Indies Airways, Columbus, rapidly sank after a botched ditching in the Straits of Florida north of Havana, Cuba, leading to the deaths of four passengers out of the nine occupants in the first airliner disaster of American aviation. May 14 – An Air Union Farman F.60 Goliath crashed near Monsures, Somme, France, following the structural failure of a wing, killing all six on board. August 27 – An Air Union Farman F.60 Goliath crashed near East Malling, Kent, England, because of an engine failure, and the passengers misunderstanding given instructions, killing one of 13 on board. September 14 – A Daimler Airway de Havilland DH.34 crashed at Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, after stalling while attempting an emergency landing, killing all five on board.
1924 April 24 – A KLM Fokker F.III disappeared while flying from Croydon Airport to Waalhaven, killing all three on board. It was the first major accident of KLM since it had been founded four years earlier. December 24 – An Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crashed near Purley, Surrey, England, because of a stall during an attempted emergency landing in response to an unknown mechanical defect. All eight on board were killed.
1925 June 25 – A KLM Fokker F.III crashed near Forêt de Mormal, France, killing all four people on board.
1926 July 9 – 1926 KLM Fokker F.VII crash: Fokker F.VII H-NACC crashed in thick fog near Wolverthem, Belgium while attempting to land, killing the pilot and passenger. August 18 – An Air Union Blériot 155 crashed during a failed emergency landing attempt at College Farm in Aldington, Kent, England, after experiencing an engine failure. Two of the 15 on board were killed on impact and the pilot died of his injuries one day later. October 2 – An Air Union Blériot 155 crashed at Leigh, Kent, England, after the aircraft caught fire in mid-air during an attempted emergency landing at Penshurst Airfield, killing all seven on board; this was the first in-flight fire to occur on an airliner.
1927 August 22 – A KLM Fokker F. VIII crashed near Sevenoaks, Kent, England, following a structural failure of the tailfin, killing one of 11 on board.
1928
July 13 – An Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crashed in fog during a test flight from Croydon Airport, killing one on board. July 24 – A KLM Fokker F. III crashed shortly after takeoff from Waalhaven Airport, Rotterdam, because of a stall and collision with ship masts, killing one of the six people on board.
1929 June 17 – An Imperial Airways Handley Page W.10 ditched in the English Channel because of an engine failure, killing seven of the 13 on board. September 6 – An Imperial Airways de Havilland Hercules crashed whilst landing at Jask Airport, Iran, killing three of the five occupants. November 6 – A Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crashed near Marden Park in Godstone, Surrey, England, killing seven of the eight occupants.
1930s
1930
February 10 – An Air Union Farman F.63 Goliath crashed during an emergency landing at Marden Airfield, Marden, Kent, following failure of the right tailplane, killing two of the six on board. October 5 – On its maiden voyage from the United Kingdom to British India, the British civil airship R101 crashed and burned in Allonne, Oise, France, while flying at low altitude at night in a rainstorm, killing 48 out of 54 on board, the worst civil airship disaster in history.
1931 March 21 – An Australian National Airways Avro 618 Ten, Southern Cloud, disappeared in severe weather on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, killing all eight on board in Australia's first significant airline disaster; the crash site in the Snowy Mountains remained undiscovered until 1958. March 31 – A Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 Trimotor crashed near Bazaar, Kansas, after a wing broke off in flight, killing all eight on board, including University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. December 6 – a KLM Fokker F.VIIb unable to take-off, struck into embankments and crashed into a rice field, killing 5 of the 7 on board.
1933 March 28 – The 1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash: An Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II caught fire in mid-air and crashed near Diksmuide, Belgium, in the first suspected case of air sabotage; all 15 on board were killed. October 10 – United Air Lines Trip 23, a Boeing 247, exploded in mid-air over Chesterton, Indiana, United States, in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board were killed. December 30 – In the 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash in Belgium, an Avro Ten struck a radio mast, killing all 10 on board.
1934 February 23 – A United Air Lines Boeing 247 crashed into a Utah canyon in bad weather, killing all eight on board. May 9 – An Air France Wibault 282T crashed into the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, killing all six on board. July 27 – A Swissair Curtiss T-32 Condor II crashed near Tuttlingen, Germany, after a wing separated in a thunderstorm, killing all 12 passengers and crew on board. September 29 – A London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Airspeed Courier crashed near Shoreham, England. All four people on board were killed and two on the ground were injured. October 2 – A Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crashed into the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, because of pilot error, killing all seven on board. December 20 – A KLM Douglas DC-2 crashed in the Iraqi desert while en route from Amsterdam to Batavia, Dutch East Indies. All seven people on board were killed.
1935 April 6 – KLM Flight 676, a Fokker F.XII (named Leeuwerik), struck a mountain from Brilon, Germany while flying too low, killing all seven on board. The aircraft was flying low, possibly so the pilot could maintain visual contact with the ground. The aircraft entered a valley and encountered heavy snow, but could not get out of the valley and it crashed. May 6 – TWA Flight 6, a Douglas DC-2 operating a multi-leg flight from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey, United States, crashed on farmland near Atlanta, Missouri, because of poor visibility and depleted fuel; five of the 13 on board were killed, including Senator Bronson M. Cutting. July 14 – In the 1935 Amsterdam Fokker F.XXII crash, a KLM Fokker F.XXII named Kwikstaart crashed and burned just outside Schiphol after both left side engines failed due to a defect in the fuel system, killing four crew and two passengers. Fourteen occupants survived. More powerful fuel pumps were installed in the Fokker F.XXII and the hand pump was changed so that it could be used regardless of the fuel tap position. Similar aircraft types were also removed from service and changes were made so that this type of failure would not happen again. July 17 – In the 1935 Bushehr KLM Douglas DC-2 crash, a KLM Douglas DC-2 namedMaraboe was destroyed by fire after a rough, uneven runway caused severe damage during a nighttime takeoff from Bushir, though all passengers and crew escaped unharmed. July 20 – In the 1935 San Giacomo Douglas DC-2 crash: A KLM Douglas DC-2-115E namedGaai crashed near the San Bernardino Pass near Pian San Giacomo due to wing and fuselage icing, killing all three crew and all 10 passengers. July 24 – A SACO Trimotor Ford 5-AT-B and SCADTA Trimotor Ford 5-AT-B that operated the same route Medellin-Bogota collided in the runway, killing all seven people in the SACO Trimotor Ford 5-AT-B and 10 of the 13 people in the SCADTA Trimotor Ford 5-AT-B October 7 – United Air Lines Trip 4, a Boeing 247D flying from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, crashed near Silver Crown, Wyoming, because of pilot error; all 12 people on board died. December 10 – A SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crashed near Tatsfield, Surrey, England, because of pilot error, while en route from Brussels Airport, Belgium, to Croydon Airport in England; all 11 people on board died in the accident.
1936 January 14 – American Airlines Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed into a swamp near Goodwin, Arkansas, for reasons unknown, killing all 17 passengers and crew on board. April 7 – TWA Flight 1, a Douglas DC-2, crashed near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States, because of pilot error, killing 12 of the 14 passengers and crew. June 16 – In the Havørn Accident, a Norwegian Air Lines Junkers Ju 52 crashed into Lihesten mountain in Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven on board. August 5 – Chicago and Southern Flight 4, a Lockheed Model 10 Electra, crashed after takeoff because of pilot error, killing all eight on board. December 9 – A KLM Douglas DC-2 crashed on takeoff from Croydon Airport, England; 15 of 17 on board died. December 27 – United Air Lines Flight 34, a Boeing 247, crashed at Rice Canyon (near Newhall, California, United States) because of pilot error, killing all 12 on board.
1937
January 12 – Western Air Express Flight 7, a Boeing 247, crashed into a mountain near Newhall, California, United States. Five of the 13 people on board died, including adventurer, author and filmmaker Martin Johnson. February 19 – An Airlines of Australia Stinson Model A suffered a controlled flight into terrain in Queensland, killing four of the seven people on board. March 25 – TWA Flight 15A, a Douglas DC-2, crashed in Clifton, Pennsylvania, because of ice accumulation. All 13 passengers and crew were killed.