This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving mid-air collisions.

In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft usually results.

The potential for a mid-air collision is increased by miscommunication, mistrust, error in navigation, deviations from flight plans, lack of situational awareness, and the lack of traffic collision-avoidance systems. Although a rare occurrence in general due to the vastness of open space available, collisions often happen near or at airports, where large volumes of aircraft are spaced more closely than in general flight.

Involving civilians

Date Fatalities Survivors Flights involved Phase of flight Country Site 7 0 CGEA Farman F.60 Daimler Hire Ltd. de Havilland DH.18A France Picardy 6 0 Maddux Airlines Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor / US Army Air Corps Boeing PW-9D) United States San Diego, California 45 0 Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky VVS Polikarpov I-5 Cruise Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Moscow 5 + 80 ground fatalities Japanese Flying School (Hanriot HD-1) and Japan Airlines Transportation (Fokker Super Universal) Unknown Japan Ōmori, Tokyo 12 2 American Airlines Flight 28 US Army Air Force B-34 Ascent/descent () United States Chino Canyon, California 3 20 Eastern Airlines Flight 45 / US Army Air Force A-26 Invader Descent United States Florence, South Carolina 9 0 Delta Air Lines Survey (Douglas DC-3C) / Vultee BT-13 Valiant Descent United States Muscogee County Airport 15 0 British European Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter Approach Germany RAF Gatow, Berlin 39 0 Scandinavian Airlines System DC-6RAF Avro York Descent United Kingdom Northwood, London 2 33 Pan Am Flight 100 (Lockheed L-749 Constellation) / Cessna 140 Climb United States Port Washington, New York 14 0 BEA Douglas DakotaRAF Avro Anson Cruise United Kingdom Exhall 55 1 Eastern Air Lines 537 Lockheed P-38 test flight Approach United States Washington, DC 43 0 Cubana de Aviación 493 US Navy flight Cruise/climb United States Key West, Florida 2 60 American Airlines Flight 910 private Temco Swift Approach United States Dallas, Texas 37 0 Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 9 RCAF Harvard Cruise Canada Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 15 0 TWA Flight 694 Private DC-3 Climb United States Boone County, Kentucky 128 0 UA Flight 718 TWA Flight 2 Cruise United States Grand Canyon, Arizona 8 0 Douglas Aircraft Company DC-7B Northrop F-89J Scorpion Cruise United States Pacoima, Los Angeles, California 49 0 United Air Lines Flight 736 USAF F-100 Super Sabre Cruise United States Las Vegas, Nevada 13 1 Capital Airlines Flight 300 Air National Guard flight Descent United States Brunswick, Maryland 31 1 British European Airways Flight 142 Italian Air Force F-86 Sabre jet fighter Descent Italy Near Anzio 61 3 Real Transportes Aéreos DC-3 US Navy R6D flight Descent Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1 38Air Algérie Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle 1A / Stampe SV.4Approach FranceParis-Orly 134 0 UA Flight 826 TWA Flight 266 Descent United States New York City 104 0 MEA Flight 265 / Turkish Air Force flight Descent Turkey Ankara 4 108 TWA Flight 42 Eastern Airlines Flight 853 Descent United States Carmel, New York 26 0 TWA Flight 553 Private flight Descent United States Urbana, Ohio 82 0 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 Lanseair Inc. flight Climb/descent United States Hendersonville, North Carolina, 2 49 Ozark Air Lines Flight 965 Private flight Approach United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri 3 12 North Central Airlines Flight 261 / Private flightDescent/Cruise United StatesWind Lake, Wisconsin 120 0Aeroflot Flight 831/ Soviet Air Force flightCruise Soviet UnionYukhnovsky District 82 0 Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Private flight Descent United States Fairland, IndianaSeptember 20, 1969774Air Vietnam Douglas C-54 Skymaster / McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom IIDescentVietnamDa Nang 50 1 Hughes Airwest Flight 706 F-4 Phantom Climb United States San Gabriel Mountains, California 162 1 ANA Flight 58 JASDF flight Cruise Japan near Shizukuishi 0 98Continental Airlines Flight 712 / Private Flight United StatesCompton, California 13 0 North Central Airlines Flight 290 / Air Wisconsin Flight 671 Cruise United States Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin 38 0 Avianca Flight 630 Avianca Flight 626 Cruise Colombia Near Las Palomas 68 107 Iberia Flight 504Spantax Flight 400 Cruise France near Nantes 3 0 RAF Phantom FGR2 Piper Pawnee crop duster Low level United Kingdom Fordham Fen, Norfolk 38 0 Antonov An-2 Mil Mi-8 Approach Soviet Union Near Surgut, Soviet Union 14 0 Golden West Airlines Flight 261 Private flight Climb United States near Whittier, California 70 0 Aeroflot Flight 31Aeroflot Flight 7957 Cruise Soviet Union near Anapa, Russian SFSR 176 0 British Airways Flight 476 Inex-Adria Flight 550 Cruise Yugoslavia near Zagreb, SR Croatia 144 0 PSA Flight 182 Private flight Descent United States San Diego, California 178 0 Aeroflot Flight 7628 Aeroflot Flight 7880 Cruise Soviet Union Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR 3 1 Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense CL-44Soviet Air Force Sukhoi Su-15 Cruise Soviet Union Yerevan, ASSR 37 1 Aeroflot Flight 811Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K Cruise Soviet Union Zavitinsk, Russian SFSR, 19 16 Two VOTEC Servicios Aéreos Regionais Flights Approach Brazil Near Imperatriz Airport 17 0Wings West Airlines Flight 628 / Rockwell Commander 112Descent/climb United States Near San Luis Obispo, California 94 0 Aeroflot Flight SSSR-65856 Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 Descent Soviet Union Zolochev, Ukrainian SSR 25 0 Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 Private helicopter flight Low level United States Grand Canyon 82 0 Aeroméxico Flight 498 Private flight Descent/climb United States Cerritos, California 10 0 SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 Private flight Approach United States Kearns, Utah 3 + 67 ground fatalities 0 3 Aermacchi MB-339PAN of the Frecce Tricolori Air show Germany Ramstein Air Base 2 7 ASA Flight 2254 Private flight Climb/descent United States Gadsden, Alabama 5 + 2 ground fatalities 0 Lycoming Air Piper Aerostar Sun Oil Company Bell 412 Low level United States Merion, Pennsylvania 157 2 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 Libyan Air Force MiG-23 jet fighter Approach Libya Tripoli 133 0 Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154M Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 Climb/approach Iran Tehran 4 0 NZ Police Eagle NZ Police traffic patrol Low level New Zealand Auckland 349 0 Saudia Flight 763 Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 Climb/descent India Charkhi Dadri 15 0 Proteus Airlines Flight 706 Private flight Low level Quiberon Bay, France 3 0 Zlin 242LCessna 172 Descent United States Zion, Illinois 71 0 Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 DHL Flight 611 Cruise Germany Überlingen 1 2 Air Tractor AT-502B US Air Force Cessna T-37B Cruise United States Hollister, Oklahoma 154 7 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 ExcelAire flight Cruise Brazil Amazon rainforest 8 0 Aérospatiale SA 332 Super Puma private Diamond DV20 Katana Low level Austria Zell am See Airport 4 0 KNXV-TV news helicopter KTVK news helicopter Low level United States Phoenix, Arizona 2 0 Two Zlin Z-526Fs of the AZL Żelazny Aerobatic display Poland Near Radom 9 0 Piper PA-32 Eurocopter AS350 helicopter Low level United States Hudson River, New York 4 200 Syrian Arab Airlines Flight RB-501 Syrian Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter Climb Syria Damascus 0 11 Cessna 182L / Cessna 185F Cruise United States Superior, Wisconsin 3 2 Cirrus SR22 / Robinson R44 II Approach/Climb United States Frederick, Maryland 10 0 Two Eurocopter AS350 helicopters Climb Argentina La Rioja Province 2 1 USAF F-16 Cessna 150 Approach Climb United States Moncks Corner, South Carolina 7 112 Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Flight 71 Senegalair business jet Cruise Senegal Eastern 0 3 Piper PA-28 CherokeeRobinson R22 Landing United States Clearwater Air Park 6 10 Mountain Air Service DHC-2Taquan Air DHC-3 Descent United States George Inlet, Alaska 7 0 de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Piper PA-12 Climb United States Soldotna, Alaska 0 3 Key Lime Air Flight 970Private Cirrus SR22 flight Approach United States Arapahoe County, Colorado 4 0 Piper PA-46 Malibu / Cessna 172 Approach United States North Las Vegas, Nevada 3 0Cessna 172Sonex Xenos Cruise United States Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado 2 0Zlín Z-526Zlín Z-526 Aerobatic display Germany Gera 4 9 Two Eurocopter EC130 helicopters Climb/descent Australia Gold Coast Seaway, Queensland 2 0 Air Tractor AT-504 / AT-502 Aerobatic display Panama Guabito, Changuinola district 4 0 Piper PA28-161 Cadet / Piper J-3 Cub Climb/Descent United States Winter Haven, Florida 2 44 De Havilland Canada Dash 8 / Cessna 172 Climb/Approach Kenya Nairobi National Park 1 1 Yakovlev Yak-52 / Yakovlev Yak-52 Descent Portugal Beja, Alentejo Region 1 1 Air Tractor AT-502B / Air Tractor 502-B Cruise United States Near Whiteface, Texas 1 1 Air Tractor AT-802 / Air Tractor AT-502B Cruise United States Arco, Idaho 1 1 Air Tractor AT-802A / Air Tractor AT-502B Cruise United States Near Bonita, Louisiana 2 0 Robinson R22 Beta / Robinson R22 Beta Approach Australia Mount Anderson Station near Camballin, Western Australia 3 0Cessna 182 / Jabiru UL-450Cruise AustraliaBelimbla Park, New South Wales 67 0 American Eagle Flight 5342 / U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Approach United States Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, United States 2 2 Lancair 360 MK IICessna 172 Cruise United States Marana Regional Airport, United States 5 0 Robinson R44 / Robinson R44 Cruise Finland Eura 2 0 Cessna 172Cessna 152 Approach Canada Steinbach, Manitoba 1 3 Extra EA-300/LCCessna 172M Skyhawk II Approach United States Fort Morgan Municipal Airport 2 2 Cessna R172K Hawk XPCessna 172Q Cutlass En route Bolivia Near Santa Ana del YacumaJune 14, 202660Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil / Bell 206UnknownBrazilRecreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro

Purely military

Date Fatalities Survivors Aircraft involved Site 0 4 Two Avro Ansons of the RAAF Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia 26 0 RAF Vickers Valetta RAF Avro Lancaster Mediterranean Sea near Sicily 66 0 Two USAF C-119 Flying Boxcars near Stuttgart, Germany 0 4 USAF B-47 Stratojet USAF F-86 Sabre Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S. 18 0 Two U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquoises Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S. 7 4 USAF B-52G Stratofortress USAF KC-135 Stratotanker Mediterranean Sea near Palomares, Almería, Spain 16 1 NASA Convair C-990 Coronado US Navy P-3 Orion Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, U.S. 0 3 Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle A-4 Skyhawk Negev, Israel 13 0Two C-141B StarlifterNorth Central Montana, U.S. 24 7 F-16 Fighting Falcon C-130 Hercules Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, U.S. 73 0 Two IAF Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters She'ar Yashuv, Israel 33 0 USAF C-141B Starlifter German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M Off the coast of Namibia 12 0 2 USAF HH-60G Pavehawk Nevada Test & Training Range 1 24 USN Lockheed EP-3E PLAN Shenyang J-8II South China Sea near Hainan Island, PRC 1 1 Two Sukhoi Su-27s of the Russian Knights Moscow, Russia 9 0 USCG C-130 USMC Cobra Helicopter Off the coast of California, U.S. 1 1 Two SLAF IAI Kfir Yakkala, Gampaha, Sri LankaSeptember 11, 201311Two SEPECAT JaguarRakhyut, Oman 2 1 Learjet 35A Eurofighter Typhoon Olsberg, Germany 6 2 KC-135J Stratotanker F/A-18 Hornet Iwakuni, Japan 13 0 French Armed Forces Eurocopter Tiger Eurocopter AS532 Cougar Ménaka, Ménaka Region, Mali 6 0 B-17 Flying Fortress