Accident Causes by Category

Notable Accident Causes by Category
Air Traffic Control Error
06/13/1947	Leesburg, Virginia	Pen Central Air
11/11/1949	Arlington, Virginia	Eastern / U.S. AF
04/14/1958	Castel de Fels, Spain	Aviaco
07/21/1961	Shemya, Alaska	Alaska AL
02/08/1965	New York, New York	Eastern AL
03/05/1969	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Prinair
01/14/1970	Mt. Pumacona, Peru	Faucett
02/06/1970	Samarkand, USSR	Aeroflot
12/20/1972	Chicago, Illinois	Delta/North Central
09/09/1976	Adler, Russia	Aeroflot / Aeroflot
09/10/1976	Gaj, Yugoslavia	Inex / British AW
08/11/1979	Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR	Aeroflot
04/19/1983	Keninakan, Russia	Aeroflot
02/01/1991	Los Angeles, California	USAir/Skywest
05/19/1993	Medellin, Colombia	SAM
11/07/1996	Lagos, Nigeria	Aviation Dev. Corp.
09/26/1997	Buah Nabar, Indonesia	Garuda Indonesian AL
Bird Strike
10/04/1960	Boston, Massachusetts	Eastern AL
11/23/1962	Ellicott, Maryland	United AL
09/15/1988	Bahar Dar, Ethiopia	Ethiopian AL
04/18/1990	Off Panama	Aero Perlas
09/22/1995	Anchorage, Alaska	U.S. Air Force
04/19/2000	Pepo, Congo	Centrafricain Airlines
01/25/2007	Pau, France	Reg Comp Aer Eur
Cargo Hold / Cabin Fire
07/09/1945	Florence, South Carolina	Eastern AL
06/17/1948	Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania	United AL
08/02/1949	Jaquirana, Brazil	Varig
01/09/1964	Zarate, Argentina	Aero Litoral Argentina
07/09/1964	Parrottsville, Tennesee	United AL
07/26/1969	Biskra, Algeria	Air Algerie
08/14/1972	Konigs, East Germany	Interflug
08/31/1972	Magnitogorsk, Russia	Aeroflot
07/11/1973	Paris, Orly, France	Varig
11/03/1973	Boston, Massachusetts	Pan American
11/26/1979	Ta'if, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Pakistan Inter. AL
08/19/1980	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian AL
12/24/1982	Guangzhou, China	CAAC
06/02/1983	Covington, Kentucky	Air Canada
07/02/1986	Syktyvar, Russia	Aeroflot
05/09/1987	Warsaw, Poland	LOT
11/28/1987	Mauritius, Indian Ocean	South African Airways
01/13/1990	Pervouralsk, Russia	Aeroflot
07/12/1995	Gumey, New Guinea	Milne Bay Air
05/11/1996	Everglades, Florida	ValuJjet
09/02/1998	Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia	Swissair
05/07/2002	Off Dalian, China	China Northern Airlines
Design Flaw
03/31/1933	Bazaar, Kansas	Trans Cont. & West AW
10/24/1947	Bryce Canyon, Utah	United AL
11/11/1947	Gallup, New Mexico	American AL
06/17/1948	Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania	United AL
08/29/1948	Winona, Minnesota	Northwest Orient AL
05/02/1953	Jalalogori, India	British Overseas AW
01/10/1954	Elba, Italy	British Overseas AW
04/08/1954	Off Stromboli, Italy	Trans Canada AL
02/05/1955	Calabar, Nigeria	West African AW
09/29/1959	Buffalo, Texas	Braniff AL
03/17/1960	Tell City, Indiana	Northwest Orient AL
07/05/1970	Toronto, Canada	Air Canada
03/03/1974	Ermenonville, France	Turkish AL
07/06/1982	Moscow, Russia	Aeroflot
07/30/1992	New York, New York	Trans World AL
04/06/1993	Over the Pacific Ocean	China Eastern AL
03/03/1991	Colorado Springs, Colorado	United AL
09/08/1994	Aliquippa, Pennsylvania	USair
12/05/1997	Irkutsk, Russia	Russian Air Force
Sabotage / Explosive Device
03/28/1933	Dixmude, Belgium	Imperial AW
10/10/1933	Chesterton, Indiana	United AL
05/07/1949	Sibuyan Sea, Philippines	Phillipine AL
09/09/1949	Sault-aux-Cochons, Canada	Canadian Pacific AL
08/12/1952	Palmeria de Goias, Brazil	Trans Aero Nac.
04/11/1955	Great Natuna Island, Sarawak	Air India
11/01/1955	Longmont, Colorado	United AL
07/25/1957	Daggett, California	Western AL
04/17/1959	Puerto Kino,Mexico	Tigres Voladores
09/08/1959	Poza Rica, Mexico	Mexicana
11/16/1959	Gulf of Mexico	National AL
01/06/1960	Bolivia, North Carolina	National AL
05/10/1961	In Amenas, Libya	Air France
05/22/1962	Unionville, Missouri	Continental AL
12/08/1964	Tripuani, Bolivia	Aerolineas Abaroa
07/08/1965	Dog Creek, British Columbia	Canadian Pacific AL
11/22/1966	Aden, Yemen	Aden AW
02/09/1967	Mexico City, Mexico	Cubana
10/12/1967	Rhodes, Greece	British European AW
12/22/1969	Nha Trang, Vietnam	Air Vietnam
02/21/1970	Zurich, Switzerland	Swissair
04/21/1970	Manila, Philippines	Philippine AL
11/21/1971	Penhu Island, Taiwan	China AL
01/26/1972	Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia	JAT
06/15/1972	Pleiku, Vietnam	Cathay Pacific AW
03/19/1973	Ben Me Thout, South Vietnam	Air Vietnam
04/21/1973	Patabangan, Philippines	Philippine AL
12/17/1973	Rome, Italy	Pan American AW
09/08/1974	Ionian Sea, Greece	Trans World AL
01/01/1976	Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia	Middle East AL
10/06/1976	Bridgetown, Barbados	Cubana
02/19/1979	Barentu, Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines
06/27/1980	Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy	Itavia
12/21/1980	Rio Hacha, Colombia	Trans. Aereos del Caribe
09/23/1983	Mina Jebel Ali, UAE	Gulf Air
06/23/1985	Atlantic Ocean, Ireland	Air India
04/02/1986	Athens, Greece	Trans World AL
05/03/1986	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Air Lanka
11/29/1987	Andaman Sea	Korean AL
03/01/1988	Johannesberg, South Africa	Comair
08/17/1988	Bahawalpur, Pakistan	Pakistan Air Force
12/21/1988	Lockerbie, Scotland	Pan American AW
09/19/1989	Bilma, Niger	Union des Trans. Aeriens
11/27/1989	Bogota, Colombia	Avianca
07/19/1994	Colon, Panama	Alas Chiricanas
12/11/1994	Pacific Ocean, Okinawa	Philippine AL
07/09/1997	Suzano, Brazil	TAM
03/03/2001	Bangkok, Thailand	Thai Airways
05/07/2002	Off Dalian, China	China Northern Airlines
08/24/2004	Toula, Russia	Volga-Avia Express
08/24/2004	Rostov-on-Don, Russia	Sibir Airlines