Douglas DC-10 crashes

22 crashes involving the Douglas DC-10 since 1982, with 490 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 22
• Fatal crashes: 8
• Fatalities: 490
• First recorded: January 23, 1982
• Most recent: October 28, 2016

Deadliest

1. September 19, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Niger, All Niger, Niger (170 fatalities)
2. July 19, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Sioux City-Gateway, Iowa, USA, United States (111 fatalities)
3. July 27, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya (80 fatalities)
4. December 21, 1992: Douglas DC-10, Faro, Algarve, Portugal (56 fatalities)
5. September 13, 1982: Douglas DC-10, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain (50 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (10)
• Argentina (1)
• Bangladesh (1)
• Colombia (1)
• Guatemala (1)
• Japan (1)
• Libya (1)
• Nicaragua (1)
• Niger (1)
• Nigeria (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Spain (1)

Years

• 1989 (3)
• 1982 (2)
• 1993 (2)
• 1996 (2)
• 2006 (2)
• 1983 (1)
• 1987 (1)
• 1988 (1)
• 1992 (1)
• 1999 (1)
• 2000 (1)
• 2003 (1)

All crashes

• October 28, 2016: Douglas DC-10, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• May 6, 2009: Douglas DC-10, Baltimore-Washington-Thurgood Marshall, Maryland, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 28, 2006: Douglas DC-10, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 4, 2006: Douglas DC-10, Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes, Managua City District, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
• July 1, 2005: Douglas DC-10, Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh (0 fatalities)
• April 28, 2004: Douglas DC-10, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 2003: Douglas DC-10, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 30, 2000: Douglas DC-10, Entebbe, Central, Uganda (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1999: Douglas DC-10, Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala (18 fatalities)
• September 5, 1996: Douglas DC-10, Newburgh-Stewart, New York, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• June 13, 1996: Douglas DC-10, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan (3 fatalities)
• November 26, 1993: Douglas DC-10, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini, Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• April 14, 1993: Douglas DC-10, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1992: Douglas DC-10, Faro, Algarve, Portugal (56 fatalities)
• September 19, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Niger, All Niger, Niger (170 fatalities)
• July 27, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya (80 fatalities)
• July 19, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Sioux City-Gateway, Iowa, USA, United States (111 fatalities)
• May 21, 1988: Douglas DC-10, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 10, 1987: Douglas DC-10, Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• December 23, 1983: Douglas DC-10, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 13, 1982: Douglas DC-10, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain (50 fatalities)
• January 23, 1982: Douglas DC-10, Boston-Logan, Massachusetts, USA, United States (2 fatalities)