Douglas DC-9 crashes

116 crashes involving the Douglas DC-9 since 1966, with 2,766 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 116
• Fatal crashes: 62
• Fatalities: 2,766
• First recorded: October 1, 1966
• Most recent: January 18, 2014

Deadliest

1. March 16, 1969: Douglas DC-9, La Trinidad Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela (155 fatalities)
2. September 10, 1976: Douglas DC-9, Vrbovec Zagreb County, Croatia (113 fatalities)
3. May 11, 1996: Douglas DC-9, Everglades National Park, Florida, United States (110 fatalities)
4. December 10, 2005: Douglas DC-9, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (108 fatalities)
5. December 23, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (108 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (46)
• Mexico (14)
• Indonesia (9)
• Venezuela (9)
• Spain (5)
• Colombia (4)
• Italy (4)
• Norway (3)
• Czech Republic (2)
• Liberia (2)
• Canada (1)
• Croatia (1)

Years

• 1987 (8)
• 1972 (6)
• 1973 (6)
• 1980 (6)
• 1983 (6)
• 1976 (4)
• 1981 (4)
• 1984 (4)
• 1985 (4)
• 1986 (4)
• 1993 (4)
• 2000 (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• January 18, 2014: Douglas DC-9, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• September 26, 2011: Douglas DC-9, Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• July 6, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (1 fatality)
• April 15, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (40 fatalities)
• February 12, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar, Vargas, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• December 10, 2005: Douglas DC-9, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (108 fatalities)
• May 10, 2005: Douglas DC-9, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 21, 2004: Douglas DC-9, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 2003: Douglas DC-9, Mitú-Fabio Alberto León Bentley, Vaupés, Colombia (3 fatalities)
• October 31, 2002: Douglas DC-9, Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• June 14, 2002: Douglas DC-9, Neiva, Huila, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• November 29, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson, Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 13, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Conakry-Gbessia, Conakry Region, Guinea (0 fatalities)
• October 6, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Reynosa-General Lucio Blanco, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4 fatalities)
• August 8, 2000: Douglas DC-9, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 9, 1999: Douglas DC-9, Uruapan-General Ignacio López Rayón, Michoacán, Mexico (18 fatalities)
• September 9, 1999: Douglas DC-9, Nashville, Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 8, 1999: Douglas DC-9, Moscow-Vnukovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• February 2, 1998: Douglas DC-9, Mt Sumagaya, Misamis Oriental, Philippines (104 fatalities)
• October 15, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• October 10, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Nuevo Berlin, Río Negro, Uruguay (74 fatalities)
• April 12, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Abidjan, Lagunes, Ivory Coast (0 fatalities)
• May 14, 1996: Douglas DC-9, Tampico-General Francisco Javier Mina, Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• May 11, 1996: Douglas DC-9, Everglades National Park, Florida, United States (110 fatalities)
• February 19, 1996: Douglas DC-9, Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 26, 1995: Douglas DC-9, Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne, Montserrado, Liberia (0 fatalities)
• June 8, 1995: Douglas DC-9, Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson, Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 11, 1995: Douglas DC-9, María La Baja, Bolívar, Colombia (51 fatalities)
• August 18, 1994: Douglas DC-9, Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne, Montserrado, Liberia (0 fatalities)
• July 2, 1994: Douglas DC-9, Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, United States (37 fatalities)
• March 21, 1994: Douglas DC-9, Vigo, Galicia, Spain (0 fatalities)
• July 19, 1993: Douglas DC-9, Ciudad Bolívar-Tomás de Heres, Bolívar, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• June 21, 1993: Douglas DC-9, Denpasar-I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• April 18, 1993: Douglas DC-9, Hanamaki, Tōhoku, Japan (0 fatalities)
• April 2, 1993: Douglas DC-9, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (11 fatalities)
• March 30, 1992: Douglas DC-9, Granada, Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
• March 26, 1992: Douglas DC-9, Tumaco-La Florida, Nariño, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• January 18, 1992: Douglas DC-9, Elmira-Corning, New York, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 17, 1991: Douglas DC-9, Warsaw-Okęcie-Frederic Chopin, Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland (0 fatalities)
• March 5, 1991: Douglas DC-9, Mt Paramo Los Torres, Trujillo, Venezuela (45 fatalities)
• February 17, 1991: Douglas DC-9, Cleveland-Hopkins, Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 3, 1990: Douglas DC-9, Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, United States (8 fatalities)
• November 14, 1990: Douglas DC-9, Zurich-Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland (46 fatalities)
• February 17, 1990: Douglas DC-9, Mahón, Balearic Islands, Spain (0 fatalities)
• March 18, 1989: Douglas DC-9, Carswell AFB (Fort Worth), Texas, United States (2 fatalities)
• March 18, 1989: Douglas DC-9, Carswell AFB (Fort Worth), Texas, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 28, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Pensacola, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 28, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Pensacola, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 15, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Denver-Stapleton, Colorado, United States (28 fatalities)
• November 15, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Denver-Stapleton, Colorado, USA, United States (28 fatalities)
• April 4, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Medan-Polonia, North Sumatra, Indonesia (23 fatalities)
• April 4, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Medan-Polonia, North Sumatra, Indonesia (23 fatalities)
• February 23, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Trondheim-Værnes, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (0 fatalities)
• February 23, 1987: Douglas DC-9, Trondheim-Værnes, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (0 fatalities)
• August 31, 1986: Douglas DC-9, Los Angeles, California, United States (82 fatalities)
• August 31, 1986: Douglas DC-9, Los Angeles, California, USA, United States (82 fatalities)
• February 21, 1986: Douglas DC-9, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 21, 1986: Douglas DC-9, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 6, 1985: Douglas DC-9, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States (31 fatalities)
• September 6, 1985: Douglas DC-9, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, United States (31 fatalities)
• February 6, 1985: Douglas DC-9, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 6, 1985: Douglas DC-9, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 30, 1984: Douglas DC-9, Denpasar-I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• December 30, 1984: Douglas DC-9, Denpasar-I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• June 11, 1984: Douglas DC-9, Jakarta-Kemayoran, City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• June 11, 1984: Douglas DC-9, Jakarta-Kemayoran, City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (42 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (42 fatalities)
• June 2, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, Kentucky, USA, United States (23 fatalities)
• June 2, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, Kentucky, United States (23 fatalities)
• March 11, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela (23 fatalities)
• March 11, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela (23 fatalities)
• November 8, 1981: Douglas DC-9, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico (18 fatalities)
• November 8, 1981: Douglas DC-9, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico (18 fatalities)
• July 27, 1981: Douglas DC-9, Chihuahua-General Roberto Fierro Villalobos, Chihuahua, Mexico (32 fatalities)
• July 27, 1981: Douglas DC-9, Chihuahua-General Roberto Fierro Villalobos, Chihuahua, Mexico (32 fatalities)
• June 27, 1980: Douglas DC-9, Ustica, Sicily, Italy (81 fatalities)
• June 27, 1980: Douglas DC-9, Ustica, Sicily, Italy (81 fatalities)
• March 17, 1980: Douglas DC-9, Baton Rouge-Metropolitan (Harding Field), Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 17, 1980: Douglas DC-9, Baton Rouge-Metropolitan (Harding Field), Louisiana, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 13, 1980: Douglas DC-9, Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• January 13, 1980: Douglas DC-9, Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• September 14, 1979: Douglas DC-9, Sarroch Sardinia, Italy (31 fatalities)
• February 9, 1979: Douglas DC-9, Dade-Collier Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 23, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (108 fatalities)
• June 26, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson Ontario, Canada (2 fatalities)
• April 4, 1977: Douglas DC-9, New Hope Georgia, United States (72 fatalities)
• November 16, 1976: Douglas DC-9, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 10, 1976: Douglas DC-9, Vrbovec Zagreb County, Croatia (113 fatalities)
• September 2, 1976: Douglas DC-9, León Guanajuato, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• June 23, 1976: Douglas DC-9, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 30, 1975: Douglas DC-9, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (75 fatalities)
• December 22, 1974: Douglas DC-9, Maturín-José Tadeo Monagas (ex Quiriquire) Monagas, Venezuela (75 fatalities)
• November 23, 1974: Douglas DC-9, Belgrade-Nikola Tesla Belgrade City District, Serbia (0 fatalities)
• September 11, 1974: Douglas DC-9, Charlotte-Douglas North Carolina, United States (72 fatalities)
• November 27, 1973: Douglas DC-9, Akron-Canton Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 1973: Douglas DC-9, Chattanooga Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 31, 1973: Douglas DC-9, Boston-Logan Massachusetts, United States (88 fatalities)
• June 20, 1973: Douglas DC-9, Puerto Vallarta Jalisco, Mexico (27 fatalities)
• March 5, 1973: Douglas DC-9, La Planche Loire-Atlantique, France (68 fatalities)