Plane crashes in Panama
31 crashes in Panama since 1980, with 178 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 31
- Fatal crashes: 14
- Fatalities: 178
- First recorded: March 29, 1980
- Most recent: May 16, 2025
Deadliest
- June 6, 1992: Boeing 737-200, Tucutí, Darién, Panama (47 fatalities)
- July 19, 1994: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Colón, Colón, Panama (21 fatalities)
- January 22, 1985: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Trujillo, Colón, Panama (21 fatalities)
- April 18, 1990: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Contadora Island, Panamá, Panama (20 fatalities)
- January 31, 1988: Casa 212 Aviocar, Panama, All Panama, Panama (16 fatalities)
Manufacturers
- Britten-Norman (10)
- Boeing (3)
- De Havilland (3)
- Cessna (2)
- Douglas (2)
- Fokker (2)
- Beechcraft (1)
- British Aerospace (1)
- CASA (1)
- Convair (1)
- Embraer (1)
- IAI (1)
Aircraft
- Britten-Norman Islander (8)
- De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (3)
- Britten-Norman Trislander (2)
- Douglas DC-6 (2)
- BAe Jetstream 31 (1)
- Beechcraft 90 King Air (1)
- Boeing 737-200 (1)
- Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (1)
- Casa 212 Aviocar (1)
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (1)
- Cessna 402 (1)
- Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante (1)
Years
All crashes
- May 16, 2025: Fokker 50, Bocas del Toro, Bocas del Toro, Panama (0 fatalities)
- November 24, 2023: Cessna 402, Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert (Albrook AFB), Panamá, Panama (1 fatality)
- July 19, 2015: Learjet 35, Panama City-Tocumen, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- July 19, 2013: Britten-Norman Islander, Perico Island, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- June 6, 2008: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Contadora Island, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- January 3, 2008: Britten-Norman Islander, Bahia Piña, Darién, Panama (0 fatalities)
- October 31, 2007: Fokker F27 Friendship, Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert (Albrook AFB), Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- June 1, 2006: BAe Jetstream 31, Bocas del Toro, Bocas del Toro, Panama (0 fatalities)
- August 16, 2004: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Vacamonte, Panamá Oeste, Panama (0 fatalities)
- July 2, 2004: IAI 1124 Westwind, Panama City-Tocumen, Panamá, Panama (7 fatalities)
- December 29, 2002: Britten-Norman Islander, Panama, All Panama, Panama (1 fatality)
- May 10, 2000: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Bocas del Toro, Bocas del Toro, Panama (0 fatalities)
- March 17, 2000: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Carreto, Guna Yala, Panama (10 fatalities)
- December 31, 1997: Britten-Norman Islander, Rio Sidra, Guna Yala, Panama (10 fatalities)
- August 15, 1996: Britten-Norman Islander, Panama City, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- July 19, 1994: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Colón, Colón, Panama (21 fatalities)
- November 19, 1993: Boeing 737-100, Panama City-Tocumen, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- June 6, 1992: Boeing 737-200, Tucutí, Darién, Panama (47 fatalities)
- April 18, 1990: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Contadora Island, Panamá, Panama (20 fatalities)
- May 24, 1988: Douglas DC-6, Mt Fábrega, Bocas del Toro, Panama (6 fatalities)
- January 31, 1988: Casa 212 Aviocar, Panama, All Panama, Panama (16 fatalities)
- June 17, 1986: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Howard AFB (Panama City), Panamá, Panama (4 fatalities)
- December 13, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Yaviza, Darién, Panama (7 fatalities)
- January 28, 1985: Britten-Norman Islander, Taboga Island, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- January 22, 1985: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Trujillo, Colón, Panama (21 fatalities)
- May 30, 1984: Britten-Norman Trislander, Panama, All Panama, Panama (0 fatalities)
- April 6, 1983: Britten-Norman Islander, Panama, All Panama, Panama (0 fatalities)
- November 1, 1982: Britten-Norman Trislander, Panama, All Panama, Panama (0 fatalities)
- July 31, 1981: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Coclecito, Coclé, Panama (7 fatalities)
- October 6, 1980: Douglas DC-6, Panama City-Tocumen, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)
- March 29, 1980: Convair 880, Panama City-Tocumen, Panamá, Panama (0 fatalities)