Plane crashes in 1978

408 crashes worldwide in 1978, with 2,220 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 408
Fatal crashes: 253
Fatalities: 2,220
First recorded: January 1, 1978
Most recent: December 30, 1978

Deadliest

January 1, 1978: Boeing 747-200, Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz) Maharashtra, India (213 fatalities)
November 15, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Colombo-Bandaranaike Western Province, Sri Lanka (183 fatalities)
September 25, 1978: Boeing 727-200, San Diego California, United States (142 fatalities)
December 23, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (108 fatalities)
November 19, 1978: Antonov AN-12, Leh-Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Jammu and Kashmir, India (78 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (53)
Beechcraft (48)
Cessna (36)
Piper (31)
Rockwell (31)
De Havilland (27)
PZL-Mielec (26)
Antonov (15)
Lockheed (15)
Britten-Norman (13)
Grumman (13)
Boeing (11)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 5)

December 30, 1978: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental Texas, United States (1 fatality)
December 28, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Portland-Intl Oregon, United States (10 fatalities)
December 28, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Oklahoma City-Clarence E. Page Oklahoma, United States (1 fatality)
December 27, 1978: Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, Niedernach Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
December 26, 1978: Learjet 25, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Turks and Caicos Islands (10 fatalities)
December 25, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Lake Placid New York, United States (3 fatalities)
December 23, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (108 fatalities)
December 21, 1978: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Chevak Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
December 20, 1978: Learjet 25, Minneapolis-Saint Paul Minnesota, United States (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Dallas-Love Field Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1978: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Bordelonville-Brumfield Louisiana, United States (5 fatalities)
December 19, 1978: Antonov AN-24, Samarkand Samarkand Province, Uzbekistan (5 fatalities)
December 18, 1978: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Cleveland-Hopkins Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1978: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Tyrrhenian Sea, World (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1978: Boeing 737-200, Hyderabad-Begumpet Telangana, India (4 fatalities)
December 16, 1978: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Leonessa Lazio, Italy (10 fatalities)
December 15, 1978: Fokker F27 Friendship, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam Sindh, Pakistan (1 fatality)
December 15, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Ocean Falls British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belle Glade Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1978: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Port Mayaca Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
December 10, 1978: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Fort Campbell AFB Kentucky, United States (5 fatalities)
December 9, 1978: Antonov AN-26, Chersky Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (7 fatalities)
December 8, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Boyacá, Colombia (3 fatalities)
December 8, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Corralito Santa Cruz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Orel Oryol oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Omaha-Eppley Nebraska, United States (7 fatalities)
December 5, 1978: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Sebring Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
December 4, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Steamboat Springs-Bob Adams Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
December 4, 1978: Learjet 25, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
December 2, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Des Moines Iowa, United States (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Nelkan Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1978: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Jocoli Mendoza, Argentina (1 fatality)
November 30, 1978: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Cottageville South Carolina, United States (6 fatalities)
November 29, 1978: Convair CV-240, Miami-Executive (Kendall-Tamiami) Florida, United States (1 fatality)
November 28, 1978: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Hartford-Brainard Connecticut, United States (3 fatalities)
November 28, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Maykop Republic of Adygea, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Hydaburg Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
November 22, 1978: Swearingen SA26T Merlin II, Olive Branch Mississippi, United States (1 fatality)
November 21, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rubio Táchira, Venezuela (28 fatalities)
November 20, 1978: Beechcraft H18, Brownsville-South Padre Island Texas, United States (1 fatality)
November 19, 1978: Antonov AN-12, Leh-Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Jammu and Kashmir, India (78 fatalities)
November 18, 1978: Martin 404, Punto Fijo Falcón, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe (15 fatalities)
November 18, 1978: Fletcher FU-24, Kakatahi Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (1 fatality)
November 17, 1978: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Gallup New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
November 17, 1978: Antonov AN-24, Arad Arad, Romania (5 fatalities)
November 16, 1978: Beechcraft G18S, Hays Kansas, United States (2 fatalities)
November 15, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Colombo-Bandaranaike Western Province, Sri Lanka (183 fatalities)
November 14, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ma'rib Ma'rib, Yemen (0 fatalities)
November 13, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Takoradi Western, Ghana (4 fatalities)
November 11, 1978: Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, Lucerne Valley California, United States (0 fatalities)
November 6, 1978: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers (Allen C. Thompson) Mississippi, United States (8 fatalities)
November 6, 1978: Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV, Sakon Nakhon Sakon Nakhon, Thailand (5 fatalities)
November 5, 1978: Grumman G-21A Goose, Christiansted, US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (18 fatalities)
November 4, 1978: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Bocaiúva Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (1 fatality)
November 3, 1978: Beechcraft D18, Flint-Bishop Michigan, United States (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1978: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Spaichbühl Baden-Württemberg, Germany (4 fatalities)
October 31, 1978: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Cordova Alaska, United States (3 fatalities)
October 31, 1978: Cessna 402, Ponta de Pedras Pará, Brazil (9 fatalities)
October 30, 1978: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Napaskiak Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1978: Cessna 402, North Bay Ontario, Canada (1 fatality)
October 27, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Saratov-Tsentralny Saratov oblast, Russia (14 fatalities)
October 27, 1978: Partenavia P.68, Leer-Papenburg Lower Saxony, Germany (1 fatality)
October 26, 1978: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Pacific Ocean, World (5 fatalities)
October 25, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Degehabur Somali, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kirensk Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Torreon New Mexico, United States (4 fatalities)
October 24, 1978: Learjet 24, Las Vegas-McCarran Nevada, United States (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1978: Antonov AN-24, Emelyanovka Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (26 fatalities)
October 22, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Bellona, Solomon Islands (11 fatalities)
October 20, 1978: Learjet 25, Vickery Ohio, United States (3 fatalities)
October 19, 1978: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, March AFB California, United States (5 fatalities)
October 19, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Guadalupe Chihuahua, Mexico (6 fatalities)
October 18, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Nizhnevartovsk Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 17, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Lanovtsy Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine (2 fatalities)
October 17, 1978: Learjet 24, Lancaster-General William J. Fox California, United States (1 fatality)
October 17, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Valledupar Cesar, Colombia (3 fatalities)
October 17, 1978: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Alief-Andrau Airpark (Houston) Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
October 17, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Pskhu Abkhazia, Georgia (9 fatalities)
October 15, 1978: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Riohacha La Guajira, Colombia (1 fatality)
October 15, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Soddo Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Barrow Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
October 13, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Mary Mary Province, Turkmenistan (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1978: Beechcraft G18S, Cleveland-Hopkins Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
October 9, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Potter Lake Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
October 9, 1978: Antonov AN-12, Teseney Gash-Barka, Eritrea (8 fatalities)
October 7, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 7, 1978: Yakovlev Yak-40, Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (38 fatalities)
October 7, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Divilacan Cagayan, Philippines (11 fatalities)
October 6, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Santiago de Chile Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (16 fatalities)
October 5, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Okitipupa Ondo, Nigeria (1 fatality)
October 4, 1978: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Santo Antônio do Içá Amazonas, Brazil (12 fatalities)
October 3, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Lexington-Blue Grass Kentucky, United States (5 fatalities)
October 3, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kuopio Northern Savonia, Finland (15 fatalities)
October 3, 1978: Fokker F27 Friendship, Mandalay-Chanmyathazi (Annisaton) Mandalay Region, Myanmar (2 fatalities)
October 2, 1978: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka) Tbilisi City District, Georgia (0 fatalities)