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

All crashes (page 4 of 5)

April 5, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Fellsmere Florida, United States (1 fatality)
April 5, 1978: Grumman G-21A Goose, Red Hook, US Virgin Islands (2 fatalities)
April 4, 1978: Boeing 737-200, Charleroi-Brussels South (Gosselies) Hainaut, Belgium (0 fatalities)
April 4, 1978: Antonov AN-2, Muryuk Kemerovo oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
April 3, 1978: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Nassau New Providence, Bahamas (5 fatalities)
April 2, 1978: Boeing 737-200, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
April 2, 1978: Dornier DO.28D Skyservant, Bethel Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
April 1, 1978: Convair CV-240, Unguía Chocó, Colombia (0 fatalities)
March 31, 1978: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Salisbury-Wicomico County Maryland, United States (5 fatalities)
March 30, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Landsborough Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
March 30, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Melbourne-Tullamarine Victoria, Australia (1 fatality)
March 30, 1978: Learjet 23, Hollywood-Burbank (Bob Hope) California, United States (0 fatalities)
March 30, 1978: Beechcraft U-21 Ute, United States of America, United States (0 fatalities)
March 30, 1978: Antonov AN-8, Stupino-Krutyshki Moscow oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
March 30, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Poland (0 fatalities)
March 28, 1978: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Saint-Barthélemy-Rémy de Haenen (Saint-Jean-Gustave III) Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Barthélemy (0 fatalities)
March 27, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Indian Harbor Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
March 26, 1978: Cessna 411, Santa Fe New Mexico, United States (6 fatalities)
March 25, 1978: Beechcraft H18, Saint Louis-Downtown Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
March 25, 1978: Fokker F27 Friendship, Yangon-Mingaladon Yangon Region, Myanmar (48 fatalities)
March 25, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Atlantic Ocean, World (2 fatalities)
March 23, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Damascus Damascus Governorate, Syria (4 fatalities)
March 23, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands (1 fatality)
March 22, 1978: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Riverside California, United States (6 fatalities)
March 21, 1978: Convair CV-340, Elma Iowa, United States (0 fatalities)
March 19, 1978: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Houston Texas, United States (2 fatalities)
March 17, 1978: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Angmagssalik (Tasiilaq) Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland (2 fatalities)
March 16, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Leesburg-Flying Baron Estates Florida, United States (1 fatality)
March 16, 1978: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Rio Branco Acre, Brazil (0 fatalities)
March 16, 1978: Tupolev TU-134, Gabare Vratsa, Bulgaria (73 fatalities)
March 15, 1978: Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, Keflavik Southern Peninsula, Iceland (0 fatalities)
March 15, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Surat Thani Surat Thani, Thailand (0 fatalities)
March 14, 1978: Beechcraft D18, Pontiac-Oakland County Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
March 12, 1978: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Magdalena, Colombia (2 fatalities)
March 8, 1978: Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, Greenup Kentucky, United States (3 fatalities)
March 8, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Aswan Aswan, Egypt (6 fatalities)
March 5, 1978: Partenavia P.68, Mt Falkefjellet Finnmark, Norway (2 fatalities)
March 4, 1978: Ilyushin II-14, Petrozavodsk Republic of Karelia, Russia (7 fatalities)
March 3, 1978: Douglas DC-8, Santiago de Compostela Galicia, Spain (0 fatalities)
March 3, 1978: Avro 748, Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas, Venezuela (47 fatalities)
March 3, 1978: Cessna 411, Chilcoot California, United States (4 fatalities)
March 2, 1978: Beechcraft G18S, Rockingham-Hamlet North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
March 2, 1978: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Kano Kano, Nigeria (16 fatalities)
March 2, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Gdańsk Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie), Poland (0 fatalities)
March 1, 1978: Douglas DC-10, Los Angeles California, United States (2 fatalities)
February 28, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Garaina Morobe, Papua New Guinea (1 fatality)
February 28, 1978: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Solvang California, United States (7 fatalities)
February 28, 1978: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Gulf of Mexico All, World (5 fatalities)
February 27, 1978: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Big Piney Wyoming, United States (6 fatalities)
February 27, 1978: Evangel 4500, Merrill Pass Alaska, United States (3 fatalities)
February 27, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (3 fatalities)
February 27, 1978: Dornier DO.28A/B, Edson Alberta, Canada (4 fatalities)
February 25, 1978: Fairchild-Hiller FH-227, Abadan Khuzestan, Iran (0 fatalities)
February 24, 1978: Douglas DC-6, San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
February 23, 1978: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Jacksonville-Towers Field NAS Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
February 22, 1978: Learjet 35, Palermo-Punta Raisi Sicily, Italy (3 fatalities)
February 21, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt San Vicente Santander, Colombia (5 fatalities)
February 19, 1978: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Glenrock Wyoming, United States (6 fatalities)
February 19, 1978: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tarapoto-Comandante Guillermo del Castillo Paredes San Martín, Peru (4 fatalities)
February 18, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
February 18, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Searcy Arkansas, United States (2 fatalities)
February 17, 1978: Beechcraft E18, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
February 17, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Brus Laguna Gracias a Dios, Honduras (0 fatalities)
February 16, 1978: Cessna 340, Amarillo-Rick Husband Texas, United States (1 fatality)
February 16, 1978: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne (Aulnat) Puy-de-Dôme, France (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1978: Boeing 707, Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain (0 fatalities)
February 15, 1978: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Santa María Amajac Hidalgo, Mexico (4 fatalities)
February 13, 1978: Cessna 402, Gävle Gästrikland, Sweden (4 fatalities)
February 13, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Morrisville North Carolina, United States (4 fatalities)
February 12, 1978: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Neiva Huila, Colombia (5 fatalities)
February 11, 1978: Boeing 737-200, Cranbrook British Columbia, Canada (42 fatalities)
February 11, 1978: Beechcraft D18, Clewiston Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
February 10, 1978: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Richland Washington, United States (17 fatalities)
February 10, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Artigas Artigas, Uruguay (44 fatalities)
February 9, 1978: Douglas A-26 Invader, Chino California, United States (0 fatalities)
February 8, 1978: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Tamanrasset Tamanrasset, Algeria (0 fatalities)
February 6, 1978: Cessna 402, Greensboro North Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
February 6, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Tortola-Terrance B. Lettsome, British Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
February 2, 1978: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Tambon Bothonglang Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (7 fatalities)
February 2, 1978: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Santa Rosa de Calamuchita Córdoba, Argentina (4 fatalities)
February 1, 1978: Cessna 402, Tuscaloosa Alabama, United States (1 fatality)
February 1, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Krasnoye Vologda oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
January 31, 1978: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Eirunepé-Amaury Feitosa Tomaz Amazonas, Brazil (2 fatalities)
January 29, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Faya-Largeau Borkou, Chad (0 fatalities)
January 28, 1978: Douglas DC-3, San Vicente del Caguán Caquetá, Colombia (12 fatalities)
January 28, 1978: Douglas DC-3, Zouar Tibesti, Chad (2 fatalities)
January 25, 1978: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Nueve de Julio Corrientes, Argentina (2 fatalities)
January 24, 1978: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), DuBois-Jefferson County Pennsylvania, United States (2 fatalities)
January 24, 1978: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, San Ramón Santa Cruz, Bolivia (1 fatality)
January 22, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Katherine Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
January 20, 1978: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Los Chorrilos Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (2 fatalities)
January 20, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Toksook Bay Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
January 20, 1978: Beechcraft U-21 Ute, Sinop Black Sea Region, Türkiye (5 fatalities)
January 20, 1978: Shin Meiwa PS-1, Cape Ashizuri Shikoku, Japan (0 fatalities)
January 19, 1978: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Hawesville-Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field Kentucky, United States (0 fatalities)
January 18, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Pueblo Colorado, United States (3 fatalities)
January 14, 1978: Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, Supply North Carolina, United States (5 fatalities)
January 10, 1978: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Yazoo City Mississippi, United States (5 fatalities)
January 9, 1978: Britten-Norman Trislander, Ciénaga Magdalena, Colombia (0 fatalities)
January 6, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Anniston Alabama, United States (1 fatality)