Plane crashes in 1979

381 crashes worldwide in 1979, with 2,468 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 381
• Fatal crashes: 223
• Fatalities: 2,468
• First recorded: January 2, 1979
• Most recent: December 31, 1979

Deadliest

1. May 25, 1979: Douglas DC-10, Chicago-O'Hare Illinois, United States (273 fatalities)
2. November 28, 1979: Douglas DC-10, Ross Island, Antarctica (257 fatalities)
3. March 14, 1979: Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident, Beijing-Xijiao Beijing, China (192 fatalities)
4. November 26, 1979: Boeing 707, At Ta'if Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (156 fatalities)
5. August 11, 1979: Tupolev TU-134, Kurilovka Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (94 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (140)
• Russia (35)
• Canada (23)
• Australia (9)
• Brazil (9)
• France (7)
• Bahamas (6)
• Colombia (6)
• Germany (6)
• Bolivia (5)
• Indonesia (5)
• Italy (5)

Manufacturers

• Beechcraft (41)
• Cessna (33)
• Douglas (31)
• PZL-Mielec (29)
• De Havilland (28)
• Piper (28)
• Rockwell (20)
• Lockheed (19)
• Antonov (14)
• Britten-Norman (12)
• Boeing (11)
• Grumman (9)

Aircraft

• PZL-Mielec AN-2 (29)
• Beechcraft E18 (11)
• Britten-Norman Islander (11)
• De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (11)
• Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (10)
• De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (9)
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (9)
• Boeing 707 (8)
• Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise (8)
• Beechcraft 90 King Air (7)
• Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair (7)
• Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) (7)

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

• December 31, 1979: Casa 212 Aviocar, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
• December 28, 1979: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Hayden-Yampa Valley Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
• December 27, 1979: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Puerto Lempira Gracias a Dios, Honduras (2 fatalities)
• December 26, 1979: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Eagle County-FlyVail Colorado, United States (5 fatalities)
• December 25, 1979: Ilyushin II-76, Kabul Kabul, Afghanistan (47 fatalities)
• December 23, 1979: Curtiss C-46 Commando, La Paz La Paz, Bolivia (3 fatalities)
• December 23, 1979: GAF Nomad N.22, Manari Central, Papua New Guinea (16 fatalities)
• December 22, 1979: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Santa Fe New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
• December 22, 1979: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Leeville Louisiana, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 22, 1979: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Puerto Esperenza Ucayali, Peru (29 fatalities)
• December 22, 1979: Beechcraft E18, Orlando-Executive (Herndon) Florida, United States (4 fatalities)
• December 21, 1979: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Provo Utah, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 21, 1979: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Locust Grove Arkansas, United States (4 fatalities)
• December 20, 1979: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Plato Magdalena, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• December 19, 1979: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Oroque Norte de Santander, Colombia (4 fatalities)
• December 18, 1979: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Toledo Norte de Santander, Colombia (21 fatalities)
• December 18, 1979: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Halifax-Stanfield Nova Scotia, Canada (2 fatalities)
• December 16, 1979: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Lexington-Blue Grass Kentucky, United States (7 fatalities)
• December 15, 1979: Cessna 500 Citation, Machiques Zulia, Venezuela (2 fatalities)
• December 15, 1979: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Point Cook (Melbourne) Victoria, Australia (1 fatality)
• December 12, 1979: Martin 404, Apolo La Paz, Bolivia (10 fatalities)
• December 11, 1979: Cessna 411, Baradero Buenos Aires province, Argentina (6 fatalities)
• December 10, 1979: Learjet 36, Forli Emilia-Romagna, Italy (5 fatalities)
• December 10, 1979: Antonov AN-26, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (9 fatalities)
• December 10, 1979: PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750), Maramarua Waikato Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• December 9, 1979: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Bishop California, United States (1 fatality)
• December 9, 1979: Antonov AN-12, Chirchik AFB (Tashkent) Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan (6 fatalities)
• December 7, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Grozny Republic of Chechnya, Russia (0 fatalities)
• December 6, 1979: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Captains Flat New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
• December 5, 1979: Fletcher FU-24, Carterton Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
• December 3, 1979: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Nome Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
• December 2, 1979: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, San Angelo-Mathis Field Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 2, 1979: Learjet 24, Dutch Harbor Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 1, 1979: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Cahuita Limón (Caribbean Coast), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
• November 30, 1979: Grumman G-21A Goose, San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia (9 fatalities)
• November 30, 1979: Boeing 707, Jeddah Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
• November 29, 1979: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Mwanza Mwanza Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
• November 28, 1979: Douglas DC-10, Ross Island, Antarctica (257 fatalities)
• November 27, 1979: BAe 125, Baldonnel-Casement AFB (Dublin) Leinster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
• November 26, 1979: Boeing 707, At Ta'if Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (156 fatalities)
• November 26, 1979: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Leo Creek British Columbia, Canada (3 fatalities)
• November 26, 1979: Partenavia P.68, Orsett Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 26, 1979: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Post Oak Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• November 25, 1979: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Jacksonville-Executive at Craig Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 24, 1979: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Freeport West Grand Bahama, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
• November 23, 1979: Ilyushin II-76, Vitebsk Vitebsk voblast, Belarus (7 fatalities)
• November 21, 1979: IAI Arava 201, Puerto Williams Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile (8 fatalities)
• November 19, 1979: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, McCormick South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 19, 1979: IAI Arava 201, Loja Loja, Ecuador (16 fatalities)
• November 19, 1979: Cessna 500 Citation, Castle Rock Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 18, 1979: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 18, 1979: Fokker F27 Friendship, Sabhar Dhaka, Bangladesh (0 fatalities)
• November 16, 1979: Yakovlev Yak-40, Vologda Vologda oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
• November 16, 1979: Martin 404, Grand Canyon-National Park Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 16, 1979: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Teterboro New Jersey, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 14, 1979: Beechcraft D18, Corona California, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 13, 1979: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cascavel Paraná, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• November 13, 1979: Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, United States (1 fatality)
• November 13, 1979: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Churchill Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 11, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Bugulma Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (2 fatalities)
• November 7, 1979: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kaduqli South Kordofan, Sudan (0 fatalities)
• November 6, 1979: Britten-Norman Islander, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• November 5, 1979: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Tau, Samoa Islands, Samoa Islands (Western Samoa) (0 fatalities)
• November 5, 1979: Britten-Norman Islander, Huabango Gulf, Papua New Guinea (3 fatalities)
• November 4, 1979: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Pacific Ocean, World (1 fatality)
• November 3, 1979: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, McKinstry Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 2, 1979: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Greenville-Downtown South Carolina, United States (5 fatalities)
• November 1, 1979: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Nashville Tennessee, United States (5 fatalities)
• November 1, 1979: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Big Trout Lake Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
• October 31, 1979: Douglas DC-6, Cozumel Quintana Roo, Mexico (5 fatalities)
• October 31, 1979: Douglas DC-10, Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (73 fatalities)
• October 31, 1979: Yakovlev Yak-40, Tikhoretsk Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 30, 1979: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bettles Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 27, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Lensk Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (3 fatalities)
• October 27, 1979: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, San Ysidro California, United States (10 fatalities)
• October 25, 1979: Vickers Viscount, Kirkwall Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 25, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Pskov AFB Pskov oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 25, 1979: Cessna 411, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
• October 23, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Câmpina Prahova, Romania (0 fatalities)
• October 22, 1979: Dornier DO.28A/B, Thailand (0 fatalities)
• October 20, 1979: Britten-Norman Islander, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• October 19, 1979: Swearingen SA26T Merlin II, Palo Alto California, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 19, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Leshukonskoye Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 18, 1979: Douglas DC-3, Carmelita Petén, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
• October 16, 1979: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Quesnel British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
• October 13, 1979: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Olenek Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 10, 1979: Canadair CL-44, Montevideo-Carrasco Montevideo City District, Uruguay (0 fatalities)
• October 9, 1979: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Uniontown Pennsylvania, United States (1 fatality)
• October 9, 1979: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Otter Lake Saskatchewan, Canada (6 fatalities)
• October 8, 1979: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Anchorage-Merrill Field Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
• October 8, 1979: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States (8 fatalities)
• October 8, 1979: Grumman G-21A Goose, Fern Passage British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
• October 7, 1979: Douglas DC-8, Athens-Ellinikon Attica, Greece (14 fatalities)
• October 4, 1979: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Atlantic Ocean, World (1 fatality)
• October 4, 1979: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Alexandria Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 3, 1979: Nord 2501 Noratlas, Royan Charente-Maritime, France (0 fatalities)
• October 3, 1979: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Juneau Alaska, United States (3 fatalities)
• October 1, 1979: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Sparrevohn Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 1, 1979: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Columbus-Ohio State University-Don Scott Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 30, 1979: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Sechelt British Columbia, Canada (2 fatalities)