Plane crashes in 1980

379 crashes worldwide in 1980, with 2,342 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 379
Fatal crashes: 224
Fatalities: 2,342
First recorded: January 2, 1980
Most recent: December 31, 1980

All crashes (page 2 of 4)

September 26, 1980: Beechcraft H18, Paraguachón, La Guajira, Colombia (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1980: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Saint-Agrève, Ardèche, France (2 fatalities)
September 24, 1980: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Santa Maria, California, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
September 23, 1980: Ilyushin II-76, Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq (4 fatalities)
September 22, 1980: Convair CV-240, Okeechobee, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 22, 1980: Britten-Norman Islander, Egilsstaðir, Eastern Region (Austurland), Iceland (3 fatalities)
September 22, 1980: Tupolev TU-16, Ilam, Ilam, Iran (6 fatalities)
September 21, 1980: Douglas A-26 Invader, Biggin Hill, London Metropolis, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
September 20, 1980: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Riohacha, La Guajira, Colombia (0 fatalities)
September 19, 1980: Cessna 421 Golden Eagle, Palm Springs, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1980: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Populus Lake, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1980: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Kindu, Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (36 fatalities)
September 17, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Zhezkazgan, Karagandy, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1980: Max Holste M.H.1521M Broussard, La Tour-Blanche, Dordogne, France (3 fatalities)
September 16, 1980: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Newburgh-Stewart, New York, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
September 15, 1980: Douglas DC-6, Port-au-Prince, West, Haiti (3 fatalities)
September 15, 1980: Ilyushin II-14, Bereznik, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 15, 1980: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Madinah, Saudi Arabia (89 fatalities)
September 14, 1980: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kindu, Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (36 fatalities)
September 14, 1980: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City, Argentina (5 fatalities)
September 13, 1980: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Mission, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1980: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
September 12, 1980: Cessna 401, Houma-Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
September 12, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Iquitos-Coronel Francisco Secada Vignetta, Loreto, Peru (3 fatalities)
September 12, 1980: Douglas DC-3, Freeport, West Grand Bahama, Bahamas (34 fatalities)
September 11, 1980: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Comes Lake, Quebec, Canada (1 fatality)
September 10, 1980: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Culpeper, Virginia, USA, United States (1 fatality)
September 10, 1980: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Puerto Berrío, Antioquia, Colombia (3 fatalities)
September 9, 1980: Beechcraft E18, Gainesville, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 8, 1980: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Abilene, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 7, 1980: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Lake Marian, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1980: Britten-Norman Islander, Mauritania, All Mauritania, Mauritania (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1980: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Barbers Point NAS, Hawaii, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1980: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès, Ardèche, France (8 fatalities)
September 4, 1980: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil (6 fatalities)
September 3, 1980: Boeing 727-100, San José-Juan Santamaría, Alajuela (Center-North), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1980: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Chicago-Midway, Illinois, USA, United States (1 fatality)
September 2, 1980: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Mt Illiniza (24 Mayo), Cotopaxi, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1980: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Summerville, Georgia, USA, United States (1 fatality)
August 31, 1980: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Münster-Telgte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (3 fatalities)
August 30, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Vonyshevo, Kostroma oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
August 29, 1980: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Sacramento-Executive, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1980: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Vero Beach, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 28, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1980: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Asunción, Distrito Capital, Paraguay (1 fatality)
August 27, 1980: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1980: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Paimiut, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1980: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Ramona, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 26, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia (37 fatalities)
August 25, 1980: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Kotzebue-Ralph Wien Memorial, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 25, 1980: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Port Maria, Saint Mary, Jamaica (1 fatality)
August 23, 1980: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guwahati, Assam, India (9 fatalities)
August 20, 1980: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Earl Stonham, Suffolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 20, 1980: Cessna 340, Petersburg-James A. Johnson, Alaska, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
August 19, 1980: Fokker F27 Friendship, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
August 19, 1980: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, Riyadh-King Khaled, Manţiqat ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia (301 fatalities)
August 19, 1980: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Montevideo-Carrasco, Montevideo City District, Uruguay (2 fatalities)
August 18, 1980: Cessna 411, Cape Coral, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 15, 1980: Grumman C-1A Trader, San Clemente Island NAS, California, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
August 14, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Cape Lamanon, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 13, 1980: Learjet 35, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (4 fatalities)
August 12, 1980: Cessna 401, Tewksbury-Tew Mac, Massachusetts, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 11, 1980: Britten-Norman Islander, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3 fatalities)
August 11, 1980: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Salmon, Idaho, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 10, 1980: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 10, 1980: Rockwell Aero Commander 685, Tokyo-Chōfu, Kantō, Japan (2 fatalities)
August 10, 1980: Antonov AN-2, Sisian, Syunik, Armenia (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania (1 fatality)
August 5, 1980: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Salmon, Idaho, USA, United States (1 fatality)
August 3, 1980: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Togiak, Alaska, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 2, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Nelkan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1980: Beechcraft E18, Porvenir, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1980: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1980: Douglas DC-8, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (8 fatalities)
July 31, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Krosinko, Greater Poland Voivodeship (Wielkopolskie), Poland (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1980: Cessna 404 Titan, Fort White, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 25, 1980: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
July 25, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Klimshchina, Smolensk oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
July 25, 1980: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Yurginskoye, Tyumen oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1980: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Iola, Texas, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 24, 1980: Max Holste M.H.1521M Broussard, Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain, France (6 fatalities)
July 24, 1980: Nord 2501 Noratlas, Shell Mera-Río Amazonas, Pastaza, Ecuador (2 fatalities)
July 23, 1980: Convair CV-240, Florida, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1980: Cessna 404 Titan, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
July 18, 1980: Yakovlev Yak-40, Arkhangelsk-Talagi, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1980: Beechcraft D18, Colonia, Yap Island, Micronesia (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1980: Fletcher FU-24, Kaikohe, Northland Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
July 17, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Exeter, Devonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 14, 1980: Vickers Viscount, Catamayo (ex Camilo Ponce Enríquez), Loja, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
July 12, 1980: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (1 fatality)
July 12, 1980: Douglas DC-3, Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture (François Duvalier), West, Haiti (3 fatalities)
July 12, 1980: Cessna 402, Golovin, Alaska, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
July 11, 1980: Cessna 401, Spirit Lake-Lake Okoboji, Iowa, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
July 10, 1980: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sinai Desert, North Sinai, Egypt (4 fatalities)
July 10, 1980: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Charleston-Intl, South Carolina, USA, United States (1 fatality)
July 8, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (166 fatalities)
July 8, 1980: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Bello, Antioquia, Colombia (0 fatalities)
July 7, 1980: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers (Allen C. Thompson), Mississippi, USA, United States (1 fatality)