Plane crashes in 1983

289 crashes worldwide in 1983, with 2,047 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 289
• Fatal crashes: 170
• Fatalities: 2,047
• First recorded: January 2, 1983
• Most recent: December 30, 1983

Deadliest

1. September 1, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (269 fatalities)
2. November 27, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (181 fatalities)
3. November 8, 1983: Boeing 737-200, Lubango, Huíla, Angola (130 fatalities)
4. July 11, 1983: Boeing 737-200, Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador (119 fatalities)
5. September 23, 1983: Boeing 737-200, Abu Dhabi-Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (112 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (100)
• Russia (19)
• Canada (13)
• Afghanistan (8)
• Australia (8)
• Colombia (8)
• United Kingdom (6)
• Germany (5)
• Mexico (5)
• Ukraine (5)
• China (4)
• Indonesia (4)

Manufacturers

• Cessna (29)
• Beechcraft (23)
• Piper (23)
• De Havilland (22)
• PZL-Mielec (21)
• Douglas (20)
• Boeing (16)
• Rockwell (16)
• Antonov (15)
• Britten-Norman (14)
• Lockheed (11)
• Learjet (7)

Aircraft

• PZL-Mielec AN-2 (21)
• Britten-Norman Islander (14)
• De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (9)
• De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (8)
• Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (8)
• Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (8)
• Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise (7)
• Antonov AN-12 (6)
• Cessna 402 (6)
• Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (6)
• Rockwell Grand Commander 680 (6)
• Boeing 737-200 (5)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

• December 30, 1983: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada (1 fatality)
• December 29, 1983: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Las Ánimas, Jalisco, Mexico (1 fatality)
• December 26, 1983: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Copenhagen-Kastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
• December 24, 1983: Antonov AN-24, Leshukonskoye, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (44 fatalities)
• December 23, 1983: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 23, 1983: Douglas DC-10, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 22, 1983: Learjet 25, Eagle County-FlyVail, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 1983: Airbus A300, Kuala Lumpur-Subang-Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Selangor, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 1983: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 17, 1983: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada (2 fatalities)
• December 14, 1983: Boeing 707, Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera, Antioquia, Colombia (25 fatalities)
• December 13, 1983: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• December 12, 1983: Cessna 425 Conquest, Newburgh-Stewart, New York, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 11, 1983: Vickers Varsity, El Paso-West Texas, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 11, 1983: IAI Arava 201, Poptún, Petén, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
• December 9, 1983: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Put-in-Bay, Ohio, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• December 8, 1983: Cessna 500 Citation, Stornoway, Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Cessna 402, Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya (0 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Douglas DC-9, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (42 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Boeing 727-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (51 fatalities)
• December 7, 1983: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Point Cook (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia (1 fatality)
• December 5, 1983: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 5, 1983: Beechcraft D18, Brownsville-South Padre Island, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 4, 1983: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Lakeland, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 29, 1983: Partenavia P.68, Kinshasa-Ndolo, Kinshasa City Province, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 fatality)
• November 28, 1983: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria (53 fatalities)
• November 28, 1983: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Trompeteros, Loreto, Peru (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (181 fatalities)
• November 26, 1983: Cessna 340, Ephrata, Washington, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 26, 1983: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Midland, Texas, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
• November 25, 1983: Beechcraft H18, Allentown-Queen City, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 24, 1983: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Waynesville, North Carolina, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 24, 1983: Grumman C-1A Trader, Mediterranean Sea, World (3 fatalities)
• November 24, 1983: Grumman C-1A Trader, Mediterranean Sea, World (4 fatalities)
• November 23, 1983: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Lansdowne House, Ontario, Canada (4 fatalities)
• November 22, 1983: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Aurora, Colorado, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 21, 1983: Antonov AN-12, Senkovo, Smolensk oblast, Russia (9 fatalities)
• November 20, 1983: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Franklin-Venango-Chess Lamberton Field, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
• November 20, 1983: Cessna 340, Orangeville, Florida, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 18, 1983: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico (13 fatalities)
• November 18, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka), Tbilisi City District, Georgia (7 fatalities)
• November 15, 1983: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 15, 1983: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• November 11, 1983: Antonov AN-12, Petrel-Burevestnik (Iturup Island, Kuril Islands), Sakhalin oblast, Russia (30 fatalities)
• November 10, 1983: Curtiss C-46 Commando, San Borja-Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia, Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• November 8, 1983: Rockwell Aero Commander 520, Clines Corners, New Mexico, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 8, 1983: Boeing 737-200, Lubango, Huíla, Angola (130 fatalities)
• November 7, 1983: Partenavia P.68, Strasbourg-Entzheim, Bas-Rhin, France (2 fatalities)
• November 5, 1983: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Challis, Idaho, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• November 4, 1983: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Alto Pencoso, San Luis, Argentina (2 fatalities)
• October 31, 1983: Douglas DC-3, Laredo, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 28, 1983: Curtiss C-46 Commando, La Paz-El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• October 24, 1983: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• October 20, 1983: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Patterson-Harry P. Williams, Louisiana, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• October 20, 1983: Ilyushin II-76, Khost, Khost, Afghanistan (3 fatalities)
• October 20, 1983: Ilyushin II-76, Khost, Khost, Afghanistan (3 fatalities)
• October 19, 1983: Beechcraft U-8F Seminole, Hiram, Georgia, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• October 19, 1983: Let L-410, Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• October 12, 1983: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Edison, Georgia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 11, 1983: Avro 748, Pinckneyville, Illinois, USA, United States (10 fatalities)
• October 10, 1983: Dinfia IA.50 Guaraní II, Córdoba-Santa Isabel EAM, Córdoba, Argentina (12 fatalities)
• October 9, 1983: Britten-Norman Islander, Lanyu Islands, Taitung County, Taiwan (0 fatalities)
• October 8, 1983: Douglas DC-6, Monterrubio, Magdalena, Colombia (7 fatalities)
• October 8, 1983: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Lonkin, Kachin State, Myanmar (9 fatalities)
• October 7, 1983: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil (7 fatalities)
• October 5, 1983: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Karolewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Warmińsko-Mazurskie), Poland (0 fatalities)
• October 5, 1983: Boeing 727-100, San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• October 3, 1983: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio Blanco, Matagalpa, Nicaragua (1 fatality)
• September 30, 1983: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 29, 1983: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Wichita-Beechcraft Field, Kansas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 29, 1983: Canadair CL-215, Montreal-Pierre-Elliott Trudeau (ex Dorval), Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
• September 28, 1983: Britten-Norman Islander, Lanyu Islands, Taitung County, Taiwan (10 fatalities)
• September 27, 1983: Antonov AN-26, Angola, All Angola, Angola (0 fatalities)
• September 25, 1983: Boeing 707, Accra-Kotoka, Greater Accra, Ghana (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1983: Dinfia IA.50 Guaraní II, Las Bolsas, Salta, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1983: Boeing 737-200, Abu Dhabi-Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (112 fatalities)
• September 20, 1983: Cessna 402, Moyo, Northern, Uganda (0 fatalities)
• September 19, 1983: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Miami-Opa Locka, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 18, 1983: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Nacogdoches-A. L. Mangham Jr., Texas, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• September 16, 1983: Antonov AN-12, Bagram AFB, Parwan, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• September 14, 1983: Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident, Guilin, Guangxi, China (11 fatalities)
• September 11, 1983: Partenavia P.68, Plainview-Hale County, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 10, 1983: Cessna 411, Fort Lauderdale-Executive, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 10, 1983: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Burlington-Kit Carson County, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 8, 1983: Beechcraft H18, Kona-Keahole, Hawaii, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 4, 1983: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Altus, Oklahoma, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
• September 4, 1983: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Tours-Val de Loire (Saint Symphorien), Indre-et-Loire, France (0 fatalities)
• September 2, 1983: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 2, 1983: Britten-Norman Islander, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada (7 fatalities)
• September 2, 1983: Cessna 411, Olbia-Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy (4 fatalities)
• September 1, 1983: Boeing 747-200, Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (269 fatalities)
• August 30, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (90 fatalities)
• August 29, 1983: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Florala, Alabama, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 28, 1983: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Dundo, Lunda Norte, Angola (7 fatalities)
• August 28, 1983: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Adavale, Queensland, Australia (12 fatalities)
• August 27, 1983: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 23, 1983: Grumman C-1A Trader, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• August 22, 1983: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Marion, North Carolina, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 21, 1983: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Silvana, Washington, USA, United States (11 fatalities)
• August 20, 1983: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, West Jordan, Utah, USA, United States (1 fatality)