Plane crashes in 1989

337 crashes worldwide in 1989, with 2,569 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 337
Fatal crashes: 197
Fatalities: 2,569
First recorded: January 2, 1989
Most recent: December 31, 1989

Deadliest

June 7, 1989: Douglas DC-8, Paramaribo-Zanderij, Para, Suriname (176 fatalities)
September 3, 1989: Ilyushin II-62, Havana-José Martí (Rancho Boyeros), La Habana, Cuba (171 fatalities)
September 19, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Niger, All Niger, Niger (170 fatalities)
February 8, 1989: Boeing 707, Santa Maria, Azores Islands, Portugal (144 fatalities)
October 21, 1989: Boeing 727-200, Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras (131 fatalities)

Countries

United States (92)
Russia (40)
Canada (14)
Australia (9)
France (8)
Mexico (8)
Peru (8)
Kazakhstan (6)
New Zealand (6)
Angola (5)
Argentina (5)
Brazil (5)

Manufacturers

PZL-Mielec (42)
Cessna (40)
Piper (28)
Beechcraft (24)
Antonov (22)
De Havilland (22)
Douglas (22)
Boeing (20)
Britten-Norman (13)
Lockheed (12)
Fokker (10)
Ilyushin (7)

Aircraft

PZL-Mielec AN-2 (41)
Britten-Norman Islander (12)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (10)
Cessna 402 (9)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (9)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules (8)
Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) (8)
Antonov AN-26 (7)
Beechcraft 90 King Air (6)
Boeing 737-200 (6)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (6)
Fokker F27 Friendship (6)

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

December 31, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tver, Tver oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1989: Boeing 737-200, Tucson, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1989: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Milford Sound, Southland Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1989: Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, San Ignacio, Sonora, Mexico (2 fatalities)
December 30, 1989: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Milford Sound, Southland Regional Council, New Zealand (7 fatalities)
December 30, 1989: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Man, Dix-Huit Montagnes, Ivory Coast (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1989: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
December 28, 1989: Antonov AN-24, Vişina, Olt, Romania (7 fatalities)
December 27, 1989: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Zurich-Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
December 26, 1989: BAe Jetstream 31, Pasco-Tri-Cities, Washington, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
December 22, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kedrovy, Tomsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1989: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Homer, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
December 21, 1989: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Frenchtown, New Jersey, USA, United States (1 fatality)
December 21, 1989: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Guayaramerín, Beni, Bolivia (24 fatalities)
December 21, 1989: Britten-Norman Islander, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (4 fatalities)
December 15, 1989: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Cairo, New York, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
December 7, 1989: Grumman S-2 Tracker, Sakom, Songkhla, Thailand (4 fatalities)
December 6, 1989: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico (5 fatalities)
December 2, 1989: Douglas DC-6, George Town, Exuma, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1989: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Ruidoso, New Mexico, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
December 1, 1989: Casa 212 Aviocar, Patuxent River NAS, Maryland, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
November 30, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Orlando-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
November 30, 1989: Cessna 402, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico (7 fatalities)
November 30, 1989: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Toluca, México, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1989: Fletcher FU-24, Frogmore, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
November 28, 1989: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 28, 1989: Cessna 402, Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela (3 fatalities)
November 28, 1989: Britten-Norman Islander, Block Island, Rhode Island, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
November 27, 1989: Boeing 727-100, Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia (107 fatalities)
November 27, 1989: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola (5 fatalities)
November 27, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Borów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnośląskie), Poland (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1989: Grumman S-2 Tracker, Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea (4 fatalities)
November 27, 1989: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Des Moines, Iowa, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1989: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul, South Korea (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1989: Britten-Norman Islander, Belize, All Belize, Belize (0 fatalities)
November 24, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Taraz, Jambyl, Kazakhstan (1 fatality)
November 23, 1989: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada (2 fatalities)
November 22, 1989: Douglas DC-4, N'Djamena, N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1989: Antonov AN-24, Sovetskiy, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (32 fatalities)
November 18, 1989: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Mt Barren Jack (Burrinjuck), New South Wales, Australia (2 fatalities)
November 15, 1989: Douglas DC-3, San Juan, La Union, Philippines (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1989: Cessna 551 Citation II, Bardufoss, Troms, Norway (4 fatalities)
November 14, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Oradea, Bihor, Romania (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1989: Casa 212 Aviocar, Mt Maluti, Leribe, Lesotho (18 fatalities)
November 8, 1989: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Al Gora, North Sinai, Egypt (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tengiz, Atyrau, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1989: Britten-Norman Islander, Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne, Montserrado, Liberia (2 fatalities)
November 5, 1989: Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald, Roncesvalles, Tolima, Colombia (6 fatalities)
November 5, 1989: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Gadsden, Alabama, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
November 5, 1989: Learjet 25, Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais, Brazil (4 fatalities)
November 2, 1989: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Apopka, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
November 1, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Fort Myers-Southwest Regional, Florida, USA, United States (1 fatality)
November 1, 1989: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Mariehamn, Åland, Finland (2 fatalities)
October 29, 1989: Cessna 402, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
October 28, 1989: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Molokai, Hawaii, USA, United States (20 fatalities)
October 27, 1989: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Novy Vasyugan, Tomsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1989: Antonov AN-26, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (37 fatalities)
October 26, 1989: Boeing 737-200, Hualien, Hualien County, Taiwan (54 fatalities)
October 26, 1989: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Kangiqsualujjuaq (Wakeham Bay), Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1989: Rockwell Sabreliner 75, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1989: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Paderborn-Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1989: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Orosei, Sardinia, Italy (2 fatalities)
October 21, 1989: Boeing 727-200, Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras (131 fatalities)
October 20, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Leninakan, Shirak, Armenia (15 fatalities)
October 20, 1989: Britten-Norman Islander, Antakya, Mediterranean Region (Akdeniz Bölgesi), Türkiye (5 fatalities)
October 18, 1989: Ilyushin II-76, Nasosny AFB, Absheron, Azerbaijan (57 fatalities)
October 16, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Pripolyarnyy, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1989: BAe Jetstream 31, Dhahran, ash-Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (5 fatalities)
October 12, 1989: Antonov AN-12, Kirovabad, Ganja-Gazakh, Azerbaijan (4 fatalities)
October 10, 1989: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 10, 1989: Cessna 402, Urpay, La Libertad, Peru (12 fatalities)
October 6, 1989: Cessna 208A Caravan, Uncertain, Texas, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
October 6, 1989: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Las Perdices, Córdoba, Argentina (2 fatalities)
October 4, 1989: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Carlingford, New Brunswick, Canada (4 fatalities)
October 4, 1989: Antonov AN-24, Stepnogorsk, Akmola, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1989: Boeing 737-200, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1989: Cessna 501 Citation I, Sedona, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1989: Antonov AN-2, Yar-Sale, Republic of Yamalia, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1989: Cessna 404 Titan, Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (3 fatalities)
October 1, 1989: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Chamblee, Georgia, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
October 1, 1989: Cessna 550 Citation II, Roxboro, North Carolina, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
September 28, 1989: Antonov AN-32, Semenivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine (9 fatalities)
September 27, 1989: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, United States (10 fatalities)
September 26, 1989: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Terrace, British Columbia, Canada (7 fatalities)
September 26, 1989: Cessna 404 Titan, Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan (6 fatalities)
September 23, 1989: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina (0 fatalities)
September 23, 1989: Learjet 25, Posadas-Libertador General José de San Martín, Misiones, Argentina (2 fatalities)
September 23, 1989: Dornier DO228, , India (11 fatalities)
September 22, 1989: Fairchild F27, Toulon-Hyères-Le Palyvestre, Var, France (0 fatalities)
September 22, 1989: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Zafarabad, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan (2 fatalities)
September 22, 1989: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada (5 fatalities)
September 20, 1989: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Eielson AFB, Alaska, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
September 20, 1989: Boeing 737-400, New York-LaGuardia, New York, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
September 20, 1989: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Orroroo, South Australia, Australia (1 fatality)
September 19, 1989: Douglas DC-10, Niger, All Niger, Niger (170 fatalities)
September 16, 1989: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Houston-William P. Hobby, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1989: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark (2 fatalities)
September 15, 1989: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Mayfield-Graves County, Kentucky, USA, United States (6 fatalities)