Plane crashes in 1997

252 crashes worldwide in 1997, with 1,797 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 252
• Fatal crashes: 124
• Fatalities: 1,797
• First recorded: January 2, 1997
• Most recent: December 31, 1997

Deadliest

1. September 26, 1997: Airbus A300-600, Medan-Polonia, North Sumatra, Indonesia (234 fatalities)
2. August 6, 1997: Boeing 747-300, Agana-Antonio Borja Won Pat, All Guam Island, Guam (228 fatalities)
3. December 19, 1997: Boeing 737-300, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia (104 fatalities)
4. March 13, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (88 fatalities)
5. December 15, 1997: Tupolev TU-154, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (85 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (73)
• Russia (15)
• Canada (12)
• Brazil (11)
• Indonesia (8)
• Mexico (8)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (6)
• Angola (5)
• France (5)
• Greece (5)
• Colombia (4)
• Honduras (4)

Manufacturers

• Cessna (35)
• Beechcraft (29)
• Antonov (15)
• Boeing (15)
• Piper (11)
• De Havilland (10)
• Fokker (9)
• Swearingen (9)
• Douglas (8)
• Lockheed (8)
• Embraer (7)
• Britten-Norman (6)

Aircraft

• Cessna 402 (10)
• Beechcraft 90 King Air (8)
• Fokker F27 Friendship (7)
• Beechcraft 200 Super King Air (6)
• PZL-Mielec AN-2 (6)
• Britten-Norman Islander (5)
• Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (5)
• De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (5)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules (5)
• Swearingen SA226 Metro II (5)
• Antonov AN-12 (4)
• Beechcraft 100 King Air (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

• December 31, 1997: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1997: Fokker F27 Friendship, Lubang Island, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1997: Britten-Norman Islander, Rio Sidra, Guna Yala, Panama (10 fatalities)
• December 31, 1997: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Bolivia, All Bolivia, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1997: Antonov AN-26, Gogrial, Warrap, South Sudan (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1997: Casa 212 Aviocar, Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
• December 30, 1997: Cessna 402, Watertown, South Dakota, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 30, 1997: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, DuPage, Illinois, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 29, 1997: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Guyton, Georgia, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 28, 1997: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Elkins, West Virginia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 23, 1997: Fokker F27 Friendship, Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya (0 fatalities)
• December 22, 1997: Antonov AN-72, Angola, All Angola, Angola (11 fatalities)
• December 22, 1997: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Sylhet, Sylhet, Bangladesh (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1997: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 20, 1997: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar, Vargas, Venezuela (9 fatalities)
• December 20, 1997: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• December 20, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mt Pastra, Attica, Greece (5 fatalities)
• December 19, 1997: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, Byers, Colorado, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 19, 1997: Boeing 737-300, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia (104 fatalities)
• December 17, 1997: Ilyushin II-18, Johannesburg-Oliver Reginald Tambo (Jan Smuts), Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
• December 17, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-42, Katerini, Central Macedonia, Greece (70 fatalities)
• December 16, 1997: Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 15, 1997: Tupolev TU-154, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (85 fatalities)
• December 12, 1997: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Yakima, Washington, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 12, 1997: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, La Vertiente, Tarija, Bolivia (10 fatalities)
• December 11, 1997: Antonov AN-12, Naryan-Mar, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia (8 fatalities)
• December 10, 1997: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 9, 1997: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada (4 fatalities)
• December 7, 1997: Fokker F27 Friendship, Saint Peter-La Villiaze, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 7, 1997: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 6, 1997: Antonov AN-124, Irkutsk-2 (Northwest/Vostochny), Irkutsk oblast, Russia (68 fatalities)
• December 4, 1997: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Webequie, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 4, 1997: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Droue-sur-Drouette, Eure-et-Loir, France (1 fatality)
• November 29, 1997: Cessna 402, Spencer, Iowa, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 1997: Britten-Norman Islander, Sangafa-Siwo (Emae Island), All Vanuatu, Vanuatu (0 fatalities)
• November 25, 1997: Short 360, Billings-Logan, Montana, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 24, 1997: GAF Nomad N.24, La Ceiba-Goloson, Atlántida, Honduras (0 fatalities)
• November 19, 1997: GAF Nomad N.24, La Ceiba-Goloson, Atlántida, Honduras (0 fatalities)
• November 18, 1997: Douglas DC-8, Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
• November 18, 1997: Cessna 402, Vilanculos, Inhambane, Mozambique (6 fatalities)
• November 17, 1997: Canadair CL-415, La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (1 fatality)
• November 16, 1997: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Lae-Nadzab Tomodachi, Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
• November 14, 1997: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Erfurt-Weimar, Thuringia, Germany (4 fatalities)
• November 13, 1997: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Wheeling-Ohio County, West Virginia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 13, 1997: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers (Allen C. Thompson), Mississippi, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 12, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Boltigen, Bern, Switzerland (5 fatalities)
• November 9, 1997: Britten-Norman Trislander, Little Farmer's Cay, Black Point (Exuma), Bahamas (0 fatalities)
• November 9, 1997: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Simbai, Madang, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
• November 8, 1997: Antonov AN-12, Bryansk, Bryansk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• November 8, 1997: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Barrow, Alaska, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
• November 7, 1997: Douglas DC-3, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 6, 1997: Avro 748, Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal (0 fatalities)
• November 2, 1997: Cessna 402, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 2, 1997: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Island Lake, Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 1, 1997: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (1 fatality)
• November 1, 1997: Boeing 707, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 1, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Laon-Chambry, Aisne, France (9 fatalities)
• October 31, 1997: Cessna 500 Citation, Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (3 fatalities)
• October 29, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan (2 fatalities)
• October 28, 1997: Fairchild-Hiller FH-227, Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• October 27, 1997: Cessna 402, Tampa-Intl (ex Drew Field), Florida, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• October 18, 1997: Cessna 208A Caravan, Bairro Guriri, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• October 15, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• October 13, 1997: Avro 748, Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• October 10, 1997: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Berdoues, Gers, France (0 fatalities)
• October 10, 1997: Douglas DC-9, Nuevo Berlin, Río Negro, Uruguay (74 fatalities)
• October 10, 1997: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Banjul, Banjul City District, Gambia (9 fatalities)
• October 10, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Taipei-Songshan, Taipei City, Taiwan (8 fatalities)
• October 8, 1997: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, USA, United States (9 fatalities)
• October 6, 1997: Beechcraft G18S, Crosbyton, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 2, 1997: Beechcraft E18, Lake Elmo, Minnesota, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 1, 1997: Boeing 727-100, Denver-Stapleton, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 1, 1997: Embraer EMB-121 Xingu, Chapecó-Serafim Enoss Bertaso, Santa Catarina, Brazil (7 fatalities)
• September 29, 1997: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 26, 1997: Let L-410, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 26, 1997: Airbus A300-600, Medan-Polonia, North Sumatra, Indonesia (234 fatalities)
• September 26, 1997: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Twin Hills, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 23, 1997: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Macedonia, All Macedonia, North Macedonia (0 fatalities)
• September 23, 1997: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Chania, Crete, Greece (0 fatalities)
• September 14, 1997: De Havilland DHC-8-300 (Dash-8), Pereira-Matecaña, Risaralda, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• September 13, 1997: Tupolev TU-154, Atlantic Ocean, World (24 fatalities)
• September 13, 1997: Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
• September 12, 1997: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Grand Manan Islands, New Brunswick, Canada (0 fatalities)
• September 12, 1997: Dornier DO228, Nguru, Yobe, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• September 12, 1997: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Mt Minembwe, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (22 fatalities)
• September 6, 1997: Boeing 737-200, Najran, Najran, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
• September 6, 1997: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• September 6, 1997: Dornier DO228, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia (10 fatalities)
• September 5, 1997: Britten-Norman Islander, Bondo, Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• September 3, 1997: Tupolev TU-134, Phnom Penh-Pochentong, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (65 fatalities)
• September 2, 1997: Learjet 31, Aberdeen-Amory, Mississippi, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 2, 1997: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Wildeshausen, Lower Saxony, Germany (1 fatality)
• September 2, 1997: SIAI-Marchetti SF.600TP Canguro, Fortune Island, Batangas, Philippines (5 fatalities)
• September 2, 1997: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Pope AFB (Fayetteville), North Carolina, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 30, 1997: Fletcher FU-24, Fairlie, Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• August 29, 1997: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Puerto Inírida, Guainía, Colombia (9 fatalities)
• August 28, 1997: Beechcraft 90 King Air, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse, France (0 fatalities)
• August 22, 1997: Boeing 727-200, San Cristóbal, Galápagos, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• August 21, 1997: Antonov AN-32, Bamyan, Bamyan, Afghanistan (13 fatalities)
• August 19, 1997: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Des Moines, Iowa, USA, United States (0 fatalities)