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
All crashes (page 3 of 3)
- March 12, 1997: Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond, Houston-Sugar Land, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- March 10, 1997: Airbus A320, Abu Dhabi-Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (0 fatalities)
- March 7, 1997: Convair CV-240, Hampton-Henry County, Georgia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- March 7, 1997: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Pesqueria, Nuevo León, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- March 7, 1997: Cessna 500 Citation, La Felisa, Caldas, Colombia (2 fatalities)
- March 7, 1997: Britten-Norman Islander, Guapiles, Limón (Caribbean Coast), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
- March 6, 1997: Beechcraft E18, Mabie, West Virginia, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
- March 3, 1997: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília, Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- March 3, 1997: Dassault Falcon 20, Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran (4 fatalities)
- March 3, 1997: Let L-410, La Ceiba-Goloson, Atlántida, Honduras (0 fatalities)
- March 2, 1997: Cessna 402, Caracas, Caracas Federal District, Venezuela (6 fatalities)
- March 2, 1997: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, United States (1 fatality)
- March 1, 1997: Piaggio P.166 Albatross, Johannesburg-Oliver Reginald Tambo (Jan Smuts), Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
- February 27, 1997: Learjet 35, Greenville-Downtown, South Carolina, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- February 25, 1997: Fletcher FU-24, Dannevirke, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- February 24, 1997: Dornier DO.128 Skyservant, Kaduna-Intl, Kaduna, Nigeria (3 fatalities)
- February 22, 1997: Beechcraft H18, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- February 21, 1997: Antonov AN-32, Colombo-Ratmalana, Western Province, Sri Lanka (4 fatalities)
- February 19, 1997: IAI 1124 Westwind, Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala (5 fatalities)
- February 19, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Semipalatinsk, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
- February 17, 1997: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Huetamo de Núñez, Michoacán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- February 14, 1997: Boeing 737-200, Carajás-Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil (1 fatality)
- February 8, 1997: Cessna 402, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), All US Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands (2 fatalities)
- February 7, 1997: Dassault Falcon 20, Mt Chivilme, Salta, Argentina (4 fatalities)
- February 4, 1997: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Uruapan-General Ignacio López Rayón, Michoacán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- February 2, 1997: Casa 212 Aviocar, Quibaxe, Cuanza Norte, Angola (37 fatalities)
- February 1, 1997: Avro 748, Tambacounda, Tambacounda Region, Senegal (23 fatalities)
- February 1, 1997: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Bronson Creek, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
- February 1, 1997: Cessna 500 Citation, Mt Balatukan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines (2 fatalities)
- January 31, 1997: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria (5 fatalities)
- January 29, 1997: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Sparrevohn, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
- January 29, 1997: Yakovlev Yak-40, Shushenskoye, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
- January 28, 1997: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Seven Islands, Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
- January 25, 1997: Ilyushin II-76, Anadyr, Chukotka okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
- January 25, 1997: Antonov AN-26, Chokurdakh, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
- January 24, 1997: Convair CV-240, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- January 23, 1997: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Longmont, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 22, 1997: Cessna 401, Crystal, Minnesota, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 22, 1997: Fletcher FU-24, Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (1 fatality)
- January 20, 1997: Harbin Yunsunji Y-12, Jaffna (Palaly), Northern Province, Sri Lanka (4 fatalities)
- January 17, 1997: Fokker F27 Friendship, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- January 16, 1997: Learjet 24, Muscatine, Iowa, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 16, 1997: Boeing 707, Kananga, Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
- January 11, 1997: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Djerba, Gabès Governorate, Tunisia (0 fatalities)
- January 9, 1997: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília, Monroe, Michigan, USA, United States (29 fatalities)
- January 7, 1997: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Apia-Fagali'i, All Samoa Islands, Samoa Islands (Western Samoa), Samoa (3 fatalities)
- January 5, 1997: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Bullhead City, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 3, 1997: Short 330, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke), Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- January 3, 1997: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Nakina, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
- January 2, 1997: Cessna 441 Conquest, Lakeland, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 2, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
- January 2, 1997: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Edenton, North Carolina, USA, United States (2 fatalities)