Plane crashes in 2002

230 crashes worldwide in 2002, with 1,452 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 230
Fatal crashes: 122
Fatalities: 1,452
First recorded: January 1, 2002
Most recent: December 31, 2002

Deadliest

May 25, 2002: Boeing 747-200, Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan (225 fatalities)
May 4, 2002: BAc 111, Kano, Kano, Nigeria (149 fatalities)
April 15, 2002: Boeing 767-200, Busan-Gimhae, Busan, South Korea (129 fatalities)
February 12, 2002: Tupolev TU-154, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran (119 fatalities)
May 7, 2002: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Dalian, Liaoning, China (112 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Cessna (33)
Piper (23)
Antonov (20)
De Havilland (14)
Boeing (13)
Beechcraft (11)
PZL-Mielec (11)
Rockwell (9)
Embraer (7)
Fokker (7)
Lockheed (7)
Pilatus (7)

Aircraft

PZL-Mielec AN-2 (9)
Antonov AN-12 (6)
Britten-Norman Islander (6)
Let L-410 (6)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules (6)
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) (6)
Antonov AN-26 (5)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (5)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (5)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) (5)
Fokker F27 Friendship (4)
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 2002: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Dunkeswell, Devonshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 31, 2002: Antonov AN-12, Nzagi, Lunda Norte, Angola (0 fatalities)
December 31, 2002: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Freetown-Hastings, Western Area, Sierra Leone (0 fatalities)
December 29, 2002: Britten-Norman Islander, Panama (1 fatality)
December 28, 2002: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Nikolai, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
December 27, 2002: Let L-410, Mutsamudu, Comoros Islands (1 fatality)
December 27, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Ust-Kuyga, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
December 26, 2002: Embraer C-95 Bandeirante, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Paraná, Brazil (3 fatalities)
December 25, 2002: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Akron-Colorado Plains, Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
December 25, 2002: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Manteo, North Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
December 24, 2002: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Aberdeen-Dyce, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 23, 2002: Antonov AN-140, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran (44 fatalities)
December 21, 2002: ATR72-200, Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan (2 fatalities)
December 19, 2002: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Bunyola, Balearic Islands, Spain (3 fatalities)
December 17, 2002: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Rockford-Greater Rockford, Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
December 17, 2002: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (3 fatalities)
December 17, 2002: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (2 fatalities)
December 17, 2002: GAF Nomad N.22, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines (0 fatalities)
December 16, 2002: BAe 125, Seattle-Boeing Field, Washington, United States (0 fatalities)
December 13, 2002: Douglas DC-8, Singapore-Changi, Singapore (0 fatalities)
December 13, 2002: Britten-Norman Islander, Tep Tep, Madang, Papua New Guinea (8 fatalities)
December 9, 2002: Beechcraft 1900C, Eagleton, Arkansas, United States (3 fatalities)
December 7, 2002: De Havilland DHC-8-400 (Dash-8), Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (0 fatalities)
December 6, 2002: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Havana-José Martí (Rancho Boyeros), La Habana, Cuba (0 fatalities)
December 4, 2002: Cessna 402, Lewisville, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
December 3, 2002: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Tajique, New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
December 3, 2002: Learjet 36, Astoria, Oregon, United States (0 fatalities)
December 1, 2002: Cessna 500 Citation, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 28, 2002: Let L-410, Olkiombo, Rift Valley, Kenya (1 fatality)
November 12, 2002: Cessna 550 Citation II, Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
November 11, 2002: Fokker F27 Friendship, Manila-Ninoy Aquino, Metro Manila, Philippines (19 fatalities)
November 9, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Antalya, Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
November 8, 2002: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Parks, Arizona, United States (4 fatalities)
November 8, 2002: IAI 1124 Westwind, Taos, New Mexico, United States (2 fatalities)
November 7, 2002: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia (0 fatalities)
November 7, 2002: Antonov AN-12, Kome, Logone Oriental, Chad (0 fatalities)
November 7, 2002: Britten-Norman Islander, Tarakan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (7 fatalities)
November 6, 2002: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Sovetskiy, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 6, 2002: Fokker 50, Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg (20 fatalities)
November 3, 2002: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Cambita Garabitos, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic (1 fatality)
November 2, 2002: Fokker F27 Friendship, Sligo, Connacht, Ireland (0 fatalities)
November 1, 2002: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Rayville, Louisiana, United States (3 fatalities)
October 31, 2002: Douglas DC-9, Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 30, 2002: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Hobbs-Lea County, New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
October 28, 2002: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Marshall, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
October 25, 2002: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Eveleth, Minnesota, United States (8 fatalities)
October 23, 2002: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Mobile, Alabama, United States (1 fatality)
October 23, 2002: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Jesup-Wayne County, Georgia, United States (2 fatalities)
October 23, 2002: Ilyushin II-62, Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
October 20, 2002: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Agua Dulce, California, United States (3 fatalities)
October 15, 2002: Avro RJ85, Memphis, Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
October 7, 2002: Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2, Dexter, Maine, United States (0 fatalities)
October 7, 2002: Learjet 60, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (1 fatality)
October 3, 2002: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States (1 fatality)
October 1, 2002: Ilyushin II-38, Dabolim, Goa, India (11 fatalities)
October 1, 2002: Ilyushin II-38, Dabolim, Goa, India (5 fatalities)
September 30, 2002: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Bodaibo, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 29, 2002: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Hawthorne, California, United States (0 fatalities)
September 28, 2002: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Aguanish River, Quebec, Canada (3 fatalities)
September 15, 2002: Ilyushin II-18, Nzagi, Lunda Norte, Angola (0 fatalities)
September 14, 2002: Antonov AN-2, Manskiy, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (13 fatalities)
September 14, 2002: Pilatus PC-12, Westphalia, Missouri, United States (2 fatalities)
September 14, 2002: ATR42-300, Paranapanema, São Paulo, Brazil (2 fatalities)
September 9, 2002: Antonov AN-32, Inongo, Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
September 6, 2002: Caudron C.630/C.635 Simoun, Roanne, Loire, France (1 fatality)
September 5, 2002: De Havilland DHC-7 (Dash-7), Manila-Ninoy Aquino, Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
September 3, 2002: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Silimo, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
September 2, 2002: Cessna 650 Citation VI, Xichang, Sichuan, China (3 fatalities)
August 30, 2002: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília, Rio Branco-Presidente Médici, Acre, Brazil (23 fatalities)
August 30, 2002: Learjet 25, Lexington-Blue Grass, Kentucky, United States (1 fatality)
August 30, 2002: Fokker 100, Campinas-Viracopos, São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 30, 2002: Fokker 100, Birigui, São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 29, 2002: PZL-Mielec AN-28, Ayan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (16 fatalities)
August 28, 2002: Airbus A320, Phoenix-Sky Harbor, Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
August 28, 2002: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Diavik, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 28, 2002: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Aleknagik, Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
August 26, 2002: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kashtak, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 24, 2002: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Kasshabog Lake, Ontario, Canada (1 fatality)
August 22, 2002: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal (18 fatalities)
August 20, 2002: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, London, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
August 16, 2002: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Jerago con Orago, Lombardy, Italy (4 fatalities)
August 16, 2002: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Sanderson, West Virginia, United States (1 fatality)
August 15, 2002: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany, Italy (1 fatality)
August 15, 2002: Shaanxi Y-8, Colombo-Ratmalana, Western Province, Sri Lanka (5 fatalities)
August 13, 2002: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília, Manaus-Eduardo Gomes, Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
August 13, 2002: Cessna 550 Citation II, Big Bear Lake, California, United States (0 fatalities)
August 13, 2002: Cessna 406 Caravan, Muyowosi-Murungu, Kigoma Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
August 13, 2002: Antonov AN-2, Osinovka, Tyumen oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 11, 2002: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Bishop, California, United States (4 fatalities)
August 8, 2002: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Sladky Liman, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (2 fatalities)
August 8, 2002: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
August 7, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Caguas, Puerto Rico (10 fatalities)
August 4, 2002: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States (3 fatalities)
August 2, 2002: Cessna 208A Caravan, Pimu, Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
July 28, 2002: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá, Fernandópolis, São Paulo, Brazil (1 fatality)
July 28, 2002: Ilyushin II-86, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia (14 fatalities)
July 26, 2002: Boeing 727-200, Tallahassee, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 26, 2002: Antonov AN-26, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
July 25, 2002: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Mugumo, Central, Kenya (0 fatalities)
July 24, 2002: Fletcher FU-24, Thames, Waikato Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)