Plane crashes in 2008

212 crashes worldwide in 2008, with 916 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 212
• Fatal crashes: 112
• Fatalities: 916
• First recorded: January 2, 2008
• Most recent: December 23, 2008

Deadliest

1. August 20, 2008: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (154 fatalities)
2. September 14, 2008: Boeing 737-500, Perm, Perm Krai, Russia (88 fatalities)
3. August 24, 2008: Boeing 737-200, Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan (65 fatalities)
4. February 21, 2008: ATR42-300, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela (46 fatalities)
5. April 15, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (40 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (47)
• Canada (10)
• Mexico (9)
• Russia (9)
• Venezuela (8)
• Indonesia (7)
• Australia (5)
• Brazil (5)
• Colombia (5)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
• Dominican Republic (4)
• United Kingdom (4)

Manufacturers

• Cessna (32)
• Beechcraft (23)
• Boeing (20)
• Piper (19)
• Antonov (12)
• De Havilland (12)
• PZL-Mielec (10)
• Britten-Norman (6)
• Rockwell (6)
• Learjet (5)
• Lockheed (5)
• British Aerospace (4)

Aircraft

• PZL-Mielec AN-2 (9)
• Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) (8)
• Beechcraft 90 King Air (7)
• Antonov AN-12 (6)
• Cessna 402 (6)
• De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (6)
• Boeing 737-200 (5)
• Britten-Norman Islander (5)
• Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (5)
• Beechcraft 100 King Air (4)
• Beechcraft 1900C (4)
• Boeing 747-200 (4)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

• December 23, 2008: Raytheon 390 Premier I, Lewistown, Missouri, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 22, 2008: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Hayden-Yampa Valley, Colorado, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• December 21, 2008: Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown-Chautauqua County, New York, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 20, 2008: Boeing 737-500, Denver-Intl, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 19, 2008: Britten-Norman Islander, Espiritu Santo Island, All Vanuatu, Vanuatu (1 fatality)
• December 18, 2008: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Buenos Aires-San Fernando, Buenos Aires City, Argentina (2 fatalities)
• December 16, 2008: Cessna 402, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 15, 2008: Britten-Norman Trislander, Providenciales, All Turks and Caicos Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands (12 fatalities)
• December 14, 2008: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Rocksprings, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• December 14, 2008: PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750), Tarata, Taranaki Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
• December 14, 2008: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Bad Vöslau, Lower Austria, Austria (1 fatality)
• December 13, 2008: Dornier DO228, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 9, 2008: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Millington-Memphis, Tennessee, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 7, 2008: Learjet 23, Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala, Mexico (2 fatalities)
• December 3, 2008: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, El Yunque National Forest, All Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (3 fatalities)
• December 3, 2008: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Planeta Rica, Córdoba, Colombia (2 fatalities)
• December 1, 2008: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), León-Fanor Urroz, León, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
• November 28, 2008: Dassault Falcon 900, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 2008: BAe Jetstream 31, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 2008: Airbus A320, Saint-Cyprien, Pyrénées-Orientales, France (7 fatalities)
• November 23, 2008: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Recife-Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• November 22, 2008: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 22, 2008: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Gods Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 22, 2008: Cessna 404 Titan, Gusterie, Paramaribo City District, Suriname (0 fatalities)
• November 16, 2008: Grumman G-21A Goose, Thormanby Island, British Columbia, Canada (7 fatalities)
• November 13, 2008: Antonov AN-12, Al-Taqaddum AFB, Al-Anbar, Iraq (7 fatalities)
• November 11, 2008: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
• November 10, 2008: Antonov AN-12, Pointe-Noire, Pointe-Noire City District, Congo, Republic of the Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 10, 2008: Boeing 737-800, Rome-Ciampino, Lazio, Italy (0 fatalities)
• November 7, 2008: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (4 fatalities)
• November 7, 2008: Partenavia P.68, Gainesville, Florida, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 6, 2008: Dornier DO328, Fakfak, Special Region of West Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 2008: Learjet 45, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (16 fatalities)
• November 3, 2008: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Punta Chivato, Baja California Sur, Mexico (1 fatality)
• November 1, 2008: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Guyana, All Guyana, Guyana (3 fatalities)
• November 1, 2008: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Nyala Lodge, Limpopo, South Africa (0 fatalities)
• October 29, 2008: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Ludhiana, Punjab, India (2 fatalities)
• October 27, 2008: Boeing 747-200, Brussels, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (0 fatalities)
• October 24, 2008: Cessna 402, Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi, Central, Paraguay (5 fatalities)
• October 21, 2008: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Bagram AFB, Parwan, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• October 17, 2008: Cessna 402, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (3 fatalities)
• October 16, 2008: Boeing 737-200, Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar, Vargas, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• October 16, 2008: GippsAero GA8 Airvan, Buckingham Bay, Northern Territory, Australia (1 fatality)
• October 12, 2008: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil (1 fatality)
• October 8, 2008: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal (18 fatalities)
• October 6, 2008: Cessna 421 Golden Eagle, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico (2 fatalities)
• October 5, 2008: Britten-Norman Islander, Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa (9 fatalities)
• October 1, 2008: Boeing 737-300, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
• September 29, 2008: Pilatus PC-12, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 29, 2008: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo, Lokichoggio, Rift Valley, Kenya (0 fatalities)
• September 29, 2008: Antonov AN-12, Luanda-4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola (0 fatalities)
• September 26, 2008: Cessna 402, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 22, 2008: Transall C-160, Wunstorf AFB, Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
• September 22, 2008: Fokker F28 Fellowship, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (Tababela), Pichincha, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
• September 21, 2008: Cessna 208A Caravan, Pedernales, Pedernales, Dominican Republic (4 fatalities)
• September 21, 2008: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation, Pont-en-Ogoz, Fribourg, Switzerland (2 fatalities)
• September 19, 2008: Learjet 60, Columbia, South Carolina, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• September 18, 2008: Antonov AN-24, Tbilisi, Tbilisi City District, Georgia (0 fatalities)
• September 18, 2008: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Kremmling-McElroy, Colorado, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• September 14, 2008: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, San Antonio del Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico (4 fatalities)
• September 14, 2008: Boeing 737-500, Perm, Perm Krai, Russia (88 fatalities)
• September 9, 2008: GippsAero GA8 Airvan, Cooinda, Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
• September 7, 2008: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Belize City-Philip S. W. Goldson, Belize (0 fatalities)
• September 5, 2008: De Havilland C-7A Caribou, Efogi, Central, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
• September 1, 2008: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Reno-Stead, Nevada, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• September 1, 2008: Beechcraft 1900C, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (17 fatalities)
• September 1, 2008: Convair CV-580, Columbus-Rickenbacker (Lockbourne AFB), Ohio, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• August 31, 2008: Cessna 340, Angel Fire-Colfax County, New Mexico, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 30, 2008: Boeing 737-200, Toacaso, Cotopaxi, Ecuador (3 fatalities)
• August 29, 2008: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Osinovy Mys, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
• August 28, 2008: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• August 27, 2008: Boeing 737-200, Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia (1 fatality)
• August 25, 2008: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines (11 fatalities)
• August 24, 2008: Boeing 737-200, Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan (65 fatalities)
• August 24, 2008: Cessna 208A Caravan, Cabañas, Zacapa, Guatemala (11 fatalities)
• August 23, 2008: De Havilland DHC-8-300 (Dash-8), Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz (ex Soledad), Atlántico, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• August 22, 2008: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Moab, Utah, USA, United States (10 fatalities)
• August 21, 2008: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Poesoegroenoe, Sipaliwini, Suriname (0 fatalities)
• August 20, 2008: McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (154 fatalities)
• August 18, 2008: Cessna 501 Citation I, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1 fatality)
• August 17, 2008: Cessna 402, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
• August 16, 2008: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Tukums, Semigallia (Zemgale), Latvia (1 fatality)
• August 13, 2008: Fokker F27 Friendship, K50 (Lambar 50), Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia (3 fatalities)
• August 9, 2008: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ndundu, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (1 fatality)
• August 5, 2008: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Bagram AFB, Parwan, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• August 3, 2008: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
• August 3, 2008: Cessna 550 Citation II, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 3, 2008: Grumman G-21A Goose, Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada (5 fatalities)
• August 2, 2008: Learjet 35, Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jalisco, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• July 31, 2008: BAe 125, Owatonna, Minnesota, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
• July 30, 2008: Eclipse EA500, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 26, 2008: Cessna 414 Chancellor, San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• July 22, 2008: Cessna 402, Ocean Ridge, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 21, 2008: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Guam Island, All Guam Island, Guam (6 fatalities)
• July 17, 2008: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• July 16, 2008: Cessna 441 Conquest, Sunriver, Oregon, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• July 15, 2008: Beechcraft Beechjet 400, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• July 15, 2008: Socata TBM-700, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• July 14, 2008: Boeing 737-200, Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
• July 14, 2008: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, North Ari Atoll, North Central Province, Maldivian Islands, Maldives (0 fatalities)