Boeing 720 accidents

The NTSB database holds 41 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 720, recorded between 1962 to 1984. 3 of them were fatal (7%), and 51 people died.

The deadliest year was 1963, with 43 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (20 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Europe and Other-Foreign Countries.

40 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 1984

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 41 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 26

1970s 14

1980s 1

Where these happened

United States 38 Europe 1 Other-Foreign Countries 1 Mexico 1

Operators involved

United Air Lines, Inc. 11 Western Air Lines, Inc. 6 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 6 Northwest Airlines, Inc. 5 Continental Air Lines, Inc. 4 American Airlines, Inc. 3

All 41 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Feb 1963	Boeing 720B N724US	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	43
31 Mar 1971	Boeing 720 N3166	Ontario, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	5
15 Jul 1964	Boeing 720B GE1	Ansbach Germany, Europe no coordinates	Lufthansa	Fatal	3
5 Jun 1984	Boeing 720-025 N8711E	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	-	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1973	Boeing 720A N7225U	Moses Lake, Washington, United States no coordinates	Jet SET Travel	No injuries	-
13 Sep 1973	Boeing 720B N57204	Ontario, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Apr 1972	Boeing 720B N736US	Front Royal, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
21 Jan 1972	Boeing 720B N57206	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Mar 1971	Boeing 720 N7542AA	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1971	Boeing 720 N7207U	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1970	Boeing 720 N7225U	Pt.reyes, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Sep 1970	Boeing 720 N7080	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Aug 1970	Boeing 720 N7081	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Mar 1970	Boeing 720B N3156	Annette Isl, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1970	Boeing 720 N7225U	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
2 Mar 1970	Boeing 720 N7210U	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jan 1970	Boeing 720B N93144	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Dec 1969	Boeing 720 N17207	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
26 Jul 1969	Boeing 720 N7215U	Janesville, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
5 May 1969	Boeing 720 N8703E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Feb 1969	Boeing 720 N780PA	Houston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Dec 1968	Boeing 720 N7217U	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1968	Boeing 720 N7206U	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 May 1968	Boeing 720 N4427	Appleton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
13 May 1968	Boeing 720B N7549AA	Mason City, Iowa, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Dec 1967	Boeing 720 N3158	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Dec 1966	Boeing 720 N7226U	Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Dec 1966	Boeing 720B N57205	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Sep 1966	Boeing 720B N783PA	Kingston Jamaica, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Aug 1966	Boeing 720B N3156	Los Mochis Mex, Mexico no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Oct 1965	Boeing 720 N7532A	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Jul 1965	Boeing 720B N723US	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Jun 1964	Boeing 720 N8702E	San Antonio Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Mar 1964	Boeing 720B N723US	La Crosse Wisc, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
12 Dec 1963	Boeing 720 N8711E	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Nov 1963	Boeing 720 N8708E	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1962	Boeing 720 N7209U	Albany, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Sep 1962	Boeing 720B N8715E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Aug 1962	Boeing 720 N8706E	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Feb 1962	Boeing 720 N7206U	Portland, Oregon, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1962	Boeing 720B N724US	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-