Boeing 727 accidents

The NTSB database holds 512 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 727, recorded between 1964 to 2025. 29 of them were fatal (6%), and 1,318 people died.

The deadliest year was 1982, with 145 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (87 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Colombia and Brazil.

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

512

Records

Fatal

1,318

Deaths

Share fatal

1964 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 130 of 512 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 67

1970s 154

1980s 169

1990s 74

2000s 27

2010s 11

2020s 10

Where these happened

United States 452 Colombia 8 Brazil 4 Canada 4 Mexico 2 Venezuela 2

Operators involved

Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 55 American Airlines, Inc. 40 United Air Lines, Inc. 39 National Airlines, Inc 26 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 15 Northwest Airlines, Inc. 13

All 512 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Sep 1969	Boeing 727 N12303	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Jul 1969	Boeing 727 N7078U	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Jul 1969	Boeing 727 N725AL	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jul 1969	Boeing 727 N1974	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Jun 1969	Boeing 727 N854TW	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Jun 1969	Boeing 727-95 N1635	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Northeast Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 May 1969	Boeing 727 N4612	Wash Natl Apt, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
14 May 1969	Boeing 727 N4619	Wash Natl Apt, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
11 May 1969	Boeing 727 N4743	Pensacola, Florida, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
9 May 1969	Boeing 727 N7279	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 May 1969	Boeing 727 N8139N	Nashville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1969	Boeing 727 N7024U	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Mar 1969	Boeing 727 N4618H	Wash Natl Apt, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	Minor injuries	-
9 Feb 1969	Boeing 727 N358PA	Berlin, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Jan 1969	Boeing 727 N7624U	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Jan 1969	Boeing 727 N973PS	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific South*	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1969	Boeing 727 N4619	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1969	Boeing 727 N8167G	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Jan 1969	Boeing 727 N7057W	Dulles Airport, Virginia, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1968	Boeing 727 N7277F	St Louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Nov 1968	Boeing 727 N7027U	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Oct 1968	Boeing 727 N4616	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1968	Boeing 727 N7622U	Fillmore, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
23 Sep 1968	Boeing 727 N1981	Springfield, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Sep 1968	Boeing 727 N462US	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Aug 1968	Boeing 727 N7419U	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
20 Jul 1968	Boeing 727 N7562U	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
11 Jul 1968	Boeing 727 N894TW	Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Jul 1968	Boeing 727 N8124N	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1968	Boeing 727 N898PC	Hector, California, United States no coordinates	Hughes Airwest	Serious injuries	-
26 Jun 1968	Boeing 727 N6805	Columbus, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
23 Jun 1968	Boeing 727 N972PS	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Southw	No injuries	-
12 Jun 1968	Boeing 727 N7086U	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jun 1968	Boeing 727 N7418U	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Jun 1968	Boeing 727 N831TW	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Apr 1968	Boeing 727 N7407U	Yakima, Washington, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
23 Mar 1968	Boeing 727 N8109N	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Mar 1968	Boeing 727 N7425U	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Mar 1968	Boeing 727 N8161G	Appleton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Feb 1968	Boeing 727 N7270L	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	The Boeing Co.	No injuries	-
12 Nov 1967	Boeing 727 N1935	Alamosa, Colorado, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1967	Boeing 727 N8106N	Jacksonville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1967	Boeing 727 N7425U	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
9 Jun 1967	Boeing 727 N8145N	Massena, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 1967	Boeing 727 N7012U	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 May 1967	Boeing 727 N8144N	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Apr 1967	Boeing 727 N473US	Chantilly, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Mar 1967	Boeing 727 N7412U	Polo, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
20 Feb 1967	Boeing 727 N7408U	Akron, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1966	Boeing 727 N8127N	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-