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
27 Aug 1966	Boeing 727 N7025U	Buffalo Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 May 1966	Boeing 727 N8148N	E.boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 May 1966	Boeing 727 N8145N	East Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Apr 1966	Boeing 727-22 N7020U	Sacramento Calif, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1965	Boeing 727 N9851TW	Amarillo, Texas, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Jul 1965	Boeing 727 N8118N	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Dec 1964	Boeing 727 N1971	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Dec 1964	Boeing 727 N7025U	Flushing Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Oct 1964	Boeing 727-23 N1791	Allentown Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Oct 1964	Boeing 727 N111	Ft Lauderdale Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1964	Boeing 727 N8108N	W Palm Beach Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Apr 1964	Boeing 727 N7008U	Pueblo Colorado, Colorado, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-