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
4 Mar 1984	Boeing 727-200 N471BN	Lampasas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Braniff Inc.	Serious injuries	-
20 Jan 1984	Boeing 727-225A N8852E	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 Jan 1984	Boeing 727-223 N876AA	Seattle, Washington, United States	Alaska Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1983	Boeing 727-224 N79750	New York, New York, United States	-	No injuries	-
12 Nov 1983	Boeing 727-225A N812EA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Airlines	Serious injuries	-
10 Nov 1983	Boeing 727-15C N436EX	St. Louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	International Air Services Co.	No injuries	-
8 Nov 1983	Boeing 727-200 N898AA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1983	Boeing 727-21 N357PA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northeaster Inter. Airways	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1983	Boeing 727-222 N70634	Pueblo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Oct 1983	Boeing 727-247 N2808W	Juneau, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1983	Boeing 727-223B N897AA	Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 Sep 1983	Boeing 727-200 N1984	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Jul 1983	Boeing 727-231A N54352	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	-	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1983	Boeing 727-200 N88708	Los Angeles, California, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
11 Jun 1983	Boeing 727-222A N7273U	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
11 Jun 1983	Boeing 727-200 HI242	San Juan no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
4 Jun 1983	Boeing 727-200 N296AS	Portland, Oregon, United States	Alaska Airlines	No injuries	-
27 May 1983	Boeing 727-200 N856N	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	-	No injuries	-
23 May 1983	Boeing 727-31H N840TW	Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 May 1983	Boeing 727-100 N40483	St. Louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Mar 1983	Boeing 727-222 N7441U	Des Moines, Iowa, United States no coordinates	United Airlines	No injuries	-
8 Jan 1983	Boeing 727 N292WA	Near Yakima, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
26 Dec 1982	Boeing 727-223 N6810	Memphis, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
6 Dec 1982	Boeing 727-225 N8871Z	Sarasota, Florida, United States	Eastern Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Nov 1982	Boeing 727-223 N846AA	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1982	Boeing 727-225A N817EA	Kenner, Louisiana, United States	Eastern Airlines Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Sep 1982	Boeing 727 N288WA	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Western Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Jul 1982	Boeing 727-231 N64323	Flushing, New York, United States	Trans World Airlines	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1982	Boeing 727-233 CGAAA	Flushing, New York, United States	Air Canada	No injuries	-
19 Apr 1982	Boeing 727-200 N32717	Austin, Texas, United States	Continental Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Apr 1982	Boeing 727-200 N7627U	Youngstown, Ohio, United States	United Airlines	No injuries	-
17 Feb 1982	Boeing 727-235 N4734	Miami, Florida, United States	Pan American World Airways, In	Serious injuries	-
5 Nov 1981	Boeing 727 N69736	Houston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Oct 1981	Boeing 727 N771AL	Dfw Airport, Texas, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	Serious injuries	-
13 Oct 1981	Boeing 727 N6816	Dal Ftw Arpt, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Oct 1981	Boeing 727 N8142N	St Louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Sep 1981	Boeing 727 N8888Z	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Aug 1981	Boeing 727 6Y-JMB	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1981	Boeing 727 N4742	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	Minor injuries	-
27 Jun 1981	Boeing 727 N88708	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Jun 1981	Boeing 727 N7255U	Columbus, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 May 1981	Boeing 727 N496WC	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Air Alaska	No injuries	-
14 Apr 1981	Boeing 727 N356PA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Apr 1981	Boeing 727 N281US	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
8 Apr 1981	Boeing 727 N8140N	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Feb 1981	Boeing 727 N3606	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	Serious injuries	-
31 Jan 1981	Boeing 727 N8847E	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
14 Jan 1981	Boeing 727 N439BN	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Nov 1980	Boeing 727 N18479	Yap, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
11 Nov 1980	Boeing 727 N462B	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-