Boeing 737 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,317 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737, recorded between 1968 to 2026. 51 of them were fatal (4%), and 3,379 people died.

The deadliest year was 2018, with 305 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (24 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Indonesia and United Kingdom.

151 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 628 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

1,317

Records

Fatal

3,379

Deaths

Share fatal

1968 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 1,166 of 1,317 can be placed (628 approximate)

By decade

1960s 8

1970s 36

1980s 73

1990s 135

2000s 177

2010s 452

2020s 436

Where these happened

United States 483 Indonesia 56 United Kingdom 55 Australia 48 Mexico 40 Spain 35

Operators involved

Southwest Airlines, Co. 80 Ryanair 37 United Air Lines, Inc. 30 United Airlines 29 Southwest Airlines 25 United Airlines, Inc. 18

All 1,317 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Oct 2008	Boeing 737 YV162T	Maiquetia, Venezuela approximate position	Rutaca Airlines	No injuries	-
1 Oct 2008	Boeing 737 N551WN	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Southwest Airlines, Co.	No injuries	-
23 Jul 2008	Boeing 737 PK-GZN	Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia approximate position	Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Unknown	-
14 Jul 2008	Boeing 737-282 5N-BIG	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Chanchangi Airlines	Minor injuries	-
6 Jul 2008	Boeing 737-300 VP-CKW	New York, New York, United States	Cayman Airways Ltd	No injuries	-
3 Jul 2008	Boeing 737-700 N339AT	Seattle, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
27 Jun 2008	Boeing 737 N514AU	Phoenix (PHX), Arizona, United States	US Airways Inc	No injuries	-
6 Jun 2008	Boeing 737-2A5 OB-1799-P	Pucallpa, Peru approximate position	Aero Condor S.A.C.	Unknown	-
22 May 2008	Boeing 737-217 C-GKCP	Saskatoon, Canada approximate position	Canadian North	Unknown	-
7 Apr 2008	Boeing 737-823 N947AN	Miami, Florida, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
27 Mar 2008	Boeing 737-524 N23661	Houston, Texas, United States	Continental Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
21 Mar 2008	Boeing 737-800 EIDAF	Limoges, France approximate position	Ryan Air	Unknown	-
10 Mar 2008	Boeing 737-400	Batam, Indonesia approximate position	Adam Air	Unknown	-
3 Mar 2008	Boeing 737-217 OB-1843-P	Cusco, Peru not on the map	AeroCondor	No injuries	-
1 Mar 2008	Boeing 737-7H4 N741SA	Dallas, Texas, United States	Southwest Airlines Co	No injuries	-
24 Feb 2008	Boeing 737-300 N648SW	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Southwest Airlines Co.	Minor injuries	-
23 Feb 2008	Boeing 737-700 N551WN	Valdosta, Georgia, United States	Southwest Airlines Co.	Serious injuries	-
13 Feb 2008	Boeing 737-500 UR-GAU	Helsinki, Finland approximate position	Ukaine International Airlines	No injuries	-
10 Feb 2008	Boeing 737-217 OB-1843-P	Cusco, Peru not on the map	AeroCondor	No injuries	-
3 Feb 2008	Boeing 737 LN-RRR	Nurnberg, Germany approximate position	-	Unknown	-
8 Jan 2008	Boeing 737-2H4 N733TW	Lincoln, Nebraska, United States	Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Jan 2008	Boeing 737-400 CN-RMX	Deauville Saint, France	Royal Air Maroc	Unknown	-
25 Nov 2007	Boeing 737-832 N3744F	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Nov 2007	Boeing 737-300 N676SW	Greenville, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
7 Nov 2007	Boeing 737-200 ZS-OEX	Cape Town, South Africa approximate position	Nationwide Air Charter Service Inc	No injuries	-
28 Oct 2007	Boeing 737-800 EC-HBM	Katowice, Poland approximate position	Air Europa Lineas Aereas	No injuries	-
23 Sep 2007	Boeing 737 G-THOF	Bournemouth, United Kingdom approximate position	Thomsonfly Ltd	No injuries	-
20 Sep 2007	Boeing 737-800 B-16805	Saga, Japan approximate position	China Airlines Ltd	No injuries	-
15 Sep 2007	Boeing 737-200 XA-MAC	Guadalajara, Mexico	-	No injuries	-
20 Aug 2007	Boeing 737-800 B18616	Naha, Okinawa, Japan approximate position	China Air Lines	No injuries	-
16 Aug 2007	Boeing 737-700 C-FUWS	Los Angeles, California, United States	Westjet Air Center Inc	No injuries	-
2 Aug 2007	Boeing 737-724 N13716	Panama City, Panama approximate position	Continental Airlines Inc	Serious injuries	-
5 Jul 2007	Boeing 737 N737DA	New York City, New York, United States	Delta Airlines Inc DFW Base Maintenance	No injuries	-
13 May 2007	Boeing 737-800 EI-DCX	London Control not on the map	Ryanair	Unknown	-
29 Apr 2007	Boeing 737-300 PR-GLC	Brazil not on the map	Gol Linhas Aereas	Unknown	-
25 Apr 2007	Boeing 737-300 N648SW	La Plata, Maryland, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
17 Mar 2007	Boeing 737-700 N552	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Alaska Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
17 Feb 2007	Boeing 737-400 EI-CZG	Alghero Fertili, Italy not on the map	-	Unknown	-
3 Feb 2007	Boeing 737-522 N928UA	Denver, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
28 Dec 2006	Boeing 737-400 PK-KKC	Medan, Indonesia approximate position	Adam Air	No injuries	-
27 Dec 2006	Boeing 737-7H4 N207WN	San Diego, California, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
16 Dec 2006	Boeing 737-824 N24202	Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States	Continental Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
30 Oct 2006	Boeing 737-200 N740AS	Seattle, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
19 Oct 2006	Boeing 737-790 N614AS	Los Angeles, California, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
17 Sep 2006	Boeing 737-700 N793SA	Hastings, Nebraska, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
12 Sep 2006	Boeing 737 ZK-NGJ	Auckland, New Zealand approximate position	-	Unknown	-
31 Aug 2006	Boeing 737-400 N425US	Miami, Florida, United States	US Airways	No injuries	-
21 Aug 2006	Boeing 737-524 N14655	Newark, New Jersey, United States	Continental Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
27 Jul 2006	Boeing 737-300 N529AU	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States	US Airways Inc	Minor injuries	-
24 Jul 2006	Boeing 737-322 N315UA	Chicago, Illinois, United States	United Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-