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
7 Jul 2006	Boeing 737-300 G-CELA	Stansted, United Kingdom approximate position	Jet2	No injuries	-
12 Jun 2006	Boeing 737-2M2 D2-TBO	Accra, Ghana approximate position	TAAG Linhas Aereas De Angola	No injuries	-
8 Jun 2006	Boeing 737-300 N403TZ	New York, New York, United States	-	No injuries	-
23 Mar 2006	Boeing 737-300 N309UA	Chicago, Illinois, United States	United Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-
13 Feb 2006	Boeing 737 PP-VNY	Sao Paulo, Brazil approximate position	Varig	Unknown	-
16 Jan 2006	Boeing 737-524 N32626	El Paso, Texas, United States approximate position	Continental Airlines	Fatal	-
9 Dec 2005	Boeing 737-700 N471WN	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	-
20 Nov 2005	Boeing 737-800 N734MA	State College, Pennsylvania, United States	Miami Air International	No injuries	-
9 Nov 2005	Boeing 737-7Q8 VH-VBI	Melbourne, Australia approximate position	Virgin Blue Pty Ltd	Unknown	-
9 Nov 2005	Boeing 737-400 UNKNO WN	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	US Airways Inc	No injuries	-
30 Oct 2005	Boeing 737-900 N317AS	Calgary, Canada approximate position	Alaska Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
22 Oct 2005	Boeing 737-832 N378DA	Atlantic Ocean, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
13 Oct 2005	Boeing 737-7H4 N755SA	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	-	No injuries	-
8 Aug 2005	Boeing 737-824 N73270	Newark, New Jersey, United States	Continental Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
8 Jul 2005	Boeing 737-7H4 N494WN	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
20 Jun 2005	Boeing 737-524 N24633	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Continental Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 May 2005	Boeing 737-400 PK-KKG	Jakarta, Indonesia	Adam Air	Unknown	-
17 May 2005	Boeing 737-322 N305UA	Denver, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
29 Apr 2005	Boeing 737-700 N727SW	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States	Southwest Airlines Company	Serious injuries	-
25 Apr 2005	Boeing 737-282 N789TM	Denver, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
16 Mar 2005	Boeing 737-72T N50TC	Newark, New Jersey, United States	-	No injuries	-
11 Feb 2005	Boeing 737-200 PK-RIJ	Achmad Yani, Indonesia not on the map	Mandala Airlines	Unknown	-
30 Jan 2005	Boeing 737-3H4 N350SW	Seattle, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Jan 2005	Boeing 737-247 N373DL	Covington, Kentucky, United States	-	No injuries	-
8 Jan 2005	Boeing 737-724 N16732	Gunnison, Colorado, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
11 Oct 2004	Boeing 737-800 VH-VOF	Perth, Australia not on the map	Virgin Blue Airlines	Unknown	-
14 Sep 2004	Boeing 737-3H4 N601WN	Los Angeles, California, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Sep 2004	Boeing 737-300 9H-ADH	Glasgow, United Kingdom approximate position	Air Malta	No injuries	-
19 Aug 2004	Boeing 737-7H4 N461WN	Los Angeles, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
11 Aug 2004	Boeing 737-200 3X-GCM	Freetown, Sierra Leone approximate position	Air Guinee Express	No injuries	-
7 Aug 2004	Boeing 737-500 N929UA	Denver, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
4 Jun 2004	Boeing 737-7H4 N757LV	Liberal, Kansas, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
19 May 2004	Boeing 737 OB-1751-P	Iquitos, Peru approximate position	-	Unknown	-
14 Apr 2004	Boeing 737-700 N448WN	Beach Haven, New Jersey, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
10 Apr 2004	Boeing 737-300 N662SW	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
24 Feb 2004	Boeing 737-300 N368SW	Seattle, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
3 Jan 2004	Boeing 737-300 SU-ZCF	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt approximate position	-	Unknown	-
19 Dec 2003	Boeing 737-300 TR-LFZ	Libreville, Gabon approximate position	-	Unknown	-
13 Dec 2003	Boeing 737-200 OB-1544	Lima, Peru approximate position	-	Unknown	-
7 Dec 2003	Boeing 737-800 LN-RPL	Goteberg, Sweden not on the map	-	Unknown	-
29 Nov 2003	Boeing 737-3M8 N303FL	Denver, Colorado, United States	Frontier Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
1 Nov 2003	Boeing 737-500 N956UA	Denver, Colorado, United States	United Air Lines Inc	Serious injuries	-
6 Oct 2003	Boeing 737-400 9M-MOK	Changi Airport, Singapore not on the map	Malaysian Airlines	Unknown	-
4 Oct 2003	Boeing 737 N972AN	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	-	No injuries	-
16 Aug 2003	Boeing 737-800 N329TZ	Wooster, Ohio, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
25 May 2003	Boeing 737-300 N343SW	Amarillo, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Apr 2003	Boeing 737-924 N71411	Palestine, Texas, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
11 Mar 2003	Boeing 737-200 C-FTWJ	Kelona, BC, Canada not on the map	WestJet	Unknown	-
1 Feb 2003	Boeing 737-400 N764AS	Vancouver, BC, Canada approximate position	Alaska Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
26 Jan 2003	Boeing 737-2M9 PP-SPJ	Rio Branco, Brazil not on the map	Viacao Aerea SAO Paulo S A	No injuries	-