Boeing 747 accidents

The NTSB database holds 429 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747, recorded between 1969 to 2026. 25 of them were fatal (6%), and 2,547 people died.

The deadliest year was 1977, with 1,148 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (43 records).

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

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

429

Records

Fatal

2,547

Deaths

Share fatal

1969 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 118 of 429 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 106

1980s 54

1990s 73

2000s 72

2010s 84

2020s 39

Where these happened

United States 200 Japan 18 United Kingdom 18 Europe 13 Germany 13 Taiwan 10

Operators involved

Pan American World Airways, Inc. 25 Northwest Airlines, Inc. 21 United Airlines 20 Trans World Airlines, Inc. 17 American Airlines, Inc. 15 United Air Lines, Inc. 14

All 429 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N9898	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
18 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N740PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N743PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N4710U	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N740PA	Hill City, Kansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N735PA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1970	Boeing 747 N9666	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Nov 1970	Boeing 747 N739PA	Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
27 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 N337PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
26 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 N93109	Bradford, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 N93101	Kansas City, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 N93103	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 JA8103	Ventura, California, United States no coordinates	Japan Airlines	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1970	Boeing 747 N93107	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Sep 1970	Boeing 747 N743PA	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Aug 1970	Boeing 747 G-AWNA	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	British Airways	No injuries	-
26 Aug 1970	Boeing 747 N93108	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Aug 1970	Boeing 747 F-BPVC	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Air France	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1970	Boeing 747 F-BPVD	St.jean, Canada no coordinates	Air France	No injuries	-
15 Aug 1970	Boeing 747 N4703U	Sacramento, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jun 1970	Boeing 747 N93106	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
11 Jun 1970	Boeing 747 N603US	Salina, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Jun 1970	Boeing 747 N93108	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 May 1970	Boeing 747 N601US	Salina, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 May 1970	Boeing 747 N7470	Moses Lake, Washington, United States no coordinates	The Boeing COM	No injuries	-
9 Feb 1970	Boeing 747 N736PA	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1970	Boeing 747 N735PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Jan 1970	Boeing 747 N735PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1969	Boeing 747 N732PA	Renton, Washington, United States no coordinates	Boeing Company	No injuries	-