Plane Crash List

Boeing 757 accidents

The NTSB database holds 207 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 757, recorded between 1986 to 2025. 6 of them were fatal (3%), and 370 people died.

The deadliest year was 1996, with 189 deaths.

Most of these records are from United States, Spain and Costa Rica.

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

207
Records
6
Fatal
370
Deaths
3%
Share fatal
1986 to 2025
Period
Show these on the map 124 of 207 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 11
1990s 49
2000s 60
2010s 60
2020s 27

All 207 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
20 Jan 1989 Boeing 757-225
N509EA
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
Eastern Air Lines No injuries -
29 Sep 1988 Boeing 757
N523EA
Alajuela, Costa Rica
no coordinates
Eastern Airlines No injuries -
16 Apr 1988 Boeing 757-225
N510EA
San Jose, Costa Rica
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
22 Mar 1988 Boeing 757
N628DL
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
18 Jun 1987 Boeing 757-251
N515US
Detroit, Michigan, United States - No injuries -
6 Nov 1986 Boeing 757-251
N516US
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
3 Apr 1986 Boeing 757-251
N508US
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Northwest Airline No injuries -