Aviation accidents in Australia

The NTSB database holds 469 accidents and incidents in Australia, recorded between 1969 to 2026. 194 of them were fatal (41%), and 358 people died.

The deadliest year was 2017, with 27 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (2 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Robinson R22 and Robinson R44.

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

469

Records

194

Fatal

358

Deaths

41%

Share fatal

1969 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 222 of 469 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 2

1980s 2

1990s 4

2000s 107

2010s 152

2020s 201

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 737 48 Robinson R22 32 Robinson R44 30 Cessna 172 16 Bell 206 14 Saab 340 11

Operators involved

Jetstar Airways 5 Virgin Australia 4 Qantas Airways Limited 4 Virgin Blue 3 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 3 Toll Aviation 3

All 469 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Dec 2002	Boeing 767-219ER	Brisbane, Australia no coordinates	Air New Zealand Ltd	Unknown	-
24 Nov 2002	Boeing 717 VH-VQC	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia no coordinates	Impulse Airlines	Unknown	-
11 Oct 2002	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 227-AC	Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
4 Oct 2002	Boeing 717-200 VH-VQC	Launceton, Australia no coordinates	Impulse Airlines	Unknown	-
3 Jul 2002	Piper CHIEFTAIN	Australia, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
19 Jun 2002	Boeing 737-800 VH-VOE	Darwin, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Blue	Unknown	-
28 May 2002	Hughes 369E VH-HJT	Tiers, Tasmania, Australia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Mar 2002	Boeing 747 G-BNLD	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	British Airways	Unknown	-
27 Nov 2001	Boeing 767-238 VH-EAQ	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	Qantas Airways Limited	Unknown	-
23 May 2001	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) SAAB 340 VH-EKX	Coonamble, NSW, Australia no coordinates	Kendall Airlines	Unknown	-
30 Jan 2001	Boeing B-777-300 A6-EMM	Australia no coordinates	United Arab Emirates	Unknown	-
18 Apr 2000	Boeing 737-400 VHTJY	Brisbane, Australia no coordinates	Qantas Airlines, Inc.	Unknown	-
23 Apr 1999	De Havilland DHC-6-200 N719AS	Fitiuta, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Nov 1998	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 UNK	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
31 Oct 1987	Cessna 421C N8410G	Wollongong, Australia no coordinates	Fabergo PTY Ltd	No injuries	-
23 May 1986	Boeing 747SP-21 N531PA	Sydny, Australia no coordinates	United Airlines	No injuries	-
18 Jul 1974	Boeing 747 N732PA	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Jul 1971	Boeing 747 N652PA	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Dec 1969	Boeing 707 N892PA	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-