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
18 Jul 2022	Boeing 737 VH-VZO	Wave Rock, Australia no coordinates	Qantas Airlines	Unknown	-
29 Jun 2022	Believer CASA-16XFFM UNREG	Thorpdale, Australia	-	No injuries	-
10 Jun 2022	Boeing 737 ZK-TLJ	Perth, Australia no coordinates	Toll Airlines	Unknown	-
16 May 2022	Robinson R44 VH-KOV	Lost City, Australia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
26 Apr 2022	Boeing 737 VH-YFZ	Queensland, Australia	Virgin Australia Airlines	Unknown	-
16 Apr 2022	Beechcraft BE58 VH-NPT	Kununurra, Australia	-	Serious injuries	-
5 Apr 2022	Saab 340 VH-ZRK	South Melbourne, Australia	Rex Airlines	Unknown	-
4 Apr 2022	De Havilland DHC2 VH-AAX	Moruya, Australia	Skydive OZ	No injuries	-
11 Mar 2022	Bell 206L-1 VH-BHF	Cooma, Australia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
25 Feb 2022	Robinson R22 VH-THM	Bilinga, Australia	-	No injuries	-
14 Feb 2022	Garlick UH1H VH-UHX	Devonport, Australia	-	Unknown	-
11 Jan 2022	Robinson R22 VH-VHE	Mitchell, Australia	-	No injuries	-
4 Dec 2021	Air Tractor AT-400 VH-ACQ	Bulyeroi, Australia	-	Unknown	-
3 Nov 2021	Boeing 737 ZK-FXJ	Darwin, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
7 Sep 2021	Cessna 441 VH-JFU	Tindal, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Sep 2021	Boeing 737 VH-YIS	Darwin, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
19 Aug 2021	Eurocopter BO105 VH-NVH	Archerfield, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
31 Jul 2021	Boeing 737 UNK	Perth, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
6 Jul 2021	Boeing 737 VH-XMO	Ballarat, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Jun 2021	Cessna 150 VH-CYO	Cedarton, Australia	-	Unknown	-
22 Jun 2021	Piper PA-32-300 VH-CWK	Moorabbin Aerodrome, Australia	-	Serious injuries	-
21 Jun 2021	Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNH	Sydney, Australia	Quantas	Unknown	-
20 May 2021	Boeing 737 VH-VXQ	Perth, Australia no coordinates	Qantas	Unknown	-
11 Feb 2021	Robinson R22 VH-HKC	Hughenden, Australia	-	Unknown	-
3 Feb 2021	Robinson 22 VH-SXC	Hamilton Island, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Jan 2021	Boeing 737 Vh-XMO	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Dec 2020	Robinson R44 VH-HOB	Clare, Australia	-	No injuries	-
23 Oct 2020	Airbus A320 VH-VFF	Brisbane, Australia	-	Unknown	-
16 Aug 2020	Robinson R22 VH-YMU	McArthur River Mine, Australia	-	Unknown	-
31 Jul 2020	Robinson R44 VH-HNF	Steam Plains, Australia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
22 Jul 2020	Cessna 441 VH-LBY	Djugun, Australia no coordinates	Skippers Aviation Pty Ltd	No injuries	-
3 Apr 2020	Robinson R44 VH-RJN	Mareeba Aerodrome, Australia	-	No injuries	-
5 Feb 2020	Aerospatiale AS350 VH-UAH	Bankstown Aerodrome, Australia	New South Wales Parks & Wildlife Service	Unknown	-
29 Jan 2020	Cessna U206G VH-AEE	Happy Valley, Australia	-	Minor injuries	-
22 Jan 2020	Boeing 777 N2333U	Sydney, Australia	United Airlines	Unknown	-
9 Jan 2020	Garlick UH1H VH-ONZ	Boydtown, Australia no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Dec 2019	Cessna P210 N210BA	Moruya, Australia	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Dec 2019	Oas UH-1H VH-OXI	Williamtown Aerodrome, Australia no coordinates	Touchdown Helicopters	Minor injuries	-
3 Dec 2019	De Havilland DHC8 VH-ZZA	Eaton, Australia	Surveillance Australia Pty. Ltd.	Unknown	-
28 Nov 2019	Boeing 747 9V-SFO	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
29 Aug 2019	Saab 340 VH-RXX	Merimbula, Australia	-	Unknown	-
28 Jul 2019	Van's RV6 VH-ANU	Williams Creek, Australia	-	Serious injuries	-
22 Jun 2019	Robinson R22 VH-HHQ	Kutchera Station, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 May 2019	Airbus A330 unknown	Derby, Australia	-	No injuries	-
14 Apr 2019	Pilatus PC12 VH-OWJ	Merredin, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
28 Jan 2019	Sikorsky S64 N173AC	Mount Eliza, Australia	-	Minor injuries	-
6 Jan 2019	Cessna 182 VH-DGF	Tooradin, Australia	-	No injuries	-
11 Oct 2018	Boeing 787 9V-OJE	Perth, Australia no coordinates	Scoot	Unknown	-
9 Oct 2018	Boeing 737 VH-YFW	Brisbane, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
30 Sep 2018	Airbus A320 VH-VFX	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	Jetstar Airways	Unknown	-