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
4 Jan 2013	Boeing 737 VH-VUZ	Launceston, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Air Inc	Unknown	-
4 Dec 2012	Boeing 737 VH-VZL	Perth, Australia no coordinates	Qantas Airways Limited	Unknown	-
11 Nov 2012	Airbus A380-861 A6-EDA	Richmond NSW, Australia no coordinates	Emirates	Unknown	-
17 Oct 2012	Boeing 737 VH-VXB	Canberra, Australia no coordinates	Qantas Airways Limited	Unknown	-
9 Sep 2012	Boeing 747-47UF N409MC	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	Atlas Air Inc	Unknown	-
14 Feb 2012	Fairchild SA-227 VH-UZA	Brisbane, Australia no coordinates	Toll Aviation	No injuries	-
8 Sep 2011	Aerospatiale AS350 VH-RDU	Rockhampton, Australia, Australia	Heli Charters Pty Ltd	Unknown	-
12 Nov 2010	Boeing 767 VH-OGO	Perth, Australia, Australia	Qantas Airways Limited	Unknown	-
7 May 2010	Boeing 747-422 N128UA	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	United Air Lines Inc	No injuries	-
23 Dec 2009	Garlick TH1F VH-UHD	Canowindra, Australia	Caloundra Helicoper Centre Pty Ltd	Serious injuries	-
28 Oct 2009	Airbus A330 VH-EBA	Brisbane, Australia no coordinates	Jetstar Airways	Unknown	-
19 Oct 2009	Boeing 737 VH-VUI	Melbourne Airport, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Blue Airlines PTY LTD	Unknown	-
4 Oct 2009	Saab 340 VH-SBA	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia no coordinates	Regional Express Holdings Limited	No injuries	-
21 Aug 2009	Boeing 737 VH-VOC	Launceton, Tasmania, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Blue	No injuries	-
24 Jul 2009	Boeing VH-VBA	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Blue	Unknown	-
7 Oct 2008	Airbus A330 VH-QPA	Learmonth Aerodome, Australia	-	Serious injuries	-
25 Sep 2008	Bell 407T VH-NSH	Talbot Bay, Australia	True North No. 2 Pty Ltd	Minor injuries	-
26 Jun 2008	Embraer EMB-120ER VH-XUE	Jundee, WA, Australia	-	No injuries	-
8 May 2008	American Champion (Acac) 7GCBC VH-MWY	Camden, NSW, Australia	Curtis Aviation Pty Limited	No injuries	-
11 Feb 2008	Beechcraft 1900D VH-VAZ	Jabiru, Australia	Vincent Aviation, PTY LTD	No injuries	-
31 May 2007	Beechcraft 200 VH-XCB	Victoria, Australia no coordinates	Cleary Bros (Bombo) PTY Ltd	No injuries	-
24 May 2007	Beechcraft B200 VH-IWO	Broome, Australia, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
2 Apr 2007	Israel 1124 VH-AJP	Darwin, Australia	Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd.	No injuries	-
5 Feb 2007	Cirrus SR22 VH-HYY	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	John Weymouth	Serious injuries	-
2 Feb 2007	Bell 407 VH-HRT	Warialda, Australia	Hunter Region Helicotper Rescue Service Ltd	No injuries	-
16 Dec 2006	Saab 340 VH-UYA	Mount Isa Queensland, Australia, Australia no coordinates	Macair	Unknown	-
1 Nov 2006	Cessna 207 VH-UBX	Townsville, Australia	-	Serious injuries	-
19 Sep 2006	Boeing B75N1 N73410	Canyonleigh, NSW, Australia	-	Minor injuries	-
18 Sep 2006	Boeing 777 9M-MRM	Brisbane, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
28 Feb 2006	Boeing 717-200 VH-NXH	Paraburdoo, Australia	National Jet	No injuries	-
5 Feb 2006	Cessna 208 CARAVAN VH-KLP	Strahan, Tasmania, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
23 Dec 2005	British JETSTREAM 3200	Adelaide, Australia no coordinates	O'Connor Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Nov 2005	Boeing 737-7Q8 VH-VBI	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Blue Pty Ltd	Unknown	-
1 Aug 2005	Piper PA-31-350 VH-LMB	Pt. Augusta, Australia	Air Norht Airlines of South Australia	No injuries	-
1 Aug 2005	Boeing 777-200 9M-MRG	Perth, Australia no coordinates	Malaysian Airline System	Unknown	-
16 May 2005	Boeing 717-200 VH-VQI	Hobart Tasmania, Australia no coordinates	Jetstar Airways	Unknown	-
18 Mar 2005	Boeing 717-200 VH-VQB	Launceston, Australia no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
11 Oct 2004	Boeing 737-800 VH-VOF	Perth, Australia no coordinates	Virgin Blue Airlines	Unknown	-
30 Aug 2004	Fairchild SA226-T VH-SSL	Sydney, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Aug 2004	Boeing 717-200 vh-vqa	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	Jetstar	Unknown	-
26 Jul 2004	Boeing 717-200 VH-VQA	Mackay, Australia no coordinates	Jetstar Airways	Unknown	-
14 Jun 2004	Bell 206B VH-PHF	Alice Springs, Australia	Ronald Newman	No injuries	-
4 Jun 2004	Cessna U206A VH-OWA	Queensland, Australia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
31 Mar 2004	Robinson R-22 BETA VH-HHD	Charters Towers, Australia	North Australian Helicopters Pty Ltd	Minor injuries	-
9 Feb 2004	Robinson R22 VH-HBI	Bribie Island, Australia no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
12 Aug 2003	Piper PA-31-350 VH-UBC	Albury, Australia	Wodonga Services P/L	No injuries	-
15 May 2003	Beechcraft 200C VH-AMR	Coffs Harbour, Australia no coordinates	Royal Flying Doctor Service	No injuries	-
1 Mar 2003	Cessna CONQUEST VH-LBZ	Lake Johnston, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Feb 2003	Robinson R44 VH-AIC	Mareeba Aerdrome, Australia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Jan 2003	Bell 206B3 VH-AZH	Canberra, Australia no coordinates	Heli-Muster Pty, Ltd.	Serious injuries	-