Aviation accidents in France
The NTSB database holds 285 accidents and incidents in France, recorded between 1990 to 2026. 105 of them were fatal (37%), and 746 people died.
The deadliest year was 2009, with 232 deaths.
The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Cirrus SR22 and Airbus A320.
168 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
285
Records
105
Fatal
746
Deaths
37%
Share fatal
1990 to 2026
Period
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117 of 285 have coordinates
By decade
Aircraft types involved
All 285 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2003 | Cessna 551 (CITATION II) | Perigueux, France | Sonnig SA | No injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2002 | Cessna 310R | Saint Tropez, France | Avalon Air Services Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 2002 | Airbus A320-212 | Paris, France | Air France | Unknown | - |
| 13 May 2002 | Socata TBM 700 | Moulins, France | Air Touring Inc Trustee | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 2001 | Cessna 421 | Carcassome, France | Air Euro Trans | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 2001 | Lockheed L-1011 | Lyon St Exupery, France | Air Transat | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 2001 | Boeing 767-300ER | Paris, France | American Airlines Commercial Flight Operations | No injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-31-350 | Orleans, France | Tulip Air B.V. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 2001 | Boeing 737-800 | Lyon, France | Air Algerie | Unknown | - |
| 5 Nov 2000 | Boeing 747-200 | Paris, France | Cameroon Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 2000 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Paris, France | Northwest Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 2000 | Fairchild METRO III | Reims, France | Richmond Air Service | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 2000 | McDonnell Douglas MD-80 | Paris, France | Air Liberte | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1999 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | Pointe A Pitre, France | Gemini Air Cargo | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 1999 | Mooney M20 | France | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Mar 1999 | Boeing 737-228 | Biarritz, France | Air France | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jan 1999 | Cessna 550 | Paris, France | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 1998 | Beechcraft 1900C | Luxeuil, France | Flandre Air | Unknown | - |
| 20 Oct 1998 | Boeing 727 | Point A Pitre, France | Miami Air | Unknown | - |
| 28 Sep 1998 | Airbus A300-600 | Paris, France | American Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1998 | Boeing 747-228F | Paris, France | Air France | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 1998 | Boeing 737-3M8 | Marseilles, France | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 1998 | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | Antalya, France | AOM Airlines (France) | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1998 | Piper PA-32-260 | Nice, France | Christopher Y. Skudder | No injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 1998 | Beechcraft 200 SUPER KING AIR | France | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jan 1998 | Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 2000 | Clerrmont-Ferra, France | Regional Airlines | Unknown | - |
| 2 Dec 1997 | McDonnell Douglas MD83-2 | Paris, France | Air Liberte | Unknown | - |
| 23 Nov 1997 | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | Paris, France | AOM | No injuries | - |
| 29 Mar 1996 | Cessna C340 | Valreas, France | Martin Aero Corp | No injuries | - |
| 26 May 1995 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Biscarrosse, France | Theobald O. Stripp | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Jan 1994 | Beechcraft BE-90 | France | Charles Kuykendall | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Feb 1993 | Dassault-Breguet FALCON 10 | Aurillac, France | Conaero, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 1992 | Boeing 727-200 | Martinique, France | DHL Airways | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jan 1992 | Airbus A320 | Strasburg, France | Air Inter | Unknown | - |
| 12 Aug 1990 | Airbus A-310 | Paris, France | Pan AM World Airways Inc. | Serious injuries | - |