American Airlines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 231 accidents and incidents involving American Airlines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 2025. 7 of them were fatal (3%), and 371 people died.

The deadliest year was 1979, with 271 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (63 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 727, Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-10.

Most of these records are from United States, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. and Argentina.

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

231

Records

Fatal

371

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 69 of 231 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 55

1970s 79

1980s 17

1990s 17

2000s 17

2010s 26

2020s 20

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 727 40 Boeing 707 31 Douglas DC-10 17 Boeing 747 15 Boeing 777 13 Boeing 737 10

Where these happened

United States 199 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 5 Argentina 4 Canada 3 Brazil 2 Iceland 2

All 231 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Oct 1972	Douglas DC-10 N106AA	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Sep 1972	Boeing 707 N7526A	Dayton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
19 Aug 1972	Boeing 727 N1987	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jul 1972	Boeing 747 N9664	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
24 Jun 1972	Boeing 727 N6837	St.louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Jun 1972	Douglas DC-10 N103AA	Windsor, Canada no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
10 Jun 1972	Boeing 727 N1992	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
20 Oct 1971	Boeing 747 N9664	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1971	Douglas DC-10 N103AA	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1971	Boeing 747 N9664	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1971	Boeing 707 N8405	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Apr 1971	British Ac 1-11 N5025	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Mar 1971	Boeing 720 N7542AA	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Mar 1971	Boeing 727 N6816	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Mar 1971	Boeing 707 N7523A	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Feb 1971	Boeing 727 N1934	St.louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1971	Boeing 747 N9666	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Jan 1971	Boeing 727 N1991	Imperial, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
4 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N740PA	Hill City, Kansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1970	Boeing 747 N9666	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Nov 1970	Boeing B727 N973A	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1970	Boeing 707 N7507A	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1970	Boeing 727 N6835	Kankakee, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Sep 1970	Boeing 747 N743PA	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 May 1970	Boeing 727 N1991	Oklahoma Cty, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1970	Boeing 707 N7591A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Feb 1970	British Ac 1-11 N5025	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Feb 1970	Boeing 727 N6828	Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Jul 1969	Convair 990 N5614	Fort Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jul 1969	Boeing 727 N1974	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1968	Boeing 707 N7599	Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1968	Boeing 727 N1981	Springfield, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Sep 1968	Lockheed L-188 N6121	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jun 1968	Boeing 727 N6805	Columbus, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 May 1968	Boeing 720B N7549AA	Mason City, Iowa, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Mar 1968	Boeing 707 N7551A	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Feb 1968	British Ac 1-11 N5032	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
12 Nov 1967	Boeing 727 N1935	Alamosa, Colorado, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Sep 1967	Boeing 707 N7598A	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1967	British Ac 1-11 N5022	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Mar 1967	Boeing 707 123B N7553A	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Feb 1967	Boeing B-720B N7548A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Nov 1966	Boeing 707 N7521A	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1966	Boeing B-727 N1983	Flushing Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Sep 1966	Lockheed L-188 N120	Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
15 Sep 1966	Lockheed 188 N6111A	Montezuma Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1966	Bac 1-11 N5021	Ntoronto, Canada no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Aug 1966	Boeing 707123 N7504	Harrisburg Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Jun 1966	Boeing B-720B N7534A	Mojave, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
24 Apr 1966	Boeing 707 N7516A	Philadelphia Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-