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
10 Apr 1966	Boeing B-727 N1994	Fort Worth Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1966	Convair 990 N5615	Ft Worth Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
20 Feb 1966	Convair CV-990 N5602A	Buffalo, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Jan 1966	Boeing-707 123 N7520A	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Oct 1965	Convair CV-990 N5617	Yosemite, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Oct 1965	Douglas DC-6 N90748	Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1965	Boeing 720 N7532A	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1965	Boeing B-727 N1995	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1965	Boeing B-727 N1995	Little Rock Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1965	Boeing 707 123B N7507A	Texarkana Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1965	Douglas DC-6 N90731	Buffalo Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 May 1965	Boeing 707 120 N7521A	El Paso Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 May 1965	Boeing 707 123 N7503A	Mineral Wells Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Feb 1965	Boeing B-727 N1975	Covington Ky, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Dec 1964	Boeing 727 N1971	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Nov 1964	Boeing 707 123B N7516A	Nashville Tenn, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Oct 1964	Boeing 727-23 N1791	Allentown Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Oct 1964	Boeing B720 N7535A	Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
30 Sep 1964	Boeing 707 123B N7518	New Castle del, Delaware, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Aug 1964	Lockheed L-188A N6119	Tulsa Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1964	Boeing B-720 N7528	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Apr 1964	Lockheed L-188 N6123A	Flushing New York, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1963	Boeing 707 N7523A	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Jul 1963	Lockheed 188 N6126	Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Jun 1963	Boeing 707 N7509A	Litchfield, Michigan, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 1963	Lockheed 188 N6134A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Mar 1963	Douglas DC-7B N359AA	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Aug 1962	Lockheed 188 N6102A	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 Mar 1962	Douglas DC-6B N90765	Buffalo, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1962	Douglas DC-7BF N381	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1962	Convair 240 N94253	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-