Delta Air Lines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 214 accidents and incidents involving Delta Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1963 to 2026. 9 of them were fatal (4%), and 111 people died.

The deadliest year was 1973, with 88 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (51 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Douglas DC-8, Boeing 757 and Douglas DC-9.

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Brazil.

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

214

Records

Fatal

111

Deaths

Share fatal

1963 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 79 of 214 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 38

1970s 65

1980s 12

1990s 9

2000s 18

2010s 30

2020s 42

Aircraft types involved

Douglas DC-8 33 Boeing 757 21 Douglas DC-9 20 Boeing 767 18 Boeing 737 16 Boeing 727 15

Where these happened

United States 184 Mexico 3 Brazil 3 France 2 Spain 2 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 2

All 214 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Aug 1966	Convair 880 N8816E	Philadelphia Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1966	Douglas DC-9 N3307L	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Mar 1966	Douglas DC-6 N1904M	Birmingham Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
27 Feb 1966	Douglas DC-8 N814PA	New Orleans la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Nov 1965	Douglas DC-8 N811E	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Nov 1965	Convair CV-880 N8811E	Los.angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Nov 1964	Curtiss C-46 N9885F	Baton Rouge la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Aug 1964	Douglas DC-8 N803E	Dallas Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1964	Convair CV-880 N8813E	Newark Nj, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 May 1964	Douglas DC-8 N804E	Kress City Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
26 Mar 1964	Convair CV-880 N8803E	Tampa Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 Nov 1963	Convair 440 N4815C	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1963	Douglas DC-6 N1907M	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1963	Douglas DC-8 N802E	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-