Eastern Air Lines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 205 accidents and incidents involving Eastern Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 1990. 15 of them were fatal (7%), and 457 people died.

The deadliest year was 1975, with 112 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (77 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 727, Douglas DC-8 and Douglas DC-9.

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

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

205

Records

Fatal

457

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 1990

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 205 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 107

1970s 79

1980s 15

1990s 4

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 727 55 Douglas DC-8 38 Douglas DC-9 28 Lockheed 1011 13 Boeing B-727 10 Douglas DC-7B 7

Where these happened

United States 192 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 10 Mexico 2 Other-Foreign Countries 1

All 205 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Mar 1970	Douglas DC-9 N913	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1970	Boeing 727 N8106N	Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
13 Dec 1969	Boeing 727 N8158G	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Nov 1969	Douglas DC-8 N8610	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1969	Douglas DC-8 N8602	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Sep 1969	Boeing 727 N8173G	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	-
19 Aug 1969	Douglas DC-9 N8919E	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Aug 1969	Douglas DC-8 N8775	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
9 Jun 1969	Douglas DC-9 N8946E	Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 May 1969	Douglas DC-9 N8904E	St.louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 May 1969	Douglas DC-9 N8924E	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 May 1969	Boeing 720 N8703E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 May 1969	Boeing 727 N8139N	Nashville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1969	Douglas DC-8 N8764	Over Cuba, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
27 Apr 1969	Douglas DC-8 N8601	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
27 Feb 1969	Lockheed 188-A N5526	Richmond, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1969	Boeing 727 N8167G	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Dec 1968	Douglas DC-8 N8779	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Jul 1968	Boeing 727 N8124N	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Jun 1968	Douglas DC-8 N8775	Norfolk, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Jun 1968	Convair 440 N8305	Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
23 Mar 1968	Boeing 727 N8109N	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Mar 1968	Douglas DC-8 N8780R	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Mar 1968	Boeing 727 N8161G	Appleton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Jan 1968	Douglas DC-8 N4904C	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Jan 1968	Douglas DC-8 N8778	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8606	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Dec 1967	Aero Comdr 500-B N6291X	Homestead, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Oct 1967	Aero Comdr 500-B N6291X	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Oct 1967	Lockheed 188 N5503	Pensacola, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8613	Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Aug 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8615	Cocoa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Aug 1967	Boeing 727 N8106N	Jacksonville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Aug 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8610	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
18 Aug 1967	Lockheed L-1049 N6206G	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Aug 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8608	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1967	Boeing 727 N8145N	Massena, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Jun 1967	Boeing B-727 N8133N	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 May 1967	Boeing 727 N8144N	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Apr 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8612	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1967	Boeing B-727 N8122N	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1967	Boeing B-727 N8148N	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1967	Lockheed 1049G N6240G	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Feb 1967	Lockheed 1049 N6209C	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Oct 1966	Lockheed 1049G N6204G	Andrews Afb Md, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Oct 1966	Lockheed L-1049 N6219C	Miami Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Sep 1966	Convair 440 N9313	Richmond Va, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1966	Boeing 727 N8127N	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Jun 1966	Boeing B-727 N8136N	Melbourne Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
26 May 1966	Boeing 727 N8148N	E.boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-