Southern Airways, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving Southern Airways, Inc., recorded between 1963 to 1993. 3 of them were fatal (20%), and 137 people died.

The deadliest year was 1970, with 75 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (7 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Martin 404, Douglas DC-9 and Douglas DC-3.

Most of these records are from United States.

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

Records

Fatal

137

Deaths

20%

Share fatal

1963 to 1993

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 6

1970s 8

1990s 1

Aircraft types involved

Martin 404 5 Douglas DC-9 5 Douglas DC-3 2 Douglas DC9 1 Cessna 421 1 Swearingen 226 1

Where these happened

United States 15

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Nov 1970	Douglas DC-9 N97S	Huntington, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Fatal	75
4 Apr 1977	Douglas DC-9 N1335U	New Hope, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Fatal	62
15 Apr 1993	Cessna 421B N14A	Fort Payne, Alabama, United States	Southern Airways Inc.	No injuries	-
8 May 1978	Swearingen 226-TC N70A	Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Apr 1974	Douglas DC-9 N3302L	St.louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jun 1972	Douglas DC-9 N8906E	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Feb 1972	Martin 404 N259S	Columbus, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Feb 1971	Douglas DC9-15 N92S	Gulfport, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
10 Dec 1970	Martin 404 N143S	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Fatal	-
18 Aug 1969	Douglas DC-9 N895	Eglin Af Base, Florida, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1968	Martin 404 N251S	Oxford Miss, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Feb 1967	Martin 404 N142S	Atlanta Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1964	Douglas DC-3 N62S	Tupelo Miss, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Feb 1964	Douglas DC-3 N65SA	Huntsville Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Jun 1963	Martin 404 N145S	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Southern Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-