Plane Crash List

Aviation accidents in 1980

The NTSB database holds 3,962 accidents and incidents in 1980, recorded between 1980. 701 of them were fatal (18%), and 1,453 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,647 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Cessna 150 and Piper PA-28.

Most of these records are from United States, Unknown/Not Reported and Atlantic Ocean North Lat..

3,962 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

3,962
Records
701
Fatal
1,453
Deaths
18%
Share fatal
1980
Period
Show these on the map 0 of 3,962 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 279 Cessna 150 234 Piper PA-28 217 Cessna 182 150 Cessna 152 141 Cessna 180 70

Where these happened

United States 3,927 Unknown/Not Reported 11 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 10 Other-International Waters 4 Other-U.s.territories&Posses. 3 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 3

Operators involved

Air Logistics 10 Civil Air Patr 6 ERA Helicopter 5 Petroleum Heli 5 Helicopter SER 5 Embry Riddle A 4

All 3,962 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
26 Apr 1980 Piper PA-28R
N43987
 Newhall, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
23 Apr 1980 Mitsubishi MU-2B
N307MA
 Henderson, Nevada, United States
no coordinates
 Inter FLT, Ltd Fatal 1
22 Apr 1980 Piper PA-28
N32992
 Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
no coordinates
 Williams Aviat Fatal 1
22 Apr 1980 Cessna 172M
N61952
 So.lake Tahoe, California, United States
no coordinates
 Lake Tahoe AVN Fatal 1
22 Apr 1980 Cessna 150
N11875
 Akron, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Western NY Fly Fatal 1
21 Apr 1980 Cessna 150L
N18648
 Alamo, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
20 Apr 1980 Cessna A185E
N4756Q
 Santa Paula, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
20 Apr 1980 Erco 415-C
N2211H
 Volcanoville, California, United States
no coordinates
 Ercoupe Fly CB Fatal 1
20 Apr 1980 Forney F-1
N6133C
 Ft.collins, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
19 Apr 1980 Cessna 150
N19593
 Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
no coordinates
 OAK Wings Inc Fatal 1
9 Apr 1980 Piper PA-28
N8747N
 Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
9 Apr 1980 Grum Amer AA-5B
N78EM
 Moraga, California, United States
no coordinates
 Trans Bay Air Fatal 1
8 Apr 1980 Cessna 152
N89574
 Keller, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 ED Boardman FL Fatal 1
7 Apr 1980 Cessna 401
N9912F
 Linville, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 Waldron Enterp Fatal 1
7 Apr 1980 Cessna 150F
N8707G
 Hollywood, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
7 Apr 1980 Cessna 210L
N2120S
 Sidney, Nebraska, United States
no coordinates
 Ronor Equipmen Fatal 1
6 Apr 1980 Cessna T210L
N260DW
 Pocatello, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
 Custom Sales Fatal 1
6 Apr 1980 Champion 7KCAB
N5100X
 Corona, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
5 Apr 1980 Bede 5
N501RN
 Carlisle, Arkansas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
4 Apr 1980 Cessna T210L
N66EB
 Lovelock, Nevada, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
4 Apr 1980 Cessna 310Q
N69777
 Marlboro, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Tripple Seven Fatal 1
3 Apr 1980 Piper PA-28
N2127Z
 Sebastian, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
3 Apr 1980 Bombardier CL600
C-GCGR-X
 Calif. City, California, United States
no coordinates
 Canadair Ltd. Fatal 1
2 Apr 1980 Aeronca 15AC
N1206H
 Skwentna, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
1 Apr 1980 Cessna 150L
N11217
 Rosalia, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Burnham and BU Fatal 1
29 Mar 1980 Starduster SA-100
N6LB
 Grenada, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
28 Mar 1980 Piper PA-18
N9772D
 Litchfield, California, United States
no coordinates
 Union Flt.inc Fatal 1
27 Mar 1980 Bell 47G-5A
N58133
 Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
27 Mar 1980 Cessna 150
N6170K
 Pa Furnace, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Penn State UNI Fatal 1
25 Mar 1980 Mooney M20C
N44Z
 Beckley, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
25 Mar 1980 Pitts 6-260
N7JY
 Frazier Park, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
25 Mar 1980 Scorpion II
NONE
 Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
25 Mar 1980 Piper PA-24
N7358P
 Tehachapi, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
24 Mar 1980 Piper PA-28R
N3059T
 Alcoa, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 Aviation Unlim Fatal 1
24 Mar 1980 Bensen GYRO
N3783T
 Los Fresnos, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
23 Mar 1980 Bensen BTS8-M
N554A
 Selma, Alabama, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
21 Mar 1980 Cessna 210D
N210RV
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
20 Mar 1980 Piper PA-30
N8547Y
 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 Caro-Wings FLI Fatal 1
16 Mar 1980 Beechcraft A36TC
N6732X
 San Diego, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
15 Mar 1980 Benson B8MD
N1743
 Pensacola, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
11 Mar 1980 Cessna 182RG
N76064
 Ordway, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
10 Mar 1980 Piper PA-23
N6102Y
 Bradley Jct, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
10 Mar 1980 Mooney M20C
N7171V
 Ogdensburg, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
 Banarama, Inc Fatal 1
9 Mar 1980 Mooney M-18C
N4156
 Saginaw, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
9 Mar 1980 Cessna 172M
N20545
 Englewood, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
8 Mar 1980 Pitts S-1S
N55TH
 Tracy, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
4 Mar 1980 Rockwell 112
N1098J
 Witt Springs, Arkansas, United States
no coordinates
 G C S Inc Fatal 1
3 Mar 1980 Cessna 182K
N48G
 Hartsville, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 Columbia Gulf Fatal 1
2 Mar 1980 Cessna 310D
CFHWT
 Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
27 Feb 1980 Cessna 188
N8148V
 Tunica, Mississippi, United States
no coordinates
 Airspray Inc Fatal 1