Deadliest occurrences
Not a complete record. A partial collection of documented occurrences: counts, not rates, and no measure of aviation risk. Coverage
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The same occurrences rank differently depending on who is counted. These tables count, in turn, the people on board, everyone the occurrence killed, occurrences with more than one aircraft, and the injured.
Deadliest for the people on board
Fatalities are deaths among passengers and crew; the total adds anyone killed on the ground. Fatalities use each record's event total where one exists, otherwise the fatal injuries in the NTSB record.
| Occurrence | Date | Fatalities | Total fatalities | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA97FA176 · Cessna 172N | 2 Jun 1997 | 3 | 3 | Comerio, PR, United States |
| American Eagle Flight 5452 | 8 May 1987 | 2 | 2 | Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| MIA83LA012 · Piper PA-32-300 | 12 Oct 1982 | 2 | 2 | NEAR ST. CROIX |
| ERA24FA301 · Cessna 402B | 11 Jul 2024 | 1 | 1 | Aguadilla, PR, United States |
| MIA02FA084 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 | 15 Apr 2002 | 1 | 2 | Carolina, PR, United States |
| MIA00FA208 · Cessna 402C | 8 Jul 2000 | 1 | 1 | Vieques, PR, United States |
| MBD Beech 18G accident | 11 Dec 1996 | 1 | 1 | ROOSEVELT ROADS, PR, United States |
| MIA90FA101 · Lockheed L-1049F | 5 Apr 1990 | 1 | 1 | Levittown, PR, United States |
| MIA88FA201 · Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 AEROSTAR 6 | 20 Jun 1988 | 1 | 1 | Catano, PR, United States |
| Borinquen Air Douglas DC-3 accident | 22 Jul 1986 | 1 | 1 | ISLA VERDE, PR, United States |
Deadliest in all, counting deaths on the ground
Everyone the occurrence killed, in the air and on the ground. Where the two tables differ, people on the ground made the difference.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL02FA031 · Cessna 441 | 5 Jan 2002 | 5 | Rio Grande, PR, United States | 1 |
| MIA97FA176 · Cessna 172N | 2 Jun 1997 | 3 | Comerio, PR, United States | 1 |
| IBC Airways Flight 405 | 2 Dec 2013 | 2 | La Alianza, PR, United States | 1 |
| DCA12FA051 · Convair 440 | 15 Mar 2012 | 2 | San Juan, PR, United States | 1 |
| MIA02FA084 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 | 15 Apr 2002 | 2 | Carolina, PR, United States | 1 |
| American Eagle Flight 5452 | 8 May 1987 | 2 | Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 1 |
| MIA83LA012 · Piper PA-32-300 | 12 Oct 1982 | 2 | NEAR ST. CROIX | 1 |
| ERA24FA301 · Cessna 402B | 11 Jul 2024 | 1 | Aguadilla, PR, United States | 1 |
| Air America Piper PA23 250 accident | 3 Jun 2017 | 1 | San Juan, PR, United States | 1 |
| NYC04FA223 · Aero Commander 112 | 15 Feb 2004 | 1 | Vieques, PR, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
4 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 0 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
None among the occurrences shown.
Most injured, whether or not anyone died
Injuries are the total the record shows: a Wikipedia record's infobox total, otherwise the serious and minor injuries in the NTSB record. People hurt on the ground are counted too, so a row can show hundreds injured although no one on board survived: all 106 injured at the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 were in the building.
| Occurrence | Date | Injured | Fatalities | Total fatalities | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Airlines Boeing 737-824 accident | 8 Jul 1999 | 72 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 accident | 20 Jan 1990 | 47 | 0 | 0 | San Juan, PR, United States |
| Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011 accident | 28 Sept 1987 | 40 | 0 | 0 | BERMUDA, AO, Bermuda |
| American Airlines Airbus Industrie A-300-600R incident | 28 Aug 1991 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| American Airlines Airbus Industrie A-300B4-605R A300B4-605 incident | 9 Jul 1998 | 28 | 0 | 0 | San Juan, PR, United States |
| MIA85FA178 · Airbus Industrie A-300B4-2C | 28 May 1985 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| American Airlines Flight 869 | 17 Jan 1996 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| American Airlines Flight 304 | 23 Aug 2000 | 14 | 0 | 0 | GULF OF MEXICO |
| NYC84IA007 · McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 | 12 Oct 1983 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO |
| ANC05FA038 · Aero Commander 500-S | 28 Feb 2005 | 7 | 0 | 0 | San Juan, PR, United States |