Aviation Accident Analysis

Overview of the Incident On February 17, 2025, Delta Air Lines flight DL4819, operated by Endeavor Air, overturned upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario. The aircraft was a Bombardier CRJ-900 that had departed from Minneapolis and...

On January 31, 2025, a Learjet 55, Mexican registration XA-UCI, crashed in a residential and commercial area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shortly after departing Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE). The two pilots, two medical crewmembers, and two passengers were...

On January 29, 2025, PSA Airlines Flight 5342 operating as American Airlines Flight 5342, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries RJ Aviation (formerly Bombardier) CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) registered as N709PS, collided in flight with a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60L helicopter...

Above photo: Jan. 10 – Four injured after Delta flight aborts take-off at snow-covered Atlanta airport on Friday, January 10, 2025. Photo by The Daily Mail.On January 10, 2025, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 aborted takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International...

Overview of the Incident On January 2, 2025, a single-engine Van’s RV-10 experimental aircraft crashed into the roof of a furniture manufacturing facility near Fullerton Municipal Airport in Fullerton, California. The aircraft had departed the airport at approximately...

Accident Summary Date January 5, 2024 Location Near Portland, Oregon, United States Aircraft Boeing 737-9 MAX Operation Part 121 scheduled passenger service; Portland, OR to Ontario, CA Occupants 180 total (174 passengers; 6 crew) Fatalities 0 Phase of Flight Climb...

On February 24, 2023, a Pilatus PC-12/45, registered as N273SM, crashed near Stagecoach, Nevada, after departing Reno-Tahoe International Airport on an air ambulance flight to Salt Lake City. The pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, the patient, and a family...

On December 18, 2022, Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35, an Airbus A330-243 (N393HA), encountered severe turbulence while enroute to Honolulu, Hawaii. The turbulence event resulted in 4 serious injuries and 20 minor injuries among the 293 occupants, and the airplane...

On October 23, 2022, a Korean Air Airbus A330-322 (HL7525) overran the end of Runway 22 while landing at Mactan–Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines. The aircraft struck airport equipment and came to rest in a grassy area beyond the runway...

On February 20, 2021, United Airlines Flight 328 experienced a catastrophic engine failure shortly after departing Denver International Airport on a scheduled flight to Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200 carrying 231 passengers and 10 crewmembers, was...

On June 21, 2019, a Beechcraft King Air 350 operating as a skydiving aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Dillingham Airfield on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. All eleven persons aboard the aircraft — nine passengers and two crewmembers — were fatally injured in...

On June 30, 2019, a Beechcraft King Air 350 twin-engine turboprop crashed shortly after takeoff from Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, resulting in ten fatalities. The aircraft reportedly lifted off, deviated left, rolled, and impacted an empty hangar on airport...

On May 3, 2019, Miami Air International Flight 293, a Boeing 737-81Q (N732MA), departed the end of Runway 10 while landing at Jacksonville Naval Air Station (NIP) in Jacksonville, Florida. The airplane crossed the runway end, impacted a seawall, and came to rest in...

On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, a Boeing 737-700 operating from New York (LaGuardia) to Dallas, experienced an in-flight engine failure and diverted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event involved engine debris and damage to the fuselage and a...

On April 9, 2018, a Piper PA-24-260 crashed at the TPC Scottsdale Champions Golf Course in Scottsdale, Arizona, shortly after departing from Scottsdale Airport. The aircraft went down at approximately 9:00 p.m. and a post-crash fire was reported. Federal investigators...