MD83 — accident and safety record

Every recorded MD83 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets

MD83 safety overview

  • 52 recorded occurrences
  • 4 fatal
  • 0 hull losses
  • Records 1993–2025

Most affected: US (16), GB (5), IR (2), ES (2), AR (2)

Top operators: World Atlantic Airlines (4), Alaska Airlines (3), Dana Air (2), Caspian Airlines (2), Aviación Comercial (2)

MD83 accidents by decade201990200020102020

All recorded MD83 occurrences

2020s

  • — World Atlantic Airlines — (incident)
  • — World Atlantic Airlines — (incident)
  • — CARIBBEAN SUN AIRLINES INC DBA — (incident)
  • — World Atlantic Airlines — (incident)
  • — Caspian Airlines — EP-CPZ — (incident)
  • — Caspian Airlines — (incident)

2010s

  • — Aviación Comercial — LV-BEG — (incident)
  • — Bravo Airways — (incident)
  • — World Atlantic Airlines — N807WA — (incident)
  • — Aviación Comercial — LV-BEG — (incident)
  • — Dana Air — (incident)
  • — American Airlines — (incident)
  • — Ameristar Jet Charter — N786TW — (incident)
  • — Zagros Airlines — EP-ZAB — (incident)
  • — Zagros Air — (incident)
  • — Andes Líneas Aéreas — (incident)
  • — ZS-OPZ — (incident)
  • — Dana Air — 5N-RAM — (159 fatal)
  • — Swiftair — EC-JJS — (incident)
  • — (incident)
  • — Air Burkina — (incident)

2000s

  • — Alaska Airlines — (incident)
  • — AtlasJet Airlines — TC-AKM — (57 fatal)
  • — AMC Airlines - Aircraft Maintenance Company — SU-BOY — (incident)
  • — Alaska Air Group — N949AS — (incident)
  • — N979AS — (incident)
  • — Alaska Airlines — (incident)
  • — Spanair — (incident)
  • — AeroRepública — VP-BGI — (incident)
  • — EC-FTS — (incident)
  • — Nordic Airlink, opf AviaJet — (incident)
  • — SE-RDL — (incident)
  • — Far Eastern Air Transport · FEAT — (incident)
  • — Bwia West Indies Airways, Ltd. — 9Y-THQ — (incident)
  • — Trans World Airlines, Llc — N9413T — (incident)
  • — SE-RBI — (incident)
  • — EC-FXI — (incident)
  • — N974AS — (incident)
  • — Alaska Air Group — N949AS — (incident)
  • — Alaska Airlines Inc — N963AS — (88 fatal)
  • — Alaska Airlines — N963AS — (88 fatal)

1990s

  • — Korean Air — HL7570 — (incident)
  • — Trans World Airlines — N9620D — (incident)
  • — AOM French Airlines — (incident)
  • — HB-INW — (incident)
  • — N875RA — (incident)
  • — N590AA — (incident)
  • — N566AA — (incident)
  • — G-DEVR — (incident)
  • — Airtours International Airways — (incident)
  • — N931AS — (incident)
  • — British West Indies — 9YTHR — (incident)

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