American Airlines — safety analytics

Aggregated accident and incident data from NTSB, Wikidata, and investigation authorities worldwide. Coverage: 1934–2026.

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562Total events
61Fatal accidents
41Hull losses
1847Total fatalities
1934–2026Data span
7.09 (2016–2025)Occurrences per 1M US flights
0.000 (2016–2025)Fatal accidents per 10M US passengers

Rates use U.S. DOT T-100 volumes and cover US-touching flights only; carriers and aircraft without sufficient US volume show absolute counts only.

Accidents by year

American Airlines accidents by year051015201934193919441949195419591964196919741979198419891994199920042009201420192024TotalFatal

Top countries

CountryEvents
US307
CA4
PR2
VI1
JP1

Data sourced from NTSB CAROL, Wikidata (Q744913), and official investigation authorities. Counts represent recorded events; actual figures may differ from airline-published data due to source methodology differences. Methodology last reviewed 2026-05-06. See /about for details.