American Airlines — safety analytics

Aggregated accident and incident data from NTSB, Wikidata, and investigation authorities worldwide. Coverage: 1949–2026.

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490Total events
30Fatal accidents
20Hull losses
1273Total fatalities
1949–2026Data span
9.10 (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 year0510152019491953195719611965196919731977198119851989199319972001200520092013201720212025TotalFatal

Top countries

CountryEvents
US247
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.