# List of mid-air collisions

This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" &#x2D; please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving mid-air collisions.
In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft usually results.
The potential for a mid-air collision is increased by miscommunication, mistrust, error in navigation, deviations from flight plans, lack of situational awareness, and the lack of traffic collision-avoidance systems. Although a rare occurrence in general due to the vastness of open space available, collisions often happen near or at airports, where large volumes of aircraft are spaced more closely than in general flight.

## Involving civilians

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| Date | Fatalities | Survivors | Flights involved | Phase of flight | Country | Site |
| April 7, 1922 | 7 | 0 | CGEA Farman F.60 / Daimler Hire Ltd. de Havilland DH.18A | 492 ft (150 m) | France | Picardy |
| April 21, 1929 | 6 | 0 | Maddux Airlines Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor / US Army Air Corps Boeing PW-9D) | 2,000 ft (610 m) | United States | San Diego, California |
| May 18, 1935 | 45 | 0 | Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky VVS Polikarpov I-5 | Cruise | Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | Moscow |
| August 24, 1938 | 5 + 80 ground fatalities | | Japanese Flying School (Hanriot HD-1) and Japan Airlines Transportation (Fokker Super Universal) | Unknown | Japan | Ōmori, Tokyo |
| October 23, 1942 | 12 | 2 | American Airlines Flight 28 / US Army Air Force B-34 | Ascent/descent (9,000 ft (2,700 m)) | United States | Chino Canyon, California |
| July 12, 1945 | 3 | 20 | Eastern Airlines Flight 45 / US Army Air Force A-26 Invader | Descent | United States | Florence, South Carolina |
| April 22, 1947 | 9 | 0 | Delta Air Lines Survey (Douglas DC-3C) / Vultee BT-13 Valiant | Descent | United States | Muscogee County Airport |
| April 5, 1948 | 15 | 0 | British European Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking / Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter | Approach | Germany | RAF Gatow, Berlin |
| July 4, 1948 | 39 | 0 | Scandinavian Airlines System DC-6 / RAF Avro York | Descent | United Kingdom | Northwood, London |
| January 30, 1949 | 2 | 33 | Pan Am Flight 100 (Lockheed L-749 Constellation) / Cessna 140 | Climb | United States | Port Washington, New York |
| February 19, 1949 | 14 | 0 | BEA Douglas Dakota / RAF Avro Anson | Cruise | United Kingdom | Exhall |
| November 1, 1949 | 55 | 1 | Eastern Air Lines 537 / Lockheed P-38 test flight | Approach | United States | Washington, DC |
| April 25, 1951 | 43 | 0 | Cubana de Aviación 493 / US Navy flight | Cruise/climb | United States | Key West, Florida |
| June 28, 1952 | 2 | 60 | American Airlines Flight 910 / private Temco Swift | Approach | United States | Dallas, Texas |
| April 8, 1954 | 37 | 0 | Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 9 / RCAF Harvard | Cruise | Canada | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| January 12, 1955 | 15 | 0 | TWA Flight 694 / Private DC-3 | Climb | United States | Boone County, Kentucky |
| June 30, 1956 | 128 | 0 | UA Flight 718 / TWA Flight 2 | Cruise | United States | Grand Canyon, Arizona |
| January 31, 1957 | 8 | 0 | Douglas Aircraft Company DC-7B / Northrop F-89J Scorpion | Cruise | United States | Pacoima, Los Angeles, California |
| April 21, 1958 | 49 | 0 | United Air Lines Flight 736 / USAF F-100 Super Sabre | Cruise | United States | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| May 20, 1958 | 13 | 1 | Capital Airlines Flight 300 / Air National Guard flight | Descent | United States | Brunswick, Maryland |
| October 22, 1958 | 31 | 1 | British European Airways Flight 142 / Italian Air Force F-86 Sabre jet fighter | Descent | Italy | Near Anzio |
| February 25, 1960 | 61 | 3 | Real Transportes Aéreos DC-3 / US Navy R6D flight | Descent | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro |
| May 19, 1960 | 1 | 38 | Air Algérie Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle 1A / Stampe SV.4 | Approach | France | Paris-Orly |
| December 16, 1960 | 134 | 0 | UA Flight 826 / TWA Flight 266 | Descent | United States | New York City |
| February 1, 1963 | 104 | 0 | MEA Flight 265 / Turkish Air Force flight | Descent | Turkey | Ankara |
| December 4, 1965 | 4 | 108 | TWA Flight 42 / Eastern Airlines Flight 853 | Descent | United States | Carmel, New York |
| March 9, 1967 | 26 | 0 | TWA Flight 553 / Private flight | Descent | United States | Urbana, Ohio |
| July 19, 1967 | 82 | 0 | Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 / Lanseair Inc. flight | Climb/descent | United States | Hendersonville, North Carolina, |
| March 27, 1968 | 2 | 49 | Ozark Air Lines Flight 965 / Private flight | Approach | United States | St. Louis, Missouri |
| August 4, 1968 | 3 | 12 | North Central Airlines Flight 261 / Private flight | Descent/Cruise | United States | Wind Lake, Wisconsin |
| June 23, 1969 | 120 | 0 | Aeroflot Flight 831/ Soviet Air Force flight | Cruise | Soviet Union | Yukhnovsky District |
| September 9, 1969 | 82 | 0 | Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 / Private flight | Descent | United States | Fairland, Indiana |
| June 6, 1971 | 50 | 1 | Hughes Airwest Flight 706 / F-4 Phantom | Climb | United States | San Gabriel Mountains, California |
| July 30, 1971 | 162 | 1 | ANA Flight 58 / JASDF flight | Cruise | Japan | near Shizukuishi |
| August 4, 1971 | 0 | 98 | Continental Airlines Flight 712 / Private Flight | 3,950 ft (1,200 m) | United States | Compton, California |
| June 29, 1972 | 13 | 0 | North Central Airlines Flight 290 / Air Wisconsin Flight 671 | Cruise | United States | Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin |
| July 29, 1972 | 38 | 0 | Avianca Flight 630 / Avianca Flight 626 | Cruise | Colombia | Near Las Palomas |
| March 5, 1973 | 68 | 107 | Iberia Flight 504 / Spantax Flight 400 | Cruise | France | near Nantes |
| August 9, 1974 | 3 | 0 | RAF Phantom FGR2 / Piper Pawnee crop duster | Low level | United Kingdom | Fordham Fen, Norfolk |
| November 1, 1974 | 38 | 0 | Antonov An-2 / Mil Mi-8 | Approach | Soviet Union | Near Surgut, Soviet Union |
| January 9, 1975 | 14 | 0 | Golden West Airlines Flight 261 / Private flight | Climb | United States | near Whittier, California |
| September 9, 1976 | 70 | 0 | Aeroflot Flight 31 / Aeroflot Flight 7957 | Cruise | Soviet Union | near Anapa, Russian SFSR |
| September 10, 1976 | 176 | 0 | British Airways Flight 476 / Inex-Adria Flight 550 | Cruise | Yugoslavia | near Zagreb, SR Croatia |
| September 25, 1978 | 144 | 0 | PSA Flight 182 / Private flight | Descent | United States | San Diego, California |
| August 11, 1979 | 178 | 0 | Aeroflot Flight 7628 / Aeroflot Flight 7880 | Cruise | Soviet Union | Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR |
| July 28, 1981 | 3 | 1 | Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense CL-44 / Soviet Air Force Sukhoi Su-15 | Cruise | Soviet Union | Yerevan, ASSR |
| August 24, 1981 | 37 | 1 | Aeroflot Flight 811 / Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K | Cruise | Soviet Union | Zavitinsk, Russian SFSR, |
| April 18, 1984 | 19 | 16 | Two VOTEC Servicios Aéreos Regionais Flights | Approach | Brazil | Near Imperatriz Airport |
| August 24, 1984 | 17 | 0 | Wings West Airlines Flight 628 / Rockwell Commander 112 | Descent/climb | United States | Near San Luis Obispo, California |
| May 3, 1985 | 94 | 0 | Aeroflot Flight SSSR-65856 / Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 | Descent | Soviet Union | Zolochev, Ukrainian SSR |
| June 18, 1986 | 25 | 0 | Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 / Private helicopter flight | Low level | United States | Grand Canyon |
| August 31, 1986 | 82 | 0 | Aeroméxico Flight 498 / Private flight | Descent/climb | United States | Cerritos, California |
| January 15, 1987 | 10 | 0 | SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 / Private flight | Approach | United States | Kearns, Utah |
| August 28, 1988 | 3 + 67 ground fatalities | 0 | 3 Aermacchi MB-339PAN of the Frecce Tricolori | Air show | Germany | Ramstein Air Base |
| April 9, 1990 | 2 | 7 | ASA Flight 2254 / Private flight | Climb/descent | United States | Gadsden, Alabama |
| April 4, 1991 | 5 + 2 ground fatalities | 0 | Lycoming Air Piper Aerostar / Sun Oil Company Bell 412 | Low level | United States | Merion, Pennsylvania |
| December 22, 1992 | 157 | 2 | Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 / Libyan Air Force MiG-23 jet fighter | Approach | Libya | Tripoli |
| February 8, 1993 | 133 | 0 | Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154M / Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 | Climb/approach | Iran | Tehran |
| November 26, 1993 | 4 | 0 | NZ Police Eagle / NZ Police traffic patrol | Low level | New Zealand | Auckland |
| November 12, 1996 | 349 | 0 | Saudia Flight 763 / Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 | Climb/descent | India | Charkhi Dadri |
| July 30, 1998 | 15 | 0 | Proteus Airlines Flight 706 / Private flight | Low level | Quiberon Bay, France |
| February 8, 2000 | 3 | 0 | Zlin 242L / Cessna 172 | Descent | United States | Zion, Illinois |
| July 1, 2002 | 71 | 0 | Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 / DHL Flight 611 | Cruise | Germany | Überlingen |
| January 18, 2005 | 1 | 2 | Air Tractor AT-502B / US Air Force Cessna T-37B | Cruise | United States | Hollister, Oklahoma |
| September 29, 2006 | 154 | 7 | Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 / ExcelAire flight | Cruise | Brazil | Amazon rainforest |
| March 5, 2007 | 8 | 0 | Aérospatiale SA 332 Super Puma / private Diamond DV20 Katana | Low level | Austria | Zell am See Airport |
| July 27, 2007 | 4 | 0 | KNXV-TV news helicopter / KTVK news helicopter | Low level | United States | Phoenix, Arizona |
| September 1, 2007 | 2 | 0 | Two Zlin Z-526Fs of the AZL Żelazny | Aerobatic display | Poland | Near Radom |
| August 8, 2009 | 9 | 0 | Piper PA-32 / Eurocopter AS350 helicopter | Low level | United States | Hudson River, New York |
| September 20, 2012 | 3 | 200 | Syrian Arab Airlines Flight RB-501 / Syrian Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter | Climb | Syria | Damascus |
| November 2, 2013 | 0 | 11 | Cessna 182L / Cessna 185F | Cruise | United States | Superior, Wisconsin |
| October 23, 2014 | 3 | 2 | Cirrus SR22 / Robinson R44 II | Approach/Climb | United States | Frederick, Maryland |
| March 9, 2015 | 10 | 0 | Two Eurocopter AS350 helicopters | Climb | Argentina | La Rioja Province |
| July 7, 2015 | 2 | 1 | USAF F-16 / Cessna 150 | Approach / Climb | United States | Moncks Corner, South Carolina |
| September 5, 2015 | 7 | 112 | Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Flight 71 / Senegalair business jet | Cruise | Senegal | Eastern |
| May 13, 2019 | 6 | 10 | Mountain Air Service DHC-2 / Taquan Air DHC-3 | Descent | United States | George Inlet, Alaska |
| July 31, 2020 | 7 | 0 | de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver / Piper PA-12 | Climb | United States | Soldotna, Alaska |
| May 12, 2021 | 0 | 3 | Key Lime Air Flight 970 / Private Cirrus SR22 flight | Approach | United States | Arapahoe County, Colorado |
| July 17, 2022 | 4 | 0 | Piper PA-46 Malibu / Cessna 172 | Approach | United States | North Las Vegas, Nevada |
| September 17, 2022 | 3 | 0 | Cessna 172 / Sonex Xenos | Cruise | United States | Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado |
| September 24, 2022 | 2 | 0 | Zlín Z-526 / Zlín Z-526 | Aerobatic display | Germany | Gera |
| January 2, 2023 | 4 | 9 | Two Eurocopter EC130 helicopters | Climb/descent | Australia | Gold Coast Seaway, Queensland |
| January 6, 2025 | 2 | 0 | Air Tractor AT-504 / AT-502 | Aerobatic display | Panama | Guabito, Changuinola district |
| March 7, 2023 | 4 | 0 | Piper PA28-161 Cadet / Piper J-3 Cub | Climb/Descent | United States | Winter Haven, Florida |
| March 5, 2024 | 2 | 44 | De Havilland Canada Dash 8 / Cessna 172 | Climb/Approach | Kenya | Nairobi National Park |
| June 2, 2024 | 1 | 1 | Yakovlev Yak-52 / Yakovlev Yak-52 | Decent | Portugal | Beja, Alentejo Region |
| June 14, 2024 | 1 | 1 | Air Tractor AT-502B / Air Tractor 502-B | Cruise | United States | Near Whiteface, Texas |
| June 20, 2024 | 1 | 1 | Air Tractor AT-802 / Air Tractor AT-502B | Cruise | United States | Arco, Idaho |
| July 11, 2024 | 1 | 1 | Air Tractor AT-802A / Air Tractor AT-502B | Cruise | United States | Near Bonita, Louisiana |
| July 25, 2024 | 2 | 0 | Robinson R22 Beta / Robinson R22 Beta | Approach | Australia | Mount Anderson Station near Camballin, Western Australia |
| October 26, 2024 | 3 | 0 | Cessna 182 / Jabiru UL-450 | Cruise | Australia | Belimbla Park, New South Wales |
| January 29, 2025 | 67 | 0 | American Eagle Flight 5342 / U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter | Approach | United States | Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, United States |
| February 19, 2025 | 2 | 2 | Lancair 360 MK II / Cessna 172 | Cruise | United States | Marana Regional Airport, United States |

## Purely military

| Date | Fatalities | Survivors | Aircraft involved | Site |
| September 29, 1940 | 0 | 4 | Two Avro Ansons of the RAAF | Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia |
| January 15, 1953 | 26 | 0 | RAF Vickers Valetta / RAF Avro Lancaster | Mediterranean Sea near Sicily |
| August 11, 1955 | 66 | 0 | Two USAF C-119 Flying Boxcars | near Stuttgart, Germany |
| February 5, 1958 | 0 | 4 | USAF B-47 Stratojet / USAF F-86 Sabre | Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S. |
| June 15, 1965 | 18 | 0 | Two U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquoises | Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S. |
| January 17, 1966 | 7 | 4 | USAF B-52G Stratofortress / USAF KC-135 Stratotanker | Mediterranean Sea near Palomares, Almería, Spain |
| May 1, 1983 | 0 | 3 | Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle / A-4 Skyhawk | Negev, Israel |
| August 28, 1988 | 70 | 0 | Three Aermacchi MB-339PAN aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori | Ramstein Air Base, Germany |
| December 1, 1992 | 13 | 0 | Two C-141B Starlifter | North Central Montana, U.S. |
| March 23, 1994 | 24 | 7 | F-16 Fighting Falcon / C-130 Hercules | Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, U.S. |
| February 4, 1997 | 73 | 0 | Two IAF Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters | She'ar Yashuv, Israel |
| September 13, 1997 | 33 | 0 | USAF C-141B Starlifter / German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M | Off the coast of Namibia |
| September 3, 1998 | 12 | 0 | 2 USAF HH-60G Pavehawk | Nevada Test & Training Range |
| April 1, 2001 | 1 | 24 | USN Lockheed EP-3E / PLAN Shenyang J-8II | South China Sea near Hainan Island, PRC |
| August 16, 2009 | 1 | 1 | Two Sukhoi Su-27s of the Russian Knights | Moscow, Russia |
| October 30, 2009 | 9 | 0 | USCG C-130 / USMC Cobra Helicopter | Off the coast of California, U.S. |
| March 1, 2011 | 1 | 1 | Two SLAF IAI Kfir | Yakkala, Gampaha, Sri Lanka |
| June 23, 2014 | 2 | 1 | Learjet 35A / Eurofighter Typhoon | Olsberg, Germany |
| November 25, 2019 | 13 | 0 | French Armed Forces Eurocopter Tiger / Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | Ménaka, Ménaka Region, Mali |
| November 12, 2022 | 6 | 0 | B-17 Flying Fortress / Bell P-63 Kingcobra | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| January 28, 2023 | 1 | 2 | Sukhoi Su-30 MKI / Dassault Mirage 2000H | Near Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| March 7, 2025 | 2 | 0 | Two SIAI-Marchetti S.208 | Guidonia, Lazio, Italy |
| April 27, 2023 | 3 | 1 | Two AH-64 Apache | Healy, Alaska, U.S. |
| July 1, 2023 | 1 | 1 | Two T-27 Tucano | Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia |
| August 25, 2023 | 3 | ? | Two L-39 Albatros | Zhytomyr oblast, Ukraine |
| April 20, 2024 | 8 | 0 | Two Mitsubishi SH-60K | Near Tori-shima Island, Izu Islands, Japan |
| April 23, 2024 | 10 | 0 | AgustaWestland AW139 / Eurocopter Fennec | RMN Lumut Naval Base, Lumut, Perak, Malaysia |