Aviation accidents in Portugal
CrashAtlas records 55 aviation accidents in Portugal, accounting for 747 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
55
Recorded accidents
747
Fatalities in this listing
1941–2016
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-02-08 | Independent Air 1851 | Boeing 707-331B | Portugal | 144 |
| 1977-11-19 | TAP Air Portugal 425 | Boeing 727-282 | Portugal | 131 |
| 1976-09-03 | Fuerza Aérea Venezolana - FAV · 7772 | Lockheed C-130H Hercules | Portugal | 68 |
| 1961-05-30 | VIASA, lsf KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 897 | Douglas DC-8-53 | Portugal | 61 |
| 1992-12-21 | Martinair Holland 495 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF | Portugal | 56 |
| 1949-10-28 | Air France 9 | Lockheed L-749-79-46 Constellation | Portugal | 48 |
| 1977-12-18 | SA de Transport Aérien - SATA 730 | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R | Portugal | 36 |
| 1999-12-11 | SATA Air Açores 530 | British Aerospace ATP | Portugal | 35 |
| 1954-08-09 | Avianca · HK-163 | Lockheed L-749A-79 Constellation | Portugal | 30 |
| 1943-02-22 | Pan American Airways (Pan Am) · NC18603 | Boeing 314A | Portugal | 24 |
| 1947-02-01 | Air France · F-BAXQ | Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C) | Portugal | 15 |
| 1951-01-31 | Aeronáutica Militar · 282 | Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4) | Portugal | 14 |
| 1943-01-09 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AFCK | Shorts S.26 G Class | Portugal | 13 |
| 1975-09-26 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6422 | Nord 2501D Noratlas | Portugal | 11 |
| 1959-04-12 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6150 | Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) | Portugal | 11 |
| 2003-09-12 | Willis Lease Finance Corporation · N600BV | Beechcraft B200 Super King Air | Portugal | 10 |
| 1995-10-22 | Luftwaffe · 50+43 | Transall C-160D | Portugal | 7 |
| 1998-02-04 | Air Luxor, lsf Air Sofia · LZ-SFG | Antonov An-12BP | Portugal | 7 |
| 1955-08-25 | USAF - 59 · 51-7159 | Grumman SA-16A Albatross | Portugal | 5 |
| 1945-07-03 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 42-72680 | Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) | Portugal | 4 |
| 1973-03-05 | Aviaco · EC-BID | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R | Portugal | 3 |
| 1948-01-27 | TAP Air Portugal · CS-TDB | Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) | Portugal | 3 |
| 2016-07-11 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 16804 | Lockheed C-130H Hercules | Portugal | 3 |
| 1978-07-05 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6518 | CASA C-212 Aviocar 100 | Portugal | 3 |
| 1976-11-19 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6516 | CASA C-212-A2 Aviocar 100 | Portugal | 2 |
| 2009-08-14 | Skydive Portugal, lsf Avioarte Serviços Aéreos · F-BTME | Beechcraft 99 Airliner | Portugal | 2 |
| 1979-06-28 | Philippe Cousteau · N101CS | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina | Portugal | 1 |
| 1982-11-06 | Penina · CS-AJO | Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander | Portugal | 0 |
| 1953-01-21 | Aquila Airways · G-AGJN | Short S.25 Sunderland 3 | Portugal | 0 |
| 1945-03-21 | Royal Air Force - RAF · FD900 | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1948-06-08 | TAP Air Portugal · CS-TDF | Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1969-05-23 | L'Armée de L'Air · F-14/61-MI | Transall C-160F | Portugal | 0 |
| 1968-05-10 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6165 | Douglas C-47D (DC-3) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1975-01-01 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6418 | Nord 2501D Noratlas | Portugal | 0 |
| 1958-11-22 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 7103 | Grumman SA-16A Albatross | Portugal | 0 |
| 1948-09-03 | TAP Air Portugal · CS-TSB | Douglas DC-4 | Portugal | 0 |
| 1976-07-28 | TAP Regional · CS-AJQ | Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander | Portugal | 0 |
| 1957-05-10 | United States Air Force - USAF · 51-0254 | Boeing KC-97F Stratofreighter | Portugal | 0 |
| 1956-01-01 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6308 | Junkers Ju-52/3mge | Portugal | 0 |
| 1941-02-02 | Aeronáutica Militar · 201 | Junkers Ju-52/3mge | Portugal | 0 |
| 1989-01-30 | Air Enterprise · F-GDAV | Learjet 23 | Portugal | 0 |
| 1958-05-25 | Morane-Saulnier · F-BGVO | Morane Saulnier MS.760 Paris I | Portugal | 0 |
| 1945-04-11 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 42-24290 | Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1971-05-24 | Ejército del Aire · AD.1-3 | Grumman SA-16A Albatross (HU-16) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1944-11-30 | Royal Air Force - RAF · FZ637 | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1943-01-01 | Aeronáutica Militar · 210 | Junkers Ju-52/3mge | Portugal | 0 |
| 1974-11-13 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 6419 | Nord 2501D Noratlas | Portugal | 0 |
| 1963-03-13 | Força Aérea Portuguesa | Junkers Ju-52/3m | Portugal | 0 |
| 1960-12-11 | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB · 2401 | Douglas C-54G-5-DO (DC-4) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1994-05-08 | Aerocondor Transportes Aéreos - ATA · CS-DAF | IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander | Portugal | 0 |
| 1941-02-15 | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · G-AFCX | Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat | Portugal | 0 |
| 1960-05-01 | Força Aérea Portuguesa · 7101 | Grumman SA-16A Albatross | Portugal | 0 |
| 1943-03-05 | 95 Sqn RAF · W6065 | Short Sunderland Mk III | Portugal | 0 |
| 1948-09-22 | Guest Aerovias Mexico · XA-GUU | Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) | Portugal | 0 |
| 1945-01-04 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 42-72250 | Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) | Portugal | 0 |