Aviation accidents in Argentina

82 accidents and incidents are recorded in Argentina (1988–2026), with 214 people killed and 13 seriously injured. 46% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1988 to 11 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. LAPA Flight 3142, Jorge Newbery Airport (Aug 31, 1999) · 63 killed
2. Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046, Libertador General José de San Martín Airport (Jun 12, 1988) · 22 killed
3. Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428, Argentina (May 18, 2011) · 22 killed
4. Cessna 208B, Roque Perez, AR (Apr 28, 2001) · 10 killed
5. Beech 65-A80, Patagonia, AR (May 16, 2005) · 10 killed
6. 2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision, Villa Castelli (Mar 9, 2015) · 10 killed
7. Piper PA-23-250, San Carlos, AR (Nov 17, 2002) · 7 killed
8. Piper PA-31-350, Cordoba, AR (May 8, 2005) · 6 killed
9. Fairchild FH227B, Buenos Aires, AR (Oct 26, 2003) · 5 killed
10. Cessna 172RG, Mendoza, AR (Jan 3, 2006) · 4 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.