Aviation accidents in Germany

60 accidents and incidents are recorded in Germany (1982–2025), with 336 people killed and 9 seriously injured. 52% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1982 to 3 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Aeroflot Flight 892, Bohnsdorf (Dec 12, 1986) · 72 killed
2. 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, Lake Constance (Jul 1, 2002) · 71 killed
3. Ramstein air show disaster, Ramstein Air Base (Aug 28, 1988) · 70 killed
4. 1982 Mannheim helicopter crash, Bundesautobahn 656 (Sep 11, 1982) · 46 killed
5. Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108, Essen (Feb 8, 1988) · 21 killed
6. 2001 Bremerhaven Airline Britten-Norman Islander crash, Bremerhaven (Dec 26, 2001) · 8 killed
7. 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash, Remscheid (Dec 8, 1988) · 6 killed
8. Cessna 750, Egelsbach, DE (Mar 1, 2012) · 5 killed
9. Fairchild Hiller FH-1100, Görkwitz, DE (May 23, 2010) · 4 killed
10. Piper PA28, Sandstedt, DE (Sep 26, 2015) · 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.