Aviation accidents in Nicaragua

8 accidents and incidents are recorded in Nicaragua (1982–2025), with 24 people killed and 1 seriously injured. 38% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1982 to 1 in 2019.

Deadliest accidents

1. 1982 IAI Arava 201 crash, Nicaragua (Aug 14, 1982) · 20 killed
2. Bell 206, San Carlos, NI (Nov 17, 2015) · 3 killed
3. Piper PA31, Veracruz, NI (Oct 2, 2015) · 1 killed
4. Boeing 737, Bluefields, NI (Feb 5, 2019) · 0 killed
5. Boeing 747-200, Lagos, NI (Nov 29, 2003) · 0 killed
6. Boeing 727-277, Lagos, NI (Sep 7, 2006) · 0 killed
7. Bell 407, Justo Romero, NI (Nov 21, 2015) · 0 killed
8. Boeing 767, Managua, OF (Mar 23, 2025) · 0 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.