Aviation accidents in Panama

14 accidents and incidents are recorded in Panama (1992–2026), with 72 people killed and 5 seriously injured. 57% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1992 to 1 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Copa Airlines Flight 201, Darien Gap (Jun 6, 1992) · 47 killed
2. Bell UH-1N, Panama City, PA (May 29, 2008) · 11 killed
3. Piper PA-32-300RT, Capitan Miranda, PA (Jan 23, 2004) · 5 killed
4. Robinson R44, Tocumen, PA (Feb 19, 2009) · 3 killed
5. Piper PA-34-220T, Estancia, PA (Jul 5, 2003) · 2 killed
6. Piper PA-32-260, Chame, PA (Jan 3, 2022) · 2 killed
7. Cessna 206, Island of Cebaco, PA (Feb 16, 2009) · 1 killed
8. Cessna 402B, Panama City, PA (Nov 24, 2023) · 1 killed
9. Cessna 411, Ciudad del Este, PA (Jan 14, 2003) · 0 killed
10. Beech A36, Punta Brava, PA (Feb 12, 2004) · 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.