Aviation accidents in 1989

1,881 accidents and incidents are recorded in 1989, with 1,971 people killed and 353 seriously injured. 20% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 84% of these accidents and 87% of deaths. Airline flights account for 2% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. Surinam Airways Flight 764, Paramaribo (Jun 7, 1989) · 176 killed
2. UTA Flight 772, Ténéré desert (Sep 19, 1989) · 170 killed
3. Independent Air Flight 1851, Pico Alto (Feb 8, 1989) · 144 killed
4. TAN-SAHSA Flight 414, Tegucigalpa (Oct 21, 1989) · 131 killed
5. Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046, Havana (Sep 3, 1989) · 126 killed
6. United Airlines Flight 232, Sioux Gateway Airport (Jul 19, 1989) · 111 killed
7. Korean Air Flight 803, Tripoli International Airport (Jul 27, 1989) · 79 killed
8. Partnair Flight 394, Hirtshals (Sep 8, 1989) · 55 killed
9. Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, Himalayas (Aug 25, 1989) · 54 killed
10. China Airlines Flight 204, Hualien City (Oct 26, 1989) · 54 killed

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Nearby years

• 1987 · 2,172 accidents
• 1988 · 1,968 accidents
• 1990 · 2,030 accidents
• 1991 · 1,982 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.