Aviation accidents in 1991

1,982 accidents and incidents are recorded in 1991, with 1,510 people killed and 403 seriously injured. 20% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 86% of these accidents and 85% of deaths. Airline flights account for 1% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, King Abdulaziz International Airport (Jul 11, 1991) · 261 killed
2. Lauda Air Flight 004, Phu Toei National Park (May 26, 1991) · 223 killed
3. Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal (Aug 16, 1991) · 69 killed
4. Yugavia Flight S-519, Makhachkala (Nov 7, 1991) · 51 killed
5. Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109, Venezuela (Mar 5, 1991) · 45 killed
6. 1991 Los Angeles runway collision, Los Angeles International Airport (Feb 1, 1991) · 35 killed
7. United Airlines Flight 585, Colorado Springs Airport (Mar 3, 1991) · 25 killed
8. Embraer EMB-120RT, Brunswick, GA (Apr 5, 1991) · 23 killed
9. LAN Chile Flight 1069, Guardiamarina Zañartu Airport (Feb 20, 1991) · 20 killed
10. Aeroflot Flight 8556, Pulkovo Airport (May 23, 1991) · 15 killed

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Nearby years

• 1989 · 1,881 accidents
• 1990 · 2,030 accidents
• 1992 · 1,900 accidents
• 1993 · 1,857 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.