Aviation accidents in 1992

1,900 accidents and incidents are recorded in 1992, with 1,906 people killed and 338 seriously injured. 21% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 85% of these accidents and 87% of deaths. Airline flights account for 1% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268, Lower Himalayan Range (Sep 28, 1992) · 167 killed
2. 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash, Ejigbo (Sep 26, 1992) · 159 killed
3. Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, Tripoli International Airport (Dec 22, 1992) · 157 killed
4. Thai Airways International Flight 311, Langtang (Jul 31, 1992) · 113 killed
5. China General Aviation Flight 7552, People's Republic of China (Jul 31, 1992) · 108 killed
6. Air Inter Flight 148, Barr (Jan 20, 1992) · 87 killed
7. Aeroflot Flight 2808, Lebyazhy Lug (Aug 27, 1992) · 84 killed
8. Martinair Flight 495, Faro Airport (Dec 21, 1992) · 56 killed
9. Copa Airlines Flight 201, Darien Gap (Jun 6, 1992) · 47 killed
10. El Al Flight 1862, Bijlmermeer (Oct 4, 1992) · 43 killed

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Nearby years

• 1990 · 2,030 accidents
• 1991 · 1,982 accidents
• 1993 · 1,857 accidents
• 1994 · 1,821 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.