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Transport Airplane Lessons Learned Library

Below is a listing of the Transport Airplane Lessons Learned Library accident modules. 

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Date Operator Flight  City State Country Make Model
5/2/1953 British Overseas Airways Corporation 783 Calcutta India de Havilland DH-106 Comet
1/10/1954 British Overseas Airways Corporation 781 Elba Italy de Havilland DH-106 Comet
4/8/1954 South African Airways 201 Naples Italy de Havilland DH-106 Comet
6/30/1956 Trans World Airlines 2 Grand Canyon Arizona United States Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
6/30/1956 United Airlines 718 Grand Canyon Arizona United States McDonnell Douglas  DC-7
9/29/1959 Braniff Airways 542 Buffalo Texas United States Lockheed L-188 Electra
3/17/1960 Northwest Airlines 710 Cannelton Indiana United States Lockheed L-188 Electra
1/18/1960 Capital Airlines 20 Charles City Virginia United States Vickers-Armstrongs  Viscount 700
10/4/1960 Eastern Airlines 375 Boston Massachusetts United States Lockheed L-188 Electra
12/16/1960 United Airlines 826 Staten Island New York United States Douglas  DC-8
12/16/1960 Trans World Airlines 266 Staten Island New York United States Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
11/23/1962 United Airlines 297 Ellicott City Maryland United States Vickers-Armstrongs  Viscount 745
2/12/1963 Northwest Airlines 705 Miami Florida United States Boeing 720B
12/8/1963 Pan American World Airways 214 Elkton Maryland United States Boeing 707
11/11/1965 United Airlines 227 Salt Lake City Utah United States Boeing 727
3/5/1967 Lake Central Airlines 527 Marseilles Ohio United States Convair 340
6/23/1967 Mohawk Airlines 40 Blossburg Pennsylvania United States British Aircraft Corporation BAC 1-11
1/18/1969 United Airlines 266 Los Angeles California United States Boeing 727
12/29/1972 Eastern Airlines 401 Miami Florida United States Lockheed L-1011
11/3/1973 National Airlines 27 Albuquerque New Mexico United States McDonnell Douglas DC-10
3/3/1974 Turk Hava TK981 Paris France McDonnell Douglas DC-10
12/1/1974 Trans World Airlines 514 Mt. Weather Virginia United States Boeing 727
6/24/1975 Eastern Airlines 66 Jamaica New York United States Boeing 727
11/12/1975 Overseas National Airways 32 Jamaica New York United States McDonnell Douglas DC-10
4/27/1976 American Airlines 625 St. Thomas Virgin Islands Boeing 727
3/27/1977 KLM 4805 Tenerife Canary Islands Spain Boeing 747
3/27/1977 Pan American World Airways 1736 Tenerife Canary Islands Spain Boeing 747
4/4/1977 Southern Airways 242 New Hope Georgia United States Douglas  DC-9
5/14/1977 Dan-Air Services Lusaka Zambia Boeing 707
2/11/1978 Pacific Western Airlines 314 Cranbrook British Columbia Canada Boeing 737
3/1/1978 Continental Airlines 603 Los Angeles California United States McDonnell Douglas DC-10
9/25/1978 Pacific Southwest Airlines 182 San Diego California United States Boeing 727
9/25/1978 Gibbs Flite Center San Diego California United States Cessna 172
8/31/1986 Aeronaves de Mexico, S.A. 498 Cerritos California United States McDonnell Douglas DC-9
8/31/1986 Private Pilot Cerritos California United States Piper PA-28-181
12/28/1978 United Airlines 173 Portland Oregon United States McDonnell Douglas DC-8
5/25/1979 American Airlines 191 Chicago Illinois United States McDonnell Douglas DC-10
8/19/1980 Saudi Arabian Airlines 163 Riyadh Saudi Arabia Lockheed L-1011
1/13/1982 Air Florida 90 Washington D.C. United States Boeing 737
6/2/1983 Air Canada 797 Covington Kentucky United States McDonnell Douglas DC-9
8/2/1985 Delta Airlines 191 Dallas/Fort Worth Texas United States Lockheed L-1011
8/12/1985 Japan Airlines 123 Gunma Prefecture Japan Boeing 747
8/22/1985 British Airtours KT28M Manchester England Boeing 737
8/16/1987 Northwest Airlines 255 Detroit Michigan United States McDonnell Douglas DC-9
11/28/1987 South African Airways 295 Mauritius Boeing 747
4/28/1988 Aloha Airlines 243 Maui Hawaii United States Boeing 737
5/24/1988 TACA International Airlines 110 New Orleans Louisiana United States Boeing 737
1/8/1989 British Midland 92 Kegworth Leicestershire England Boeing 737
2/24/1989 United Airlines 811 Honolulu Hawaii United States Boeing 747
3/10/1989 Air Ontario 1363 Dryden Ontario Canada Fokker 28
7/19/1989 United Airlines 232 Sioux City Iowa United States McDonnell Douglas DC-10
1/25/1990 Avianca Airlines 52 Long Island New York United States Boeing 707
2/14/1990 Indian Airlines 605 Bangalore India Airbus A320
2/1/1991 USAir 1493 Los Angeles California United States Boeing 737
2/1/1991 Skywest 5569 Los Angeles California United States Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner SA-277-AC
4/5/1991 Atlantic Southeast Airlines 2311 Brunswick Georgia United States Embraer EMB-120
5/26/1991 Lauda Air  NG004 Bangkok Thailand Boeing 767
9/11/1991 Continental Express 2574 Eagle Lake Texas United States Embraer EMB-120RT
12/27/1991 Scandinavian Airlines System 751 Gottröra Sweden McDonnell Douglas MD-81
1/20/1992 Air Inter IFT148DA Strasbourg France Airbus A320
10/4/1992 El Al 1862 Amsterdam Netherlands Boeing 747
9/13/1993 Air France 72 Papeete French Polynesia Boeing 747
4/26/1994 China Airlines 140 Nagoya Japan Airbus 300B4-622R
9/8/1994 USAir 427 Aliquippa Pennsylvania United States Boeing 737
10/31/1994 Simmons Airlines American Eagle 4184 Roselawn Indiana United States Avions de Transport Regional 72-212
8/21/1995 Atlantic Southeast 529 Carrollton Georgia United States Embraer EMB-120RT
12/20/1995 American Airlines 965 Cali Colombia Boeing 757
2/6/1996 Birgenair ALW301 Puerto Plata Dominican Republic Boeing 757
5/11/1996 ValuJet Airlines 592 Everglades Florida United States McDonnell Douglas DC-9
7/6/1996 Delta Airlines 1288 Pensacola Florida United States McDonnell Douglas MD-88
7/17/1996 Trans World Airlines 800 Long Island New York United States Boeing 747
10/31/1996 TAM 402 Sao Paulo Brazil Fokker 100
1/9/1997 Comair 3272 Monroe Michigan United States Embraer EMB-120RT
8/6/1997 Korean Airlines 801 Nimitz Hill Guam Boeing 747
8/7/1997 Fine Air 101 Miami Florida United States McDonnell Douglas DC-8
9/2/1998 Swissair 111 Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia McDonnell Douglas MD-11
6/1/1999 American Airlines 1420 Little Rock Arkansas United States McDonnell Douglas MD-82
1/31/2000 Alaska Airlines 261 Anacapa Island  California United States McDonnell Douglas MD-83
7/25/2000 Air France 4590 Paris France Concorde
8/24/2001 Air Transat TSC236 Lajes Azores Portugal Airbus A330
11/12/2001 American Airlines 587 Belle Harbor NewYork United States Airbus A300
5/25/2002 China Airlines CI611 Makung Penghu Island Boeing 747
7/1/2002 Bashkirian Airlines 2937 Überlingen Germany Tupolev TU154M
7/1/2002 DHL 611 Überlingen Germany Boeing 757
11/6/2002 Luxair  LG9642/LH2420 Luxembourg Luxembourg Fokker  F27 Mk 050
8/14/2005 Helios Airways 52 Hellas Greece Boeing 737
12/8/2005 Southwest Airlines 1248 Chicago Illinois United States Boeing 737
12/19/2005 Chalk's Ocean Airways   Miami Florida United States Grumman Turbo Mallard G-73T
8/27/2006 Comair 5191 Lexington Kentucky United States Bombardier CL-600-2B19
8/20/2007 China Airlines 120 Okinawa  Japan Boeing 737
1/17/2008 British Airways 38 London England Boeing 777
2/12/2009 Colgan Air 3407 Clarence Center New York United States Bombardier DHC-8-400
9/3/2010 United Parcel Service 6 Dubai United Arab Emirates Boeing 747
11/4/2010 Qantas 32 Batam Island Indonesia Airbus A380
4/29/2013 National Airlines 102 Bagram Afghanistan Boeing 747

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