Plane crashes in United States
540 plane crashes have been recorded in United States by Global Incident Tracker, 539 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 9 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Most recent plane crashes in United States
When they happen
September carries the most plane crashes we hold for United States — 467 of 540. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 1 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 7 | |
| September | 467 | |
| October | 64 | |
| November | 1 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
No agency anywhere publishes a live feed of plane crashes. These records come from news reporting — GDELT · national press · Wikipedia — so coverage follows media attention rather than what happened. We search in local languages to narrow that gap, not to close it.