This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list’s size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg). The list is grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.
1919
- July 21 – The Goodyear dirigible Wingfoot Air Express caught fire and crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, while carrying passengers to a local amusement park, killing thirteen people: three out of the five on board and ten others on the ground, with 27 others on the ground being injured.
- August 2 – A Caproni Ca.48 crashed at Verona, Italy, during a flight from Venice to Taliedo, Milan, killing all on board (14, 15, or 17 people, according to different sources).
1920
- December 14 – A Handley Page O/400 hit a tree and crashed at Golders Green, London, after failing to gain height following takeoff, killing four out of eight on board.
1922
- March 31 – A Beijing-Han Airlines Handley Page O/7 hit trees and crashed while landing at Beijing Nanyuan Airport, killing all 14 on board in China’s first fatal aviation accident.
- April 7 – In the Picardie mid-air collision, a De Havilland DH.18A, G-EAWO, operated by Daimler Hire Ltd., collided with a Farman F.60 Goliath, F-GEAD, operated by Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA), over the Thieulloy-St. Antoine road near Picardie, France, killing all seven people on both aircraft. This is the first mid-air collision of two airliners.
1923
- January 13 – An Aeromarine 75 seaplane of Aeromarine West Indies Airways, Columbus, rapidly sank after a botched ditching in the Straits of Florida north of Havana, Cuba, leading to the deaths of four passengers out of the nine occupants in the first airliner disaster of American aviation.
- May 14 – An Air Union Farman F.60 Goliath crashed near Monsures, Somme, France, due to the structural failure of a wing, killing all six on board.
- August 27 – An Air Union Farman F.60 Goliath crashed near East Malling, Kent, England, due to an engine failure, and the passengers misunderstanding given instructions, killing one of 13 on board.
- September 14 – A Daimler Airway de Havilland DH.34 crashed at Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, after stalling while attempting an emergency landing, killing all five on board.
1924
- December 24 – An Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crashed near Purley, Surrey, England, due to a stall during an attempted emergency landing in response to an unknown mechanical defect. All eight on board were killed.
