1978

Date	Location / Operator	Aircraft Type / Registration	Fatalities
01 Jan 1978	Off Bandra, Maharashtra, India Air India	Boeing B-747-237B VT-EBD	213/213(0)
27 Jan 1978	Near San Vincente, Colombia SADELCA	Douglas DC-3 HK-1351X	14/14(0)
31 Jan 1978	Eirunepe, Brazil TABA	Embraer 110P Bandeirante PT-GKW	2/14(0)
10 Feb 1978	Near Artigas, Uruguay Uruguayan Air Force	Douglas C-47A-DL T511	44/44(0)
10 Feb 1978	Richland, Washington Columbia Pacific Airlines	Beechcraft 99 N199EA	17/17(0)
11 Feb 1978	Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada Pacific Western Airlines	Boeing B-737-275 C-FPWC	42/49(0)
28 Feb 1978	Solvang, California Security Air	Aero Commander 500A N6143X	7/7(0)
01 Mar 1978	LAX, Los Angeles, California Continental Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N68045	2/200(0)
02 Mar 1978	Kano, Nigeria Nigeria Airways	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 / MiG-21 5N-ANA / ?	18/18(0)
03 Mar 1978	Off Caracas, Venezuela LAV - Linea Aeropostal Venezolana	British Aerospace 748 2A YV-45C	47/47(0)
16 Mar 1978	Vrastsa, Bulgaria Balkan Bulgarian Airlines	Tupolev TU-134 LZ-TUB	73/73(0)
22 Mar 1978	Near Riverside, California Lake Havasu Air	Cessna T207A N7354U	6/6(0)
25 Mar 1978	Okaraba, Burma Burma Airways	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 XY-ADK	48/48(0)
04 Apr 1978	Off Galveston, Texas Air Logistics	Bell 212 N140AL	3/6(0)
05 Apr 1978	St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Antilles Air	Grumman G-21 N877A	2/9(0)
20 Apr 1978	Near Murmansk, Russia Korean Airlines	Boeing B-707-321B HL-7429	2/109(0)
29 Apr 1978	Bogota, Colombia LAC Colombia	Douglas C-118A HK-1705	8/12(0)
08 May 1978	Pensacola, Florida National Airlines	Boeing B-727-235 N4744	3/58(0)
19 May 1978	Pochinok, Russia Aeroflot	Tupolev TU-154B CCCP-85169	4/134(0)
23 Jun 1978	Saint John's, Newfoundland Gander Aviation	Beech Queen Air A80 C-GGAL	10/10(0)
26 Jun 1978	Off Bergen, Norway Helikopter Service	Sikorsky S-61N LN-OQS	18/18(0)
26 Jun 1978	Toronto, Canada Air Canada	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 C-FTLV	2/107(0)
14 Aug 1978	Sogamoso, Bolivia Aeropeca	Curtiss C-46 HK-1350	18/18(0)
26 Aug 1978	Papun, Burma Burma Airways	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 XY-AEI	14/14(0)
30 Aug 1978	Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Airlines	Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain N44LV	10/10(0)
03 Sep 1978	Conakry, Guinea Air Guinee	Ilyushin IL-18 3X-GAX	15/17(0)
03 Sep 1978	Coal Harbour, BC, Canada AirWest Airlines	de havilland Canada Twin Otter 200 C-FAIV	11/13(0)
03 Sep 1978	Near Kariba, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Air Rhodesia	Vickers Viscount 782D VP-WAS	38/56(0)
09 Sep 1978	Wrangell, Alaska Temesco Helicopter - Air Taxi	Soloy 12EJ3 N5384V	3/3(0)
09 Sep 1978	Near Mexico City, Mexico Lineas Areas del Centro	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 XA-BOP	18/21(0)
13 Sep 1978	Whittier, AK Alaska Travel	de Havilland DHC-2 N37741	6/6(0)
14 Sep 1978	Paranaque, Philippines Philippine Air Force	Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 PH-FKY	21/28(12)
25 Sep 1978	San Diego, California Pacific Southwest Airlines / Private	Boeing B-727-214 / Cessna 172 N533PS/N7711G	137/137(7)
03 Oct 1978	Near Kuopio, Finland Military - Finish Air Force	Douglas C-47A-1-DK DO-10	15/15(0)
03 Oct 1978	Near Mandalay, Myanmar Burma Airways	Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 XY-ADY	2/44(0)
06 Oct 1978	Santiago de Chile, Chile Military - US Navy	Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) 131618	18/18(?)
07 Oct 1978	Sverdlovsk, Russia Aeroflot	Yakovlev YAK-40 CCCP-87437	38/38(0)
08 Oct 1978	Kenai, Alaska Era Helicopter - Air Taxi	Bell 205-1 N2215W	2/7(0)
22 Oct 1978	Off Bellona, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Airlines	Britten Norman BN-2A Trislander H4-AAC	11/11(0)
23 Oct 1978	Gulf of Sivash, USSR Aeroflot	Antonov AN-24B CCCP-46327	26/26(0)
05 Nov 1978	Off Alexandria, Egypt Nile Delta Air Services	Douglas DC-3 SU-AZM	18/18(0)
15 Nov 1978	Near Katunayake, Sri Lanka Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-Super 63CF TF-FLA	183/262(0)
18 Nov 1978	Off Marie Galante Island, West Indies Air Guadeloupe	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 F-OGHD	15/20(0)
19 Nov 1978	Near Leh, India Military - Indian Air Force	Antonov An-12 ?	77/77(1)
21 Nov 1978	Near Rubio, Venezuela Aereo el Venado	Douglas C-47A HK-1393	27/27(0)
25 Nov 1978	Hydaburg, Alaska Tyee Airlines	de Havilland DHC-2 N37906	5/5(0)
04 Dec 1978	Near Steamboat Springs, Coloado Rocky Mountain Airways	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N25RM	2/22(0)
16 Dec 1978	Selvapiana, Italy Air 70	Cessna 421 Golden Eagle I-ASON	10/10(0)
17 Dec 1978	Hyderabad, India Indian Airlines	Boeing B-737-2A8 VT-EAL	1/132(3)
23 Dec 1978	Off Cinisi, Sicily, Italy Alitalia	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 I-DIKQ	108/129(0)
28 Dec 1978	Portland, Oregon United Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 N8082U	10/189(0)