| Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories in the 1980s |
| 1980 |
Air Wisconsin Flight 965 |
| 1981 |
Eastern Air Lines Flight 935 |
| 1982 |
Air Florida Flight 90 • Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash • World Airways Flight 30 • Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 • Pan Am Flight 759 • Twilight Zone accident • Pan Am Flight 830 |
| 1983 |
United Airlines Flight 2885 • Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 • Air Canada Flight 797 • Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 • Air Illinois Flight 710 • Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 • Anchorage runway collision |
| 1984 |
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901 • Vieques Air Link Flight 901A • San Luis Obispo mid-air collision • Provincetown-Boston Airlines Flight 1039 |
| 1985 |
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 • China Airlines Flight 006 • Eastern Air Lines Flight 494 • Delta Air Lines Flight 191 • Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 • Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 • Henson Airlines Flight 1517 • Teterboro collision • Death of Ricky Nelson |
| 1986 |
Grand Canyon mid-air collision • Aeroméxico Flight 498 • Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident |
| 1987 |
SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 • Northwest Airlink Flight 2268 • American Eagle Flight 5452 • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 • Indianapolis Ramada Inn A-7D Corsair II crash • Continental Airlines Flight 1713 • Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 |
| 1988 |
Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 • American Airlines Flight 132 • AVAir Flight 3378 • Aloha Airlines Flight 243 • TACA Flight 110 • Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 |
| 1989 |
United Airlines Flight 811 • Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 • United Airlines Flight 232 • USAir Flight 5050 • KLM Flight 867 • United Express Flight 2415 |