List of aviation accidents and incidents in the Netherlands

This list of aviation accidents and incidents in the Netherlands includes aviation crashed and severe incidents. Not all reported and minor investigated incidents are listed. The list also doesn't include airplane crashes in another country with many Dutch victims or a Dutch airline or Dutch owned airplane crash in another country.

The deadliest crash was El Al Flight 1862 with 43 deaths. More military airplanes crashed than other kind of airplanes. Most of the military airplane crashes occurred in the Netherlands during World War II, with a total of around 6000 airplanes. While during World War I the Netherlands was neutral, some airships crashed in the country. After World War II over 10 military airplanes crashed each year (not that the list is incomplete) in the 1950s. The deadliest accident with a military airplane was the 1946 Apeldoorn aircraft crash with a total of 24 deaths. In 1980 the Dutch army bought their firsts F-16 fifhters. In 1993 the 29th F-16 crashed (note that not all F-16 planes crashed in the Netherlands).

Outside war time
Note that the Netherlands was not actively involved in World War I, so incidents during this war are listed in this section.

World War II
During World War II around 6000 airplanes crashed in the Netherlands, both on land and in the water. In September 2019, a special multi-year project started, to recover dozens of plane wrecks with missing crew members. The Royal Netherlands Air Force is leading the recovery operation. The Salvage and Identification Service of the Royal Netherlands Army collects as many remains as possible and tries to identify them. The Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service is present to secure weapons, ammunition and bombs. It was planned to recover 3 wrecks per year.