• On 19 September 1986, an
Atlantic Southeast Airlines EMB 120RT (N219AS) struck a mountain near Mantiqueira, Brazil while being delivered to Atlantic Southeast, killing all five on board. • On 21 December 1987,
Air Littoral Flight 1919 crashed into trees during approach to the wrong runway at
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (South-West of France). All 16 occupants died. • On 8 July 1988,
Brazilian Air Force EMB 120RT Brasília
FAB-2001 crashed during an engine-out landing at
São José dos Campos. Five of the nine occupants died. • On 9 April 1990,
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254, was involved in a mid-air collision with
Cessna 172, operating by
Civil Air Patrol, over
Gadsden. All 7 people on board EMB 120 survived, but all 2 people on board Cessna died. • On 5 April 1991,
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, operating for
Delta Connection, crashed on approach to
Glynco Jetport in
Brunswick,
Georgia. The crash claimed the lives of all twenty-three people on board, including former
U.S. Senator John Tower of
Texas and
astronaut Sonny Carter. This was due to
propeller control failure which led to incorrect propeller blade angles. • On 11 September 1991,
Continental Express Flight 2574 broke up in flight and crashed at Eagle Lake, Texas, killing all 14 passengers and crew members onboard. The NTSB determined that missing screws on the horizontal stabilizer led to part of it detaching from the aircraft. • On 21 August 1995, one of the blades on
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529's
number-one propeller sheared off, partly tearing the left engine from its mount and increasing drag on the left side. It crashed in a field near
Carrollton,
Georgia. Of the twenty-nine people on board, ten of them died (one casualty was from a heart attack nearly eight weeks after the accident). • On 9 January 1997,
Comair Flight 3272 crashed in
Monroe, Michigan. All of the 29 passengers and crew died. The probable cause was in-flight icing. • On 21 May 1997,
SkyWest Airlines Flight 724, an EMB 120 (N198SW), experienced a total loss of engine power to the right engine and associated engine fire, followed by a total loss of all airplane hydraulic systems, after takeoff from
San Diego International-Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The two pilots, one flight attendant, and 14 passengers were not injured. The flight was destined for Los Angeles, California. It diverted to
NAS Miramar, San Diego, where it landed at 14:27 hrs. • On 21 October 1998, a
Capital Táxi Aéreo EMB 120RT Brasilia registration PT-WKH crashed due to pilot error during final approach to
Pinto Martins International Airport. The two-man crew and one passenger on board were killed, along with one person on the ground. Seven more people were injured. • On 14 January 2002, Ibertrans Aérea Flight 1278 crashed onto the Santa María Vieja mountain, Zaldivar. All 3 people on board were killed. • On 30 August 2002,
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 operated by an EMB 120ER Brasília (registration PT-WRQ), en route from
Cruzeiro do Sul and
Tarauacá to
Rio Branco crashed on approach to Rio Branco during a rainstorm, 1,5 km short of the runway. Of the 31 passengers and crew aboard, 23 died. • On 14 May 2004,
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 operated by an EMB 120ER Brasília (registration PT-WRO), en route from
São Paulo de Olivença and
Tefé to
Manaus, crashed in the forest about from Manaus. All 33 passengers and crew died in the deadliest accident involving the EMB 120. • On 26 May 2007, Skywest Airlines Flight 5741 nearly
collided with Republic Airways Flight 4912, a
Embraer E-170, at the intersection of runway 01L and 28R at
San Francisco International Airport. All 27 people on board both aircraft survived. • On 22 March 2010, an
Airnorth EMB 120 (VH-ANB) took off approximately 10.10am (
ACST) from
Darwin International Airport on a routine simulated engine-failure training exercise known as a
V1 cut when it apparently banked sharply to the left and crashed into the nearby bushland at
RAAF Base Darwin. The two pilots on board were killed instantly. • On 14 September 2011,
Angolan Air Force EMB 120ER
T-500 crashed while attempting to take off from Huambo Airport, killing 17 of 23 people on board. • On 12 October 2011, a
Nationale Regionale Transport EMB 120, registered as ZS-PYO, performing a charter flight from
Libreville to
Port Gentil (Gabon) overran runway 21 and came to a stop with the nose gear intact, both main gear struts bent backwards causing the engines to "pitch down" together with the wings. A few passengers sustained minor injuries, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off. • On 27 November 2012, an
Inter Îles Air EMB 120ER Brasilia (registration number D6-HUA) was underway from
Moroni to
Anjouan (both in
Comoros Islands) on a charter flight with 25 passengers and 4 crew, when after taking off from Moroni's
Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport it lost height, and while attempting to return to the airport,
waterlanded off the coast, about 5 km north of the airport. Local fishermen rescued everybody on board. There were only minor injuries, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off. • On 3 October 2013,
Associated Aviation Flight 361, an EMB 120RT (5N-BJY), was involved in a crash on takeoff from Lagos Airport bound for Akure. The aircraft was on a charter flight taking the body of the former Governor of Ondo State, Dr.
Olusegun Agagu, for burial. There were at least 16 reported fatalities amongst passengers travelling in the burial party. Two people who survived the crash died later in hospital. • On 12 October 2017, an
Air Guicango EMB-120 (D2-FDO) crashed en route from Dundo to Luanda (both in
Angola). Crew declared engine failure and fire prior to losing radio contact. The wreckage was located the following day with no survivors. • On 4 May 2020, an
African Express Airways EMB 120 (5Y-AXO), operating a flight to Baidoa from Mogadishu, was reportedly
shot down by a rocket in Somalia. This aircraft was carrying medical aids to fight
COVID-19. A total of six people on board died after crash landing near Bardale. • On 11 July 2023, a Halla Airlines EMB-120 (6O-AAD), operating a domestic flight from Garowe to Mogadishu, crashed into a fence at
Aden Adde International Airport, while attempting to land on runway 05, after suffering a left landing gear collapse and veering off the runway. All 34 people onboard survived. Preliminary data indicated that the pilots lost control of the aircraft after landing due to strong tailwinds and
wind shear which caused the left gear to collapse. ==Surviving aircraft==