The Antonov An-24 has suffered 159 accidents with a total of 2,134 fatalities.

1960s

29 July 1962 An An-24 (CCCP-46708) still owned by Antonov crashed at Ternopil Airport during a test flight while simulating a right-engine failure; all eight crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.

20 March 1965 An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46764) landed short of the runway at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, struck a snow drift and broke up, killing 43 of 47 on board. The cause of the crash was not determined, but pilot error was blamed.

2 February 1966 A United Arab Airlines An-24 (SU-AOB) crashed at Luxor, Egypt during a test flight.

18 March 1966 United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed.

29 August 1966 A Cubana An-24 (CU-T875) was written off at Camaguey Airport.

30 September 1966 United Arab Airlines Flight 322 (an An-24B, SU-AOM) struck a camel while taking off from Luxor International Airport, damaging the right side landing gear. The aircraft was able to make a wheels-up landing at Cairo with no casualties to the 43 on board.

7 February 1967 A United Arab Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and flown to Amman, Jordan.

30 December 1967 Aeroflot Flight L-51, an An-24B (CCCP-46215), crashed near Liepāja Airport after the crew put the left engine into reverse thrust in an attempt to slow the aircraft down for landing, killing 44 of 51 on board. The crash remains the deadliest aviation accident in Latvian history.

31 December 1967 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46201) crashed short of the runway at Voronezh Airport.

6 January 1968 Aeroflot Flight 1668, an An-24B (CCCP-47733), broke apart in mid-air and crashed 93 km (58 mi) from Olekminsk, Russia, killing all 45 on board; the aircraft may have been shot down by a stray missile although a cause was never definitively identified.

18 August 1968 A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOL) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, killing all 40 passengers and crew on board.

6 October 1968 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46552) force-landed near Mary, Turkmenistan after an engine failed at .

24 January 1969 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 149 (SP-LTE) from Warsaw to Wrocław with 48 passengers and crew on board crashed shortly before landing at the Wrocław Airport due to crew error. There were no casualties although the aircraft was written off.

24 March 1969 Aeroflot Flight 2305, an An-24 (CCCP-46751), crashed on climbout from Alma-Ata Airport after the right side engine lost power, killing four of 31 on board.

2 April 1969 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashed into Polica, a mountain near Zawoja after the pilots became disorientated in a snowstorm, killing all 53 on board.

3 August 1969 Aeroflot Flight N-826, an An-24B (CCCP-46248), crashed at Preobrazhenka, Ukraine after a propeller blade separated and punctured the fuselage, severing the controls for the elevator and ailerons. The crew lost control of the aircraft and the aircraft crashed, killing all 55 on board.

18 August 1969 A Misrair An-24 was hijacked by six people and flown to El Wagah, Egypt.

13 October 1969 Aeroflot Flight 227, an An-24B (CCCP-47772), crashed short of the runway at Nizhnevartovsk Airport after a propeller was inadvertently feathered, killing 24 of 56 on board.

19 October 1969 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTK) was hijacked by two people and flown to Tegel Airport.

20 November 1969 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24B (SP-LTB) was hijacked by two people and flown to Vienna.

1970s

1970 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46241) caught fire and burned out during refueling at Saratov Airport; the accident also could have happened in 1971, when the aircraft was cancelled from the Soviet register.

28 January 1970 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47701) struck a mountain 25 mi (40 km) from Batagay, Russia after the crew began descending too soon, killing all 34 passengers and crew on board.

30 January 1970 A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOK) crashed on landing at Luxor Airport after the undercarriage collapsed.

4 February 1970 TAROM Flight 35, an An-24B (YR-AMT), crashed in the Vladeasa mountains in poor visibility, killing 20 of 21 on board. The aircraft was leased from the Romanian government.

10 March 1970 Two passengers attempted to hijack an Interflug An-24V (DM-SBD) to flee to West Germany. Both hijackers, armed with pistols, threatened the flight attendant to open the cockpit door, but the flight attendant warned the pilot with a secret code, so the door remained locked. The hijackers attempted to break down the door while the aircraft returned to East Berlin. The flight attendant tricked the hijackers into believing that the aircraft was landing at Templehof Airport to refuel. After the aircraft landed, the hijackers realized that they had been tricked and shot and killed each other.

14 March 1970 A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOC) made a wheels-up landing at Cairo International Airport following an engine explosion; all 15 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. The explosion was caused by a bomb that been placed in the left engine.

1 April 1970 Aeroflot Flight 1661, an An-24B (CCCP-47751), collided in mid-air with a weather balloon and crashed near Toguchin, Russia killing all 45 passengers and crew on board.

5 June 1970 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person who demanded political asylum and diverted to Copenhagen.

19 July 1970 A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-ANZ) crashed at Cairo due to pilot error while on a training flight, killing the three crew.

7 August 1970 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person who demanded to be taken to Germany and diverted to East Berlin.

26 August 1970 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by three people who demanded to be taken to Austria.

16 September 1970 A person, armed with a dagger and gun, attempted to hijack a United Arab Airlines An-24 and demanded to be taken to Saudi Arabia; the hijacker was overpowered by the on-board security guard.

15 October 1970 Aeroflot Flight 244, an An-24B (CCCP-46256), was hijacked by two people who demanded to be taken to Turkey and diverted to Trabzon Airport. One person died.

31 March 1971 An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46747) crashed near Moscow during a training flight.

1 June 1971 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47729) crashed on Bogodorsk Island during a training flight. The aircraft was flying with one engine shut down when the flight engineer shut down the other engine by mistake.

12 November 1971 Aeroflot Flight N-63, an An-24B (CCCP-46809), stalled and crashed short of the runway at Vinnitsa Airport during a go-around, killing all 48 passengers and crew on board.

13 November 1971 Aeroflot Flight H-639, an An-24B (CCCP-46378) struck a cable and crashed while on approach to Kerch Airport, killing six of 11 on board.

15 November 1971 A Tarom An-24RV (YR-AMA) crashed at Otopeni International Airport during an ILS approach; all 22 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.

1 December 1971 Aeroflot Flight 2174, an An-24B (CCCP-46788), lost control and crashed near Saratov Airport due to icing, killing all 57 passengers and crew on board.

22 February 1972 Aeroflot Flight 25, an An-24 (CCCP-46732), lost control and crashed near Lipetsk Airport after the pilot applied reverse thrust by mistake; there were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

27 February 1972 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46418) lost control and crashed while on approach to Mineralnye Vody Airport after the pilot applied reverse thrust by mistake; there were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

16 May 1972 The Soviet Navy An-24T 05 struck trees and crashed into a kindergarten building at Svetlogorsk, Russian SFSR, in the Soviet Union, killing all eight on board and 25 to 27 on the ground.

4 November 1972 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46202) was on a positioning flight when it struck trees and crashed near Vostochny Airport in snow; all three crew survived, but the aircraft was written off.

21 January 1973 Aeroflot Flight 6263, an An-24B (CCCP-46276), lost control and crashed near Bolshesosnovsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, killing all 39 passengers and crew on board; the aircraft may have been shot down by a missile. Four passengers initially survived the crash, but died in the below-zero temperatures before rescue parties reached the crash site.

28 February 1973 Polish Air Force An-24B 012 crashed near Goleniow Airport, Szczecin due to wing icing. All 18 people on board were killed (including ministers of the interior of Poland and Czechoslovakia).

30 April 1973 A South Yemen Air Force aircraft, probably an An-24, crashed in Yemen, killing all 25 on board. The aircraft type has not been confirmed, with possible types being an An-24, An-12, or a Yemenia Douglas DC-3.

14 May 1973 Cubana Flight 707, an An-24V (CU-T876), crashed on landing at José Martí International Airport in bad weather due to possible pilot errors, killing three.

18 August 1973 Aeroflot Flight A-13, an An-24B (CCCP-46435), struck a cable on an oil rig at Neftyanyye Kamni oilfield ( east of Baku) and crashed while attempting to return to Bina International Airport following an uncontained engine failure, killing 56 of 64 on board.

17 September 1973 A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24B (BNMAU-4206) struck a mountain during descent in Hovd Province, Mongolia.

6 January 1974 Aeroflot Flight H-75, an An-24B (CCCP-46357), lost control and crashed at Mukachevo, Ukraine due to icing, killing all 24 on board.

25 January 1974 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46277) was being flown out of Rostov following maintenance when it crashed after takeoff from Rostov Airport due to artificial horizon failure, killing the four crew.

8 March 1974 A Pathet Lao Airlines An-24 (possibly XW-TCA) crashed near Hanoi, killing all 18 on board.

6 July 1974 A Soviet Air Force An-24T lost control and crashed near Sinitsyno, Saratov Oblast after suffering a bird strike on final approach; killing the five crew.

29 December 1974 A TAROM An-24RV (YR-AMD) operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Sibiu struck the side of the mountains (Muntii) Lotrului (22 km south of Sibiu) at after the aircraft drifted off course due to crew error, killing all 33 on board.

14 April 1975 Bulgarian Air Force An-24 035 crashed near Sofia.

25 April 1975 An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46476) crashed short of the runway at Poltava Airport after the pilot descended into ground fog; all 11 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.

28 June 1975 A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and diverted to Greece. The hijacker requested political asylum.

17 November 1975 Aeroflot Flight 6274, an An-24RV (CCCP-46467), struck Mount Apshara due to crew disorientation, killing all 38 on board.

20 November 1975 Aeroflot Flight 7950, an An-24B (CCCP-46349), struck a hill 11 mi from Kharkov Airport due to an incorrectly programmed altimeter caused by an ATC error, killing 19 of 50 on board.

22 November 1975 A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24B (LZ-ANA) crashed on takeoff from Vrazhdebna Airport due to icing, killing three of 45 on board.

13 January 1976 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47280) crashed short of the runway at Smolnoye Airport after the crew descended too soon; all 44 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.

21 January 1976 A CAAC An-24 (B-492) crashed on approach to Huanghua Airport, killing all 40 on board.

9 February 1976 A Tarom An-24RV (YR-AMC) crashed short of the runway at Bacau Airport due to fog, collapsing the nosegear; all 24 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.

10 March 1976 An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46613) landed hard at Saratov Airport after the crew descended too soon; all 57 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.