| Name |
Nationality |
Death Year |
Notability |
Flight/Aircraft |
Location |
Cause of death |
| Aaliyah |
 USA |
2001 |
actress, singer, model & dancer |
Cessna 402 |
Marsh Harbour, Bahamas |
Engine Failure [1] |
| Michael J. Adams |
USA |
1967 |
test pilot |
X-15 Flight 3-65-97 |
Randsburg, CA |
aircraft broke up |
| Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe |
 GER |
1936 |
royalty |
??? |
Zompango, Mexico |
CFIT into a Volcano |
| Davey Allison |
USA |
1993 |
NASCAR driver |
Hughes 369 helicopter |
Talladega, AL |
pilot error [2] |
| Hans Alsér |
 SWE |
1977 |
table tennis player |
Linjeflyg Flight 618 |
Kälvesta, Sweden |
mechanical failure; pilot error |
| Roald Amundsen |
 NOR |
1928 |
explorer |
Latham 47 |
Barents Sea |
disappearance |
| Elsa Andersson |
SWE |
1922 |
aviator, parachutist |
|
Askersund, Sweden |
|
| David Angell |
USA |
2001 |
producer |
American Airlines Flight 11 |
World Trade Center |
hijacking; CFIT |
| Mel Apt |
USA |
1956 |
test pilot |
Bell X-2 |
Edwards AFB |
Aircraft rolled out of control |
| Abdul Salam Arif |
 IRQ |
1966 |
President of Iraq |
helicopter |
Southern Iraq |
??? |
| "Ace" Garnet Bailey |
 CAN |
2001 |
ice hockey player (NHL) |
United Airlines Flight 175 |
World Trade Center |
hijacking; CFIT |
| Valentine Baker |
 GBR |
1942 |
World War I flying ace |
Martin-Baker MB 3 |
England |
engine failure |
| Daniel Balavoine |
 FRA |
1986 |
singer and songwriter |
Ecureuil helicopter |
Mali |
CFIT during a sandstorm |
| G. M. C. Balayogi |
 IND |
2002 |
politician |
helicopter |
Kaikalur, West Godavari district |
??? |
| Frederick Banting |
CAN |
1941 |
scientist: co-discovered insulin |
a bomber plane |
Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland |
??? |
| Heinrich Bär |
GER |
1957 |
test pilot |
LF-1 Zaunkönig |
Braunschweig |
lost control of aircraft |
| Silvio Barbato |
 ITA |
2009 |
conductor and composer |
Air France Flight 447 |
Atlantic Ocean |
unknown; under investigation |
| Bill Barilko |
CAN |
1951 |
ice hockey player (NHL) |
Fairchild 24 floatplane |
100km N of Cochrane, Ontario |
pilot inexperience, poor weather, overloaded cargo |
| René Barrientos |
 BOL |
1969 |
President of Bolivia |
helicopter |
Arque, Cochabamba Department |
rotors got caught on power lines |
| Charles Bassett |
USA |
1966 |
astronaut |
T-38 Talon |
St. Louis, Missouri |
poor visibility, pilot error |
| Tomáš Baťa |
 TCH |
1932 |
founder of Bata Shoes company |
Junkers J13 D1608 |
Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia |
poor weather |
| Nick Begich |
USA |
1972 |
US Congressman from Alaska |
Cessna 310 |
southern Alaska |
disappearance |
| Berry Berenson |
FRA |
2001 |
entertainer, actress, and photographer |
American Airlines Flight 11 |
World Trade Center |
hijacking; CFIT |
| Brook Berringer |
USA |
1996 |
quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers |
Piper J-3 Cub |
Raymond, Nebraska |
??? |
| Lauren Bessette |
USA |
1999 |
sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy Jr. |
Piper Saratoga |
Martha's Vineyard |
John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash |
| Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy |
USA |
1999 |
wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. |
Piper Saratoga |
Martha's Vineyard |
John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash |
| Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. |
USA |
2000 |
racing CART driver/owner |
??? |
Kentucky |
??? |
| George Beurling |
CAN |
1948 |
World War II ace pilot |
P-51 Mustang |
Rome |
??? |
| Neerja Bhanot |
IND |
1986 |
flight attendant who saved lives during a hijacking |
Pan Am Flight 73 |
Karachi, Pakistan |
Hijacking |
| Lin Biao |
 PRC |
1971 |
military commander |
Hawker Siddeley Trident |
Öndörkhaan, Mongolia |
fleeing a coup attempt |
| Džemal Bijedić |
 YUG |
1977 |
politician: Premier of Yugoslavia |
Learjet 25 |
Kreševo |
poor weather conditions |
| Muhammad bin Laden |
 SAU |
1967 |
entrepreneur and father of Osama bin Laden |
a Beechcraft airplane |
southwestern Saudi Arabia |
??? |
| Salem bin Laden |
SAU |
1988 |
entrepreneur and half-brother of Osama bin Laden |
a Sprint ultra-light aircraft |
San Antonio, Texas |
flew into power lines |
| Barthélemy Boganda |
 CAF |
1959 |
1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic |
??? |
Boda, Lobaye |
mid-air explosion |
| Hale Boggs |
USA |
1972 |
politician: US Congressman from Louisiana |
Cessna 310 |
southern Alaska |
disappearance |
| Richard Bong |
USA |
1945 |
World War II fighter ace and test pilot |
P-80 Shooting Star |
Burbank, California |
fuel pump malfunction |
| Billy Joe Booth |
USA |
1972 |
Canadian football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders |
Piper Cherokee |
Dorchester, Ontario |
thunderstorm |
| Bruce Borland |
USA |
1999 |
golf course designer |
Learjet 35 |
Aberdeen, South Dakota |
Hypoxia: 1999 South Dakota Learjet crash |
| Subhash Chandra Bose |
IND |
1945 |
politician and activist for the Indian Congress |
??? |
Taiwan (alleged) |
Cause disputed |
| Ahmed Ould Bouceif |
 MRT |
1979 |
politician: Prime Minister of Mauritania |
??? |
Dakar, Senegal |
??? |
| Michel Breistroff |
FRA |
1996 |
Ice hockey defenseman for the Ligue Magnus |
TWA Flight 800 |
East Moriches, New York (8mi E) |
Mid-air explosion |
| Ron Brown |
USA |
1996 |
politician: US Secretary of Commerce |
Boeing CT-43 |
Dubrovnik, Croatia |
pilot error |
| Milo Burcham |
USA |
1944 |
test pilot for Lockheed |
YP-80 Shooting Star |
Burbank, California |
engine flame-out |
| William D. Byron |
USA |
1941 |
politician: US Congressman from Maryland |
Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 |
Atlanta, Georgia |
CFIT |
| Tomas Cabili |
 PHL |
1957 |
politician: Philippine senator |
Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
Cebu City, Philippines (22 mi NW) |
see: 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash |
| Fanny Cano |
 MEX |
1983 |
entertainer: actress |
Aviaco DC-9 |
Madrid |
collision of Iberia and Aviaco jetliners |
| Guido Cantelli |
ITA |
1956 |
orchestral conductor |
??? |
Paris, France |
??? |
| Mel Carnahan |
USA |
2000 |
politician: Governor of Missouri |
Cessna 335 |
Goldman, Missouri |
thunderstorm |
| Bernt Carlsson |
SWE |
1988 |
Assistant-Secretary-General of the UN, UN Commissioner for Namibia |
Pan Am Flight 103 |
Lockerbie, Scotland |
terrorism |
| Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington |
USA |
1948 |
sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy |
??? |
Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France |
??? |
| Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark |
 GRE |
1937 |
royalty: Princess of Greece and Denmark |
??? |
Ostend, Belgium |
crashed into a factory chimney |
| Marcel Cerdan |
FRA |
1949 |
athlete: world boxing champion |
São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal |
São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal |
CFIT: mountain |
| Frank Charles |
GBR |
1939 |
racer: motorcycle speedway rider |
glider |
??? |
died in competition |
| Bill Chase |
USA |
1974 |
musician: trumpet player and band leader |
??? |
Jackson, Minnesota |
??? |
| Néstor Chávez |
 VEN |
1969 |
baseball player (MLB) |
Viasa Flight 742 |
Maracaibo, Venezuela |
struck power lines during take-off |
| Jorge Chávez |
 PER |
1910 |
aviator |
??? |
Domodossola, Italy |
inadequate repairs to aircraft |
| Prince Christoph of Hesse |
GER |
1943 |
royalty: Prince of Hesse |
??? |
Forlì, Italy |
??? |
| Camilo Cienfuegos |
 CUB |
1959 |
military: Cuban revolutionary |
Cessna 310 |
Caribbean Sea |
disappearance |
| Juan de la Cierva |
 ESP |
1936 |
inventor of the autogyro, on a fixed-wing plane |
Douglas DC-2 |
South London |
stalled aircraft |
| Buddy Clark |
USA |
1949 |
entertainer and singer |
??? |
Los Angeles, California |
lack of gasoline |
| Roberto Clemente |
 PRI |
1972 |
baseball player (MLB) |
Douglas DC-7 |
off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico |
mechanical problems; overloaded plane |
| Patsy Cline |
USA |
1963 |
entertainer and country singer |
Piper Comanche |
Camden, Tennessee |
severe weather |
| Bessie Coleman |
USA |
1926 |
aviator: first African-American woman pilot |
??? |
Jacksonville, Florida |
aircraft spun out of control |
| Bob Collins |
USA |
2000 |
entertainer: WGN (AM) radio personality |
??? |
Waukegan, Illinois |
runway collision |
| George W. Collins |
USA |
1972 |
politician: US Representative from Illinois |
United Airlines Flight 553 |
Chicago, Illinois |
pilot error |
| Maurice Connolly |
USA |
1921 |
politician: former US Congressman from Iowa |
??? |
Indian Head, Maryland |
severe weather |
| John Cooper |
GBR |
1974 |
athlete: silver medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics |
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 |
Ermenonville, France |
Cargo hatch failure and control cable failures |
| Cowboy Copas |
USA |
1963 |
entertainer and country music singer |
Piper Comanche |
Camden, Tennessee |
severe weather |
| Philippe Cousteau |
FRA |
1979 |
oceanographer |
PBY Catalina |
Lisbon, Portugal |
??? |
| Jim Croce |
USA |
1973 |
entertainer and singer |
Beechcraft Model 18 |
Natchitoches, Louisiana |
collision with trees[3] |
| Hansie Cronje |
 RSA |
2002 |
athlete: Cricket captain |
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 |
George, Western Cape, South Africa |
unserviceable navigational equipment |
| Scott Crossfield |
USA |
2006 |
test pilot |
Cessna 210 |
Gordon County, Georgia |
severe weather |
| Carlos Cruz |
 DOM |
1970 |
athlete: world boxing champion |
Dominicana DC-9 air disaster |
Punta Caucedo |
Mechanical failure |
| Bronson M. Cutting |
USA |
1935 |
politician: US Senator from New Mexico |
??? |
Atlanta, Missouri |
??? |
| Adelino Amaro da Costa |
 PRT |
1980 |
politician: Defense minister of Portugal |
??? |
Loures, Portugal |
| Marcel Dadi |
FRA |
1996 |
entertainer and musician |
TWA Flight 800 |
East Moriches, New York (8mi E) |
Mid-air explosion |
| Harold Evans Dahl |
USA |
1956 |
aviator during the Spanish Civil War |
Douglas DC-3 |
Canada |
severe weather |
| Donny Davies |
GBR |
1958 |
cricketer and journalist |
Munich air disaster |
Munich |
Take-off failure |
| Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr. |
GBR |
1946 |
test pilot |
de Havilland DH 108 |
Hoo Peninsula |
while carrying out high speed tests |
| B. H. DeLay |
USA |
1923 |
stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation school owner |
the "Wasp" |
Venice, Los Angeles, California |
substandard wing pins |
| John Denver |
USA |
1997 |
entertainer, singer, songwriter, actor |
Rutan Long-EZ |
Pacific Grove, California |
aircraft unfamiliarity |
| Alison Des Forges |
USA |
2009 |
investigator of human rights and an expert on the Rwandan genocide |
Colgan Air Flight 3407[4] |
Clarence Center, New York |
pilot error |
| José Dolhem |
FRA |
1988 |
race car driver |
??? |
Saint-Etienne |
??? |
| Georg Donatus |
GER |
1937 |
royalty: Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse |
??? |
Ostend, Belgium |
crashed into a factory chimney |
| Jessica Dubroff |
USA |
1996 |
aviator: 7-year-old aspiring pilot |
Cessna 177 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming |
thunderstorm |
| Amelia Earhart |
USA |
1937 |
aviator: pioneer woman pilot |
Lockheed L-10 Electra |
Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island |
unknown |
| Beverly Eckert |
USA |
2009 |
activist: co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee |
Colgan Air Flight 3407[4] |
Clarence Center, New York |
pilot error |
| Glen Edwards |
USA |
1948 |
test pilot, namesake of Edwards AFB |
Northrop YB-49 |
Edwards Air Force Base |
aircraft broke apart |
| Richard E. Ellsworth |
USA |
1953 |
aviator: US Air Force Brigadier General |
Convair B-36 |
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador |
CFIT into a hill |
| Eugene Ely |
USA |
1911 |
aviator: pioneer pilot in American naval aviation |
??? |
Macon, Georgia |
crashed while pulling from a dive |
| Robert Henry English |
USA |
1943 |
military: Rear-Admiral, Commander, Submarines, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
Pan Am Flight 1104 |
Boonville, California (15mi E) |
pilot error |
| Harald Ertl |
 AUT |
1982 |
race car driver of Formula One cars |
Beechcraft Bonanza |
??? |
engine failure |
| Philip Don Estridge |
USA |
1985 |
project manager for IBM PC |
Delta Air Lines Flight 191[5] |
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport |
Microburst-induced wind shear |
| Graydon Evans |
USA |
1943 |
test pilot for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation |
Convair prototype |
Fort Worth, Texas |
engine fire |
| Igor Farkhutdinov |
 RUS |
2003 |
politician: governor of Sakhalin |
helicopter |
??? |
??? |
| Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez |
USA |
1980 |
aviator: ace pilot in the Korean War |
??? |
Grand Bahama Island |
importing marijuana |
|
| Ron Flockhart |
GBR |
1962 |
race car driver: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner |
??? |
??? |
??? |
| James Stephen Fossett |
USA |
2007 |
entrepreneur: commodities trader |
American Champion Decathlon |
Sierra Nevada Mountains |
pilot error due to downdrafts resulting in CFIT |
| Jimmy Franklin |
USA |
2005 |
aviator: aerobatic pilot |
??? |
Moose Jaw |
collision with Bobby Younkin |
| Reinhard Furrer |
GER |
1995 |
scientist and astronaut |
Messerschmitt Bf 108 |
Berlin, Germany |
lost control of aircraft |
| Yuri Gagarin |
 URS |
1968 |
cosmonaut: the first man in space |
MiG 15UTI |
| Sanjay Gandhi |
IND |
1980 |
son of Indira Gandhi |
|
| Matthew Gannon |
USA |
1988 |
investigator: CIA Officer |
Pan Am Flight 103 |
| John Garang |
 SUD |
2005 |
politician: Vice President of Sudan |
|
| Carlos Gardel |
 ARG |
1935 |
singer |
|
| Tom Gastall |
USA |
1956 |
athlete: Major League Baseball player |
| Harold Geiger |
USA |
1927 |
Army Major, aviation pioneer, namesake of Geiger Field |
|
| Bruce Geller |
USA |
1978 |
producer and creator of Mission: Impossible |
|
| Prince George, Duke of Kent |
GBR |
1942 |
royality: Duke of Kent |
|
| Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai |
 AFG |
1997 |
politician: prime minister of the anti-Taliban government |
|
| Stasys Girėnas |
 LTU |
1933 |
aviator |
| Rolls Gracie |
 BRA |
1982 |
athlete: practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
hang gliding accident |
| Bill Graham |
USA |
1991 |
rock concert promoter |
|
| Richard E. Gray |
USA |
1982 |
aviator: test pilot |
|
| Keith Green |
USA |
1982 |
entertainer: contemporary Christian musician |
|
| Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten |
SWE |
1947 |
royalty: Duke of Västerbotten |
|
Kastrup, Denmark |
| Werner Haas |
GER |
1956 |
Cyclist |
|
| Juvénal Habyarimana |
 RWA |
1994 |
politician: President of Rwanda |
Assassination of Habyarimana and Ntaryamira |
| A. P. Hamann |
USA |
1977 |
City Manager of San Jose, California |
Tenerife disaster |
| Dag Hammarskjöld |
SWE |
1961 |
Secretary-General of the United Nations |
|
Ndola, Zambia |
| Wal L. Handley |
GBR |
1941 |
racer of motorcycles |
|
| Jim Hardin |
USA |
1991 |
athlete: Major League Baseball player |
|
| Matthew Harding |
GBR |
1996 |
Vice-Chairman of Chelsea Football Club |
a helicopter |
| Harry Hawker |
 AUS |
1921 |
aviator: pioneer and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft |
|
| Hawkshaw Hawkins |
USA |
1963 |
entertainer: country music singer |
|
| John Heinz |
USA |
1991 |
politician:US Senator from Pennsylvania |
|
| Mack Hellings |
USA |
1951 |
racing driver |
|
| Bert Hinkler |
AUS |
1933 |
aviator |
|
| Steve Hislop |
GBR |
2003 |
racer: Isle of Man TT winner |
|
| Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. |
USA |
1944 |
athlete: polo player |
|
| Al Holbert |
USA |
1988 |
racer: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner |
|
| Buddy Holly |
USA |
1959 |
singer |
Beechcraft Bonanza |
| Ken Hubbs |
USA |
1964 |
athlete: Major League Baseball player |
| Gary Hubler |
USA |
2007 |
aviator and aircraft racer |
|
Collision with another plane during the Reno Air Races |
| Dorothy Hunt |
USA |
1972 |
wife of E. Howard Hunt |
United Airlines Flight 553 |
| Jorge Ibargüengoitia |
MEX |
1983 |
novelist and playwright |
Avianca Flight 011 |
| Pedro Infante |
MEX |
1957 |
entertainer: singer and actor |
|
| Anna Jantar |
 POL |
1980 |
entertainer: singer |
on board LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 |
| Jayan |
IND |
1980 |
entertainer: Malayalam film actor |
|
accident whilst performing a film stunt. |
| Martin Johnson |
USA |
1937 |
adventurer and film producer |
|
| William Kapell |
USA |
1953 |
American classical pianist |
|
| William Kirk Kaynor |
USA |
1929 |
US Congressman from Massachusetts |
|
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
USA |
1999 |
son of John F. Kennedy |
|
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. |
USA |
1944 |
older brother of John F. Kennedy |
|
| Kathleen Agnes Kennedy Cavendish |
USA |
1948 |
younger sister of John F. Kennedy |
|
| Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr. |
USA |
1958 |
Korean War ace pilot and test pilot |
|
| Charles Kingsford Smith |
AUS |
1935 |
Australian air pioneer |
|
| Nile Kinnick |
USA |
1943 |
American football player |
|
| Giannos Kranidiotis |
GRE |
1999 |
Greek diplomat and politician. |
|
| Alan Kulwicki |
USA |
1993 |
NASCAR driver |
|
| Joseph LaMotta |
USA |
1988 |
noted chef, son of Jake LaMotta |
Swissair Flight 111 |
| Raymonde de Laroche |
FRA |
1919 |
first woman to earn a pilot's license |
|
| Guadalupe Larriva |
 ECU |
2007 |
Defence minster of Ecuador |
|
| Alexander Lebed |
RUS |
2002 |
Russian politician, governor of Krasnoyarsk |
|
| Mickey Leland |
USA |
1989 |
US Congressman from Texas |
|
| Tony Lema |
USA |
1966 |
champion golfer |
|
| Jim LeRoy |
USA |
2007 |
Stunt Performer Bulldog Airshows |
|
| Daniel Lewin |
USA |
2001 |
Founder and CTO of Akamai |
American Airlines Flight 11 |
| Cory Lidle |
USA |
2006 |
Major League Baseball player |
2006 New York City plane crash |
| Otto Lilienthal |
GER |
1896 |
German glider pioneer |
|
| Arvid Lindman |
SWE |
1936 |
Prime Minister of Sweden |
|
Croydon Airport, United Kingdom |
| Jerry Litton |
USA |
1976 |
U.S. Representative from Missouri |
|
| Ormer Locklear |
USA |
1920 |
aerobatic and stunt performer |
|
during filming of The Skywayman. |
| Alfred Lowenstein |
 BEL |
1928 |
Belgian entrepreneur and financier |
|
Disappearance over the English Channel |
| Carole Lombard |
USA |
1942 |
actress |
|
| Ernest Lundeen |
USA |
1940 |
US Senator from Minnesota |
|
| Pam Lychner |
USA |
1996 |
real estate agent & sex offender activist |
TWA Flight 800 |
Mid-air explosion |
| Nancy Lynn |
USA |
2006 |
aerobatic pilot and flight instructor |
|
| Mohammadu Maccido |
 NGA |
2006 |
The 19th Sultan of Sokoto |
ADC Airlines Flight 53; Boeing 737 |
cause disputed |
| Samora Machel |
 MOZ |
1986 |
President of Mozambique |
|
| Ramón Magsaysay |
PHL |
1957 |
president of the Philippines |
Presidential plane crash: "Mt. Pinatubo" |
| Jonathan Mann |
USA |
1998 |
AIDS researcher and WHO official |
Swissair Flight 111 |
| Paul Mantz |
USA |
1965 |
racing and stunt pilot |
|
during filming of The Flight of the Phoenix |
| Rocky Marciano |
USA |
1969 |
former world boxing champion |
|
| Dean Paul Martin |
USA |
1987 |
actor, singer and son of Dean Martin |
|
| Eduardo Mata |
MEX |
1995 |
Mexican orchestra conductor and composer. |
|
| Enrico Mattei |
ITA |
1962 |
President of Eni |
|
| Joseph C. McConnell |
USA |
1954 |
Korean War ace pilot |
F-86H Sabre |
control malfunction attributed to a missing bolt |
| Larry McDonald |
USA |
1983 |
American Congressman |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 |
| Colin McRae |
GBR |
2007 |
Scottish rally driver |
[6] |
| Alan P. Merriam |
USA |
1980 |
ethnomusicologist |
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 |
| Eve Meyer |
USA |
1977 |
actress, Playboy Centerfold June 1955 |
Pan Am Flight 1736; Boeing 747-100 |
runway collision |
| George S. Mickelson |
USA |
1993 |
Governor of South Dakota |
|
| Glenn Miller |
USA |
1944 |
musician: Big Band leader |
|
| John Purroy Mitchell |
USA |
1918 |
former Mayor of New York City |
|
| William A. Moffett |
USA |
1933 |
US Navy admiral |
in crash of airship USS Akron |
| Grace Moore |
USA |
1947 |
opera singer |
|
| Paul Morgan |
GBR |
2001 |
British race car engineer and co-founder of Ilmor Engineering |
|
| de Lesseps Story Morrison |
USA |
1964 |
former Mayor of New Orleans |
|
| Vic Morrow |
USA |
1982 |
actor |
|
| Edward Moss |
USA |
1964 |
aide of senator Ted Kennedy |
|
| Juan Camilo Mouriño |
MEX |
2008 |
Mexican Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) |
private jet |
| Kuniko Mukoda |
 JPN |
1981 |
Japanese writer, mainly television drama |
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 |
| Thurman Munson |
USA |
1979 |
Major League Baseball player |
|
| Audie Murphy |
USA |
1971 |
Medal of Honor Recipient and Actor |
|
| Ricky Nelson |
USA |
1985 |
actor and singer |
|
| Ginette Neveu |
FRA |
1949 |
French classical violinist |
|
| Grant Notley |
CAN |
1984 |
politician: leader of the opposition in Alberta |
|
| Cyprien Ntaryamira |
 BDI |
1994 |
President of Burundi |
Dassault Falcon 50 |
His plane was shot down by rebels. |
| Donald Nutter |
USA |
1962 |
Governor of Montana |
|
| Rafael Osuna |
MEX |
1969 |
Mexican tennis player |
|
| Renny Ottolina |
VEN |
1978 |
Venezuelan TV producer and entertainer |
|
| Carlos Pace |
BRA |
1977 |
Formula One driver |
|
| John-Olof Persson |
SWE |
1989 |
Mayor of Stockholm 1973-76 and 1979-86 |
|
Oskarshamn, Sweden |
| Jerry Pettis |
USA |
1975 |
Representative from California |
|
| Lionel Poilâne |
FRA |
2002 |
French baker and entrepreneur |
|
| Wiley Post |
USA |
1935 |
aviation pioneer |
|
| Gary Powers |
USA |
1977 |
American spy-plane pilot |
|
| David Purley |
GBR |
1985 |
Formula One driver |
|
| Harald Quandt |
GER |
1967 |
German industrialist |
His aircraft crashed in Italy |
| Edson Queiroz |
BRA |
1982 |
Brazilian entrepreneur |
VASP Flight 168 |
| Harriet Quimby |
USA |
1912 |
first licensed female pilot in the U.S. |
|
| Lotario Rangoni |
ITA |
1942 |
Italian racing driver |
|
| Otis Redding |
USA |
1967 |
singer |
|
| Jim Reeves |
USA |
1964 |
country music singer |
|
| Bo Rein |
USA |
1980 |
LSU Tigers college football coach |
|
| Lance Reventlow |
USA |
1972 |
entrepreneur and racecar driver |
|
| Randy Rhoads |
USA |
1982 |
Guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne |
|
| J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson |
USA |
1959 |
singer, songwriter, disc jockey |
Beechcraft Bonanza |
| Jack Ridley |
USA |
1957 |
test pilot |
|
| Knute Rockne |
NOR |
1931 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach |
TWA Flight 599 |
| Stan Rogers |
CAN |
1983 |
Canadian singer |
Air Canada Flight 797 |
| Will Rogers |
USA |
1935 |
actor, humorist, singer |
|
| Jaime Roldós Aguilera |
ECU |
1981 |
President of Ecuador |
|
| Charles Rolls |
GBR |
1910 |
Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce Motors |
Wright Flyer |
tail broke off of aircraft |
| Hillevi Rombin |
SWE |
1996 |
Miss Universe 1955, national decathlon |
private plane |
California, United States |
engine failure |
| Edvard Rusjan |
 SVN |
1911 |
first Slovene aviator, aircraft constructor |
|
| Thierry Sabine |
FRA |
1986 |
Paris-Dakar rally founder. |
|
| Francisco Sá Carneiro |
PRT |
1980 |
Prime Minister of Portugal |
|
| Kyu Sakamoto |
JPN |
1985 |
Japanese singer |
Japan Airlines Flight 123 |
| Pablo Santos |
MEX |
2006 |
Mexican actor |
|
| Madhavrao Scindia |
IND |
2001 |
Indian politician |
|
| Eddie August Schneider |
USA |
1940 |
transcontinental record holder |
|
| Art Scholl |
USA |
1986 |
aerobatic and stunt performer |
|
during filming of Top Gun. |
| Philippa Schuyler |
USA |
1967 |
American musician |
|
| Elliott See |
USA |
1966 |
American Astronaut |
|
routine airplane flight with Charles Bassett |
| Antoine de Saint Exupéry |
FRA |
1944 |
french writer |
|
| Thomas Selfridge |
USA |
1908 |
first military pilot to die in related crash, namesake of Selfridge Field |
|
| Wilbur Shaw |
USA |
1954 |
three-time Indianapolis 500 winner |
|
| Shin Ki-ha |
 KOR |
1997 |
four term lawmaker and parliamentary leader |
Korean Air Flight 801[7][8] |
| Larry Shue |
USA |
1985 |
playwright |
|
| Władysław Sikorski |
POL |
1943 |
Prime Minister of Poland |
|
| Larkin I. Smith |
USA |
1989 |
American Congressman from Mississippi |
|
| Samantha Smith |
USA |
1985 |
young activist |
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 |
| Robert Smithson |
USA |
1973 |
Land art artist |
|
| Earl Snell |
USA |
1947 |
Governor of Oregon |
|
| Soundarya |
IND |
2004 |
Kollywood (Tamil) actress |
|
| Payne Stewart |
USA |
1999 |
champion golfer |
1999 South Dakota Learjet crash |
Hypoxia |
| Graeme "Shirley" Strachan |
AUS |
2001 |
singer, Skyhooks |
|
| Jud Strunk |
USA |
1981 |
singer, songwriter, comedian |
|
| Thaddeus C. Sweet |
USA |
1928 |
U.S. Congressman from New York. |
An Army observation plane |
|
| Frank Swift |
GBR |
1958 |
goalkeeper, Manchester City and England, journalist |
Munich air disaster |
| Frank Tallman |
USA |
1978 |
stuntman |
|
| Ganapathi Thanikaimoni |
IND |
1986 |
Palynologist |
Pan Am Flight 73 |
| Jacques Thibaud |
FRA |
1953 |
French classical violinist |
|
| Lord Thomson |
GBR |
1930 |
British Secretary of State for Air |
R101 disaster |
| June Thorburn |
GBR |
1967 |
English actress |
|
| Melanie Thornton |
USA |
2001 |
singer, member of La Bouche |
Crossair Flight 3597 |
| Enoch Thulin |
SWE |
1919 |
aeronautics industry leader, founder of AB Thulinverken |
Landskrona, Sweden |
| Mike Todd |
USA |
1958 |
film producer |
|
| Fritz Todt |
GER |
1942 |
German Nazi official |
|
| Rick Tolley |
USA |
1970 |
Marshall University football head coach |
|
| Peter Tomarken |
USA |
2006 |
former game show host, Press Your Luck |
Beechcraft Bonanza A36 |
engine trouble |
| Omar Torrijos |
 PAN |
1981 |
Leader of the Panamanian Revolution (President) |
|
| John Tower |
USA |
1991 |
former US Senator from Texas |
|
| Boris Trajkovski |
 MKD |
2004 |
President of Macedonia |
| Curtis Turner |
USA |
1970 |
NASCAR driver |
|
| Charles Ulm |
AUS |
1934 |
Australian air pioneer, made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia |
|
| Ritchie Valens |
USA |
1959 |
singer |
Beechcraft Bonanza |
| Nick Vanos |
USA |
1987 |
NBA player for the Phoenix Suns |
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan |
USA |
1990 |
guitarist and singer |
|
| Lothar von Richthofen |
USA |
1922 |
German World War One ace pilot |
|
| Joseph A. Walker |
USA |
1966 |
test pilot |
|
| John T. Walton |
USA |
2005 |
son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton |
experimental aircraft |
| George Welch |
USA |
1954 |
American World War II Pearl Harbor and test pilot |
F-100 Super Sabre fighter |
demonstration flight |
| Paul Wellstone |
USA |
2002 |
US Senator from Minnesota |
|
| Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam |
GBR |
1948 |
8th Earl FitzWilliam |
|
| Prince William of Gloucester |
GBR |
1972 |
Prince of Gloucester |
|
| Ernest Willows |
GBR |
1926 |
Welsh airship pioneer |
|
| Orde Wingate |
GBR |
1944 |
soldier and founder of the Chindits |
|
| Steve Wittman |
USA |
1995 |
Aircraft designer and builder and air-race pilot |
|
| Donald Yenko |
USA |
1987 |
Ex-racecar driver and owner/founder of Yenko Chevrolet |
|
landing error |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
 PAK |
1988 |
President of Pakistan |
|
| Team |
Death Year |
Description of team |
Flight/Aircraft |
| Apex Motorsports |
2008 |
five people total: two drivers, Richard Lloyd and David Leslie, a data engineer, and two pilots. |
2008 Farnborough plane crash |
| Cuban national fencing team |
1976 |
all 24 members of the team, trainers and the coach |
Cubana Flight 455 |
| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo |
1960 |
16 members of the American football team and six others |
Cal Poly football team plane crash |
| Embassy Hill |
1975 |
five people total, including former F1 world champion Graham Hill, driver Tony Brise, and designer Andy Smallman. |
Piper Aztec |
| University of Evansville basketball team |
1977 |
29 players, staff and fans |
|
| Hendrick Motorsports |
2004 |
10 people associated with the team, including family, team crew, and pilots |
2004 Martinsville plane crash |
| Iowa State University cross country women's team |
1985 |
7 people associated with the team, including 3 runners, 3 coaches/staff, and pilots |
returning from finishing 2nd place in the NCAA championships |
| A.C. Torino |
1949 |
18 players, club officials, and journalists |
Superga air disaster |
| Manchester United |
1958 |
23 people total; including eight footballers: Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, and Billy Whelan; coach Bert Whalley, trainer Tom Curry, and club secretary Walter Crickmer. |
Munich air disaster |
| Marshall University football team |
1970 |
35 players, eight coaches, and 25 boosters |
Southern Airways Flight 932 |
| Oklahoma State University |
2001 |
ten people associated with men's basketball team (including two players) |
|
| FC Pakhtakor Tashkent |
1979 |
17 players |
in the air above Dniprodzerzhynsk. |
| Puerto Rico national women's volleyball team |
1970 |
most members of the team |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders |
1956 |
five players returning from Vancouver |
Trans-Canada Airways TCA810 |
| Stella Maris College rugby union team |
1972 |
24 of 40 team members |
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 |
| Suriname professional football team |
1989 |
fourteen players |
Surinam Airways Flight PY764 |
| Uruguay's rugby union team |
1972 |
24 of 40 team members |
Andes flight disaster |
| U.S. Olympic boxing team |
1980 |
all team members except for Bobby Czyz, Marvis Frazier and Lee Roy Murphy |
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 |
| USAC officials |
1978 |
8 lead officials |
|
| U.S. Figure Skating team |
1961 |
all 18 skaters, coaches, and judges |
Sabena Flight 548 |
| Wichita State University football team |
1970 |
31 players, coaches and supporters |
Wichita State University football team plane crash |
| Zambia national football team |
1993 |
All 18 footballers, including Efford Chabala and Wisdom Mumba Chansa |
Gabon air disaster |
