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Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.
Those killed as part of a sporting, political or entertainment group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.
Individuals
Name | Nationality | Year | Notability | Flight/aircraft | Crash site | Cause/circumstances |
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Aaliyah | USA | 2001 | actress, singer, model & dancer | Cessna 402 | Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas | Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol.[1] |
Michael James Adams | USA | 1967 | test pilot | X-15 Flight 3-65-97 | Randsburg, California, United States | Breakup caused by malfunctioning control system |
Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | GER | 1936 | royalty | Ford Trimotor | Zumpango, Mexico State | CFIT into a Volcano |
Sir John Alcock | UK | 1919 | aviator – Flew first non-stop flight across Atlantic in a Vickers Vimy | Vickers Viking | Cottévrard, near Rouen, France | Plane stalled and crashed in fog |
Davey Allison | USA | 1993 | NASCAR driver | Hughes 369 | Talladega, Alabama, United States | pilot error[2] |
Ghazi al-Sadeq | SUD | 2012 | Guidance and Endowments minister | Antonov An-26 | Nuba Mountains south Talodi, South Kordofan, Sudan | 2012 Sudan Antonov An-26 crash Poor weather |
Hans Alsér | SWE | 1977 | table tennis player | Linjeflyg Flight 618 | Kälvesta, Sweden | Icing of tailplane caused by engines being operated at too low a power setting for anti-ice to be effective |
Roald Amundsen | NOR | 1928 | explorer | Latham 47 | Barents Sea | disappearance |
An Chang-nam | KOR | 1930 | Aviator | Taiyuan, China | [3] | |
Maxie Anderson | USA | 1983 | Record-setting hot-air balloonist | Hot-air balloon | near Bad Brückenau, West Germany | Gondola release mechanism malfunction |
Elsa Andersson | SWE | 1922 | Aviator, parachutist | Parachute | Askersund, Sweden | Parachute failure |
David Angell | USA | 2001 | producer | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York, United States | hijacking |
Steve Appleton | USA | 2012 | CEO of Micron at time of incident | Lancair IV-P | Boise Airport, Idaho, United States | Error during emergency landing |
Mel Apt | USA | 1956 | test pilot | Bell X-2 | Edwards AFB, California, United States | Pilot error |
Abdul Salam Arif | IRQ | 1966 | President of Iraq | de Havilland Dove 1 | Southern Iraq | crashed in sand storm |
Garnet "Ace" Bailey | CAN | 2001 | ice hockey player (NHL) | United Airlines Flight 175 | World Trade Center South Tower, New York, United States | hijacking |
Todd Beamer | USA | 2001 | Flight 93 | United Airlines Flight 93 | Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States | hijacking by Ziad Jarrah |
Valentine Baker | UK | 1942 | World War I flying ace | Martin-Baker MB 3 | England | engine failure |
Daniel Balavoine | FRA | 1986 | singer and songwriter | Aérospatiale AS350 Ecureuil[4] | Mali | CFIT during a sandstorm, with Thierry Sabine when crashed |
G. M. C. Balayogi | IND | 2002 | politician | Bell 206 | Kaikalur, India | mechanical failure, pilot error |
Frederick Banting | CAN | 1941 | scientist: co-discovered insulin | Lockheed Hudson | Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland | Engine problems |
Heinrich Bär | GER | 1957 | test pilot | LF-1 Zaunkönig | Braunschweig, West Germany | lost control of aircraft |
Silvio Barbato | ITA | 2009 | conductor and composer | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | Instrument Failure |
Bill Barilko | CAN | 1951 | ice hockey player (NHL) | Fairchild 24 | 100 km N of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada | pilot inexperience, poor weather, overloaded cargo |
René Barrientos | BOL | 1969 | President of Bolivia | helicopter | Arque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia | rotors got caught on power lines[5] |
Charles Bassett | USA | 1966 | astronaut | Northrop T-38 Talon[5] | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | with Elliot See; 1966 NASA T-38 crash |
Tomáš Baťa | TCH | 1932 | founder of Bata Shoes company | Junkers F.13 | Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia | poor weather |
Lincoln J. Beachey | USA | 1915 | Aviator, stunt flyer | Beachey-Eaton Monoplane[6] | San Francisco, California, United States | Demonstrating inverted flight at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Structural failure while attempting to pull up. |
William D. Becker | USA | 1943 | politician: mayor of St. Louis | Waco CG-4A-RO[N 1] | Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, USA | loss of right-hand wing due to wing strut fitting failure during exhibition flight[7] |
Nick Begich | USA | 1972 | US Congressman from Alaska | Cessna 310 | southern Alaska, United States | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Hale Boggs was also in this flight. |
Derek Bennett | UK | 1978 | Racing car designer, driver and founder/owner of Chevron Cars Ltd | Scorpion B hang glider | Lancashire, England | Pilot error in a hang glider |
Berry Berenson | USA | 2001 | entertainer, actress, and photographer | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York, United States | hijacking |
Brook Berringer | USA | 1996 | quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers | Piper J-3 Cub | Raymond, Nebraska, United States | Pilot error (Loss of engine power because of fuel valve mis-position)[8] |
Lloyd W. Bertaud | USA | 1927 | Aviator | Old Glory | North Atlantic | Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. |
Lauren Bessette | USA | 1999 | sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy, Jr. | Piper Saratoga | Martha's Vineyard, United States | pilot error. see John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash |
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy | USA | 1999 | wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. | Piper Saratoga | Martha's Vineyard, United States | pilot error. see John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash |
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | USA | 2000 | racing CART driver/owner | Beechcraft Baron | Kentucky, United States | Airframe icing |
George Beurling | CAN | 1948 | World War II ace pilot | Noorduyn Norseman | Rome, Italy | |
Neerja Bhanot | IND | 1986 | flight attendant who saved lives during a hijacking | Pan Am Flight 73 | Karachi, Pakistan | Hijacking |
Homi J. Bhabha | IND | 1966 | nuclear physicist | Air India Flight 101 | Mont Blanc | Flight dispatched without necessary navigation equipment for the route being flown |
Džemal Bijedić | YUG | 1977 | politician: Premier of Yugoslavia | Learjet 25 | Kreševo, Yugoslavia | poor weather conditions |
Muhammad bin Laden | KSA | 1967 | entrepreneur and father of Osama bin Laden | Beechcraft Model 18[5] | southwestern Saudi Arabia | |
Salem bin Laden | KSA | 1988 | entrepreneur and half-brother of Osama bin Laden | Sprint ultra-light aircraft[4] | San Antonio, Texas, United States | flew into power lines |
Jean-Pierre Blanchard | FRA | 1809 | Hot air ballooning pioneer | Hot air balloon | The Hague, Netherlands | Died from injuries sustained after falling off a balloon during cardiac arrest |
Sophie Blanchard | FRA | 1819 | Female ballooning pioneer, wife of Jean-Pierre Blanchard | Hot air balloon | Jardin de Tivoli, Paris, France | Fell to her death after balloon caught fire. |
Barthélemy Boganda | CAF | 1959 | 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic | Nord Noratlas | Boda, Lobaye, Central African Republic | mid-air explosion |
Hale Boggs | USA | 1972 | politician: US Congressman from Louisiana | Cessna 310 | southern Alaska, United States | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Nick Begich was also in this flight. |
Richard Bong | USA | 1945 | World War II fighter ace and test pilot | Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star | Burbank, California, United States | Pilot error |
Billy Joe Booth | USA | 1972 | Canadian football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders | Piper Cherokee | Dorchester, Ontario, Canada | thunderstorm |
Bruce Borland | USA | 1999 | golf course designer | Learjet 35 | Mina, South Dakota, United States (crash site). Location at time of death undetermined. | Hypoxia. Payne Stewart also died in this plane crash. |
Subhas Chandra Bose | IND | 1945 | Indian politician and Freedom fighter | Mitsubishi Ki-21[9] | Taiwan (alleged) | Cause disputed |
Ahmed Ould Bouceif | MRT | 1979 | politician: Prime Minister of Mauritania | de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Dakar, Senegal | |
Olin Branstetter | USA | 2011 | Businessman and former Oklahoma state senator | Piper PA-28 Cherokee N7746W | Perryville, Arkansas, United States | Controlled flight into terrain |
Michel Breistroff | FRA | 1996 | Ice hockey defenseman for the Ligue Magnus | TWA Flight 800 | East Moriches, New York, United States (8 mi E) | Mid-air explosion |
Ron Brown | USA | 1996 | politician: US Secretary of Commerce | Boeing CT-43 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | pilot error |
Kurt Budke | USA | 2011 | College basketball coach | Piper PA-28 Cherokee N7746W | Perryville, Arkansas, United States | Controlled flight into terrain |
Milo Burcham | USA | 1944 | test pilot for Lockheed | Lockheed YP-80 Shooting Star | Burbank, California, United States | engine flame-out |
William D. Byron | USA | 1941 | politician: US Congressman from Maryland | Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Inadvertently descended into trees due to incorrect altimeter setting. Eddie Rickenbacker survived this crash. |
Tomas Cabili | PHL | 1957 | politician: Philippine senator | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Cebu City, Philippines (22 mi NW) | see: 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash |
Felipe Camiroaga | CHI | 2011 | Television presenter (Television Nacional de Chile) | Chilean Air Force CASA C-212 Aviocar | off Robinson Crusoe Island, South East of Pacific Ocean | under investigation |
Eduardo Campos | BRA | 2014 | politician, who president candidate of Brazilian general election, 2014 | Cessna 560XL | Santos, State of São Paulo | under investigation |
Guido Cantelli | ITA | 1956 | orchestral conductor | Douglas DC-6 | Paris-Orly Airport, France | |
Mel Carnahan | USA | 2000 | politician: Governor of Missouri | Cessna 335 | Goldman, Missouri, United States | thunderstorm |
Fanny Cano | MEX | 1983 | entertainer; actress | Iberia Flight 350 | Madrid, Spain | Collision resulting from runway incursion, caused by poor visibility and taxiway signage[4] |
Guido Cantelli | ITA | 1956 | orchestral conductor | Douglas DC-6 | Paris-Orly Airport, France | |
Mel Carnahan | USA | 2000 | politician: Governor of Missouri | Cessna 335 | Goldman, Missouri, United States | thunderstorm |
Bernt Carlsson | SWE | 1988 | Assistant-Secretary-General of the UN, UN Commissioner for Namibia | Pan Am Flight 103 | Lockerbie, Scotland | terrorism |
Emilio Carranza | MEX | 1928 | Mexican "Charles Lindbergh" | Ryan Brougham[10] | Tabernacle, New Jersey, United States | Weather? |
Sonny Carter | USA | 1991 | Astronaut | Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 | Brunswick, Georgia, United States | Malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit. Senator John Tower also died in this crash. |
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington | USA | 1948 | sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy | de Havilland Dove | Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France | |
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark | GRE | 1937 | royalty: Princess of Greece and Denmark | Junkers Ju 52 | Ostend, Belgium | crashed into a factory chimney (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash) |
Carl Cederström | SWE | 1918 | aviator | Bleriot XI[11] | Gulf of Bothnia | |
Marcel Cerdan | FRA | 1949 | world boxing champion | Lockheed Constellation | São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal | CFIT: mountain |
Frank Charles | UK | 1939 | motorcycle speedway rider | Slingsby Petrel | Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England | died in gliding competition |
Bill Chase | USA | 1974 | musician: trumpet player and band leader | Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche | Jackson, Minnesota, United States | Poor weather[12] |
Néstor Chávez | VEN | 1969 | baseball player (MLB) | Viasa Flight 742 | struck power lines during take-off | |
Jorge Chávez | PER | 1910 | aviator | Blériot XI[13] | 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 | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead |
Juan de la Cierva | ESP | 1936 | inventor of the autogyro | KLM Douglas DC-2 | Croydon Air Port, England | aircraft hit house after taking off in fog; Arvid Lindman also killed |
Buddy Clark | USA | 1949 | entertainer and singer | Cessna | Los Angeles, California, United States | Pilot error |
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[5] | Camden, Tennessee, United States | severe weather |
Samuel Cody | USA | 1913 | Aviation pioneer and showman | Cody Floatplane | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | Aircraft broke up at 200 ft, thrown out of aircraft |
Bessie Coleman | USA | 1926 | aviator: first African-American woman pilot | Curtiss JN-4 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | Thrown from aircraft after controls jammed while she was riding as a passenger. She was not wearing a seatbelt. |
Bob Collins | USA | 2000 | entertainer: WGN (AM) radio personality | Zlín Z 42 | Waukegan, Illinois, United States | runway collision |
George W. Collins | USA | 1972 | politician: US Representative from Illinois | United Airlines Flight 553 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | pilot error |
Richard L. Conolly | USA | 1962 | United States Navy admiral | American Airlines Flight 1 | Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York, United States | Loss of control at takeoff, due to autopilot malfunction caused by electrical short |
Maurice Connolly | USA | 1921 | politician: former US Congressman from Iowa | Curtiss Eagle | Indian Head, Maryland, United States | severe weather |
Weldon B. Cooke | USA | 1914 | Aviator | Wright aircraft | Pueblo, Colorado, United States | [14] |
John Cooper | UK | 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, United States | severe weather |
Frank Eugene Corder | USA | 1994 | Cessna 150 | Washington, D.C., United States | Intentionally crashed the stolen airplane on the White House lawn | |
Philippe Cousteau | FRA | 1979 | oceanographer | PBY Catalina | Lisbon, Portugal | Nosed over during high speed water taxi |
Jacquie de Creed | GBR | 2011 | Record breaking stunt performer | Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche | Mont Age, France | Crashed whilst flying through dense fog at low altitude[15][16][17] |
Jim Croce | USA | 1973 | entertainer and singer | Beechcraft Model 18 | Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States | collision with trees[18] |
Hansie Cronje | RSA | 2002 | Cricket captain | Hawker Siddeley HS 748 | George, Western Cape, South Africa | unserviceable navigational equipment |
Albert Scott Crossfield | USA | 2006 | test pilot | Cessna 210[19] | Gordon County, Georgia, United States | Aircraft broke up in thunderstorm; ATC error; Pilot error[19] |
Vicki Cruse | USA | 2009 | stunt pilot | Zivko Edge 540 | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England | Crashed during competition aerobatics. Aircraft failed to recover from a downwards snap roll manoeuvre, causing it to rotate until it struck the ground[20][21] |
Carlos Cruz | DOM | 1970 | world boxing champion | Dominicana DC-9 air disaster | Punta Caucedo | Mechanical failure |
Rodney Culver | USA | 1996 | American football player: National Football League player | ValuJet Flight 592 | Florida Everglades, United States | Fire in-flight |
Bronson M. Cutting | USA | 1935 | politician: US Senator from New Mexico | TWA Douglas DC-2 | Atlanta, Missouri, United States | bad weather |
Adelino Amaro da Costa | PRT | 1980 | politician: Defense minister of Portugal | Cessna 421[4] | Loures, Portugal | sabotage[4] |
Marcel Dadi | FRA | 1996 | entertainer and musician | TWA Flight 800 | East Moriches, New York, United States (8 mi E) | Mid-air explosion |
Harold Evans Dahl | USA | 1956 | aviator during the Spanish Civil War | Douglas DC-3 | Canada | severe weather |
Steponas Darius | LTU | 1933 | aviator | Lituanica | Pszczelnik, Myślibórz County, Poland | |
Kenneth Davidson | UK | 1954 | cricketer | Boeing 377 | Prestwick, Scotland | |
Donny Davies | UK | 1958 | cricketer and journalist | Munich air disaster | Munich, WestGermany | failure to take off |
Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr. | UK | 1946 | test pilot | de Havilland DH 108 | Hoo Peninsula | while carrying out high speed tests |
John de Havilland | UK | 1943 | test pilot | de Havilland Mosquito | Hatfield, England | mid-air collision |
B. H. DeLay | USA | 1923 | stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation school owner | the "Wasp" | Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States | substandard wing pins |
Glen Dell | South Africa | 2013 | aviator | Extra EA-300 | Secunda, Mpumalanga | crashed during an airshow[22] |
John Denver | USA | 1997 | entertainer, singer, songwriter, actor | Rutan Long-EZ | Pacific Grove, California, United States | aircraft unfamiliarity; faulty assembly (deviation from original design) |
Alison Des Forges | USA | 2009 | investigator of human rights and an expert on the Rwandan genocide | Colgan Air Flight 3407[23] | Clarence Center, New York, United States | Icing; pilot error |
José Dolhem | FRA | 1988 | racing car driver | Mitsubishi MU-2[24] | Saint-Étienne, France | |
Georg Donatus | GER | 1937 | royalty: Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse | Junkers Ju-52 | Ostend, Belgium | crashed into a factory chimney |
Jane Dornacker | USA | 1986 | actress and radio station traffic reporter | Enstrom F-28 | New York City, United States | Main rotor seizure due to improper maintenance. Dornacker was live on the air for WNBC (AM) at the time of the crash. |
Randy Dorton | USA | 2004 | chief engine builder of Hendrick Motorsports | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 | Martinsville, Virginia, United States | Pilot error. Several members of Hendrick family also died including Ricky Hendrick. |
Drouin | FRA | 1928 | aviator: test pilot | Couzinet 27 | France | Aircraft failure |
Jessica Dubroff | USA | 1996 | aviator: 7-year-old aspiring pilot | Cessna 177 | Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States | Aircraft lost control in thunderstorm; Deliberate take off because of media commitments; Pilot error |
William Dyess | USA | 1943 | aviator: United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel | Lockheed P-38 Lightning | Burbank, California, United States | Aircraft caught fire while on a training mission near highly populated Burbank, California. Instead of parachuting to safety, he remained at the controls and saved countless civilian lives by guiding it into a vacant lot. |
Amelia Earhart | USA | 1937 | aviator: pioneer woman pilot | Lockheed Model 10 Electra | Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island | Disappeared together with navigator Fred Noonan during global circumnavigation attempt, body never recovered, presumed dead.[N 2] |
Beverly Eckert | USA | 2009 | activist: co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee | Colgan Air Flight 3407[23] | Clarence Center, New York, United States | Icing; pilot error |
Glen Edwards | USA | 1948 | test pilot, namesake of Edwards AFB | Northrop YB-49 | Edwards Air Force Base, United States | aircraft broke apart |
Richard E. Ellsworth | USA | 1953 | aviator: United States Air Force Brigadier General | Convair B-36 | Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador | CFIT into a hill |
Theodore Gordon Ellyson | USA | 1928 | became first American naval aviator in 1911 | Loening OL-7[25] | Chesapeake Bay | |
Eugene Ely | USA | 1911 | aviator: pioneer pilot in American naval aviation | Curtiss Model D[26] | Macon, Georgia, United States | Crashed while pulling from a dive. |
Robert Henry English | USA | 1943 | military: Rear-Admiral, Commander, Submarines, U.S. Pacific Fleet | Pan Am Flight 1104 | near Ukiah, California, United States | pilot error |
Harald Ertl | AUT | 1982 | racing car driver of Formula One cars | Beechcraft Bonanza | Niederweidbach, NW Giessen, Germany | engine failure |
Philip Don Estridge | USA | 1985 | project manager for IBM PC | Delta Air Lines Flight 191[27] | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, United States | Microburst-induced wind shear |
William Evans | UK | 1913 | Cricketer | Cody Floatplane | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | Aircraft broke up at 500 ft |
John Fairey | UK | 2009 | Display pilot | Percival Provost | Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire, England | |
Igor Farkhutdinov | RUS | 2003 | politician: governor of Sakhalin | Mil Mi-8 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | pilot error |
Fernandão | BRA | 2014 | footballer | Helibras AS 350BA | Aruanã River, 9 miles from Aruanã, Goiás | under investigation |
Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez | USA | 1980 | aviator: ace pilot in the Korean War | Piper Geronimo | Grand Bahama Island | |
Denys Finch Hatton | UK | 1931 | Game Hunter | de Havilland Tiger Moth | Voi, Kenya | |
Ron Flockhart | UK | 1962 | racing car driver: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner | CAC Mustang | Australia | Lost control in cloud[5] |
Cornelia Fort | USA | 1943 | first WAFS fatality | Vultee BT-13 Valiant | 10 miles south of Merkel, Texas, United States | mid-air collision |
James Stephen Fossett | USA | 2007 | entrepreneur: commodities trader | American Champion Decathlon | Sierra Nevada Mountains, United States | pilot error following downdrafts resulting in CFIT |
Jimmy Franklin | USA | 2005 | aviator: aerobatic pilot | Waco UPF-7 | Moose Jaw, Canada | collision with Bobby Younkin |
Winfried Freudenberg | GER | 1989 | Berlin Wall defectee | Homemade balloon | Zehlendorf, Berlin | Cause of crash unknown, fell into a garden of a villa in an attempt to defect to West Berlin. |
Reinhard Furrer | GER | 1995 | scientist and astronaut | Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Berlin | lost control of aircraft |
Yuri Gagarin | URS | 1968 | cosmonaut and the first man in space | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI[5] | Kirzhach | unknown |
Sanjay Gandhi | IND | 1980 | son of Indira Gandhi | Pitts S-2A Special | Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi, India | pilot error |
Matthew Gannon | USA | 1988 | investigator: CIA Officer | Pan Am Flight 103 | Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | Terrorist bomb |
John Garang | SUD | 2005 | politician: Vice President of Sudan | Mil Mi-17 | ||
Carlos Gardel | ARG | 1935 | singer | Ford Trimotor[28] | Medellin, Colombia | SACO Trimotor collided with a Trimotor of SCADTA while preparing for takeoff[28] |
Tom Gastall | USA | 1956 | Major League Baseball player | Ercoupe[29] | Riviera Beach, Maryland | |
Harold Geiger | USA | 1927 | Army Major, aviation pioneer, namesake of Geiger Field | Airco DH.4 | Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania | |
Bruce Geller | USA | 1978 | producer and creator of Mission: Impossible | Cessna Skymaster | Santa Barbara, California | Weather conditions |
Edward Gent | UK | 1948 | High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya | Avro York | Northwood, London | Northwood mid-air collision |
Prince George, Duke of Kent | UK | 1942 | royalty: Duke of Kent | Short Sunderland | Scotland | CFIT in bad weather |
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai | AFG | 1997 | politician: prime minister of the anti-Taliban government | Antonov An-32 | Bamyan Province, Afghanistan | |
Stasys Girėnas | LTU | 1933 | aviator | Lituanica | Pszczelnik, Myślibórz County, Poland | |
Cecil Grace | UK | 1910 | aviator | Short S.27 | English Channel | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead |
Rolls Gracie | BRA | 1982 | Martial artist: practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | hang glider | Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil | |
Bill Graham | USA | 1991 | rock concert promoter | Bell 206 | Vallejo, California | Flew into power lines |
Richard E. Gray | USA | 1982 | aviator: test pilot | Cessna T-37 Tweet | Edwards Air Force Base | |
Keith Green | USA | 1982 | entertainer: contemporary Christian musician | Cessna 414[4] | Lindale, Texas | aircraft overloaded[4] |
Isaac Grünewald | SWE | 1946 | expressionist painter, modernist | Junkers Ju 52[30] | Oslo, Norway | |
Michael Grzimek | GER | 1959 | zoologist | Dornier Do 27 | Serengeti, Tanzania | collision with vulture |
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten | SWE | 1947 | royalty: Hereditary Prince of Sweden | Douglas DC-3 | Kastrup, Denmark | Locked elevator, pilot error |
Werner Haas | GER | 1956 | Motorcycle racer | Jodel D9 Bebe | near Neuburg/Donau, Germany | [31] |
Juvénal Habyarimana | RWA | 1994 | politician: President of Rwanda | Dassault Falcon 50 | Kigali, Rwanda | Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira and 10 others also killed |
A. P. Hamann | USA | 1977 | City Manager of San Jose, California | Tenerife disaster | Canary Islands, Spain | Airplane collision |
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood | UK | 1932 | Soldier and politician | Junkers F13 | Meopham, Kent, United Kingdom | Structural failure |
Dag Hammarskjöld | SWE | 1961 | Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953–1961 | Douglas DC-6B | Ndola, Zambia | |
Wal Handley | UK | 1941 | motorcycle racer | Bell P-39 Airacobra | Kirkbampton, Cumberland, England | |
Jim Hardin | USA | 1991 | Major League Baseball player | Beechcraft Bonanza | Key West, Florida | Propeller failure |
Matthew Harding | UK | 1996 | Vice-Chairman of Chelsea Football Club | Aerospatiale AS355 F1 Squirrel | Middlewich, Cheshire, England | Pilot error[32] |
Raymond Harries | UK | 1950 | Second world war fighter ace | Gloster Meteor | Near Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | |
Barbara Jane Harrison | UK | 1968 | Air stewardess | Boeing 707 | Heathrow Airport, London | Awarded George Cross for her actions during the fire that befell BOAC Flight 712 |
Harry Hawker | AUS | 1921 | aviator: pioneer and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft | Nieuport Goshawk | Hendon Aerodrome, Hendon, north London, England | Distraction of a hemorrhage while in flight cause a crash. |
Hawkshaw Hawkins | USA | 1963 | entertainer: country music singer | Piper Comanche[5] | Camden, Tennessee | crashed in bad weather |
John Heinz | USA | 1991 | politician:US Senator from Pennsylvania | Piper Aerostar | Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania | Mid-air collision with Bell 412[33] |
Cheryll Heinze | USA | 2012 | politician: state legislator from Alaska | Cessna 206 | in Beluga Lake, Alaska near Homer Airport | plane flipped upon landing |
Brenda Hean | AUS | 1972 | Environmental activist | de Havilland Tiger Moth | en route from Tasmania to Canberra | vanished |
Mack Hellings | USA | 1951 | racing driver | Piper PA-20 Pacer[34] | Kern County, California | |
Ricky Hendrick | USA | 2004 | racing driver, son of Rick Hendrick and owner of Hendrick Motorsports | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 | Martinsville, Virginia | Pilot error. Several members of Hendrick family also died. Randy Dorton also died the crash. |
Bonny Hicks | SIN | 1997 | model, writer | SilkAir Flight 185; Boeing 737 | Palembang, Indonesia | Crashed during in-flight |
James DeWitt Hill | USA | 1927 | Aviator | Old Glory | North Atlantic | Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. |
Graham Hill | UK | 1975 | F1 Racing Driver | Piper PA 23-250 Turbo-Aztec | Near Arkley golf course, North London | Hit trees when coming in to land due to fog.[35] |
Ployer Peter Hill | USA | 1935 | test-pilot | Boeing Model 299 | Wright Field, Ohio | Failure to remove gust locks before flight. Les Tower also died in this crash. |
John Stuart Hindmarsh | UK | 1938 | racecar driver and aviator, Le Mans 24 Hours winner | Hawker Hurricane | Brooklands | |
Bert Hinkler | AUS | 1933 | aviator | de Havilland Puss Moth | Pratomagno Alps in Italy | |
Steve Hislop | UK | 2003 | Motorcycle racer: Isle of Man TT winner | Robinson R44 | Hawick, Scotland | Crashed after the main rotor struck the tailboom, causing it to detach, probably caused by excessively low rotor RPM[36] |
Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. | USA | 1944 | polo player | North American P-51 Mustang | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | |
Al Holbert | USA | 1988 | Racing driver: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner | Piper Aerostar 601P[4] | Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio | lost control after take off with one half of two-part entry door open[4][37] |
Buddy Holly | USA | 1959 | singer-songwriter | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, IA | Pilot error (VFR into IMC) |
Ken Hubbs | USA | 1964 | Major League Baseball player | Cessna 172[5] | Provo, Utah | VFR flight in Instrument meteorological conditions |
Gary Hubler | USA | 2007 | aviator and aircraft racer | modified Tuttle Cassutt IIIM | Reno, Nevada | Collision with another airplane during the Reno Air Races Formula One race |
Dorothy Hunt | USA | 1972 | wife of E. Howard Hunt | United Airlines Flight 553 | Chicago Midway International Airport | Plane struck trees during landing go around |
Jorge Ibargüengoitia | MEX | 1983 | novelist and playwright | Avianca Flight 011[4] | Madrid, Spain | Improper navigation during approach |
Pedro Infante | MEX | 1957 | entertainer: singer and actor | Consolidated B-24 Liberator | Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | |
Guy Jackson | IRE | 1972 | tennis player | British European Airways Flight 548[38] | Staines-upon-Thames, England | pilot error |
Anna Jantar | POL | 1980 | entertainer: singer | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007[4] | Warsaw, Poland | Struck trees during landing go around |
Jayan | IND | 1980 | entertainer: Malayalam film actor | helicopter | Sholavaram, Tamil Nadu | accident whilst performing a film stunt. |
Paul Jeffreys | UK | 1988 | musician | Pan Am Flight 103[4] | Lockerbie, Scotland | terrorism |
Amy Johnson | UK | 1941 | aviator: pioneer woman pilot | Airspeed Oxford | Thames Estuary | Official reason Out of fuel. However, in 1999 it was reported that Tom Mitchell, from Crowborough, Sussex, claimed to have shot the heroine down when she twice failed to give the correct identification code during the flight. |
Jed Johnson | USA | 1996 | designer | TWA Flight 800 | East Moriches, New York (8 mi E) | Mid-air explosion |
Martin Johnson | USA | 1937 | adventurer and film producer | Western Air Express Flight 7 | near Saugus, California | CFIT into mountainous terrain |
Ralph Johnstone | USA | 1910 | Aviator. First American pilot fatality. He was the first of the Wright Flying Team team to die. | Wright Model B | Denver, Colorado | Crashed on November 17, 1910 |
Cal Jones | USA | 1956 | Football player, winner of the 1955 Outland Trophy | Trans Canada Air flight 810 | Mount Slesse, British Columbia, Canada | Crash |
Gunnar Källén | SWE | 1968 | theoretical physicist, professor | Cessna[39] | Hannover, Germany | private plane |
Paris Kanellakis | GRE | 1995 | computer scientist, professor | American Airlines Flight 965 | Buga, Colombia | Navigational errors by flight crew |
William Kapell | USA | 1953 | Classical pianist | BCPA Flight 304 | near Woodside, California | CFIT into mountainous terrain |
William Kirk Kaynor | USA | 1929 | US Congressman from Massachusetts | Fokker F.VII[40] | Bolling Field near Washington, D.C. | |
George E. M. Kelly | USA | 1911 | Second American pilot killed after Ralph Johnstone. Second military aircraft death after Thomas Selfridge. | Curtiss Model D | San Antonio, Texas | Aviator. Crashed from broken strut. Second American military death after Selfridge was killed as passenger |
Byron Kennedy | AUS | 1983 | Film director | Bell 206B JetRanger | Warragamba Dam, New South Wales, Australia | Helicopter was flying at 10 foot when it hit the water with the rear of the skids when it attempted to climb, pilot error. |
John F. Kennedy, Jr. | USA | 1999 | son of John F. Kennedy | Piper PA-32R | Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard | pilot error |
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. | USA | 1944 | older brother of John F. Kennedy | Consolidated B-24 Liberator modified as a flying bomb | near Blythburgh, Suffolk, England | Killed on a combat flight during Operation Aphrodite |
Dorjee Khandu | IND | 2011 | Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh | Eurocopter | Lobotang, Arunachal Pradesh, India | Poor Condition of the Helicopter. |
Florence Klingensmith | USA | 1933 | Aviator | Gee Bee Model Y Senior Sportster | INational Air Races, Chicago, Illinois | Parachute fouled in fusalage during bail out after plane started breaking up. |
Mineichi Koga | JPN | 1944 | Japanese admiral, Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet | Kawanishi H8K | Philippine Sea between Davao and Palau | Aircraft disappeared in typhoon |
Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr. | USA | 1958 | Korean War ace pilot and test pilot | Lockheed F-104 Starfighter | Edwards Air Force Base | |
Charles Kingsford Smith | AUS | 1935 | Australian air pioneer | Lockheed Altair | Andaman Sea | Disappeared during an England to Australia record flight attempt, body never recovered, presumed dead. |
Nile Kinnick | USA | 1943 | American football player; winner of the 1939 Heisman Trophy | Grumman F4F Wildcat | Caribbean sea | Training accident |
Antony Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth | UK | 1933 | Politician | Hawker Hart | RAF Hendon | |
Giannos Kranidiotis | GRE | 1999 | Greek diplomat and politician. | Dassault Falcon 900 | Romania | |
Robert Kronfeld | AUT | 1948 | Gliding champion and test pilot | General Aircraft GAL.56 | Hampshire, England, United Kingdom | |
Alan Kulwicki | USA | 1993 | NASCAR driver | Fairchild Merlin IIIC | Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee | Engine failure due to ice accumulation[41] |
Wendell Ladner | USA | 1975 | ABA basketball player | Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 | John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York | Windshear |
Joseph LaMotta | USA | 1998 | noted chef, son of Jake LaMotta | Swissair Flight 111 | Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada | In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment system |
Lanet | FRA | 1928 | aviator: test pilot | Couzinet 27 | France | Aircraft failure |
Jimmy Leeward | USA | 2011 | air racer and stunt pilot | North American P-51 Mustang (aka The Galloping Ghost) | Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada | under investigation: see 2011 Reno Air Races crash |
Eugène Lefebvre | FRA | 1909 | Aviator. First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash after Thomas Selfridge. | Wright Model A | Reims, France | Crashed from 20 feet |
Raymonde de Laroche | FRA | 1919 | first woman to earn a pilot's license | experimental Caudron | Le Crotoy, France | |
Guadalupe Larriva | ECU | 2007 | Defence minister of Ecuador | Aérospatiale Gazelle | Manta Air Base, Ecuador | collision with another Gazelle during a night training flight |
Alexander Lebed | RUS | 2002 | Russian politician, governor of Krasnoyarsk | Mil Mi-8 | Yermakovsky District, Russia | pilot error, foggy weather |
Mickey Leland | USA | 1989 | US Congressman from Texas | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[4] | Gambela Region, Ethiopia[42] | |
Tony Lema | USA | 1966 | champion golfer | Beechcraft Twin Bonanza[5] | near Munster, Indiana | fuel starvation |
Léon Lemartin | FRA | 1911 | Aviator. Died in Paris to London air race | Bleriot XI | Paris, France | Crashed on 18 June 1911 |
Léon Letort | FRA | 1913 | Aviator. Died in Paris-Bordeaux-Paris air race | Bleriot XI | Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire aerodrome | Crashed on 10 December 1913 |
Jim LeRoy | USA | 2007 | Stunt Performer Bulldog Airshows | Pitts Special | Dayton International Airport | Failed recovery during airshow maneuver |
Daniel Lewin | USA | 2001 | Founder and CTO of Akamai | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York, NY | Stabbed during hijacking |
Cory Lidle | USA | 2006 | Major League Baseball player | Cirrus SR20 | New York, NY | Pilot error; CFIT |
Roy Liggett | USA | 1933 | aviator | Cessna CR-2 | Chicago, Illinois[43] | Cowling detached and sliced through wing during air race.[44] |
Otto Lilienthal | GER | 1896 | glider pioneer | Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat | Stölln, Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany | Wing stall |
Lin Biao | PRC | 1971 | military commander | Hawker Siddeley Trident | Öndörkhaan, Mongolia | fleeing a coup attempt |
Arvid Lindman | SWE | 1936 | Prime Minister of Sweden 1906–1911 and 1928–1930 | KLM Douglas DC-2 | Croydon Air Port, South London | aircraft hit house after taking off in fog; Juan de la Cierva also killed |
Jerry Litton | USA | 1976 | U.S. Representative from Missouri | Beechcraft Baron | Chillicothe, Missouri | Engine failure during takeoff |
Ormer Locklear | USA | 1920 | aerobatic and stunt performer | Los Angeles, California | during filming of The Skywayman. | |
Alfred Lowenstein | BEL | 1928 | Belgian entrepreneur and financier | Fokker F.VII | Fell from his plane over the English Channel | |
Carole Lombard | USA | 1942 | actress | TWA Flight 3 Douglas DC-3 |
Mount Potosi, Nevada, United States | CFIT |
Einar Lundborg | SWE | 1931 | aviator | Svenska Aero Jaktfalken | Malmslätt, Sweden | test flight |
Ernest Lundeen | USA | 1940 | US Senator from Minnesota | Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 19 | Lovettsville, Virginia | lightning strike |
Pam Lychner | USA | 1996 | real estate agent & sex offender activist | TWA Flight 800 | Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York | Mid-air explosion |
Nancy Lynn | USA | 2006 | aerobatic pilot and flight instructor | Extra EA-300 | Culpeper Regional Airport, Culpeper, Virginia | Disorientation while performing an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in the airplane's inadvertent impact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's overuse of prescription medication.[45] |
Muhammadu Maccido | NGA | 2006 | The 19th Sultan of Sokoto | ADC Airlines Flight 53; Boeing 737 | Abuja, Nigeria | cause disputed |
Samora Machel | MOZ | 1986 | President of Mozambique | Tupolev Tu-134 | Komatipoort, South Africa | CFIT during an instrument approach[46] |
Elsie Mackay | GB | 1928 | Socialite and Trans-Atlantic pioneer, | Stinson Detroiter | Mid-Atlantic | Disappeared without trace over the Atlantic[47] |
Alejandro Maclean | ESP | 2010 | stunt pilot, Red Bull Air Race competitor | Edge 540[48] | Casarrubios del Monte, Province of Toledo | Crashed into the ground during stunt routine[49] |
Mitsuyasu Maeno | JPN | 1976 | Erotic film actor | Piper Cherokee | Setagaya, Tokyo | CFIT into a house during a kamikaze attack |
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. | USA | 1941 | Aviator and poet | Supermarine Spitfire V AD291 | Roxholm, England | Collision with an Airspeed Oxford |
Ramón Magsaysay | PHL | 1957 | President of the Philippines | Presidential plane crash: "Mt. Pinatubo" | Mount Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines | |
Jonathan Mann | USA | 1998 | AIDS researcher and WHO official | Swissair Flight 111 | Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada | In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment system |
Paul Mantz | USA | 1965 | racing and stunt pilot | Phoenix P-1[5] | Winterhaven, California | during filming of The Flight of the Phoenix |
Rocky Marciano | USA | 1969 | former world boxing champion | Cessna 172[5] | Newton, Iowa | not qualified to fly on instruments[5] |
Dean Paul Martin | USA | 1987 | actor, singer and son of Dean Martin | McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[4] | San Bernardino Mountains. California | During maneuvers with his Air Force Reserve unit[4] |
Eduardo Mata | MEX | 1995 | Mexican orchestra conductor and composer. | Piper Aerostar | Toluca, Mexico | Aircraft crashed after entering a stall while attempting emergency landing[50] |
Enrico Mattei | ITA | 1962 | President of Eni | Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris | Bascapè, Italy | Crashed during stormy weather on approach to the Linate Airport. Unsubstantiated reports of a bomb explosion.[51] |
Joseph C. McConnell | USA | 1954 | Korean War ace pilot | F-86H Sabre | Edwards Air Force Base | control malfunction attributed to a missing bolt |
James McCudden | UK | 1918 | World War I fighter ace | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | Auxi-le-Château, France | Engine malfunction on takeoff |
Larry McDonald | USA | 1983 | Congressman from Georgia | Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | Near Moneron Island, Soviet Union | Shot down by Soviet air force |
Jack McGee | USA | 1918 | Aviator | Gallaudette Hydroplane | Greenwich Bay | Pontoon dipped into the water, causing his plane to topple into the water where he drowned.[52] |
Colin McRae | UK | 2007 | Scottish rally driver | Eurocopter AS350 | Lanark, Scotland | Pilot error[53][54] |
Alan P. Merriam | USA | 1980 | ethnomusicologist | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | Warsaw, Poland | |
Eve Meyer | USA | 1977 | actress, Playboy Centerfold June 1955 | Tenerife disaster; Boeing 747-100 | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | runway collision |
George S. Mickelson | USA | 1993 | Governor of South Dakota | Mitsubishi MU-2 | Dubuque, Iowa | |
Glenn Miller | USA | 1944 | musician: Big Band leader | Noorduyn Norseman | English Channel | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead |
John Purroy Mitchell | USA | 1918 | former Mayor of New York City | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Fell from airplane from not wearing a seatbelt | |
William A. Moffett | USA | 1933 | U.S. Navy rear admiral | USS Akron (ZRS-4) | Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey | Dirigible crashed and sank in storm |
Emilio Mola | ESP | 1937 | Spanish Nationalist General | Airspeed Envoy | Spain | Flew into mountain |
Werner Mölders | GER | 1941 | Leading Luftwaffe fighter ace | Heinkel He 111 | Breslau, Germany | Passenger aboard aircraft that crashed while landing in thunderstorm |
Grace Moore | USA | 1947 | opera singer | Douglas DC-3 | Kastrup, Denmark | Locked elevator, pilot error |
Joaquín García Morato | ESP | 1939 | Top fighter ace of Spanish Civil War | Fiat CR.32 | Spain | Crashed during low-level aerobatic demonstration for newsreel cameras |
Paul Morgan | UK | 2001 | British racing car engineer and co-founder of Ilmor Engineering | Hawker Sea Fury | Sywell | overturned on landing |
DeLesseps Story Morrison | USA | 1964 | former Mayor of New Orleans | Piper PA-23 Registration: N5211Y | Ciudad Victoria, Mexico | |
Vic Morrow | USA | 1982 | actor | Bell UH-1 Iroquois[4] | Ventura County, California, between Santa Clarita and Piru | Helicopter crashed on top of him after special effects explosion damaged its tail rotor during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie[4] |
Edward Moss | USA | 1964 | aide of senator Ted Kennedy | Aero Commander 680 | Southampton, Massachusetts | |
Juan Camilo Mouriño | MEX | 2008 | Mexican Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) | Learjet 45 | Mexico City, Mexico | |
Kuniko Mukoda | JPN | 1981 | Japanese writer, mainly television drama | Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 | 94 miles (151 km) south of Taipei, Taiwan | Fuselage structure failure caused by corrosion |
Thurman Munson | USA | 1979 | Major League Baseball player | Cessna Citation I/SP | Akron, Ohio | |
Audie Murphy | USA | 1971 | Medal of Honor Recipient and Actor | Aero Commander 680 | Catawba, Virginia | FIT – Continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions.[55] |
Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu | TUR | 2009 | harpist | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | Unknown; Under investigation |
Ricky Nelson | USA | 1985 | actor and singer | Douglas DC-3[4] | Near De Kalb, Texas | Aircraft struck trees and utility poles during attempted emergency landing prompted by dense smoke in cabin[N 3][56][57] |
Gerda Neumann | DEN | 1947 | singer and actress | Douglas DC-3 | Kastrup, Denmark | Locked elevator, pilot error |
Ginette Neveu | FRA | 1949 | French classical violinist | Lockheed Constellation | São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal | CFIT: mountain |
Fred Noonan | USA | 1937 | Pioneering flight navigator | Lockheed Model 10 Electra | Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island | Disappeared together with pilot Amelia Earhart during global circumnavigation attempt. Body never recovered, presumed dead.[N 2] |
Grant Notley | CAN | 1984 | politician: leader of the opposition in Alberta | Piper Navajo Chieftain | High Prairie, Alberta, Canada | |
Cyprien Ntaryamira | BDI | 1994 | President of Burundi | Dassault Falcon 50 | Kigali, Rwanda | Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and 10 others also killed |
Donald Nutter | USA | 1962 | Governor of Montana | Douglas C-47 Skytrain[5] | Wolf Creek, Montana | crashed during snow storm[5] |
Charles Nungesser | FRA | 1927 | World War I flying ace | Levasseur PL.8 | North Atlantic Ocean | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead |
Barbara Olson | USA | 2001 | lawyer and commentator | American Airlines Flight 77 | The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia | hijacking |
Rudy Ortiz | GUA | 2014 | military officer, head of the military | Bell 206 | El Aguacate, Nentón, Huehuetenango Department | |
Rafael Osuna | MEX | 1969 | Mexican tennis player | Boeing 727[5] | Salinas Victoria, Mexico | hit mountain during approach to land[5] |
Renny Ottolina | VEN | 1978 | Venezuelan TV producer and entertainer | Cessna 310[58] | Maiquetía, Venezuela | Disappeared. Ottolina was a Venuezulan Presidential Candidate at the time. |
Carlos Pace | BRA | 1977 | Formula One driver | Piper | Mairiporã | |
Prince Pedro Luiz of Orleans-Braganza | BRA - BEL | 2009 | Third in succession to the now extinguished throne of Brazil | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | Pitot tube icing; pilots, confused by inconsistent air data, stalled the aircraft |
John Olof Persson | SWE | 1989 | Mayor of Stockholm 1973–1976 and 1979–1986 | Beechcraft Model 99[59] | Oskarshamn, Sweden | Crash info in Swedish[60] |
Kyung-won Park | Korea | 1933 | One of earliest Korean female aviators | [Salmson 2]]A2[61] | Hakone, Japan | Fog |
Vladimir Pettay | RUS | 2011 | Russian international football referee | RusAir Flight 9605 | Republic of Karelia, Russia | Controlled flight into terrain |
Jerry Pettis | USA | 1975 | Representative from California | Beech Bonanza | Banning, California | Flew into obscured pass at low altitude. |
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | FRA | 1785 | Hot air ballooning pioneer | Hot air balloon | Wimille | Crashed in an attempt to fly across the English Channel |
Percy Pilcher | UK | 1899 | inventor and aviation pioneer | Glider The Hawk | Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England | Structural failure; tail detached from glider |
Lionel Poilâne | FRA | 2002 | French baker and entrepreneur | Agusta A109[19] | off Cancale | crashed in sea during attempt to land on island off the coast in fog[19] |
Wiley Post | USA | 1935 | aviation pioneer | Modified Lockheed Model 9 Orion | Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska | Engine Failure. Killed in same crash with Will Rogers |
Francis Gary Powers | USA | 1977 | 1960 U-2 incident pilot | Modified Bell 206 Jet-Ranger (KNBC News Helicopter) | Los Angeles, CA | Pilot error; Fuel starvation. |
David Purley | UK | 1985 | Formula One driver | Pitts Special | The sea off Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England | |
Harald Quandt | GER | 1967 | industrialist | Beechcraft King Air[62] | Italy | |
Edson Queiroz | BRA | 1982 | Brazilian entrepreneur | VASP Flight 168 | Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil | |
Harriet Quimby | USA | 1912 | First licensed female pilot in the U.S. | Blériot two seater[63] | Squantum, Massachusetts | Fell from airplane from not wearing a seatbelt |
Ralph Rainger | USA | 1942 | Composer and songwriter | Douglas DC-3 - American Airlines Flight 28 | Chino Canyon, Riverside County, California, United States | Mid-air collision |
Ángel Rama | URU | 1983 | Writer, academic, and literary critic | Avianca Flight 011, Boeing 747 | near Madrid, Spain | Controlled flight into terrain |
Lotario Rangoni | ITA | 1942 | Italian racing driver | Pistoia, Italy | ||
Otis Redding | USA | 1967 | singer-songwriter | Beechcraft Model 18[5] | Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States | |
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | IND | 2009 | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India | Bell 430 | Nallamala, India | |
Jim Reeves | USA | 1964 | country music singer | Beechcraft Debonair[5] | Brentwood, Tennessee, United States | |
Bo Rein | USA | 1980 | LSU Tigers college football coach | Cessna 441[4] | Atlantic Ocean near Norfolk, Virginia | Plane veered well off course, ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Speculated loss of cabin pressure incapacitated Rein and pilot Lewis F. Benscotter. |
Lance Reventlow | USA | 1972 | entrepreneur and racecar driver | Cessna 206 | Aspen, Colorado | attempted to fly into a blind canyon and stalled the aircraft while trying to turn around.[64] |
Randy Rhoads | USA | 1982 | Guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne | Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza[4] | Leesburg, Florida | crashed after wing clipped Ozzy Osbourne's tour bus during ultra-low-level fly-by[4] |
J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson | USA | 1959 | singer, songwriter, disc jockey | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, IA | Pilot error (VFR into IMC). |
Vincent Crane Richmond | UK | 1930 | Airship designer | Royal Airship Works R101 | Beauvais, France | |
Jack Ridley | USA | 1957 | test pilot | Douglas C-47 | Tokyo, Japan | crashed into a snow-covered mountainside |
Jenni Rivera | USA | 2012 | Mexican American singer | Learjet 25 | Nuevo Leon, Mexico | fuel system incident |
Jesse Robredo | PHI | 2012 | Secretary of the Interior and Local Government | Piper PA-34 Seneca | Waters near Masbate, Philippines | Engine Failure |
Knute Rockne | NOR | 1931 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach | TWA Flight 599 | Bazaar, Kansas, United States | Structure failure of wing |
Calbraith Perry Rodgers | USA | 1912 | aviator, made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. | Wright "Vin Fiz Flyer" | Long Beach, California | Bird strike over water |
Stan Rogers | CAN | 1983 | Canadian singer | Air Canada Flight 797 | Boone County, KY | In-flight fire. Made emergency landing in Cincinnati Airport. |
Will Rogers | USA | 1935 | actor, humorist, singer | Modified Lockheed Model 9 Orion | Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska | Engine Failure. Killed in same crash with Wiley Post |
Jaime Roldós Aguilera | ECU | 1981 | President of Ecuador | Beechcraft Super King Air[4] | Ecuador | flew into mountain |
Charles Rolls | UK | 1910 | Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce Motors | Modified Short-Wright Flyer | Bournemouth, England | Tail structural failure. |
Hillevi Rombin | SWE | 1996 | Miss Universe 1955, national decathlon | Beechcraft Musketeer C-23 [65] | California, United States | engine failure caused by improper maintenance. |
Marie Rossi | USA | 1991 | First female combat commander (US) | Boeing CH-47 Chinook | Northern Saudi Arabia | Collision with microwave tower |
Constantin Rozanoff | FRA | 1954 | World War II ace and test pilot | Dassault Mystère IV | Melun, France | electrical problems |
Edvard Rusjan | SVN | 1911 | first Slovene aviator, aircraft constructor | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford | UK | 1937 | Royalty and record-setting aviatrix | de Havilland DH.60 Moth Major | North Sea, off Great Yarmouth, England | Body never recovered |
Thierry Sabine | FRA | 1986 | Paris-Dakar rally founder. | Aérospatiale AS350 Ecureuil | Mali | CFIT during a sandstorm, with Daniel Balavoine when crashed |
Francisco Sá Carneiro | PRT | 1980 | Prime Minister of Portugal | Cessna 421[4] | Camarate, Loures, district of Lisbon, Portugal | sabotage[4] |
George Saitoti | KEN | 2012 | Kenyan politician and Internal Security Minister | Helicopter | Near Nairobi, Kenya | Not known[66] |
Kyu Sakamoto | JPN | 1985 | singer | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | Mount Osutaka, Japan | Maintenance error due to structural failure and hydraulic loss |
William Sample | USA | 1945 | U.S. Navy rear admiral | Martin PBM Mariner | near Wakayama, Japan | Wreckage and bodies not found for more than 37 months after crash |
Pablo Santos | MEX | 2006 | Mexican actor | Piper PA-46 | Toluca, Mexico | |
Richard C. Saufley | USA | 1916 | U.S. Navy aviation pioneer, altitude and endurance record holder | Curtiss Model E | Santa Rosa Island, Florida | Crashed at 8-hour-51-minute mark of attempt to break own flight endurance record |
Madhavrao Scindia | IND | 2001 | Indian politician | Cessna C-90 | Bhogaon, India | Engine Fire |
Eddie August Schneider | USA | 1940 | transcontinental record holder | Piper J-3 | Floyd Bennett Field, New York | mid air collision |
Art Scholl | USA | 1985 | aerobatic and stunt performer | Pitts Special | Near Carlsbad, California | Failed to recover from inverted spin during filming of Top Gun[67] |
Philippa Schuyler | USA | 1967 | musician | helicopter | Da Nang, Vietnam | pilot error |
Elliot See | USA | 1966 | astronaut | Northrop T-38 Talon[5] | St. Louis, Missouri | with Charles Bassett; 1966 NASA T-38 crash |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | FRA | 1944 | French writer and aviator | Lockheed F-5 Lightning | Mediterranean Sea south of Marseille | Crashed at sea, cause undetermined[N 4] |
Thomas Selfridge | USA | 1908 | First powered airplane fatality. First military aviation fatality. First passenger fatality. Namesake of Selfridge Field. | Wright Model A | Fort Myer, Arlington County, VA | Right propeller failure. U.S. Army Signal Corp contract acceptance trial flight piloted by Orville Wright, who was seriously injured.[68] |
Wilbur Shaw | USA | 1954 | three-time Indianapolis 500 winner | Cessna | Decatur, Indiana | weather |
Shin Ki-ha | KOR | 1997 | four term lawmaker and parliamentary leader | Korean Air Flight 801[69][70] | Nimitz Hill, Guam | Improperly navigated approach |
Larry Shue | USA | 1985 | playwright | Beechcraft Model 99[4] | Grottoes Grove, Virginia | hit mountain during approach to land[4] |
Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth | UK | 1940 | Racing driver, aviator and collector | Fairey Battle | Near RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, England | Flew into hill during solo night flying exercise |
Władysław Sikorski | POL | 1943 | Prime Minister of Poland | Consolidated Liberator II | Sea near Gibraltar | |
Larkin I. Smith | USA | 1989 | Congressman from Mississippi | Cessna 177RG[4] | Janice, Mississippi | In flight loss of control by the Non-Instrument rated pilot after encountering Instrument meteorological conditions resulting in the airplane spiraling into a wooded area.[71] |
Art Smith | USA | 1926 | Aviator | Curtiss Carrier Pigeon[72] | Montpelier, Ohio | [73] |
Samantha Smith | USA | 1985 | young activist | Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 | Auburn, Maine | Improper execution of instrument approach – Failed to initiate timely go-around[74] |
Robert Smithson | USA | 1973 | Land art artist | Beechcraft Baron | Amarillo, Texas | pilot error |
Earl Snell | USA | 1947 | Governor of Oregon | Beech Bonanza | Lakeview, Oregon | weather |
Jason Somes | USA | 2007 | aviator and aircraft racer | Deluca-Owl OR-71 | Reno, Nevada | Collision with another airplane during the Reno Air Races Formula One race |
Soundarya | IND | 2004 | Kannada film actress, Sandalwood (Tamil) actress | Cessna 180[19] | Bangalore, India | aircraft crashed after take off[19] |
Laurence Steinhardt | USA | 1950 | United States Ambassador to Canada | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Ramsayville near Ottawa, Canada | |
Ted Stevens | USA | 2010 | former U.S. Senator | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (DHC-3T turbine conversion) | Dillingham, Alaska | Cause undetermined. Former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe survived this crash. |
Payne Stewart | USA | 1999 | champion golfer | Learjet 35 | Mina, SD (crash site). Location at time of death undetermined. | Hypoxia. Bruce Borland also died in this plane crash. |
Joseph Warren Stilwell, Jr. | USA | 1966 | Brigiadier-General United States Army | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Pacific Ocean en route San Francisco – Honolulu | Body never recovered, presumed dead. Aircraft failed to arrive in Honolulu |
Graeme "Shirley" Strachan | AUS | 2001 | singer, Skyhooks | Bell 47[19] | near Kilcoy, Queensland | flew into mountain in turbulence[19] |
Erik Strandmark | SWE | 1963 | actor | Cessna Skywagon[75] | Trinidad and Tobago | |
Jud Strunk | USA | 1981 | singer, songwriter, comedian | Fairchild PT-19 | Carrabassett Valley, Maine | Incapacitation – Pilot suffered heart attack during takeoff phase of flight[76] |
Haris Suleman | USA | 2014 | Record attempt to become the youngest pilot to fly around the world in 30 days | Pacific Ocean, near Pago Pago | Crashing in the sea.[77][78] | |
Thaddeus C. Sweet | USA | 1928 | U.S. Congressman from New York. | An Army observation plane | Whitney Point, New York | |
Frank Swift | UK | 1958 | goalkeeper, Manchester City and England, journalist | Munich air disaster | Munich-Riem Airport, Germany | Slushy runway conditions |
Frank Tallman | USA | 1978 | stuntman | Piper PA-23, Aztec | Trabuco Canyon, California | CFIT – Continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions[79] |
Ganapathi Thanikaimoni | IND | 1986 | Palynologist | Pan Am Flight 73 | Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan | Murdered on the ground by terrorists who hijacked the plane |
Jacques Thibaud | FRA | 1953 | French classical violinist | Lockheed Constellation | Nice, France | CFIT |
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson | UK | 1930 | British Secretary of State for Air | R101 disaster | Beauvais, France | Weather related |
June Thorburn | UK | 1967 | English actress | Iberia Airlines Flight 062 (Sud Caravelle) |
Blackdown, Sussex, England | CFIT |
Melanie Thornton | USA | 2001 | singer, member of La Bouche | Crossair Flight 3597 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | Deliberate descent below minimum descent altitude (Decision Height) without having the required visual contact to the approach lights or the runway.[80] |
Enoch Thulin | SWE | 1919 | aeronautics industry leader, founder of AB Thulinverken | Thulin K[81] | Landskrona, Sweden | Structural failure |
Morris Maxey Titterington | USA | 1928 | aviator and engineer | Travel Air | Snyders, Pennsylvania, United States | Flew into mountain in bad weather |
Mike Todd | USA | 1958 | film producer | Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | Grants, New Mexico | Icing |
Fritz Todt | GER | 1942 | Nazi official | Junkers Ju 52 | Rastenburg, Germany | Crashed after take-off |
Rick Tolley | USA | 1970 | Marshall University football head coach | Southern Airways Flight 932 | Huntington, West Virginia | Descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment.[82] |
Peter Tomarken | USA | 2006 | former game show host, Press Your Luck | Beechcraft Beechcraft A36 Bonanza[19] | Santa Monica Bay | engine failure after take off, due to maintenance error[19] |
Omar Torrijos | PAN | 1981 | Leader of the Panamanian Revolution (President) | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | Marta Hill, Coclesito, near Coclé province, Panama | Panamanian Air Force FAP-205 crash |
John Tower | USA | 1991 | former US Senator from Texas | Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 | Brunswick, GA | Malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit. |
Les Tower | USA | 1935 | Boeing chief test pilot | Boeing Model 299 | Wright Field, Ohio | Failure to remove gust locks before flight |
Boris Trajkovski | MKD | 2004 | President of the Republic of Macedonia | Beechcraft 200 Super King Air[19] | near Mostar | aircraft flew into mountain during approach to land in poor weather[19] |
Robert F. Travis | USA | 1950 | Brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; commander of USAAF 41st Bombardment Wing during World War II | USAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress | Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, Fairfield, California | Attempted emergency landing due to runaway propellers and landing gear problems; 18 others killed in crash and massive post-crash explosion[83] |
Gennady Troshev | RUS | 2008 | military commander | Boeing 737 | Perm, Russia | pilot error, see Aeroflot Flight 821 |
Curtis Turner | USA | 1970 | NASCAR driver | Aero Commander 500 Registration: N701X | Mahaffey, Pennsylvania | Engine failure on approach resulted in spin and subsequent crash, Pilot impairment due to alcohol ingestion[84] |
Charles Ulm | AUS | 1934 | Australian air pioneer, made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia | Airspeed Envoy | Pacific Ocean | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Was flying between mainland USA and Hawaii during US – Australia record flight attempt |
Ritchie Valens | USA | 1959 | singer | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, IA | Pilot error (VFR into IMC). |
Nick Vanos | USA | 1987 | NBA player for the Phoenix Suns | Northwest Airlines Flight 255 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Flightcrew failed to deploy flaps/slats prior to takeoff resulting in stall[85] |
Stevie Ray Vaughan | USA | 1990 | guitarist and singer | Bell 206B JetRanger Registration: N16933 | Elkhorn, Wisconsin | Impact with hillside during fog/inclement weather[86] |
Aurel Vlaicu | ROM | 1913 | engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot | Vlaicu-2 | Câmpina, Romania | Attempt to be the first to cross the Carpathian Mountains in flight |
Lothar von Richthofen | GER | 1922 | World War One ace pilot | LVG C.VI | Fuhlsbüttel, Germany | |
Joseph A. Walker | USA | 1966 | test pilot | Lockheed F-104 Starfighter | Barstow, California | Collided with North American XB-70 Valkyrie in a tight group formation for a publicity photo |
John T. Walton | USA | 2005 | son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton | CGS Hawk Arrow[19] | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | control failure due to maintenance error[19] |
George Welch | USA | 1954 | American World War II Pearl Harbor and test pilot | North American F-100 Super Sabre | Edwards AFB | demonstration flight |
Paul Wellstone | USA | 2002 | US Senator from Minnesota | Beechcraft A100 King Air[19] | Eveleth, Minnesota | aircraft stalled and crashed during approach to land in snow[19] |
Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | UK | 1948 | 8th Earl FitzWilliam | de Havilland Dove | France | |
Oscar Westover | USA | 1938 | Major General, Chief of the United States Army Air Corps | Northrop A-17AS | Burbank, California | aircraft crashed in crosswind short of runway on landing approach |
Walther Wever | GER | 1936 | Generalleutnant, Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff | Heinkel He 70 | Dresden, Germany | aircraft crashed on takeoff due to maintenance error |
Prince William of Gloucester | UK | 1972 | Royalty | Piper PA-28R Arrow | near Wolverhampton Airport, England | aircraft he was piloting crashed immediately after take-off while he was participating in Goodyear Trophy Air Race[87][88] |
Ernest Willows | UK | 1926 | Welsh airship pioneer | Balloon | Hoo Park, Kempston, Bedford, England | |
Orde Wingate | UK | 1944 | soldier and founder of the Chindits | North American B-25 Mitchell | India | |
Steve Wittman | USA | 1995 | Aircraft designer and builder and air-race pilot | Wittman O&O (Experimental) Registration: N41SW | Stevenson, Alabama | In-flight break-up due to improperly installed wing fabric[89] |
Willem Witteveen[90] | NED | 2014 | Dutch Senator, legal scholar and author | Boeing 777-200ER | Hrabove, Ukraine | under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
Joep Lange[91][92][93] | NED | 2014 | president of the International AIDS Society | Boeing 777-200ER | Hrabove, Ukraine | under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
Liam Davison[94] | AUS | 2014 | author | Boeing 777-200ER | Hrabove, Ukraine | under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
Shuba Jay[95] | Malaysia | 2014 | actress | Boeing 777-200ER | Hrabove, Ukraine | under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
Donald Yenko | USA | 1987 | Ex-racecar driver and owner/founder of Yenko Chevrolet | Cessna 210[4] | Charleston, West Virginia | landing error[4] |
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | PAK | 1988 | President of Pakistan | Lockheed C-130 Hercules[4] | near Bahawalpur, Pakistan | sabotage[4] |
Aleksandr Zuyev | RUS | 2001 | Fighter pilot and Eastern Bloc defector | Yakovlev Yak-52 | Bellingham, Washington | Aircraft failed to recover from an accelerated stall |
Musical groups
Name | Nationality | Year | Description of Members | Flight/Aircraft | Location | Cause/Circumstances |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson | USA | 1959 | All three tourmates were killed, along with pilot | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, Iowa, United States | CFIT; see The Day the Music Died |
Bar-Kays | USA | 1967 | Four of six members, including Ronnie Caldwell and Phalon Jones; also killed was soul singer Otis Redding | Beechcraft Model 18 | Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin | Cause undetermined |
Chase | USA | 1974 | All four band members were killed (Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma and Wally Yohn) | Piper Twin Comanche | Jackson, Minnesota | CFIT during landing descent.[96] |
Lynyrd Skynyrd | USA | 1977 | Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and back-up singer Cassie Gaines | 1977 Convair 240 crash[97] | Northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi | Aircraft stalled due to fuel exhaustion during emergency landing attempt |
Mamonas Assassinas | BRA | 1996 | All five members killed | Learjet 25 | Cantareira mountain range | CFIT |
Fanfarekorps Koninklijke Nederlandse Landmacht | NED | 1996 | 23 out of 37 band members of the Royal Netherlands Army Fanfare were killed | Lockheed C-130 Hercules | Eindhoven Airport, Netherlands | Ingested birds in engine during approach. Known as Herculesramp |
Passion Fruit | GER | 2001 | Two of the Eurodance trio perish; Maria Serrano Serrano and Nathalie van het Ende | Crossair Flight 3597 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | CFIT; crashed in hills short of runway during landing approach |
Reba McEntire Band | USA | 1991 | Guitarist Chris Austin, backup singer Paula Kaye Evans, bassist Terry Jackson, bandleader Kirk Cappello, guitarist Michael Thomas, drummer Tony Saputo, and keyboardist Joey Cigainero | British Aerospace BAe 125 | San Diego, California | Pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and clearance over mountainous terrain, and the copilots failure to adequately monitor the progress of the flight[98] |
Political groups
Name | Nationality | Year | Description of Members | Flight/Aircraft | Location | Cause/Circumstances |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Assembly of the Republic of Poland | POL | 2010 | President Lech Kaczyński; First Lady Maria Kaczyńska; Former president of the Republic of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski; Senator Janina Fetlińska; Stanisław Komorowski; Andrzej Kremer, Tomasz Merta and others[99] | Tupolev Tu-154M | Smolensk North Airport, Smolensk | 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash |
Sporting teams
Name | Nationality | Year | Description of Members | Flight/Aircraft | Location | Cause/Circumstances |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alianza Lima | PER | 1987 | 43 fatalities, including 16 players (of whom several composed the Peruvian national football team during that time), Peruvian coach Marcos Calderon, staff, cheerleaders, and crewmembers, with the exception of one survivor (the plane pilot) | Fokker F27-400M | In the Pacific Ocean, six miles from Ventanilla, Callao, Peru | Malfunctioning indicator |
Apex Motorsports | UK | 2008 | Three people total: team manager Richard Lloyd, driver David Leslie and a data engineer. | Cessna Citation 501 | Farnborough, London | 2008 Farnborough plane crash |
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics women's team | BUL | 1978 | Trainer Juliet Shishmanova, Rumyana Stefanova, Valentina Petrova Albena Kirilova, Snezhana Mikhailova and Popova Sevdalina. | Tupolev Tu-134 | 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash | |
Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club | UK | 1974 | 346 fatalities, including 18 Members of Rugby Team | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | Orly Airport, Paris, France | Decompression after a cargo door failed.[100] |
Cuban national fencing team | CUB | 1976 | all 24 members of the team, trainers and the coach | Cubana Flight 455 | ||
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | USA | 1960 | 16 members of the American football team and six others | Cal Poly football team plane crash | ||
Embassy Hill | UK | 1975 | six people total, including former F1 world champion Graham Hill, driver Tony Brise, team manager Ray Brimble, two mechanics and designer Andy Smallman. | Piper Aztec | Arkley | |
University of Evansville basketball team | USA | 1977 | 29 players, staff and fans | Douglas DC-3 | ||
Hendrick Motorsports | USA | 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 | USA | 1985 | 7 people associated with the team, including 3 runners, 3 coaches/staff, and pilots | |||
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RUS | 2011 | 36 players and head coach Brad McCrimmon | Yakovlev Yak-42 | Near Yaroslavl, Russia | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster |
Manchester United | UK | 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. | Airspeed Ambassador | Munich-Riem Airport | Munich air disaster |
Marshall University football team | USA | 1970 | 35 players, eight coaches, and 25 boosters | Southern Airways Flight 932 | ||
Oklahoma State University | USA | 2001 | ten people associated with men's basketball team (including two players) | Beechcraft Super King Air | ||
Old Christians Club rugby team | URU | 1972 | 24 of 40 team members; basis for 1974 film, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors where survivors resorted to cannibalism | Fairchild FH-227 | Andes | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. |
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | SUN | 1979 | 17 players | Tupolev Tu-134 | In the air above Dniprodzerzhynsk | 1979 Ukraine Aeroflot mid-air collision |
Puerto Rico national women's volleyball team | PRI | 1970 | most members of the team | Dominicana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-9 | ||
Saskatchewan Roughriders | CAN | 1956 | five players returning from Vancouver | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 | ||
Colourful 11 football team | NED SUR | 1989 | fourteen players and a coach: Ruud Degenaar, Lloyd Doesburg, Steve van Dorpel, Wendel Fräser, Frits Goodings, Jerry Haatrecht, Virgall Joemankhan, Andro Knel, Ruben Kogeldans, Ortwin Linger, Fred Patrick, Andy Scharmin, Elfried Veldman, Florian Vijent and Nick Stienstra (coach) | Surinam Airways Flight PY764 | ||
A.C. Torino | ITA | 1949 | 18 players, club officials, and journalists | Superga air disaster | ||
U.S. Olympic boxing team | USA | 1980 | all team members except for Bobby Czyz, Marvis Frazier and Lee Roy Murphy | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | ||
USAC officials | USA | 1978 | 8 lead officials | Piper Navajo | ||
U.S. Figure Skating team | USA | 1961 | all 18 skaters, coaches, and judges | Sabena Flight 548 | Brussels, Belgium | Possible failure of flight controls |
Wichita State University football team | USA | 1970 | 31 players, coaches and supporters | Martin 4-0-4 | Silver Plume, Colorado | Wichita State University football team plane crash |
Zambia national football team | ZAM | 1993 | All 18 footballers, including Efford Chabala and Wisdom Mumba Chansa | de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Libreville, Gabon | Gabon air disaster |
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- Notes
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- ^ a b The cause and exact location of Earhart and Noonan's disappearance have never been conclusively determined; refer to theories on Earhart's disappearance.
- ^ The smoke is believed to have originated from a faulty cabin heater switched on by the flight crew shortly before the smoke appeared; this problem has been cited in other DC-3 incidents. However, the NTSB was unable to verify the origin of the smoke in the Nelson crash, stating in the final report that "... the ignition and fuel source were not determined."
- ^ Claims have been made that Saint-Exupéry was shot down, but examination of enemy wartime records and aircraft wreckage found in 2003 suggest that the cause was accidental; refer to main article.
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Further reading
- Lam, Dave. "Aircraft Deaths – Fixed Wing Only to August 1914" (PDF). Early Aviators. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
- Plumbe, George Edward; Langland, James (1911). The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year-Book. Chicago Daily News Company. p. 364. Retrieved 21 March 2014. 1911 aviation necrology