Plane crashes in 1931

225 crashes worldwide in 1931, with 261 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 225
Fatal crashes: 109
Fatalities: 261
First recorded: January 1, 1931
Most recent: December 31, 1931

Deadliest

February 4, 1931: Blackburn R.B.1 Iris, Plymouth Sound Devon, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
March 31, 1931: Fokker F10, Bazaar Kansas, United States (8 fatalities)
March 21, 1931: Avro 618 Ten, Jindabyne New South Wales, Australia (8 fatalities)
July 24, 1931: Fokker F7, Mokren Sliven, Bulgaria (7 fatalities)
September 15, 1931: Fokker F7, Bălăcița Mehedinți, Romania (6 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

De Havilland (60)
Avro (25)
Fokker (15)
Junkers (10)
Lockheed (10)
Ford (9)
Boeing (8)
Fairey (7)
Savoia-Marchetti (6)
Farman (5)
Fairchild (4)
Polikarpov (4)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1931: Fokker Super Universal, Kayser's Beach Western Cape, South Africa (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1931: Fairchild Pilgrim 100A, Brighton Ohio, United States (4 fatalities)
December 28, 1931: Farman F.190, Bidon 5 Adrar, Algeria (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1931: Avia BH-25, Stolzalpe Styria, Austria (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1931: Curtiss Carrier Pigeon, Allport Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Beacon Hill Wiltshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
December 19, 1931: Stearman 4, Dunnville Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1931: Ford 4, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, United States (1 fatality)
December 16, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Clinton Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1931: Fokker Universal, Peace River Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 13, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Broxbourne Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 13, 1931: Avro 594 Avian, Wenvoe South Glamorgan, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 11, 1931: Fokker Universal, Charron Lake Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 9, 1931: CAMS 56, Mediterranean Sea, World (2 fatalities)
December 6, 1931: Fokker F7, Bangkok-Don Mueang Bangkok City District, Thailand (5 fatalities)
December 5, 1931: Lockheed 5 Vega, Kewanee Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
November 28, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 28, 1931: New Standard D-27, Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1931: Boeing 40, Pasco Washington, United States (1 fatality)
November 26, 1931: Avro 618 Ten, Alor Setar Kedah, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
November 24, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Kenley AFB Surrey, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 23, 1931: Boeing 40, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (1 fatality)
November 23, 1931: Fokker-Grulich F2, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Bulawayo Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (2 fatalities)
November 19, 1931: Stinson SM-1 Detroiter, Tai'an Shandong, China (3 fatalities)
November 16, 1931: Savoia-Marchetti SM.62, Barcelona Catalonia, Spain (3 fatalities)
November 16, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Blandford Forum Dorset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 13, 1931: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, Sir Lowrey’s Pass Western Cape, South Africa (3 fatalities)
November 10, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Västerås Västmanland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Västerås Västmanland, Sweden (0 fatalities)
November 8, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Hendon Middlesex, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 5, 1931: Lockheed 9 Orion, Camden New Jersey, United States (5 fatalities)
November 4, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Walkerville Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1931: Amiot 122/123, Angamarca Cotopaxi, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
October 31, 1931: Polikarpov AP, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1931: Ryan B-1 Brougham, Torreón Coahuila, Mexico (3 fatalities)
October 27, 1931: Ford 5, Ashley Indiana, United States (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1931: Latécoère 26, Skhirat Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco (0 fatalities)
October 18, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Regina Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 10, 1931: Kalinin K-4, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 9, 1931: Lockheed 5 Vega, Ixtlahuaca de Rayón México, Mexico (5 fatalities)
October 9, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Perth-Maylands Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 9, 1931: Simmonds Spartan, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 6, 1931: Heinkel He.12, Cobequid Bay Nova Scotia, Canada (2 fatalities)
October 6, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Steynsburg Eastern Cape, South Africa (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1931: Farman F.303, Somiani Baluchestan, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1931: De Havilland DH.9, Lembang West Java, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1931: Avro 616 Avian IVM, Camp Borden Ontario, Canada (1 fatality)
September 28, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Camp Borden Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 27, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Lucerne Lucerne, Switzerland (4 fatalities)
September 24, 1931: Junkers F.13, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
September 22, 1931: Lockheed 1 Vega, Lansing Kansas, United States (2 fatalities)
September 20, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Penzance Cornwall, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 19, 1931: Ford 5, Dearborn Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
September 18, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Lympne Kent, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 17, 1931: Messerschmitt M.18, Malmbäck Småland, Sweden (4 fatalities)
September 16, 1931: Boeing 40, Oakland California, United States (4 fatalities)
September 16, 1931: Sikorsky S-38, David Chiriquí, Panama (4 fatalities)
September 15, 1931: Fokker F7, Bălăcița Mehedinți, Romania (6 fatalities)
September 15, 1931: Avro 504, Elsenborn Liège, Belgium (0 fatalities)
September 14, 1931: Lockheed 2 Vega, Chicago Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
September 13, 1931: Junkers W.33, North Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km off the US coast, World (0 fatalities)
September 13, 1931: Avro 504, Scarborough North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1931: Dornier Do J Wal, Natal Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (3 fatalities)
September 12, 1931: Dewoitine D.33, Ufa Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (2 fatalities)
September 4, 1931: LVG V.13 Strela, Norheimsund Hordaland, Norway (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1931: Savoia-Marchetti S.55, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2 fatalities)
September 3, 1931: Savoia-Marchetti S.55, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3 fatalities)
September 3, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Middlestone Moor Durham, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 2, 1931: Stinson SM-6000, Baltimore Maryland, United States (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Ljungbyhed Skåne, Sweden (1 fatality)
September 1, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Ljungbyhed Skåne, Sweden (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1931: Polikarpov AP, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1931: Polikarpov AP, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 19, 1931: Ford 5, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
August 19, 1931: Curtiss HS-2L, Fort Frances Ontario, Canada (4 fatalities)
August 14, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Katsuura Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
August 12, 1931: Sikorsky S-38, San Juan, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1931: Loening C-W Air Yacht, Haikou Hainan, China (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1931: Keystone LB-5, Haleiwa Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
August 9, 1931: Ford 5, Cincinnati-Lunken Field Ohio, United States (6 fatalities)
August 9, 1931: Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, North Sea, World (2 fatalities)
August 9, 1931: De Havilland DH.9, Hendon Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1931: Fokker F10, Miami-Intl Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
August 4, 1931: Fokker F9, Rotterdam South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1931: Avro 504, Dovercourt Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1931: Avro 504, Swansea Glamorgan, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 31, 1931: Avro 504, Marbella Andalusia, Spain (1 fatality)
July 31, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Bundoran Ulster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
July 24, 1931: Fokker F7, Mokren Sliven, Bulgaria (7 fatalities)
July 24, 1931: Fokker F14, Camp Skeel AFB (Oscoda) Michigan, United States (0 fatalities)
July 23, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1931: Avro 616 Avian IVM, Camp Borden Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 21, 1931: Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing, Centralia Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
July 21, 1931: Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-198, Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud, France (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1931: De Havilland DH.60 Moth, Arborfield Berkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
July 18, 1931: Stearman C-3, Fredericksburg Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
July 16, 1931: Fairey III, Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
July 16, 1931: Avro 616 Avian IVM, Brantford Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 16, 1931: Fairchild 71, Arrow Lake Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)