Plane crashes in 1951

491 crashes worldwide in 1951, with 2,304 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 491
Fatal crashes: 319
Fatalities: 2,304
First recorded: January 1, 1951
Most recent: December 31, 1951

Deadliest

December 16, 1951: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Elizabeth New Jersey, United States (56 fatalities)
March 23, 1951: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Atlantic Ocean, World (53 fatalities)
August 24, 1951: Douglas DC-6, Union City California, United States (50 fatalities)
June 30, 1951: Douglas DC-6, Fort Collins Colorado, United States (50 fatalities)
June 22, 1951: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Sanoyie Bong, Liberia (40 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (193)
Boeing (56)
Avro (26)
De Havilland (24)
Vickers (23)
Curtiss (18)
Consolidated (14)
Fairchild (14)
Beechcraft (13)
Lockheed (13)
Noorduyn (11)
Martin (10)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 5)

December 31, 1951: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Lindholme AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Calcutta West Bengal, India (3 fatalities)
December 31, 1951: Martin PBM Mariner, Hong Kong Hong Kong, China (4 fatalities)
December 30, 1951: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Fairbanks Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
December 30, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Armer Arizona, United States (28 fatalities)
December 29, 1951: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Little Valley New York, United States (26 fatalities)
December 27, 1951: Lisunov LI-2, Namtsev Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (20 fatalities)
December 27, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fukuoka Kyūshū, Japan (4 fatalities)
December 26, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Lassen California, United States (8 fatalities)
December 26, 1951: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Japan Sea, World (2 fatalities)
December 25, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ankara-Etimesgut Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (6 fatalities)
December 23, 1951: Douglas DC-6, Milan-Malpensa Lombardy, Italy (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1951: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District, Iran (22 fatalities)
December 22, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nassau New Providence, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Flushing Michigan, United States (1 fatality)
December 21, 1951: Douglas A-26 Invader, Neubiberg AFB Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
December 20, 1951: Avro 694 Lincoln, Benson AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1951: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Indochina, Vietnam (1 fatality)
December 18, 1951: Douglas A-26 Invader, Kanggye Chagang, North Korea (3 fatalities)
December 17, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (4 fatalities)
December 16, 1951: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Elizabeth New Jersey, United States (56 fatalities)
December 14, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Amsterdam-Schiphol North Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
December 13, 1951: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Yarramunda Enga, Papua New Guinea (3 fatalities)
December 11, 1951: Airspeed AS.65 Consul, Mt Ruapehu Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand (3 fatalities)
December 8, 1951: Douglas A-26 Invader, Pyongyang Pyongyang, North Korea (1 fatality)
December 8, 1951: Ilyushin II-12, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1951: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (4 fatalities)
December 7, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (16 fatalities)
December 6, 1951: Noorduyn Norseman, Caldas Antioquia, Colombia (2 fatalities)
December 6, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Riboux Var, France (10 fatalities)
December 6, 1951: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Inverness Inverness-shire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 6, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Barra Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1951: Douglas DC-3, Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States (3 fatalities)
December 4, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Gabriel Mountains California, United States (5 fatalities)
December 4, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Kadena AFB Okinawa, Japan (9 fatalities)
December 4, 1951: Grumman G-73 Mallard, Saint-John New Brunswick, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 3, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Denver Colorado, United States (8 fatalities)
December 3, 1951: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Evansville Indiana, United States (3 fatalities)
December 1, 1951: Avro 694 Lincoln, Scampton AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 30, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Yoakum Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1951: Avro 652 Anson, Kenley AFB Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1951: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Elgin Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 28, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Milan-Malpensa Lombardy, Italy (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Winchester California, United States (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Cairns Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
November 27, 1951: Martin PBM Mariner, North Island-Halsey Field NAS (San Diego) California, United States (11 fatalities)
November 27, 1951: Douglas DC-2, San Luis Acatlán Guerrero, Mexico (13 fatalities)
November 27, 1951: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Finningley AFB South Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1951: Avro 694 Lincoln, Leconfield AFB (Beverley) Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 25, 1951: Martin PBM Mariner, Iwakuni AFB Chūgoku, Japan (4 fatalities)
November 25, 1951: Douglas A-26 Invader, Chorwon Kangwon, North Korea (4 fatalities)
November 24, 1951: Douglas DC-4, Zurich Zurich, Switzerland (6 fatalities)
November 23, 1951: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Montreal-Saint-Hubert Quebec, Canada (6 fatalities)
November 22, 1951: Douglas A-26 Invader, North Korea (3 fatalities)
November 21, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Calcutta West Bengal, India (16 fatalities)
November 21, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Barksdale AFB Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
November 19, 1951: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cairo Cairo, Egypt (5 fatalities)
November 19, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manyas Lake Marmara Region, Türkiye (4 fatalities)
November 18, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Yokota AFB (Tokyo) Kantō, Japan (10 fatalities)
November 17, 1951: Ilyushin II-12, Novosibirsk Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (23 fatalities)
November 17, 1951: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Oakland California, United States (3 fatalities)
November 17, 1951: Avro 691 Lancastrian, Sydney New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1951: Short S.25 Sunderland, Calshot AFB Hampshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
November 15, 1951: Lisunov LI-2, Tuszyn Łódź Voivodeship, Poland (18 fatalities)
November 14, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Guwahati Assam, India (0 fatalities)
November 13, 1951: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Le Mont-Dore Puy-de-Dôme, France (36 fatalities)
November 12, 1951: Casa 352, Albacete-Los Llanos AFB Castile-La Mancha, Spain (2 fatalities)
November 12, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Merowe Northern, Sudan (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1951: Vickers Viking, Morón AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
November 9, 1951: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, McDill AFB (Tampa) Florida, United States (5 fatalities)
November 9, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Chongju North Pyongan, North Korea (0 fatalities)
November 8, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
November 8, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Kelly AFB (ex Brooks Field, San Antonio) Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
November 7, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), N'Djamena N'Djamena Capital City, Chad (0 fatalities)
November 6, 1951: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Japan Sea, World (10 fatalities)
November 5, 1951: Martin 202, Tucumcari New Mexico, United States (1 fatality)
November 5, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1951: Vickers 619 Wellington X, Llanidloes Powys, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 1, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Norton AFB (San Bernardino) California, United States (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1951: Noorduyn Norseman, Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son, Thailand (0 fatalities)
October 31, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Izenajima Island Okinawa, Japan (12 fatalities)
October 30, 1951: SNCASO SO.30 Bretagne, Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Box Springs California, United States (6 fatalities)
October 29, 1951: North American B-25 Mitchell, Fortaleza Ceará, Brazil (3 fatalities)
October 29, 1951: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Manikoya, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Sacramento-McClellan California, United States (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1951: Short S.45 Solent, Brisbane Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Flores-Mundo Maya (Santa Elena) Petén, Guatemala (27 fatalities)
October 27, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Seoul-Gimpo Seoul, South Korea (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1951: Avro 689 Tudor, Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Wonsan Kangwon, North Korea (2 fatalities)
October 23, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Nampo South Pyongan, North Korea (7 fatalities)
October 23, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Yellow Sea, World (9 fatalities)
October 23, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Namsi Chagang, North Korea (10 fatalities)
October 22, 1951: Noorduyn Norseman, Red Lake Ontario, Canada (1 fatality)
October 22, 1951: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Yellow Sea, World (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1951: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Skopje Skopje City District, Macedonia (12 fatalities)
October 22, 1951: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, Kelly AFB (ex Brooks Field, San Antonio) Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
October 20, 1951: Douglas A-26 Invader, Gunsan North Jeolla, South Korea (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1951: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (3 fatalities)