Plane crashes in 1956

243 crashes worldwide in 1956, with 1,439 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 243
Fatal crashes: 142
Fatalities: 1,439
First recorded: January 4, 1956
Most recent: December 30, 1956

All crashes (page 2 of 3)

August 25, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (2 fatalities)
August 21, 1956: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Palm Beach-Intl Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
August 20, 1956: Antonov AN-2, Gizhiga Magadan oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
August 18, 1956: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Johannesburg-Rand Gauteng, South Africa (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1956: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Cockburn Town (San Salvador Island) San Salvador, Bahamas (1 fatality)
August 13, 1956: Douglas A-26 Invader, Sorn Ayrshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 12, 1956: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (1 fatality)
August 10, 1956: Lockheed P-2 Harpoon, Catania Sicily, Italy (5 fatalities)
August 9, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Colombia (0 fatalities)
August 8, 1956: Fairchild C-82 Packet, Boca Raton Florida, United States (5 fatalities)
August 8, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Thazi Mandalay Region, Myanmar (12 fatalities)
August 5, 1956: Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes, Faisal AFB (Mehran NAS) (Karachi) Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1956: Vickers Valetta, Al Mahfid Abyan, Yemen (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Volcán Chiriquí, Panama (0 fatalities)
July 31, 1956: Savoia-Marchetti SM.82, Milan-Malpensa Lombardy, Italy (5 fatalities)
July 30, 1956: Beechcraft D18, Mafra Santa Catarina, Brazil (1 fatality)
July 29, 1956: Avro 19, Baardegem East Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Gerdes El Abid Marj, Libya (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1956: Antonov AN-2, Mt Hadaraniya Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (4 fatalities)
July 16, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pavín Córdoba, Argentina (18 fatalities)
July 15, 1956: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Shannon Munster, Ireland (4 fatalities)
July 13, 1956: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, McGuire AFB (Fort Dix) New Jersey, United States (46 fatalities)
July 12, 1956: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Marabá Pará, Brazil (1 fatality)
July 9, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rio Branco-Presidente Médici Acre, Brazil (4 fatalities)
July 8, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kikwit Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Wildenrath AFB North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1956: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (6 fatalities)
July 6, 1956: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Coral Harbour Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 4, 1956: Lisunov LI-2, Voronezh Voronezh oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 3, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lom nad Rimavicou Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (21 fatalities)
July 2, 1956: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Moses Point Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
June 30, 1956: Douglas DC-7, Grand Canyon Arizona, United States (58 fatalities)
June 30, 1956: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Grand Canyon Arizona, United States (70 fatalities)
June 29, 1956: Caudron C.440 Goéland, Pontoise-Cormeilles-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise, France (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1956: Vickers Viking, Resistencia Chaco, Argentina (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1956: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Walker AFB New Mexico, United States (11 fatalities)
June 24, 1956: Canadair C-4 North Star, Kano Kano, Nigeria (32 fatalities)
June 22, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Pembrey AFB Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 22, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Rønne (Bornholm Island) Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
June 20, 1956: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park New Jersey, United States (74 fatalities)
June 19, 1956: Ford 4, Townsend Montana, United States (0 fatalities)
June 18, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Jijel Jijel, Algeria (0 fatalities)
June 18, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Hudson Bay, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 16, 1956: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1956: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Tlacolulan Veracruz, Mexico (3 fatalities)
June 15, 1956: Vickers Valetta, Ipoh Perak, Malaysia (9 fatalities)
June 13, 1956: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Arborea Sardinia, Italy (2 fatalities)
June 5, 1956: Noorduyn Norseman, Nunavut Nunavut, Canada (2 fatalities)
May 31, 1956: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Istrana AFB (Treviso) Veneto, Italy (4 fatalities)
May 30, 1956: Bristol 170 Freighter, Beaverlodge Lake Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 24, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Panzós Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (30 fatalities)
May 23, 1956: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Kitimat British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 20, 1956: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Parnaíba Piauí, Brazil (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ahmedabad Gujarat, India (0 fatalities)
May 15, 1956: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Jeffersonville Indiana, United States (8 fatalities)
May 15, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kathmandu Bagmati, Nepal (15 fatalities)
May 8, 1956: Avro 683 Lancaster, Malmen AFB Östergötland, Sweden (2 fatalities)
May 7, 1956: Avro 694 Lincoln, Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 4, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Turnhouse AFB Midlothian (County of Edinburgh), United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 4, 1956: Vickers Viking, El Palomar AFB Buenos Aires province, Argentina (3 fatalities)
April 30, 1956: Avro 685 York, Stansted Essex, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
April 27, 1956: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Exeter Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1956: Ilyushin II-12, Berlin-Schönefeld Berlin, Germany (3 fatalities)
April 24, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manchester New Hampshire, United States (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1956: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Christchurch Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1956: Ilyushin II-14, Sukhumi-Babushara Abkhazia, Georgia (6 fatalities)
April 22, 1956: Avro 685 York, Idris Tripoli, Libya (0 fatalities)
April 21, 1956: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Lunzu Southern Region, Malawi (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1956: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Parintins Amazonas, Brazil (3 fatalities)
April 18, 1956: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Wheelus AFB (Mitiga) Tripoli, Libya (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1956: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (3 fatalities)
April 9, 1956: Rockwell Aero Commander 520, Skilak Lake Alaska, United States (6 fatalities)
April 9, 1956: Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, Ataq Shabwah, Yemen (0 fatalities)
April 6, 1956: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Travis AFB California, United States (3 fatalities)
April 6, 1956: SNCAC NC.701/702 Martinet, Delémont Jura, Switzerland (4 fatalities)
April 3, 1956: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Randolph AFB (Seguin) Texas, United States (1 fatality)
April 3, 1956: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Hall Beach (Sanirajak) Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 2, 1956: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Seattle Washington, United States (5 fatalities)
April 1, 1956: Martin 404, Pittsburgh-Intl Pennsylvania, United States (22 fatalities)
March 31, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Indapur Maharashtra, India (3 fatalities)
March 31, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Korat Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (19 fatalities)
March 30, 1956: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Ashiya AFB Kyūshū, Japan (0 fatalities)
March 28, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Largs Ayrshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
March 23, 1956: Antonov AN-2, Voyampolka Kamchatka Krai, Russia (1 fatality)
March 21, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tezpur Assam, India (2 fatalities)
March 20, 1956: Convair T-29, Dobbins AFB Georgia, United States (2 fatalities)
March 18, 1956: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Pelly Bay Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
March 16, 1956: Vickers Varsity, Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 12, 1956: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Argentia NAS Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (6 fatalities)
March 11, 1956: Douglas A-26 Invader, Colombia Las Tunas, Cuba (2 fatalities)
March 10, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Wick Caithness, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Fuji Chūbu, Japan (0 fatalities)
March 4, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Dahlhausen Hesse, Germany (2 fatalities)
March 2, 1956: Vickers Valetta, Cameron Highlands Pahang, Malaysia (7 fatalities)
March 2, 1956: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Atlantic Ocean, World (17 fatalities)
February 29, 1956: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (0 fatalities)
February 27, 1956: Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Dayton Ohio, United States (11 fatalities)
February 25, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Lash Golath Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan (3 fatalities)
February 25, 1956: Avro 652 Anson, Spitalgate AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
February 24, 1956: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rascafría Madrid, Spain (3 fatalities)