Plane crashes in 1959
242 crashes worldwide in 1959, with 1,534 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 242
- Fatal crashes: 145
- Fatalities: 1,534
- First recorded: January 4, 1959
- Most recent: December 31, 1959
All crashes (page 3 of 3)
- February 25, 1959: De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, Schwarzsee Fribourg, Switzerland (3 fatalities)
- February 24, 1959: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Udora Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
- February 20, 1959: Douglas DC-7, San Francisco California, United States (0 fatalities)
- February 18, 1959: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Belén Región de Arica y Parinacota, Chile (5 fatalities)
- February 18, 1959: Lockheed 10 Electra, Christchurch Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- February 17, 1959: Vickers Viscount, London-Gatwick West Sussex, United Kingdom (14 fatalities)
- February 11, 1959: Short S.25 Sunderland, Montevideo Montevideo City District, Uruguay (0 fatalities)
- February 9, 1959: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Assam, India (2 fatalities)
- February 7, 1959: Fletcher FU-24, Puhoi Auckland Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- February 4, 1959: Lisunov LI-2, Evensk Magadan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
- February 4, 1959: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Richmond AFB New South Wales, Australia (8 fatalities)
- February 3, 1959: Lockheed L-188 Electra, New York-LaGuardia New York, United States (65 fatalities)
- February 1, 1959: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Scottburgh KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (0 fatalities)
- February 1, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Kerrville Texas, United States (3 fatalities)
- January 31, 1959: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Kaktovik (Barter Island) Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 31, 1959: Antonov AN-12, Vitebsk Vitebsk voblast, Belarus (6 fatalities)
- January 31, 1959: Ilyushin II-12, Mirny Ice Station (Queen Mary Land), Antarctica (0 fatalities)
- January 29, 1959: Bristol 170 Freighter, Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad) Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan (7 fatalities)
- January 29, 1959: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Castle AFB California, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 28, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Osorno Región de Los Lagos, Chile (7 fatalities)
- January 27, 1959: Avro 689 Tudor, Brindisi Apulia, Italy (2 fatalities)
- January 27, 1959: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Campo de Marte AFB São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- January 27, 1959: Martin P5M-2 Marlin, Norfolk-Chambers Field NAS Virginia, United States (4 fatalities)
- January 27, 1959: Lisunov LI-2, Ust-Kara Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
- January 26, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
- January 22, 1959: Convair CV-240, Amman Amman City District, Jordan (10 fatalities)
- January 21, 1959: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mérida Mérida, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
- January 20, 1959: Beechcraft C18S, Kotzebue-Ralph Wien Memorial Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
- January 18, 1959: Ilyushin II-14, Stalingrad Volgograd oblast, Russia (25 fatalities)
- January 16, 1959: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Mar del Plata Buenos Aires province, Argentina (51 fatalities)
- January 15, 1959: Noorduyn Norseman, Nottingham Island Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
- January 14, 1959: Vickers Valetta, Firq AFB Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Oman (0 fatalities)
- January 13, 1959: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Panther Peak California, United States (2 fatalities)
- January 12, 1959: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Stehekin Washington, United States (2 fatalities)
- January 11, 1959: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (36 fatalities)
- January 11, 1959: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Homer Alaska, United States (9 fatalities)
- January 8, 1959: Douglas DC-3, Mt Holston Tennessee, United States (10 fatalities)
- January 6, 1959: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Copán Copán, Honduras (5 fatalities)
- January 6, 1959: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- January 5, 1959: Avro 685 York, Brindisi Apulia, Italy (0 fatalities)
- January 4, 1959: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Moyobamba San Martín, Peru (0 fatalities)
- January 4, 1959: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Marble Point, Antarctica (2 fatalities)