Plane crashes in 1962

262 crashes worldwide in 1962, with 2,469 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 262
Fatal crashes: 163
Fatalities: 2,469
First recorded: January 2, 1962
Most recent: December 31, 1962

Deadliest

June 3, 1962: Boeing 707, Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (130 fatalities)
June 22, 1962: Boeing 707, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (113 fatalities)
March 4, 1962: Douglas DC-7, Douala Littoral, Cameroon (111 fatalities)
March 16, 1962: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Philippines Sea, World (107 fatalities)
November 27, 1962: Boeing 707, Lima-Callao-Jorge Chávez Lima, Peru (97 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (74)
Lockheed (29)
Antonov (19)
De Havilland (16)
Curtiss (14)
Boeing (13)
Convair (8)
Fairchild (8)
Ilyushin (8)
Vickers (6)
Lisunov (5)
Avro (4)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1962: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mweka Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
December 29, 1962: Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Monte Renoso Corse-du-Sud, France (25 fatalities)
December 29, 1962: Noorduyn Norseman, Hay River Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1962: Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair, Rotterdam South Holland, Netherlands (1 fatality)
December 26, 1962: Martin P5M-2 Marlin, Pacific Ocean, World (13 fatalities)
December 23, 1962: Antonov AN-12, Norilsk-Alykel Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (7 fatalities)
December 22, 1962: Convair CV-240, Brasília Distrito Federal, Brazil (1 fatality)
December 21, 1962: Convair CV-340, Grand Island Nebraska, United States (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1962: Vickers Viscount, Warsaw-Okęcie-Frederic Chopin Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland (33 fatalities)
December 19, 1962: Antonov AN-2, Kazan Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (1 fatality)
December 18, 1962: Lisunov LI-2, Olyokminsk Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (4 fatalities)
December 14, 1962: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Burbank California, United States (8 fatalities)
December 14, 1962: Lockheed L-049 Constellation, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil (50 fatalities)
December 13, 1962: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Lázaro Cárdenas Hidalgo, Mexico (5 fatalities)
December 10, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ellsworth Station, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Barrancabermeja Santander, Colombia (24 fatalities)
December 6, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Uncía Potosí, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1962: Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, Agana, Guam Island (3 fatalities)
November 30, 1962: Douglas DC-7, New York-Idlewild New York, United States (25 fatalities)
November 29, 1962: Ilyushin II-18, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1962: Boeing 707, Lima-Callao-Jorge Chávez Lima, Peru (97 fatalities)
November 27, 1962: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Xieng Khouang Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (2 fatalities)
November 26, 1962: Saab Scandia, Paraibuna São Paulo, Brazil (23 fatalities)
November 26, 1962: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Kingston Kingston City District, Jamaica (2 fatalities)
November 26, 1962: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sewart AFB (Smyrna) Tennessee, United States (5 fatalities)
November 25, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Davis Glacier, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1962: Ilyushin II-18, Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis, France (21 fatalities)
November 23, 1962: Vickers Viscount, Ellicott City Maryland, United States (17 fatalities)
November 22, 1962: Douglas C-117 Skytrain, Sentinel Ridge, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
November 22, 1962: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, São Tomé Água Grande, São Tomé and Principe (23 fatalities)
November 19, 1962: Vickers Viscount, Nagoya-Komaki Chūbu, Japan (4 fatalities)
November 19, 1962: Antonov AN-2, Tynne Rivne Oblast, Ukraine (9 fatalities)
November 16, 1962: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Suárez Tolima, Colombia (5 fatalities)
November 16, 1962: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Mt Gaital Coclé, Panama (10 fatalities)
November 10, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (27 fatalities)
November 7, 1962: Lockheed L-1329 JetStar, Robins AFB Georgia, United States (5 fatalities)
November 6, 1962: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Tampere Pirkanmaa, Finland (0 fatalities)
November 2, 1962: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Carora Lara, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1962: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Johnston Atoll United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States (0 fatalities)
November 1, 1962: Lisunov LI-2, Ribnoye Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (9 fatalities)
October 29, 1962: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Nova Lima Minas Gerais, Brazil (3 fatalities)
October 29, 1962: Douglas DC-7, La Paz-El Alto La Paz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bahía Aguirre Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1962: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Đắk Tô Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1962: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Bascapè Lombardy, Italy (3 fatalities)
October 26, 1962: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1962: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Bernay-Vilbert Seine-et-Marne, France (3 fatalities)
October 25, 1962: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast, Russia (11 fatalities)
October 23, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Cagayán de Oro-Lumbia Misamis Oriental, Philippines (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1962: Boeing C-135 Stratolifter, Guantánamo Bay NAS Guantánamo, Cuba (7 fatalities)
October 22, 1962: Douglas DC-7, Biorka Island Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1962: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Lichtenau Baden-Württemberg, Germany (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1962: Fokker F27 Friendship, Manila Metro Manila, Philippines (3 fatalities)
October 12, 1962: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Seville Andalusia, Spain (18 fatalities)
October 10, 1962: Avia 14, Brno-Tuřany South Moravian Region, Czech Republic (13 fatalities)
October 10, 1962: Fokker F27 Friendship, Khozankala Alborz, Iran (4 fatalities)
October 9, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Montevideo-Carrasco Montevideo City District, Uruguay (10 fatalities)
October 7, 1962: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Entebbe Central, Uganda (1 fatality)
October 6, 1962: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Campo de Marte AFB São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 1, 1962: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Santa Maria California, United States (8 fatalities)
September 23, 1962: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Atlantic Ocean, World (28 fatalities)
September 21, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sela Pass Arunachal Pradesh, India (8 fatalities)
September 20, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kamunza-Goi Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (2 fatalities)
September 18, 1962: Curtiss C-46 Commando, San Pedro Sula Cortés, Honduras (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1962: Ilyushin II-14, Chersky Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (32 fatalities)
September 12, 1962: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Los Alamitos AAF California, United States (9 fatalities)
September 11, 1962: Avro 685 York, Muscat Muscat Governorate, Oman (0 fatalities)
September 10, 1962: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Mt Kit Carson Washington, United States (48 fatalities)
September 10, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Alcoche La Paz, Bolivia (4 fatalities)
September 9, 1962: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Volos Thessaly, Greece (0 fatalities)
September 4, 1962: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Lake Milton Ohio, United States (13 fatalities)
September 3, 1962: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Amami Kagoshima, Japan (13 fatalities)
September 3, 1962: Tupolev TU-104, Kurun Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (86 fatalities)
August 31, 1962: Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, Oakland California, United States (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Laos (5 fatalities)
August 28, 1962: Vickers Valetta, Chippenham Wiltshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
August 26, 1962: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Barse Dhuri, Nepal (0 fatalities)
August 25, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Prenj East Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (0 fatalities)
August 24, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cerro Puena Paz, Peru (9 fatalities)
August 23, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Barrancabermeja Santander, Colombia (19 fatalities)
August 22, 1962: Martin 404, Wilmington-New Hanover County North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cochabamba Cochabamba, Bolivia (4 fatalities)
August 20, 1962: Douglas DC-8, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (15 fatalities)
August 17, 1962: Convair CV-240, Ambon-Pattimura Maluku, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
August 17, 1962: Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500), Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
August 13, 1962: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Horath Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (4 fatalities)
August 9, 1962: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Patuxent River NAS Maryland, United States (5 fatalities)
August 8, 1962: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Bedford-Laurence G. Hanscom Field Massachusetts, United States (3 fatalities)
August 6, 1962: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Knoxville Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
August 2, 1962: Martin P5M-2 Marlin, Philippines (12 fatalities)
August 1, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal (10 fatalities)
July 31, 1962: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Viçosa Alagoas, Brazil (9 fatalities)
July 30, 1962: Douglas DC-3, Coulommiers Seine-et-Marne, France (5 fatalities)
July 30, 1962: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Punta Arenas Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1962: Antonov AN-24, Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1962: Rockwell T-39 Sabreliner, Everett Washington, United States (2 fatalities)
July 29, 1962: Antonov AN-2, Bățanii Mici Covasna, Romania (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1962: Antonov AN-10, Gagra Abkhazia, Georgia (81 fatalities)
July 27, 1962: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Mutya Misamis Oriental, Philippines (2 fatalities)
July 26, 1962: Bristol 170 Freighter, Liāqatpur Punjab, Pakistan (0 fatalities)