Plane crashes in 1965

292 crashes worldwide in 1965, with 2,264 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 292
Fatal crashes: 173
Fatalities: 2,264
First recorded: January 2, 1965
Most recent: December 31, 1965

Deadliest

May 20, 1965: Boeing 720, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (121 fatalities)
February 6, 1965: Douglas DC-6, Mt San José Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (87 fatalities)
December 11, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Tuy Hòa Phú Yên Province, Vietnam (85 fatalities)
June 25, 1965: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, El Toro MCAS California, United States (84 fatalities)
February 8, 1965: Douglas DC-7, Jones Beach New York, United States (84 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (71)
Beechcraft (32)
Lockheed (26)
De Havilland (19)
Boeing (18)
Fairchild (15)
Curtiss (12)
Rockwell (9)
Vickers (9)
Antonov (8)
Grumman (8)
Convair (6)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1965: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Roosevelt Roads NAS (Ceiba), Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1965: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Agats Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1965: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Shau Valley Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1965: Rockwell Aero Commander 520, Abernathy Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ban Salou Khammouan Province, Laos (6 fatalities)
December 23, 1965: Ilyushin II-18, Magadan Magadan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1965: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tuy Hòa Phú Yên Province, Vietnam (5 fatalities)
December 19, 1965: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Salvador Bahia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
December 19, 1965: Beechcraft D18, Xcalak Quintana Roo, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mers-les-Bains Somme, France (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vietnam (9 fatalities)
December 16, 1965: Douglas DC-3, Legazpi Albay, Philippines (2 fatalities)
December 15, 1965: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, California Peak Colorado, United States (3 fatalities)
December 15, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Cape Romanzof Alaska, United States (5 fatalities)
December 14, 1965: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Terapo Gulf, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1965: Learjet 23, Zurich-Kloten Zurich, Switzerland (1 fatality)
December 12, 1965: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Bitburg AFB Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (6 fatalities)
December 11, 1965: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Somosomo, Fiji Islands (16 fatalities)
December 11, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Tuy Hòa Phú Yên Province, Vietnam (85 fatalities)
December 10, 1965: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Mt Chugach Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
December 10, 1965: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Brunswick Maine, United States (1 fatality)
December 8, 1965: Avro 696 Shackleton, Kinloss Moray (Elginshire), United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
December 8, 1965: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Chu Lai Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain (32 fatalities)
December 7, 1965: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Panama City Panamá, Panama (7 fatalities)
December 6, 1965: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Kite Kentucky, United States (6 fatalities)
December 5, 1965: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Ad Dali' (Dhala) Ad Dali', Yemen (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1965: Avro 683 Lancaster, Río Gallegos Santa Cruz, Argentina (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Horlick, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1965: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Carmel New York, United States (4 fatalities)
November 29, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 27, 1965: Douglas DC-3, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (13 fatalities)
November 25, 1965: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Lagos Lagos, Nigeria (0 fatalities)
November 23, 1965: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Urrao Antioquia, Colombia (4 fatalities)
November 21, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Sayaboury Xaignabouli Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1965: Antonov AN-2, Ust-Maya Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1965: Learjet 23, Palm Springs California, United States (8 fatalities)
November 12, 1965: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Kahului Hawaii, United States (2 fatalities)
November 12, 1965: Martin B-26 Marauder, Mexico City Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (3 fatalities)
November 12, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Seville Andalusia, Spain (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1965: Boeing 727-100, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (43 fatalities)
November 11, 1965: Fletcher FU-24, Tolaga Bay Gisborne District Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
November 11, 1965: Tupolev TU-124, Murmansk Murmansk oblast, Russia (32 fatalities)
November 9, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pittsburgh-Intl Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
November 8, 1965: Boeing 727-100, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States (58 fatalities)
November 8, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Cañón del Paraiso Caquetá, Colombia (26 fatalities)
November 8, 1965: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Hesselø Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1965: Stinson SR-10 Reliant, Lake Dallas Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1965: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Terra de Areia Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (11 fatalities)
November 6, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ankara-Etimesgut Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye (9 fatalities)
November 4, 1965: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Trinidad Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1965: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Puerto Arturo Vaupés, Colombia (2 fatalities)
November 3, 1965: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Puerto Limón Limón (Caribbean Coast), Costa Rica (68 fatalities)
November 2, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Obock Obock, Djibouti (30 fatalities)
October 30, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
October 30, 1965: Fletcher FU-24, Mangawhai Northland Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1965: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Pouso Alegre Minas Gerais, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Ramón Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1965: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, Palmdale AFB California, United States (0 fatalities)
October 27, 1965: Vickers Vanguard, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (36 fatalities)
October 25, 1965: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Brisbane-Archerfield Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 23, 1965: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Vilhena Rondônia, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 22, 1965: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Veckerhagen Hesse, Germany (8 fatalities)
October 22, 1965: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Smidstrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1965: Learjet 23, Jackson-Reynolds Field Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
October 20, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Manila Metro Manila, Philippines (1 fatality)
October 18, 1965: Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Hanoi Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (13 fatalities)
October 18, 1965: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Meeker Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)
October 17, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Assam, India (8 fatalities)
October 17, 1965: Douglas DC-3, Bucaramanga Santander, Colombia (3 fatalities)
October 17, 1965: Douglas DC-6, Huntsville Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1965: Stinson SR-10 Reliant, Boise Idaho, United States (2 fatalities)
October 16, 1965: Douglas DC-7, Charlotte-Douglas North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1965: Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy, Piqua Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1965: Noorduyn Norseman, Selkirk Manitoba, Canada (1 fatality)
October 10, 1965: Stinson SR-7 Reliant, New Haven Connecticut, United States (4 fatalities)
October 8, 1965: Fokker F27 Friendship, Mahandri Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (4 fatalities)
October 6, 1965: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Waldegg-Peisching Lower Austria, Austria (6 fatalities)
October 6, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (0 fatalities)
October 4, 1965: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Klamath Falls Oregon, United States (2 fatalities)
October 4, 1965: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cúcuta Norte de Santander, Colombia (4 fatalities)
October 3, 1965: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Long Tieng Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (1 fatality)
October 1, 1965: Avro 694 Lincoln, Salta Salta, Argentina (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1965: Douglas A-26 Invader, Niquelândia Goiás, Brazil (2 fatalities)
September 27, 1965: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Bao Trái Long An Province, Vietnam (3 fatalities)
September 25, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), India (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1965: Grumman S-2 Tracker, Ischia Island Campania, Italy (2 fatalities)
September 20, 1965: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Ardmore Oklahoma, United States (0 fatalities)
September 19, 1965: Beechcraft D18, Suthri Gujarat, India (7 fatalities)
September 18, 1965: North American B-25 Mitchell, Tietê São Paulo, Brazil (1 fatality)
September 18, 1965: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Quy Nhơn Bình Định Province, Vietnam (4 fatalities)
September 17, 1965: Douglas A-26 Invader, Scottsbluff Nebraska, United States (3 fatalities)
September 17, 1965: Boeing 707, Chances Peak, Montserrat (30 fatalities)
September 16, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Pastaza Pastaza, Ecuador (9 fatalities)
September 16, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quảng Ngãi Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam (39 fatalities)
September 16, 1965: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, All Sarawak Sarawak, Malaysia (5 fatalities)
September 15, 1965: Beechcraft C18S, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (3 fatalities)
September 14, 1965: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Gore Oromia, Ethiopia (17 fatalities)
September 13, 1965: Convair CV-880, Kansas City Missouri, United States (0 fatalities)