Plane crashes in 1966

281 crashes worldwide in 1966, with 2,218 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 281
Fatal crashes: 176
Fatalities: 2,218
First recorded: January 1, 1966
Most recent: December 31, 1966

Deadliest

February 4, 1966: Boeing 727-100, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (133 fatalities)
March 5, 1966: Boeing 707, Mt Fuji Chūbu, Japan (124 fatalities)
January 24, 1966: Boeing 707, Mont-Blanc Haute-Savoie, France (117 fatalities)
December 24, 1966: Canadair CL-44, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (111 fatalities)
September 1, 1966: Bristol Britannia, Ljubljana Central Slovenia (Osrednjeslovenska), Slovenia (98 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Douglas (59)
Lockheed (36)
Beechcraft (21)
Curtiss (17)
Antonov (16)
Fairchild (16)
De Havilland (15)
Rockwell (13)
Grumman (12)
Boeing (9)
Ilyushin (7)
PZL-Mielec (6)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1966: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Serbia (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1966: Douglas DC-7, Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1966: Douglas A-26 Invader, Apiay AFB (Villavicencio) Meta, Colombia (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1966: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Kabinburi Prachin Buri, Thailand (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1966: Canadair CL-44, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (111 fatalities)
December 24, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Tajumbina Putumayo, Colombia (29 fatalities)
December 24, 1966: Douglas DC-8, Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1966: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Broad Chalke Wiltshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 20, 1966: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, La Paz-Manuel Márquez de León Baja California Sur, Mexico (10 fatalities)
December 19, 1966: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Elkhart Indiana, United States (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1966: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Sirdarya Sirdarya Province, Uzbekistan (2 fatalities)
December 18, 1966: Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (17 fatalities)
December 16, 1966: Antonov AN-8, Chirchik AFB (Tashkent) Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan (6 fatalities)
December 12, 1966: Noorduyn Norseman, Novika Nordland, Norway (0 fatalities)
December 9, 1966: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Minneapolis-Saint Paul Minnesota, United States (1 fatality)
December 9, 1966: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ubrub Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1966: Nord 2501 Noratlas, Saverdun Ariège, France (4 fatalities)
December 7, 1966: Dornier DO.28A/B, Alberta Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1966: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Olacapato Chico Salta, Argentina (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1966: Beechcraft 88 Queen Air, Salt Lake City Utah, United States (2 fatalities)
December 2, 1966: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Spring City Tennessee, United States (1 fatality)
November 30, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chachapoyas Amazonas, Peru (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1966: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1966: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Nueva Escocia San Luis, Argentina (3 fatalities)
November 28, 1966: Fletcher FU-24, Mourea Bay of Plenty Regional Council, New Zealand (1 fatality)
November 26, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Saigon Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (31 fatalities)
November 26, 1966: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Bangor Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
November 26, 1966: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Dầu Tiếng Bình Dương Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1966: Douglas A-26 Invader, Dorchester Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
November 26, 1966: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, La Pedrera Amazonas, Colombia (12 fatalities)
November 24, 1966: Ilyushin II-18, Bratislava-Ivanka-Milan Rastislav Štefánik Bratislava Region, Slovakia (82 fatalities)
November 24, 1966: Beechcraft C18S, Beef Island (Tortola), British Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
November 22, 1966: BAe 125, Freeport West Grand Bahama, Bahamas (1 fatality)
November 22, 1966: Douglas DC-3, Wādī Rabţah Abyan, Yemen (30 fatalities)
November 22, 1966: Ilyushin II-18, Almaty Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (3 fatalities)
November 20, 1966: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Tuy Hòa Phú Yên Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1966: Martin 404, New Bern North Carolina, United States (3 fatalities)
November 19, 1966: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Keflavik Southern Peninsula, Iceland (0 fatalities)
November 18, 1966: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Stone Lake Wisconsin, United States (9 fatalities)
November 17, 1966: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Tam Kỳ Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1966: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
November 16, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Deer Valley Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1966: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Nui Cai mountain Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Vietnam (2 fatalities)
November 15, 1966: Boeing 727-100, Berlin-Tegel Berlin, Germany (3 fatalities)
November 13, 1966: NAMC YS-11, Matsuyama Shikoku, Japan (50 fatalities)
November 11, 1966: Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, Atlantic Ocean, World (19 fatalities)
November 11, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Vietnam (0 fatalities)
November 10, 1966: Grumman S-2 Tracker, South China Sea, World (4 fatalities)
November 9, 1966: Britten-Norman Islander, Oudega Friesland, Netherlands (2 fatalities)
November 9, 1966: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Nausori, Fiji Islands (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1966: Ilyushin II-14, Estenc Alpes-Maritimes, France (7 fatalities)
November 4, 1966: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
November 2, 1966: Beechcraft D18, Heflin Alabama, United States (2 fatalities)
October 31, 1966: Vickers Viscount, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 31, 1966: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Lai Khê Hải Dương Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1966: Douglas A-26 Invader, Homer Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
October 28, 1966: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, An Khe Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (1 fatality)
October 26, 1966: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Bukit Besi Terengganu, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
October 26, 1966: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Santa Maria AFB Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (0 fatalities)
October 25, 1966: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Cam Ranh Bay Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1966: De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover, Mt Tokugmera (Tanna Island), Vanuatu (8 fatalities)
October 19, 1966: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Belém Pará, Brazil (4 fatalities)
October 18, 1966: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, South China Sea, World (7 fatalities)
October 14, 1966: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1966: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Wheeling West Virginia, United States (2 fatalities)
October 12, 1966: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Aspermont Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
October 11, 1966: Canadair C-4 North Star, Garoua North, Cameroon (0 fatalities)
October 4, 1966: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, An Khe Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (14 fatalities)
October 2, 1966: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Cam Ranh Bay Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam (5 fatalities)
October 1, 1966: Douglas DC-9, Wemme Oregon, United States (18 fatalities)
September 30, 1966: Antonov AN-24, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1966: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Mt Pallett California, United States (4 fatalities)
September 26, 1966: Noorduyn Norseman, Armidale New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
September 26, 1966: Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, Platte South Dakota, United States (5 fatalities)
September 25, 1966: Beechcraft E18, Charlevoix Michigan, United States (3 fatalities)
September 24, 1966: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Tennant Creek Northern Territory, Australia (6 fatalities)
September 22, 1966: Vickers Viscount, Winton Queensland, Australia (24 fatalities)
September 22, 1966: Douglas DC-4, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (2 fatalities)
September 19, 1966: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Grand Coss Grand Bassa, Liberia (0 fatalities)
September 18, 1966: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Las Vegas-McCarran Nevada, United States (1 fatality)
September 17, 1966: Lockheed 14 Super Electra, Medford New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands, Spain (1 fatality)
September 15, 1966: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1966: Douglas DC-7, Tachikawa AFB (Tokyo) Kantō, Japan (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1966: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tsikhisdziri Cape Adjara, Georgia (1 fatality)
September 7, 1966: Antonov AN-2, Murghob Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan (6 fatalities)
September 7, 1966: Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, McChord AFB Washington, United States (3 fatalities)
September 6, 1966: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Chai Nantou County, Taiwan (8 fatalities)
September 4, 1966: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Mumbai Maharashtra, India (4 fatalities)
September 2, 1966: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Alamosa Colorado, United States (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1966: Bristol Britannia, Ljubljana Central Slovenia (Osrednjeslovenska), Slovenia (98 fatalities)
August 29, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tuzla Marmara Region, Türkiye (5 fatalities)
August 29, 1966: Antonov AN-24, Camagüey Camagüey, Cuba (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1966: Ilyushin II-18, Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1966: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Highland Park Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1966: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Altamira Pará, Brazil (6 fatalities)
August 26, 1966: Convair CV-880, Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan (5 fatalities)
August 26, 1966: Grumman S-2 Tracker, Oranjestad Dutch Antilles, Dutch Antilles (3 fatalities)
August 25, 1966: Lockheed P-2 Harpoon, Mozambique (0 fatalities)
August 23, 1966: Beechcraft C18S, Annette Island Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)