Plane crashes in 1971

310 crashes worldwide in 1971, with 2,279 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 310
Fatal crashes: 185
Fatalities: 2,279
First recorded: January 2, 1971
Most recent: December 31, 1971

Deadliest

July 30, 1971: Boeing 727-200, Shizukuishi Tōhoku, Japan (162 fatalities)
September 4, 1971: Boeing 727-100, Juneau Alaska, United States (111 fatalities)
July 25, 1971: Tupolev TU-104, Irkutsk-Intl Irkutsk oblast, Russia (97 fatalities)
December 24, 1971: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Puerto Inca Huánuco, Peru (91 fatalities)
May 23, 1971: Tupolev TU-134, Rijeka Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia (78 fatalities)

Countries

United States (79)
Russia (29)
Canada (17)
France (14)
Colombia (12)
Laos (12)
Brazil (8)
India (8)
Vietnam (8)
Ukraine (7)
Argentina (6)
Japan (6)

Manufacturers

Douglas (49)
Beechcraft (39)
Antonov (26)
Rockwell (21)
Cessna (16)
Boeing (12)
Lockheed (11)
De Havilland (10)
Pilatus (9)
PZL-Mielec (9)
Grumman (8)
Ilyushin (8)

Aircraft

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (31)
Antonov AN-2 (10)
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) (9)
PZL-Mielec AN-2 (9)
Douglas DC-3 (8)
Antonov AN-12 (7)
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor (7)
Curtiss C-46 Commando (7)
Antonov AN-24 (6)
Beechcraft 80 Queen Air (6)
Fokker F27 Friendship (6)
Rockwell Aero Commander 500 (6)

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

December 31, 1971: Noorduyn Norseman, Selkirk Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Dominican Republic (7 fatalities)
December 30, 1971: Ilyushin II-14, Baranikha Chukotka okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Khanty-Mansiysk Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 28, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Clermont-Ferrand-Auvergne (Aulnat) Puy-de-Dôme, France (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1971: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Freeport West Grand Bahama, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
December 27, 1971: Fairchild C-123 Provider, Oudom Oudômxai Province, Laos (4 fatalities)
December 26, 1971: Cessna 411, Stockton Utah, United States (5 fatalities)
December 24, 1971: Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan, Lansing Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
December 24, 1971: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Puerto Inca Huánuco, Peru (91 fatalities)
December 24, 1971: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Long Tieng Vientiane Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Philippines (4 fatalities)
December 21, 1971: Britten-Norman Islander, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Ban Boum Champasak Province, Laos (2 fatalities)
December 21, 1971: Ilyushin II-18, Sofia-Vrazhdebna Sofia Province, Bulgaria (28 fatalities)
December 19, 1971: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Farallon Islands California, United States (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Kargong-Mechuka Jammu and Kashmir, India (5 fatalities)
December 16, 1971: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Armenia-El Edén Quindío, Colombia (9 fatalities)
December 16, 1971: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Bantry Munster, Ireland (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1971: Max Holste M.H.1521M Broussard, Argentina (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1971: Boeing 707, Ürümqi-Diwopu Xinjiang Uyghur, China (0 fatalities)
December 14, 1971: Beechcraft U-21 Ute, Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (6 fatalities)
December 12, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Farikha Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
December 12, 1971: Grumman C-2A Greyhound, South China Sea, World (4 fatalities)
December 12, 1971: Fokker F27 Friendship, Saindak Baluchestan, Pakistan (4 fatalities)
December 12, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Baykit Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 10, 1971: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Morristown New Jersey, United States (0 fatalities)
December 10, 1971: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada (3 fatalities)
December 9, 1971: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Oklahoma City-Will Rogers Oklahoma, United States (7 fatalities)
December 9, 1971: Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748, Cumbum Tamil Nadu, India (21 fatalities)
December 9, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Tashkent Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan (0 fatalities)
December 8, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Damanka Krasnodar Krai, Russia (1 fatality)
December 6, 1971: Fokker F27 Friendship, Kapoeta Western Equatoria, South Sudan (10 fatalities)
December 6, 1971: Antonov AN-12, Melitopol Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine (7 fatalities)
December 5, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, New Orleans-Lakefront Louisiana, United States (3 fatalities)
December 5, 1971: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Subic Bay, Olongapo (Cubi Point NAS) Bataan, Philippines (1 fatality)
December 5, 1971: Nord 262, Lannion Côtes-d'Armor, France (2 fatalities)
December 4, 1971: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Victoria Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
December 1, 1971: Antonov AN-24, Saratov-Tsentralny Saratov oblast, Russia (57 fatalities)
December 1, 1971: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Long Tieng Vientiane Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1971: Beechcraft H18, Charlottesville Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1971: Cessna 402, Billund Syddanmark, Denmark (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Aloja Vidzeme, Latvia (1 fatality)
November 23, 1971: Fokker F27 Friendship, Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
November 22, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, East Greenwich Rhode Island, United States (1 fatality)
November 22, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Yerevan Yerevan, Armenia (0 fatalities)
November 21, 1971: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Penghu Islands (Pescadores Islands) Penghu County, Taiwan (25 fatalities)
November 20, 1971: Noorduyn Norseman, Grønnøya Island Nordland, Norway (0 fatalities)
November 20, 1971: Lockheed 12 Electra Junior, Briare-Châtillon Loiret, France (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1971: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Iuka Mississippi, United States (4 fatalities)
November 15, 1971: Antonov AN-24, Bucharest-Otopeni-Henri Coandă București, Romania (0 fatalities)
November 15, 1971: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Moulamein New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
November 14, 1971: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
November 13, 1971: Antonov AN-24, Kerch Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (6 fatalities)
November 12, 1971: Antonov AN-24, Vinnitsa Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine (48 fatalities)
November 12, 1971: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Little Rock-Jacksonville AFB Arkansas, United States (11 fatalities)
November 10, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Padang West Sumatra, Indonesia (69 fatalities)
November 9, 1971: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Pisa Tuscany, Italy (52 fatalities)
November 7, 1971: NAMC YS-11, Aragarças Goiás, Brazil (0 fatalities)
November 6, 1971: Cessna 402, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1971: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (2 fatalities)
November 3, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Nevado de Santa Isabel Tolima, Colombia (3 fatalities)
November 2, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Paulatuk Northwest Territories, Canada (8 fatalities)
November 1, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Maracaibo-La Chinita Zulia, Venezuela (4 fatalities)
October 30, 1971: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Bamaji Lake Ontario, Canada (6 fatalities)
October 24, 1971: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Allentown-Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem-Easton) Pennsylvania, United States (4 fatalities)
October 23, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quy Nhơn Bình Định Province, Vietnam (22 fatalities)
October 22, 1971: Douglas DC-6, Nice-Côte d’Azur Alpes-Maritimes, France (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1971: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Milo Oklahoma, United States (3 fatalities)
October 21, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, San Diego-Montgomery-Gibbs California, United States (5 fatalities)
October 21, 1971: Beechcraft E18, Peoria Illinois, United States (16 fatalities)
October 20, 1971: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Great Inagua Island Inagua, Bahamas (4 fatalities)
October 19, 1971: Douglas DC-6, Mendoza Mendoza, Argentina (3 fatalities)
October 19, 1971: Nord 2501 Noratlas, Damery Marne, France (5 fatalities)
October 17, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), San Vicente del Caguán Caquetá, Colombia (19 fatalities)
October 17, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
October 16, 1971: Swearingen SA26T Merlin II, Hot Springs-Ingalls Field Virginia, United States (6 fatalities)
October 16, 1971: Cessna 402, Peach Springs Arizona, United States (10 fatalities)
October 16, 1971: Dornier DO.28A/B, Wau Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan (8 fatalities)
October 15, 1971: Beechcraft C18S, Stupart Lake Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1971: Britten-Norman Islander, Panama (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1971: Antonov AN-10, Chișinău Chișinău City District, Moldova (0 fatalities)
October 12, 1971: Beechcraft D18, Niterói Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (3 fatalities)
October 11, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Tyubelyakh Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (6 fatalities)
October 10, 1971: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (25 fatalities)
October 10, 1971: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque-Jorge Newbery Buenos Aires City, Argentina (10 fatalities)
October 7, 1971: Britten-Norman Islander, Atlantic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Sint Maarten Dutch Antilles, Dutch Antilles (0 fatalities)
October 2, 1971: Vickers Vanguard, Aarsele West Flanders, Belgium (63 fatalities)
September 28, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Sena Madureira Acre, Brazil (32 fatalities)
September 27, 1971: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
September 27, 1971: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Deer Lake Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 26, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Santo Domingo Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic (3 fatalities)
September 25, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Toko Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
September 22, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Polotsk Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia (14 fatalities)
September 21, 1971: Grumman S-2 Tracker, Sigonella NAS Sicily, Italy (3 fatalities)
September 19, 1971: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Manizales Caldas, Colombia (7 fatalities)
September 17, 1971: Canadair C-4 North Star, Sarasota Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1971: Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, Suez Suez, Egypt (7 fatalities)
September 17, 1971: Antonov AN-14, Mt Sveti Duh Sofia Province, Bulgaria (8 fatalities)