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

All crashes (page 2 of 4)

September 17, 1971: Beechcraft 70 Queen Air, Fowler Colorado, United States (3 fatalities)
September 16, 1971: Douglas C-9A Nightingale, Scott AFB (Belleville) Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
September 16, 1971: Tupolev TU-134, Kiev-Borispol Kiev oblast, Ukraine (49 fatalities)
September 16, 1971: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Geneva-Cointrin Geneva, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
September 16, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rajince Southern and Eastern Serbia, Serbia (5 fatalities)
September 15, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers (Allen C. Thompson) Mississippi, United States (5 fatalities)
September 13, 1971: Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident, Öndörkhaan Khentii, Mongolia (9 fatalities)
September 12, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt de Hojas Manabí, Ecuador (0 fatalities)
September 11, 1971: Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500), Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1971: Douglas DC-3, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (2 fatalities)
September 6, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Townsville Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
September 6, 1971: BAc 111, Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt Hamburg, Germany (22 fatalities)
September 4, 1971: Boeing 727-100, Juneau Alaska, United States (111 fatalities)
September 3, 1971: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pine Point Northwest Territories, Canada (2 fatalities)
September 3, 1971: Tupolev TU-95, Russia (11 fatalities)
September 3, 1971: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Pine Point Northwest Territories, Canada (2 fatalities)
August 31, 1971: Cessna 401, Die Drôme, France (2 fatalities)
August 29, 1971: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Prescott Arizona, United States (4 fatalities)
August 28, 1971: Ilyushin II-18, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (32 fatalities)
August 27, 1971: Volpar Turboliner 18, Cleveland-Hopkins Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
August 25, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Trostberg Bavaria, Germany (2 fatalities)
August 24, 1971: Cessna 402, Lubango Huíla, Angola (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), India (0 fatalities)
August 20, 1971: Convair CV-580, Pittsburgh-Intl Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
August 20, 1971: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Athens Tennessee, United States (2 fatalities)
August 19, 1971: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Augusta Maine, United States (3 fatalities)
August 19, 1971: Beechcraft D18, Hudson Bay Nunavut, Canada (5 fatalities)
August 18, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Ekimchan Amur oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
August 16, 1971: Antonov AN-12, Ahmadnagar Maharashtra, India (11 fatalities)
August 16, 1971: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Long Tieng Vientiane Province, Laos (2 fatalities)
August 12, 1971: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca) Valle del Cauca, Colombia (9 fatalities)
August 11, 1971: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Lake of Bracciano Lazio, Italy (1 fatality)
August 11, 1971: Ilyushin II-14, Nashchekino Voronezh oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
August 9, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Jaipur Rajasthan, India (0 fatalities)
August 8, 1971: Vickers Viscount, Honolulu Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Villa Reynolds San Luis, Argentina (0 fatalities)
August 3, 1971: Canadair CL-215, Gulf of Sagona Corse-du-Sud, France (2 fatalities)
August 3, 1971: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Memphis Tennessee, United States (1 fatality)
August 1, 1971: Beechcraft D18, Loreauville Louisiana, United States (1 fatality)
July 31, 1971: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Lyon-Bron Rhône, France (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1971: Nord 2501 Noratlas, Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (32 fatalities)
July 30, 1971: Grumman G-21A Goose, Greenville Maine, United States (1 fatality)
July 30, 1971: SCAN-30, Tincup Lake Yukon, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 30, 1971: Boeing 727-200, Shizukuishi Tōhoku, Japan (162 fatalities)
July 29, 1971: Beechcraft E18, Milford New York, United States (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1971: Antonov AN-12, Calcutta-Dum Dum West Bengal, India (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1971: Yakovlev Yak-40, Lipetsk Lipetsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 25, 1971: Boeing 707, Manila Metro Manila, Philippines (4 fatalities)
July 25, 1971: Tupolev TU-104, Irkutsk-Intl Irkutsk oblast, Russia (97 fatalities)
July 24, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bamako Bamako City District, Mali (6 fatalities)
July 22, 1971: Ilyushin II-14, Jeddah Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia (0 fatalities)
July 22, 1971: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Fort Worth-Meacham Texas, United States (2 fatalities)
July 16, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Kamennaya Sarma Orenburg oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
July 16, 1971: Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Chōshi Kantō, Japan (11 fatalities)
July 16, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Ried Bavaria, Germany (1 fatality)
July 16, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Windsor Locks-Bradley Connecticut, United States (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, North Madison Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
July 15, 1971: Cessna 411, Plain Dealing Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Pochep Bryansk oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
July 15, 1971: Lockheed P-2 Harpoon, Luena Moxico, Angola (0 fatalities)
July 12, 1971: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Tucson Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
July 9, 1971: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Medellín Antioquia, Colombia (1 fatality)
July 8, 1971: Beechcraft D18, Toledo-Express Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
July 5, 1971: Dassault Falcon 20, Boca Raton Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
July 3, 1971: NAMC YS-11, Hakodate Hokkaidō, Japan (68 fatalities)
July 3, 1971: Beriev Be-12, Leonidovo Sakhalin oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
July 3, 1971: Beriev Be-12, Leonidovo Sakhalin oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1971: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Woodruff-Lakeland Wisconsin, United States (2 fatalities)
July 1, 1971: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Mar del Plata Buenos Aires province, Argentina (1 fatality)
June 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ban Huoeisay (Houei Sai) Bokèo Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
June 30, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Las Palmas-Gando (Gran Canaria) Canary Islands, Spain (3 fatalities)
June 27, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shelter Cove California, United States (17 fatalities)
June 25, 1971: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
June 22, 1971: Beechcraft E18, Birmingham Alabama, United States (2 fatalities)
June 18, 1971: Dornier DO.28A/B, Isachsen (Ellef Ringnes Island) Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 18, 1971: Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, San José de Chiquitos Santa Cruz, Bolivia (8 fatalities)
June 18, 1971: Grumman G-21A Goose, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico (2 fatalities)
June 17, 1971: Douglas DC-6, Putre Región de Arica y Parinacota, Chile (6 fatalities)
June 15, 1971: Dornier DO.28A/B, Charlie Lake British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1971: Boeing C-135 Stratolifter, Pacific Ocean, World (24 fatalities)
June 13, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shiraz Fars, Iran (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1971: Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, South China Sea, World (5 fatalities)
June 7, 1971: Convair CV-580, New Haven Connecticut, United States (28 fatalities)
June 6, 1971: Douglas DC-9, Duarte California, United States (49 fatalities)
June 5, 1971: Cessna 411, Hao Island Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia (3 fatalities)
June 3, 1971: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Southend Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 3, 1971: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Centenera Castile-La Mancha, Spain (6 fatalities)
June 2, 1971: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Bouam Long Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (2 fatalities)
June 1, 1971: Antonov AN-24, Ulan-Ude Republic of Buryatia, Russia (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1971: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Malakhovo Ryazan oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
May 28, 1971: Rockwell Aero Commander 680, Roanoke Virginia, United States (6 fatalities)
May 27, 1971: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Argentina (0 fatalities)
May 26, 1971: BAe 125, Devil's Peak Western Cape, South Africa (4 fatalities)
May 26, 1971: BAe 125, Devil's Peak Western Cape, South Africa (4 fatalities)
May 26, 1971: BAe 125, Devil's Peak Western Cape, South Africa (3 fatalities)
May 25, 1971: Antonov AN-12, Batagay Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
May 25, 1971: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Santiago de Chile-Los Cerrillos Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (4 fatalities)
May 24, 1971: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Bragança Norte, Portugal (0 fatalities)
May 24, 1971: Antonov AN-2, Kirov Kirov oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1971: Tupolev TU-134, Rijeka Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia (78 fatalities)