Plane crashes in 1973
370 crashes worldwide in 1973, with 2,975 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 370
- Fatal crashes: 214
- Fatalities: 2,975
- First recorded: January 2, 1973
- Most recent: December 31, 1973
Deadliest
- January 22, 1973: Boeing 707, Kano Kano, Nigeria (176 fatalities)
- July 11, 1973: Boeing 707, Paris-Orly Val-de-Marne, France (123 fatalities)
- October 13, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow oblast, Russia (122 fatalities)
- September 30, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (108 fatalities)
- April 10, 1973: Vickers Vanguard, Hochwald Solothurn, Switzerland (108 fatalities)
Countries
- United States (100)
- Russia (43)
- Colombia (15)
- Canada (14)
- Mexico (13)
- Brazil (11)
- Cambodia (8)
- France (8)
- Vietnam (8)
- Bolivia (6)
- Laos (6)
- Argentina (5)
Manufacturers
- Douglas (47)
- Beechcraft (36)
- PZL-Mielec (26)
- Cessna (25)
- Antonov (20)
- De Havilland (20)
- Lockheed (20)
- Rockwell (20)
- Boeing (15)
- Curtiss (13)
- Tupolev (13)
- Piper (12)
Aircraft
- PZL-Mielec AN-2 (26)
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (18)
- Curtiss C-46 Commando (13)
- Antonov AN-2 (11)
- Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle (10)
- Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor (9)
- Douglas DC-3 (9)
- Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (9)
- Boeing 707 (8)
- Beechcraft E18 (7)
- Britten-Norman Islander (7)
- Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) (7)
All crashes (page 1 of 4)
- December 31, 1973: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tombouctou Tombouctou, Mali (0 fatalities)
- December 31, 1973: De Havilland DH.104 Dove, Vila Gago Coutinho Moxico, Angola (0 fatalities)
- December 31, 1973: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Venezuela (0 fatalities)
- December 29, 1973: Nord 262, Dole-Tavaux Jura, France (0 fatalities)
- December 29, 1973: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Đà Lạt Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
- December 29, 1973: Beechcraft G18S, Ann Arbor Michigan, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 28, 1973: Douglas C-49 (DC-3), Durban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (1 fatality)
- December 28, 1973: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Lihue Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 27, 1973: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Walla Walla Washington, United States (1 fatality)
- December 27, 1973: Douglas DC-3, West Palm Beach Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 26, 1973: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Dallas-Love Field Texas, United States (1 fatality)
- December 24, 1973: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Khantaiskoye Ozero Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (1 fatality)
- December 23, 1973: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Ponta Pelada AFB, Manaus Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- December 23, 1973: Tupolev TU-124, Vinniki Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (17 fatalities)
- December 22, 1973: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Tétouan Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco (106 fatalities)
- December 22, 1973: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Horn Island Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- December 21, 1973: Cessna 411, Endicott New York, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 21, 1973: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Talara Piura, Peru (6 fatalities)
- December 21, 1973: Yakovlev Yak-40, Yerevan Yerevan, Armenia (0 fatalities)
- December 20, 1973: Boeing 707, New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (0 fatalities)
- December 20, 1973: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Waco Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 20, 1973: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Columbia South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
- December 19, 1973: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Urzhum Kirov oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
- December 17, 1973: Boeing 707, Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci Lazio, Italy (33 fatalities)
- December 17, 1973: Douglas DC-10, Boston-Logan Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 17, 1973: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Gaspé Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
- December 17, 1973: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Puerto Aysén Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile (3 fatalities)
- December 16, 1973: Tupolev TU-124, Karacharovo Tver oblast, Russia (51 fatalities)
- December 15, 1973: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, Miami-Intl Florida, United States (9 fatalities)
- December 15, 1973: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Phnom Penh-Pochentong Phnom Penh, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
- December 15, 1973: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- December 14, 1973: Cessna 411, Lansing Michigan, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 13, 1973: Douglas DC-7, Trinidad-Jorge Heinrich Arauz Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
- December 13, 1973: Douglas DC-3, Ta'izz Ta'izz, Yemen (0 fatalities)
- December 12, 1973: Dassault Falcon 20, Norwich Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 11, 1973: Douglas DC-6, Great Sitkin Island Alaska, United States (10 fatalities)
- December 7, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow oblast, Russia (12 fatalities)
- December 7, 1973: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Santa Ana Santa Cruz, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
- December 7, 1973: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Münster North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (0 fatalities)
- December 7, 1973: Beechcraft E18, Pittsburgh-Intl Pennsylvania, United States (2 fatalities)
- December 5, 1973: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Canton-Plymouth-Mettetal Michigan, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 4, 1973: BAc 111, Bahía Blanca-Comandante Espora Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
- December 3, 1973: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Kurupung Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana (3 fatalities)
- December 3, 1973: Douglas DC-3, Phnom Penh-Pochentong Phnom Penh, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
- December 3, 1973: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, Tawi Atair Dhofar Governorate, Oman (0 fatalities)
- November 30, 1973: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Puerto Iguazú Misiones, Argentina (5 fatalities)
- November 29, 1973: Cessna 402, San Vicente Chiapas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- November 28, 1973: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Sądów West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie), Poland (0 fatalities)
- November 28, 1973: Cessna 402, Angoulême-Cognac (Brie-Champniers) Charente, France (1 fatality)
- November 27, 1973: Douglas DC-9, Akron-Canton Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
- November 27, 1973: Beechcraft E18, Muscatine Iowa, United States (1 fatality)
- November 27, 1973: Vickers Varsity, Little Rissington AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 27, 1973: Douglas DC-9, Chattanooga Tennessee, United States (0 fatalities)
- November 25, 1973: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ban Boua Mu Xieng Khouang Province, Laos (1 fatality)
- November 23, 1973: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Galena Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
- November 23, 1973: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Venice Veneto, Italy (4 fatalities)
- November 22, 1973: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Birmingham Alabama, United States (1 fatality)
- November 21, 1973: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Roosevelt Utah, United States (2 fatalities)
- November 21, 1973: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sólheimasandur Southern Region, Iceland (0 fatalities)
- November 20, 1973: Tupolev TU-124, Kazan-Borisoglebskoye Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (0 fatalities)
- November 17, 1973: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Quảng Ngãi Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam (27 fatalities)
- November 17, 1973: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Mt El Ratan Colón, Panama (0 fatalities)
- November 16, 1973: Cessna 402, West Stockbridge Massachusetts, United States (4 fatalities)
- November 16, 1973: Grumman C-2A Greyhound, Chania Crete, Greece (7 fatalities)
- November 14, 1973: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Plymouth Indiana, United States (5 fatalities)
- November 12, 1973: Nord 262, Craon Mayenne, France (0 fatalities)
- November 10, 1973: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Prinzapolka Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua (0 fatalities)
- November 6, 1973: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Battambang Battambang, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
- November 4, 1973: Antonov AN-2, Kirensk Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
- November 3, 1973: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Raymond Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
- November 3, 1973: Boeing 707, Boston-Logan Massachusetts, United States (3 fatalities)
- November 2, 1973: Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald, Villavicencio Meta, Colombia (6 fatalities)
- November 1, 1973: Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, Quilpué Región de Valparaíso, Chile (3 fatalities)
- November 1, 1973: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Rancho Alegre Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
- October 31, 1973: Cessna 401, La Verne-Brackett Field California, United States (2 fatalities)
- October 30, 1973: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Lam Sơn Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
- October 29, 1973: Britten-Norman Islander, Mt Gimie, Saint Lucia (4 fatalities)
- October 29, 1973: Fletcher FU-24, Auckland Auckland Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- October 27, 1973: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kolpashevo Tomsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
- October 26, 1973: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia (0 fatalities)
- October 25, 1973: Douglas DC-6, Biscayne Bay Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
- October 25, 1973: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Nyrob Perm Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
- October 25, 1973: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Cincinnati-Lunken Field Ohio, United States (2 fatalities)
- October 23, 1973: NAMC YS-11, Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (8 fatalities)
- October 21, 1973: Dornier DO.28A/B, Suez Suez, Egypt (0 fatalities)
- October 20, 1973: Boeing 727-100, Mazatlán Sinaloa, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- October 15, 1973: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mt Sugarloaf Arkansas, United States (7 fatalities)
- October 13, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow oblast, Russia (122 fatalities)
- October 12, 1973: BAe 125, Acapulco-General Juan N. Álvarez Guerrero, Mexico (8 fatalities)
- October 12, 1973: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Van Nuys California, United States (1 fatality)
- October 11, 1973: Antonov AN-2, Goris Syunik, Armenia (0 fatalities)
- October 10, 1973: Lisunov LI-2, Tashauz Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan (5 fatalities)
- October 6, 1973: Grumman G-44 Widgeon, Kodiak Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
- October 5, 1973: Antonov AN-2, Mt Khuuta Republic of Yamalia, Russia (0 fatalities)
- October 4, 1973: Britten-Norman Islander, Itaituba Pará, Brazil (8 fatalities)
- October 3, 1973: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
- October 2, 1973: Antonov AN-12, Magadan Magadan oblast, Russia (10 fatalities)
- September 30, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (108 fatalities)
- September 30, 1973: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Itaituba Pará, Brazil (5 fatalities)
- September 29, 1973: Avia 14, Szentkirályszabadja AFB Veszprém, Hungary (1 fatality)