Plane crashes in 1978

408 crashes worldwide in 1978, with 2,220 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 408
Fatal crashes: 253
Fatalities: 2,220
First recorded: January 1, 1978
Most recent: December 30, 1978

All crashes (page 3 of 5)

July 13, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Candor North Carolina, United States (5 fatalities)
July 12, 1978: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Pichincha Guayas, Ecuador (11 fatalities)
July 12, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Mena Arkansas, United States (0 fatalities)
July 12, 1978: Beechcraft 60 Duke, Faribault Minnesota, United States (6 fatalities)
July 12, 1978: Travel Air 4000, Tolleson Arizona, United States (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1978: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Olga Washington, United States (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1978: Antonov AN-2, Golotl Republic of Dagestan, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 10, 1978: Partenavia P.68, Melbourne-Essendon Victoria, Australia (6 fatalities)
July 10, 1978: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Aurora Colorado, United States (6 fatalities)
July 9, 1978: BAc 111, Rochester New York, United States (0 fatalities)
July 9, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Richmond Indiana, United States (0 fatalities)
July 9, 1978: Beechcraft D18, Espinal Tolima, Colombia (2 fatalities)
July 6, 1978: Canadair CL-44, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi) Nairobi City District, Kenya (0 fatalities)
July 5, 1978: Beechcraft G18S, McAllen Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
July 5, 1978: Casa 212 Aviocar, Serra de Santa Bárbara (Terceira Island) Azores Islands, Portugal (3 fatalities)
July 5, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Wielbark Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland (0 fatalities)
July 3, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Pelican Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1978: Partenavia P.68, Wilsons Promontory National Park Victoria, Australia (2 fatalities)
July 2, 1978: Antonov AN-2, Talas Talas Province, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
July 1, 1978: Cessna 402, Tarija Tarija, Bolivia (4 fatalities)
June 30, 1978: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Omalik Alaska, United States (1 fatality)
June 27, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Mobile-Bates Field Alabama, United States (1 fatality)
June 26, 1978: Douglas DC-9, Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson Ontario, Canada (2 fatalities)
June 25, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Vladivostok Primorsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 23, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Saint John's Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (10 fatalities)
June 22, 1978: Cessna 402, Pottstown-Limerick-Heritage Field Pennsylvania, United States (5 fatalities)
June 22, 1978: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Muscle Shoals Alabama, United States (0 fatalities)
June 19, 1978: Beechcraft D18, Windsor Locks-Bradley Connecticut, United States (0 fatalities)
June 16, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (5 fatalities)
June 16, 1978: Noorduyn Norseman, Witchai Lake Manitoba, Canada (1 fatality)
June 13, 1978: Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris, Mendoza Mendoza, Argentina (2 fatalities)
June 10, 1978: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Greybull Wyoming, United States (3 fatalities)
June 10, 1978: Vickers Viscount, Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne Montserrado, Liberia (0 fatalities)
June 8, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala, Guatemala (3 fatalities)
June 8, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Kuybyshev Samara oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 5, 1978: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Lamar Colorado, United States (4 fatalities)
June 4, 1978: Grumman G-21A Goose, Charlotte Amalie-Cyril E. King (ex Harry S. Truman), US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
June 4, 1978: Convair T-29, Roxas City Capiz, Philippines (0 fatalities)
May 30, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Santo Tomás La Unión Sololá, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
May 30, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Los Angeles California, United States (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Gryzy Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland (0 fatalities)
May 29, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Postavy Vitebsk voblast, Belarus (0 fatalities)
May 28, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Pincher Creek Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 27, 1978: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Calumet Oklahoma, United States (2 fatalities)
May 26, 1978: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Bahamas (2 fatalities)
May 26, 1978: Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada (0 fatalities)
May 25, 1978: Convair CV-880, Miami-Intl Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1978: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Fleetville Pennsylvania, United States (1 fatality)
May 23, 1978: Tupolev TU-144, Kladkovo Moscow oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
May 23, 1978: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Beni Beni, Bolivia (3 fatalities)
May 21, 1978: Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), Snow Lake Manitoba, Canada (2 fatalities)
May 19, 1978: Cessna 402, Alexandria Minnesota, United States (1 fatality)
May 19, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Maksatikha Tver oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
May 19, 1978: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Badkhalsa Haryana, India (8 fatalities)
May 18, 1978: Cessna 340, Hollywood-Burbank (Bob Hope) California, United States (0 fatalities)
May 18, 1978: Dassault Falcon 20, Memphis Tennessee, United States (4 fatalities)
May 17, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Kingston-Up Park Camp AFP Kingston City District, Jamaica (2 fatalities)
May 17, 1978: Shin Meiwa PS-1, Takaoka Chūbu, Japan (13 fatalities)
May 16, 1978: Cessna 402, Trenton Maine, United States (4 fatalities)
May 16, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Tikokino Hawke's Bay Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
May 13, 1978: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Pellston-Emmet County Michigan, United States (3 fatalities)
May 12, 1978: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Shippingport Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
May 12, 1978: Grumman G-21A Goose, Port Moller Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
May 11, 1978: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Lake Elsinore-Skylark Field California, United States (1 fatality)
May 10, 1978: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Del Rio Texas, United States (3 fatalities)
May 9, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, Botswana (2 fatalities)
May 8, 1978: Boeing 727-200, Pensacola Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
May 7, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Karnaukhovskiy Rostov oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
May 6, 1978: Antonov AN-2, Gazimurski Zavod Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (10 fatalities)
May 5, 1978: Douglas DC-6, Paramaribo-Zanderij Para, Suriname (0 fatalities)
May 5, 1978: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Milan-Linate Lombardy, Italy (4 fatalities)
May 3, 1978: Beechcraft E18, Al Fashir North Darfur, Sudan (0 fatalities)
May 2, 1978: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Jamestown North Dakota, United States (1 fatality)
May 1, 1978: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Durbin Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
May 1, 1978: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Ufa Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (0 fatalities)
April 30, 1978: Beechcraft D18, Ocala Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
April 30, 1978: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Songkhla Songkhla, Thailand (6 fatalities)
April 30, 1978: Douglas DC-7, Miami-Intl Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 29, 1978: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster, Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (8 fatalities)
April 28, 1978: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sparrevohn Alaska, United States (7 fatalities)
April 28, 1978: Cessna 411, Fresno California, United States (0 fatalities)
April 28, 1978: Cessna 402, Malakal Upper Nile, South Sudan (4 fatalities)
April 27, 1978: Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, Flatwoods Louisiana, United States (2 fatalities)
April 27, 1978: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Gulf of Mexico All, World (1 fatality)
April 27, 1978: Cessna 402, Apia-Fagali'i, Samoa Islands, Samoa Islands (Western Samoa) (10 fatalities)
April 26, 1978: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, Grønholt Nordjylland, Denmark (0 fatalities)
April 26, 1978: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (7 fatalities)
April 25, 1978: Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic, Nordholz AFB Lower Saxony, Germany (0 fatalities)
April 24, 1978: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Zamora Michoacán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1978: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Arlington Indiana, United States (9 fatalities)
April 22, 1978: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Holopaw Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
April 20, 1978: Boeing 707, Kem Republic of Karelia, Russia (2 fatalities)
April 19, 1978: Antonov AN-24, Rzeszów Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Podkarpackie), Poland (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1978: Douglas DC-4, Bottle Creek, Turks and Caicos Islands (0 fatalities)
April 18, 1978: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Cordova Alaska, United States (2 fatalities)
April 17, 1978: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Urimán Bolívar, Venezuela (2 fatalities)
April 15, 1978: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Bicycle Lake AFB California, United States (3 fatalities)
April 11, 1978: Britten-Norman Islander, San Jose-Reid-Hillview California, United States (0 fatalities)
April 8, 1978: Yakovlev Yak-40, Aldan Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)
April 7, 1978: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Rukumkot Rapti, Nepal (0 fatalities)