Plane crashes in 1981

321 crashes worldwide in 1981, with 1,589 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 321
Fatal crashes: 188
Fatalities: 1,589
First recorded: January 6, 1981
Most recent: December 31, 1981

All crashes (page 2 of 4)

August 22, 1981: Boeing 737-200, Sanyi, Miaoli County, Taiwan (110 fatalities)
August 21, 1981: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Casper-Natrona County, Wyoming, USA, United States (1 fatality)
August 18, 1981: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Grand Canyon-National Park, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 18, 1981: Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748, Mangalore-Bajpe, Karnataka, India (0 fatalities)
August 16, 1981: Rockwell Grand Commander 680, Christiansted-Henry E. Rohlsen (ex Alexander Hamilton), All US Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands (4 fatalities)
August 14, 1981: Rockwell Aero Commander 685, Wrens, Georgia, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
August 13, 1981: Beechcraft H18, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
August 12, 1981: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Healy, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1981: Cessna 404 Titan, St Simons Island, Georgia, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1981: Douglas DC-4, Neiva, Huila, Colombia (0 fatalities)
August 10, 1981: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Utsunomiya, Kantō, Japan (5 fatalities)
August 9, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Palana, Kamchatka Krai, Russia (1 fatality)
August 9, 1981: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Long Beach, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1981: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Spirit Lake-Lake Okoboji, Iowa, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1981: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Coyhaique, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile (0 fatalities)
August 5, 1981: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Homestead AFB, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
August 4, 1981: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Dillingham, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
August 4, 1981: Antonov AN-2, Kostanay, Kostanay, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
August 3, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (ex Palmaseca), Valle del Cauca, Colombia (0 fatalities)
August 1, 1981: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, Livengood, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
August 1, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Beira, Sofala, Mozambique (6 fatalities)
August 1, 1981: Ilyushin II-14, Utichiy Island (Shantar Islands), Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (11 fatalities)
July 31, 1981: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Coclecito, Coclé, Panama (7 fatalities)
July 31, 1981: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Cochrane, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile (5 fatalities)
July 30, 1981: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada (6 fatalities)
July 30, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Shymkent, South Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
July 29, 1981: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Richlands, Virginia, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
July 28, 1981: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Groveland, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 27, 1981: Douglas DC-9, Chihuahua-General Roberto Fierro Villalobos, Chihuahua, Mexico (32 fatalities)
July 25, 1981: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Carurú, Vaupés, Colombia (4 fatalities)
July 24, 1981: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Maroantsetra, Toamasina Province, Madagascar (19 fatalities)
July 22, 1981: Cessna 401, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 21, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Stupina, Constanța, Romania (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1981: Fokker F27 Friendship, Balad, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Somalia (50 fatalities)
July 20, 1981: Britten-Norman Islander, San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), All Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Yakkabog, Qashqadaryo Province, Uzbekistan (2 fatalities)
July 18, 1981: Cessna 340, DuPage, Illinois, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 18, 1981: Canadair CL-44, Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia (4 fatalities)
July 17, 1981: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Mead, Colorado, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 17, 1981: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Gerlach, Nevada, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1981: Antonov AN-2, Kedrovy, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 15, 1981: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, King Cove, Alaska, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
July 14, 1981: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Kenai, Alaska, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
July 12, 1981: Consolidated PBY Catalina, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
July 11, 1981: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Wilmington-New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA, United States (1 fatality)
July 9, 1981: Cessna 411, Columbus, Georgia, USA, United States (1 fatality)
July 9, 1981: Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500), Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson, Ontario, Canada (3 fatalities)
July 8, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Frazier Park, California, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
July 4, 1981: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Mount Augustus, Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
July 2, 1981: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Madisonville, Texas, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
July 1, 1981: Douglas DC-3, Pilot Point, Alaska, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
June 30, 1981: Cessna 404 Titan, Belton, Missouri, USA, United States (1 fatality)
June 30, 1981: Cessna 401, Muskegon, Michigan, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
June 29, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tselinograd, Akmola, Kazakhstan (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Dudovka, Bryansk oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
June 28, 1981: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, France (0 fatalities)
June 27, 1981: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Bettles, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
June 26, 1981: Avro 748, Nailstone, Leicestershire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
June 25, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1981: Douglas DC-3, West Deering-Hawthorne-Feather Airpark, New Hampshire, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
June 23, 1981: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
June 23, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tselinograd, Akmola, Kazakhstan (3 fatalities)
June 22, 1981: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Oxford-Waterbury, Connecticut, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
June 19, 1981: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, United States (1 fatality)
June 17, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Avlayakan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 17, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Miraflores, Boyacá, Colombia (2 fatalities)
June 16, 1981: Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
June 15, 1981: Britten-Norman Islander, Congo, All Congo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
June 14, 1981: Ilyushin II-14, Ust-Barguzin, Republic of Buryatia, Russia (48 fatalities)
June 13, 1981: Britten-Norman Islander, Hualien, Hualien County, Taiwan (2 fatalities)
June 13, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Saldus, Courland (Kurzeme), Latvia (2 fatalities)
June 12, 1981: Beechcraft G18S, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1981: Boeing 707, Manaus-Eduardo Gomes, Amazonas, Brazil (0 fatalities)
June 11, 1981: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Flagler Beach, Florida, USA, United States (1 fatality)
June 10, 1981: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, Cameron, Louisiana, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
June 7, 1981: Antonov AN-2, Voroshilovgrad, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
June 7, 1981: Fokker F27 Friendship, Sandoway, Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar (0 fatalities)
June 6, 1981: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Maple Mountain, Ontario, Canada (4 fatalities)
June 5, 1981: Fokker F27 Friendship, Gilgit, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
June 4, 1981: Beechcraft G18S, Anvik, Alaska, USA, United States (1 fatality)
June 4, 1981: Convair C-131 Samaritan, Dillingham, Alaska, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
June 4, 1981: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela (5 fatalities)
June 4, 1981: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela (5 fatalities)
June 2, 1981: Britten-Norman Islander, Ship Channel Cay, Exuma, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1981: Cessna 402, Nairobi-Wilson, Nairobi City District, Kenya (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1981: Dassault Falcon 20, Bamako, Bamako City District, Mali (3 fatalities)
May 31, 1981: Antonov AN-2, Shelopugino, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (4 fatalities)
May 29, 1981: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jabal al Mansuriyah AFB (Cairo West AFB / Sphinx Intl), Giza, Egypt (17 fatalities)
May 27, 1981: Cessna 402, Cliff, New Mexico, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
May 24, 1981: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Mt Huayra Pungo, Loja, Ecuador (9 fatalities)
May 24, 1981: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Walkerton, Indiana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
May 24, 1981: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, United States (1 fatality)
May 23, 1981: Beechcraft G18S, Hyannis-Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
May 22, 1981: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Winkler County, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
May 22, 1981: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Macará, Loja, Ecuador (18 fatalities)
May 21, 1981: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Mt Pinarete, Oaxaca, Mexico (24 fatalities)
May 21, 1981: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Olyokminsk, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), Russia (0 fatalities)