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 4 of 4)
- January 23, 1981: Rockwell Aero Commander 560, Gulf of Mexico, World (0 fatalities)
- January 23, 1981: Grumman G-21A Goose, Unalaska-Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor), Alaska, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
- January 22, 1981: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Mt Shasta, California, USA, United States (1 fatality)
- January 21, 1981: Cessna 340, Aurora-Sugar Grove, Illinois, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 21, 1981: Rockwell Shrike Commander 500, Springfield-Branson, Missouri, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
- January 21, 1981: Cessna 500 Citation, Bluefield-Mercer County, West Virginia, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
- January 20, 1981: Beechcraft 99 Airliner, Spokane-Intl (Geiger Field), Washington, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
- January 19, 1981: Cessna 402, Atlantic Ocean, World (2 fatalities)
- January 18, 1981: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Kamoa Mountain Range, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Guyana (4 fatalities)
- January 18, 1981: Lockheed P-3 Orion, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field), Washington, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 16, 1981: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, Kassel, Hesse, Germany (3 fatalities)
- January 15, 1981: Breguet Bre.1150 Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, World (3 fatalities)
- January 14, 1981: Bristol 170 Freighter, Blenheim, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
- January 14, 1981: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Ramstein AFB, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (9 fatalities)
- January 12, 1981: Douglas DC-3, Cruillas, Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- January 11, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Bahar Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Boeing 720, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Çiğli AFB (Izmir), Aegean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
- January 8, 1981: Lockheed L-188 Electra, Guatemala City-La Aurora, Guatemala (6 fatalities)
- January 7, 1981: Rockwell Grand Commander 690, Burns, Oregon, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
- January 6, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)