List of fatalities from aviation accidents

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Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.

Those killed as part of a sporting, political or entertainment group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.

Individuals

Name Nationality Year Notability Flight/aircraft Crash site Cause/circumstances
Aaliyah  USA 2001 actress, singer, model & dancer Cessna 402 Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol.[1]
Michael James Adams  USA 1967 test pilot X-15 Flight 3-65-97 Randsburg, California, United States Breakup caused by malfunctioning control system
Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Nazi Germany GER 1936 royalty Ford Trimotor Zumpango, Mexico State CFIT into a Volcano
Sir John Alcock  UK 1919 aviator – Flew first non-stop flight across Atlantic in a Vickers Vimy Vickers Viking Cottévrard, near Rouen, France Plane stalled and crashed in fog
Davey Allison  USA 1993 NASCAR driver Hughes 369 Talladega, Alabama, United States pilot error[2]
Ghazi al-Sadeq  SUD 2012 Guidance and Endowments minister Antonov An-26 Nuba Mountains south Talodi, South Kordofan, Sudan 2012 Sudan Antonov An-26 crash Poor weather
Hans Alsér  SWE 1977 table tennis player Linjeflyg Flight 618 Kälvesta, Sweden Icing of tailplane caused by engines being operated at too low a power setting for anti-ice to be effective
Roald Amundsen  NOR 1928 explorer Latham 47 Barents Sea disappearance
An Chang-nam  KOR 1930 Aviator Taiyuan, China [3]
Maxie Anderson  USA 1983 Record-setting hot-air balloonist Hot-air balloon near Bad Brückenau, West Germany Gondola release mechanism malfunction
Scott D. Anderson  USA 1999 Test pilot, polymath, Cirrus Airframe Parachute System test pilot Cirrus SR20 Federal Prison Camp, Duluth Aileron jam during early production flight-testing[4]
Elsa Andersson  SWE 1922 Aviator, parachutist Parachute Askersund, Sweden Parachute failure
David Angell  USA 2001 producer American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York, United States hijacking
Steve Appleton  USA 2012 CEO of Micron at time of incident Lancair IV-P Boise Airport, Idaho, United States Error during emergency landing
Mel Apt  USA 1956 test pilot Bell X-2 Edwards AFB, California, United States Pilot error
Abdul Salam Arif  IRQ 1966 President of Iraq de Havilland Dove 1 Southern Iraq crashed in sand storm
Florence Arthaud  FRA 2015 sailor Eurocopter AS350 Villa Castelli, Argentina collided in mid-air; see Villa Castelli helicopter collision
Garnet "Ace" Bailey  CAN 2001 ice hockey player (NHL) United Airlines Flight 175 World Trade Center South Tower, New York, United States hijacking
Todd Beamer  USA 2001 Flight 93 United Airlines Flight 93 Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States hijacking by Ziad Jarrah
Valentine Baker  UK 1942 World War I flying ace Martin-Baker MB 3 England engine failure
Daniel Balavoine  FRA 1986 singer and songwriter Aérospatiale AS350 Ecureuil[5] Mali CFIT during a sandstorm, with Thierry Sabine when crashed
G. M. C. Balayogi  IND 2002 politician Bell 206 Kaikalur, India mechanical failure, pilot error
Frederick Banting  CAN 1941 scientist: co-discovered insulin Lockheed Hudson Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland Engine problems
Heinrich Bär  GER 1957 test pilot LF-1 Zaunkönig Braunschweig, West Germany lost control of aircraft
Silvio Barbato  ITA 2009 conductor and composer Air France Flight 447 Atlantic Ocean Instrument failure
Bill Barilko  CAN 1951 ice hockey player (NHL) Fairchild 24 100 km N of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada pilot inexperience, poor weather, overloaded cargo
René Barrientos  BOL 1969 President of Bolivia helicopter Arque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia rotors got caught on power lines[6]
Charles Bassett  USA 1966 Astronaut Northrop T-38 Talon[6] St. Louis, Missouri, United States with Elliot See; 1966 NASA T-38 crash
Tomáš Baťa  TCH 1932 founder of Bata Shoes company Junkers F.13 Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia poor weather
Mark Bavis  USA 2001 ice hockey player (AHL) United Airlines Flight 175 World Trade Center South Tower, New York, United States hijacking
Lincoln J. Beachey  USA 1915 Aviator, stunt flyer Beachey-Eaton Monoplane[7] San Francisco, California, United States Demonstrating inverted flight at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Structural failure while attempting to pull up.
William D. Becker  USA 1943 politician: mayor of St. Louis Waco CG-4A-RO[N 1] Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Loss of right-hand wing due to wing strut fitting failure during demonstration flight;[8] Maj. William B. Robertson also dies in this accident[9]
Nick Begich  USA 1972 US Congressman from Alaska Cessna 310 southern Alaska, United States Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Hale Boggs was also in this flight.
Derek Bennett  UK 1978 Racing car designer, driver and founder/owner of Chevron Cars Ltd Scorpion B hang glider Lancashire, England Pilot error in a hang glider
Berry Berenson  USA 2001 entertainer, actress, and photographer American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York, United States hijacking
Brook Berringer  USA 1996 quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Piper J-3 Cub Raymond, Nebraska, United States Pilot error (Loss of engine power because of fuel valve mis-position)[10]
Lloyd W. Bertaud  USA 1927 Aviator Old Glory North Atlantic Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy.
Lauren Bessette  USA 1999 sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy, Jr. Piper Saratoga Martha's Vineyard, United States pilot error. see John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy  USA 1999 wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. Piper Saratoga Martha's Vineyard, United States pilot error. see John F. Kennedy, Jr. airplane crash
Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.  USA 2000 racing CART driver/owner Beechcraft Baron Kentucky, United States Airframe icing
George Beurling  CAN 1948 World War II ace pilot Noorduyn Norseman Rome, Italy
Neerja Bhanot  IND 1986 flight attendant who saved lives during a hijacking Pan Am Flight 73 Karachi, Pakistan Hijacking
Homi J. Bhabha  IND 1966 nuclear physicist Air India Flight 101 Mont Blanc Flight dispatched without necessary navigation equipment for the route being flown
Džemal Bijedić  YUG 1977 politician: Premier of Yugoslavia Learjet 25 Kreševo, Yugoslavia poor weather conditions
Muhammad bin Laden  KSA 1967 entrepreneur and father of Osama bin Laden Beechcraft Model 18[6] southwestern Saudi Arabia
Salem bin Laden  KSA 1988 entrepreneur and half-brother of Osama bin Laden Sprint ultra-light aircraft[5] San Antonio, Texas, United States flew into power lines
Jean-Pierre Blanchard  FRA 1809 Hot air ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon The Hague, Netherlands Died from injuries sustained after falling off a balloon during cardiac arrest
Sophie Blanchard  FRA 1819 Female ballooning pioneer, wife of Jean-Pierre Blanchard Hot air balloon Jardin de Tivoli, Paris, France Fell to her death after balloon caught fire.
Barthélemy Boganda  CAF 1959 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic Nord Noratlas Boda, Lobaye, Central African Republic mid-air explosion
Hale Boggs  USA 1972 politician: US Congressman from Louisiana Cessna 310 southern Alaska, United States Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Nick Begich was also in this flight.
Richard Bong  USA 1945 World War II fighter ace and test pilot Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Burbank, California, United States Pilot error
Billy Joe Booth  USA 1972 Canadian football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders Piper Cherokee Dorchester, Ontario, Canada thunderstorm
Bruce Borland  USA 1999 golf course designer Learjet 35 Mina, South Dakota, United States (crash site). Location at time of death undetermined. Hypoxia. Payne Stewart also died in this plane crash.
Subhas Chandra Bose  IND 1945 Indian politician and Freedom fighter Mitsubishi Ki-21 Taiwan (alleged) Cause disputed
Ahmed Ould Bouceif  MRT 1979 politician: Prime Minister of Mauritania de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo Dakar, Senegal
Olin Branstetter  USA 2011 Businessman and former Oklahoma state senator Piper PA-28 Cherokee N7746W Perryville, Arkansas, United States Controlled flight into terrain
Michel Breistroff  FRA 1996 Ice hockey defenseman for the Ligue Magnus TWA Flight 800 East Moriches, New York, United States (8 mi E) Mid-air explosion
Ron Brown  USA 1996 politician: US Secretary of Commerce Boeing CT-43 Dubrovnik, Croatia pilot error
Oleg Bryjak  GER 2015 Bass-baritone opera singer Germanwings Flight 9525 Prads-Haute-Bléone, France Deliberate flight into terrain
Kurt Budke  USA 2011 College basketball coach Piper PA-28 Cherokee N7746W Perryville, Arkansas, United States Controlled flight into terrain
Milo Burcham  USA 1944 test pilot for Lockheed Lockheed YP-80 Shooting Star Burbank, California, United States engine flame-out
William D. Byron  USA 1941 politician: US Congressman from Maryland Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 Atlanta, Georgia, United States Inadvertently descended into trees due to incorrect altimeter setting. Eddie Rickenbacker survived this crash.
Tomas Cabili  PHL 1957 politician: Philippine senator Douglas C-47 Skytrain Cebu City, Philippines (22 mi NW) see: 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
Felipe Camiroaga  CHI 2011 Television presenter (Television Nacional de Chile) Chilean Air Force CASA C-212 Aviocar off Robinson Crusoe Island, South East of Pacific Ocean under investigation
Eduardo Campos  BRA 2014 politician, presidential candidate in Brazilian general election, 2014 Cessna 560XL Santos, State of São Paulo under investigation
Fanny Cano  MEX 1983 entertainer; actress Aviaco Flight 134 Madrid, Spain Collision resulting from runway incursion, caused by poor visibility and taxiway signage[5]
Guido Cantelli  ITA 1956 orchestral conductor Douglas DC-6 Paris-Orly Airport, France
Lech Kaczyński  POL 2010 politician: president of Poland Tupolev Tu-154M near Smolensk Air Base, Russia fog, pilot error: see 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
Mel Carnahan  USA 2000 politician: Governor of Missouri Cessna 335 Goldman, Missouri, United States thunderstorm
Bernt Carlsson  SWE 1988 Assistant-Secretary-General of the UN, UN Commissioner for Namibia Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Scotland terrorism
Emilio Carranza  MEX 1928 Mexican "Charles Lindbergh" Ryan Brougham[11] Tabernacle, New Jersey, United States Weather?
Sonny Carter  USA 1991 Astronaut Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 Brunswick, Georgia, United States Malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit. Senator John Tower also died in this crash.
Claudio Cassinelli  ITA 1985 entertainer: actor Bell 206B Page, Arizona, United States Rotor blades struck bridge due to pilot error and aircraft fell into canyon[12] during filming of Vendetta dal futuro
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington  USA 1948 sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy de Havilland Dove Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark  GRE 1937 royalty: Princess of Greece and Denmark Junkers Ju 52 Ostend, Belgium crashed into a factory chimney (Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash)
Carl Cederström  SWE 1918 Aviator Blériot XI[13] Gulf of Bothnia
Marcel Cerdan  FRA 1949 world boxing champion Lockheed Constellation São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal CFIT: mountain
Frank Charles  UK 1939 Motorcycle speedway rider Slingsby Petrel Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England died in gliding competition
Bill Chase  USA 1974 musician: trumpet player and band leader Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Jackson, Minnesota, United States Poor weather[14]
Néstor Chávez  VEN 1969 baseball player (MLB) Viasa Flight 742

Maracaibo, Venezuela

 struck power lines during take-off
Jorge Chávez  PER 1910 aviator Blériot XI[15] Domodossola, Italy inadequate repairs to aircraft
Prince Christoph of Hesse Nazi Germany GER 1943 royalty: Prince of Hesse Forlì, Italy
Camilo Cienfuegos  CUB 1959 military: Cuban revolutionary Cessna 310 Caribbean Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead
Juan de la Cierva  ESP 1936 inventor of the autogyro KLM Douglas DC-2 Croydon Air Port, England aircraft hit house after taking off in fog; Arvid Lindman also killed
Buddy Clark  USA 1949 entertainer and singer Cessna Los Angeles, United States Pilot error
Roberto Clemente  PRI 1972 baseball player (MLB) Douglas DC-7 off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico mechanical problems; overloaded plane
Patsy Cline  USA 1963 entertainer and country singer Piper Comanche[6] Camden, Tennessee, United States severe weather
Samuel Cody  USA 1913 Aviation pioneer and showman Cody Floatplane Farnborough, Hampshire, England Aircraft broke up at 200 ft, thrown out of aircraft
Bessie Coleman  USA 1926 aviator: first African-American woman pilot Curtiss JN-4 Jacksonville, Florida, United States Thrown from aircraft after controls jammed while she was riding as a passenger. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
Bob Collins  USA 2000 entertainer: WGN (AM) radio personality Zlín Z 42 Waukegan, Illinois, United States runway collision
George W. Collins  USA 1972 politician: US Representative from Illinois United Airlines Flight 553 Chicago, United States pilot error
Richard L. Conolly  USA 1962 United States Navy admiral American Airlines Flight 1 Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York, United States Loss of control at takeoff, due to autopilot malfunction caused by electrical short
Maurice Connolly  USA 1921 politician: former US Congressman from Iowa Curtiss Eagle Indian Head, Maryland, United States severe weather
Weldon B. Cooke  USA 1914 Aviator Wright aircraft Pueblo, Colorado, United States [16]
John Cooper  UK 1974 athlete: silver medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Ermenonville, France Cargo hatch failure and control cable failures
Cowboy Copas  USA 1963 entertainer and country music singer Piper Comanche Camden, Tennessee, United States severe weather
Frank Eugene Corder  USA 1994 Cessna 150 Washington, D.C., United States Intentionally crashed the stolen airplane on the White House lawn
Philippe Cousteau  FRA 1979 oceanographer PBY Catalina Lisbon, Portugal Nosed over during high speed water taxi
Jacquie de Creed  GBR 2011 Record breaking stunt performer Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Mont Age, France Crashed whilst flying through dense fog at low altitude[17][18][19]
Jim Croce  USA 1973 entertainer and singer Beechcraft Model 18 Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States collision with trees[20]
Hansie Cronje  RSA 2002 Cricket captain Hawker Siddeley HS 748 George, Western Cape, South Africa unserviceable navigational equipment
Albert Scott Crossfield  USA 2006 test pilot Cessna 210[21] Gordon County, Georgia, United States Aircraft broke up in thunderstorm; ATC error; Pilot error[21]
Vicki Cruse  USA 2009 stunt pilot Zivko Edge 540 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England Crashed during competition aerobatics. Aircraft failed to recover from a downwards snap roll manoeuvre, causing it to rotate until it struck the ground[22][23]
Carlos Cruz  DOM 1970 world boxing champion Dominicana DC-9 air disaster Punta Caucedo Mechanical failure
Rodney Culver  USA 1996 American football player: National Football League player ValuJet Flight 592 Florida Everglades, United States Fire in-flight
Bronson M. Cutting  USA 1935 politician: US Senator from New Mexico TWA Douglas DC-2 Atlanta, Missouri, United States bad weather
Adelino Amaro da Costa  PRT 1980 politician: Defense minister of Portugal Cessna 421[5] Loures, Portugal sabotage[5]
Marcel Dadi  FRA 1996 entertainer and musician TWA Flight 800 East Moriches, New York, United States (8 mi E) Mid-air explosion
Harold Evans Dahl  USA 1956 aviator during the Spanish Civil War Douglas DC-3 Canada severe weather
Steponas Darius  LTU 1933 aviator Lituanica Pszczelnik, Myślibórz County, Poland
Kenneth Davidson  UK 1954 cricketer Boeing 377 Prestwick, Scotland
Donny Davies  UK 1958 cricketer and journalist Munich air disaster Munich, WestGermany failure to take off
Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr.  UK 1946 test pilot de Havilland DH 108 Hoo Peninsula while carrying out high speed tests
John de Havilland  UK 1943 test pilot de Havilland Mosquito Hatfield, England mid-air collision
B. H. DeLay  USA 1923 stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation school owner the "Wasp" Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States substandard wing pins
Glen Dell  South Africa 2013 aviator Extra EA-300 Secunda, Mpumalanga crashed during an airshow[24]
John Denver  USA 1997 entertainer, singer, songwriter, actor Rutan Long-EZ Pacific Grove, California, United States aircraft unfamiliarity; faulty assembly (deviation from original design)
Alison Des Forges  USA 2009 investigator of human rights and an expert on the Rwandan genocide Colgan Air Flight 3407[25] Clarence Center, New York, United States Icing; pilot error
José Dolhem  FRA 1988 racing car driver Mitsubishi MU-2[26] Saint-Étienne, France
Georg Donatus  GER 1937 royalty: Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse Junkers Ju-52 Ostend, Belgium crashed into a factory chimney
Jane Dornacker  USA 1986 actress and radio station traffic reporter Enstrom F-28 New York City, United States Main rotor seizure due to improper maintenance. Dornacker was live on the air for WNBC (AM) at the time of the crash.
Randy Dorton  USA 2004 chief engine builder of Hendrick Motorsports Beechcraft Super King Air 200 Martinsville, Virginia, United States Pilot error. Several members of Hendrick family also died including Ricky Hendrick.
Drouin  FRA 1928 aviator: test pilot Couzinet 27 France Aircraft failure
Jessica Dubroff  USA 1996 aviator: 7-year-old aspiring pilot Cessna 177 Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States Aircraft lost control in thunderstorm; Deliberate take off because of media commitments; Pilot error
William Dyess  USA 1943 aviator: United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel Lockheed P-38 Lightning Burbank, California, United States Aircraft caught fire while on a training mission near highly populated Burbank, California. Instead of parachuting to safety, he remained at the controls and saved countless civilian lives by guiding it into a vacant lot.
Amelia Earhart  USA 1937 aviator: pioneer woman pilot Lockheed Model 10 Electra Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island Disappeared together with navigator Fred Noonan during global circumnavigation attempt, body never recovered, presumed dead.[N 2]
Beverly Eckert  USA 2009 activist: co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee Colgan Air Flight 3407[25] Clarence Center, New York, United States Icing; pilot error
Glen Edwards  USA 1948 test pilot, namesake of Edwards AFB Northrop YB-49 Edwards Air Force Base, United States aircraft broke apart
Richard E. Ellsworth  USA 1953 aviator: United States Air Force Brigadier General Convair B-36 Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador CFIT into a hill
Theodore Gordon Ellyson  USA 1928 became first American naval aviator in 1911 Loening OL-7[27] Chesapeake Bay
Eugene Ely  USA 1911 aviator: pioneer pilot in American naval aviation Curtiss Model D[28] Macon, Georgia, United States Crashed while pulling from a dive.
Robert Henry English  USA 1943 military: Rear-Admiral, Commander, Submarines, U.S. Pacific Fleet Pan Am Flight 1104 near Ukiah, California, United States pilot error
Harald Ertl  AUT 1982 racing car driver of Formula One cars Beechcraft Bonanza Niederweidbach, NW Giessen, Germany engine failure
Philip Don Estridge  USA 1985 project manager for IBM PC Delta Air Lines Flight 191[29] Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, United States Microburst-induced wind shear
William Evans  UK 1913 Cricketer Cody Floatplane Farnborough, Hampshire, England Aircraft broke up at 500 ft
John Fairey  UK 2009 Display pilot Percival Provost Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire, England
Igor Farkhutdinov  RUS 2003 politician: governor of Sakhalin Mil Mi-8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia pilot error
Fernandão  BRA 2014 footballer Helibras AS 350BA Aruanã River, 9 miles from Aruanã, Goiás under investigation
Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez  USA 1980 aviator: ace pilot in the Korean War Piper Geronimo Grand Bahama Island
Denys Finch Hatton  UK 1931 Game Hunter de Havilland Tiger Moth Voi, Kenya
Ron Flockhart  UK 1962 racing car driver: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner CAC Mustang Australia Lost control in cloud[6]
Cornelia Fort  USA 1943 first WAFS fatality Vultee BT-13 Valiant 10 miles south of Merkel, Texas, United States mid-air collision
James Stephen Fossett  USA 2007 entrepreneur: commodities trader American Champion Decathlon Sierra Nevada Mountains, United States pilot error following downdrafts resulting in CFIT
Jimmy Franklin  USA 2005 aviator: aerobatic pilot Waco UPF-7 Moose Jaw, Canada collision with Bobby Younkin
Winfried Freudenberg  GER 1989 Berlin Wall defectee Homemade balloon Zehlendorf, Berlin Cause of crash unknown, fell into a garden of a villa in an attempt to defect to West Berlin.
Reinhard Furrer  GER 1995 scientist and astronaut Messerschmitt Bf 108 Berlin lost control of aircraft
Yuri Gagarin  URS 1968 cosmonaut and the first man in space Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI[6] Kirzhach unknown
Sanjay Gandhi  IND 1980 son of Indira Gandhi Pitts S-2A Special Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi, India pilot error
Matthew Gannon  USA 1988 investigator: CIA Officer Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Terrorist bomb
John Garang  SUD 2005 politician: Vice President of Sudan Mil Mi-17
Carlos Gardel  ARG 1935 singer Ford Trimotor[30] Medellin, Colombia SACO Trimotor collided with a Trimotor of SCADTA while preparing for takeoff[30]
Tom Gastall  USA 1956 Major League Baseball player Ercoupe[31] Riviera Beach, Maryland
Harold Geiger  USA 1927 Army Major, aviation pioneer, namesake of Geiger Field Airco DH.4 Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania
Bruce Geller  USA 1978 producer and creator of Mission: Impossible Cessna Skymaster Santa Barbara, California Weather conditions
Edward Gent  UK 1948 High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya Avro York Northwood, London Northwood mid-air collision
Prince George, Duke of Kent  UK 1942 royalty: Duke of Kent Short Sunderland Scotland CFIT in bad weather
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai  AFG 1997 politician: prime minister of the anti-Taliban government Antonov An-32 Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
Stasys Girėnas  LTU 1933 aviator Lituanica Pszczelnik, Myślibórz County, Poland
Cecil Grace  UK 1910 aviator Short S.27 English Channel Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead
Rolls Gracie  BRA 1982 Martial artist: practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu hang glider Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil
Bill Graham  USA 1991 rock concert promoter Bell 206 Vallejo, California Flew into power lines
Richard E. Gray  USA 1982 aviator: test pilot Cessna T-37 Tweet Edwards Air Force Base
Keith Green  USA 1982 entertainer: contemporary Christian musician Cessna 414[5] Lindale, Texas aircraft overloaded[5]
Isaac Grünewald  SWE 1946 expressionist painter, modernist Junkers Ju 52[32] Oslo, Norway
Michael Grzimek  GER 1959 zoologist Dornier Do 27 Serengeti, Tanzania collision with vulture
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten  SWE 1947 royalty: Hereditary Prince of Sweden Douglas DC-3 Kastrup, Denmark Locked elevator, pilot error
Werner Haas  GER 1956 Motorcycle racer Jodel D9 Bebe near Neuburg/Donau, Germany [33]
Juvénal Habyarimana  RWA 1994 politician: President of Rwanda Dassault Falcon 50 Kigali, Rwanda Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira and 10 others also killed
A. P. Hamann  USA 1977 City Manager of San Jose, California Tenerife disaster Canary Islands, Spain Airplane collision
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood  UK 1932 Soldier and politician Junkers F13 Meopham, Kent, United Kingdom Structural failure
Dag Hammarskjöld  SWE 1961 Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953–1961 Douglas DC-6B Ndola, Zambia
Wal Handley  UK 1941 motorcycle racer Bell P-39 Airacobra Kirkbampton, Cumberland, England
Jim Hardin  USA 1991 Major League Baseball player Beechcraft Bonanza Key West, Florida Propeller failure
Matthew Harding  UK 1996 Vice-Chairman of Chelsea Football Club Aerospatiale AS355 F1 Squirrel Middlewich, Cheshire, England Pilot error[34]
Raymond Harries  UK 1950 Second world war fighter ace Gloster Meteor Near Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Barbara Jane Harrison  UK 1968 Air stewardess Boeing 707 Heathrow Airport, London Awarded George Cross for her actions during the fire that befell BOAC Flight 712
Harry Hawker  AUS 1921 aviator: pioneer and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft Nieuport Goshawk Hendon Aerodrome, Hendon, north London, England Distraction of a hemorrhage while in flight cause a crash.
Hawkshaw Hawkins  USA 1963 entertainer: country music singer Piper Comanche[6] Camden, Tennessee crashed in bad weather
John Heinz  USA 1991 politician:US Senator from Pennsylvania Piper Aerostar Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania Mid-air collision with Bell 412[35]
Cheryll Heinze  USA 2012 politician: state legislator from Alaska Cessna 206 in Beluga Lake, Alaska near Homer Airport plane flipped upon landing
Brenda Hean  AUS 1972 Environmental activist de Havilland Tiger Moth en route from Tasmania to Canberra vanished
Mack Hellings  USA 1951 racing driver Piper PA-20 Pacer[36] Kern County, California
Ricky Hendrick  USA 2004 racing driver, son of Rick Hendrick and owner of Hendrick Motorsports Beechcraft Super King Air 200 Martinsville, Virginia Pilot error. Several members of Hendrick family also died. Randy Dorton also died the crash.
Bonny Hicks  SIN 1997 model, writer SilkAir Flight 185; Boeing 737 Palembang, Indonesia Crashed during in-flight
James DeWitt Hill  USA 1927 Aviator Old Glory North Atlantic Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy.
Graham Hill  UK 1975 F1 racing driver Piper PA 23-250 Turbo-Aztec Near Arkley golf course, North London Hit trees when coming in to land due to fog.[37]
Ployer Peter Hill  USA 1935 test-pilot Boeing Model 299 Wright Field, Ohio Failure to remove gust locks before flight. Les Tower also died in this crash.
Larry Hillblom  USA 1995 business executive, founder of DHL Express Republic RC-3 Seabee Saipan Disappeared[38][39]
John Stuart Hindmarsh  UK 1938 racecar driver and aviator, Le Mans 24 Hours winner Hawker Hurricane Brooklands
Bert Hinkler  AUS 1933 aviator de Havilland Puss Moth Pratomagno Alps in Italy
Steve Hislop  UK 2003 Motorcycle racer: Isle of Man TT winner Robinson R44 Hawick, Scotland Crashed after the main rotor struck the tailboom, causing it to detach, probably caused by excessively low rotor RPM[40]
Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.  USA 1944 polo player North American P-51 Mustang Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Al Holbert  USA 1988 Racing driver: 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Piper Aerostar 601P[5] Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio lost control after take off with one half of two-part entry door open[5][41]
Buddy Holly  USA 1959 singer-songwriter Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, IA Pilot error (VFR into IMC)
James Horner  USA 2015 film score composer Short Tucano Los Padres National Forest, California Under investigation[42]
Ken Hubbs  USA 1964 Major League Baseball player Cessna 172[6] Provo, Utah VFR flight in Instrument meteorological conditions
Gary Hubler  USA 2007 aviator and aircraft racer modified Tuttle Cassutt IIIM Reno, Nevada Collision with another airplane during the Reno Air Races Formula One race
Jorge Ibargüengoitia  MEX 1983 novelist and playwright Avianca Flight 011[5] Madrid, Spain Improper navigation during approach
Pedro Infante  MEX 1957 entertainer: singer and actor Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Guy Jackson  IRE 1972 tennis player British European Airways Flight 548[43] Staines-upon-Thames, England pilot error
Anna Jantar  POL 1980 entertainer: singer LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007[5] Warsaw, Poland Struck trees during landing go around
Jayan  IND 1980 entertainer: Malayalam film actor helicopter Sholavaram, Tamil Nadu accident whilst performing a film stunt.
Paul Jeffreys  UK 1988 musician Pan Am Flight 103[5] Lockerbie, Scotland terrorism
Amy Johnson  UK 1941 aviator: pioneer woman pilot Airspeed Oxford Thames Estuary Official reason Out of fuel. However, in 1999 it was reported that Tom Mitchell, from Crowborough, Sussex, claimed to have shot the heroine down when she twice failed to give the correct identification code during the flight.
Jed Johnson  USA 1996 designer TWA Flight 800 East Moriches, New York (8 mi E) Mid-air explosion
Martin Johnson  USA 1937 adventurer and film producer Western Air Express Flight 7 near Saugus, California CFIT into mountainous terrain
Ralph Johnstone  USA 1910 Aviator. First American pilot fatality. He was the first of the Wright Flying Team to die. Wright Model B Denver, Colorado Crashed on November 17, 1910
Cal Jones  USA 1956 Football player, winner of the 1955 Outland Trophy Trans Canada Air flight 810 Mount Slesse, British Columbia, Canada Crash
Gunnar Källén  SWE 1968 theoretical physicist, professor Cessna[44] Hanover, Germany private plane
Paris Kanellakis  GRE 1995 computer scientist, professor American Airlines Flight 965 Buga, Colombia Navigational errors by flight crew
William Kapell  USA 1953 Classical pianist BCPA Flight 304 near Woodside, California CFIT into mountainous terrain
William Kirk Kaynor  USA 1929 US Congressman from Massachusetts Fokker F.VII[45] Bolling Field near Washington, D.C.
George E. M. Kelly  USA 1911 Second American pilot killed after Ralph Johnstone. Second military aircraft death after Thomas Selfridge. Curtiss Model D San Antonio, Texas Aviator. Crashed from broken strut. Second American military death after Selfridge was killed as passenger
Byron Kennedy  AUS 1983 Film director Bell 206B JetRanger Warragamba Dam, New South Wales, Australia Helicopter was flying at 10 foot when it hit the water with the rear of the skids when it attempted to climb, pilot error.
John F. Kennedy, Jr.  USA 1999 son of John F. Kennedy Piper PA-32R Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard pilot error
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.  USA 1944 older brother of John F. Kennedy Consolidated B-24 Liberator modified as a flying bomb near Blythburgh, Suffolk, England Killed on a combat flight during Operation Aphrodite
Dorjee Khandu  IND 2011 Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Eurocopter Lobotang, Arunachal Pradesh, India Poor Condition of the Helicopter.
Florence Klingensmith  USA 1933 Aviator Gee Bee Model Y Senior Sportster INational Air Races, Chicago, Illinois Parachute fouled in fusalage during bail out after plane started breaking up.
Mineichi Koga  JPN 1944 Japanese admiral, Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet Kawanishi H8K Philippine Sea between Davao and Palau Aircraft disappeared in typhoon
Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr.  USA 1958 Korean War ace pilot and test pilot Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Edwards Air Force Base
Charles Kingsford Smith  AUS 1935 Australian air pioneer Lockheed Altair Andaman Sea Disappeared during an England to Australia record flight attempt, body never recovered, presumed dead.
Nile Kinnick  USA 1943 American football player; winner of the 1939 Heisman Trophy Grumman F4F Wildcat Caribbean Training accident
Antony Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth  UK 1933 Politician Hawker Hart RAF Hendon
Giannos Kranidiotis  GRE 1999 Greek diplomat and politician. Dassault Falcon 900 Romania
Robert Kronfeld  AUT 1948 Gliding champion and test pilot General Aircraft GAL.56 Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Alan Kulwicki  USA 1993 NASCAR driver Fairchild Merlin IIIC Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee Engine failure due to ice accumulation[46]
Wendell Ladner  USA 1975 ABA basketball player Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York Windshear
Joseph LaMotta  USA 1998 noted chef, son of Jake LaMotta Swissair Flight 111 Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment system
Lanet  FRA 1928 aviator: test pilot Couzinet 27 France Aircraft failure
Jimmy Leeward  USA 2011 air racer and stunt pilot North American P-51 Mustang (aka The Galloping Ghost) Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada under investigation: see 2011 Reno Air Races crash
Eugène Lefebvre  FRA 1909 Aviator. First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash after Thomas Selfridge. Wright Model A Reims, France Crashed from 20 feet
Raymonde de Laroche  FRA 1919 first woman to earn a pilot's license experimental Caudron Le Crotoy, France
Guadalupe Larriva  ECU 2007 Defence minister of Ecuador Aérospatiale Gazelle Manta Air Base, Ecuador collision with another Gazelle during a night training flight
Alexander Lebed  RUS 2002 Russian politician, governor of Krasnoyarsk Mil Mi-8 Yermakovsky District, Russia pilot error, foggy weather
Mickey Leland  USA 1989 US Congressman from Texas de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[5] Gambela Region, Ethiopia[47]
Tony Lema  USA 1966 champion golfer Beechcraft Twin Bonanza[6] near Munster, Indiana fuel starvation
Léon Lemartin  FRA 1911 Aviator. Died in Paris to London air race Bleriot XI Paris, France Crashed on 18 June 1911
Léon Letort  FRA 1913 Aviator. Died in Paris-Bordeaux-Paris air race Bleriot XI Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire aerodrome Crashed on 10 December 1913
Jim LeRoy  USA 2007 Stunt Performer Bulldog Airshows Pitts Special Dayton International Airport Failed recovery during airshow maneuver
Daniel Lewin  USA 2001 Founder and CTO of Akamai American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York, NY Stabbed during hijacking
Cory Lidle  USA 2006 Major League Baseball player Cirrus SR20 New York, NY Pilot error; CFIT
Roy Liggett  USA 1933 aviator Cessna CR-2 Chicago, Illinois[48] Cowling detached and sliced through wing during air race.[49]
Otto Lilienthal Germany GER 1896 glider pioneer Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat Stölln, Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany Wing stall
Lin Biao  PRC 1971 military commander Hawker Siddeley Trident Öndörkhaan, Mongolia fleeing a coup attempt
Arvid Lindman  SWE 1936 Prime Minister of Sweden 1906–1911 and 1928–1930 KLM Douglas DC-2 Croydon Air Port, South London aircraft hit house after taking off in fog; Juan de la Cierva also killed
Jerry Litton  USA 1976 U.S. Representative from Missouri Beechcraft Baron Chillicothe, Missouri Engine failure during takeoff
Ormer Locklear  USA 1920 aerobatic and stunt performer Los Angeles, California during filming of The Skywayman.
Alfred Lowenstein  BEL 1928 Belgian entrepreneur and financier Fokker F.VII Fell from his plane over the English Channel
Carole Lombard  USA 1942 actress TWA Flight 3
Douglas DC-3		 Mount Potosi, Nevada, United States CFIT
Einar Lundborg  SWE 1931 aviator Svenska Aero Jaktfalken Malmslätt, Sweden test flight
Ernest Lundeen  USA 1940 US Senator from Minnesota Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 19 Lovettsville, Virginia lightning strike
Pam Lychner  USA 1996 real estate agent & sex offender activist TWA Flight 800 Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York Mid-air explosion
Nancy Lynn  USA 2006 aerobatic pilot and flight instructor Extra EA-300 Culpeper Regional Airport, Culpeper, Virginia Disorientation while performing an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in the airplane's inadvertent impact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's overuse of prescription medication.[50]
Muhammadu Maccido  NGA 2006 The 19th Sultan of Sokoto ADC Airlines Flight 53; Boeing 737 Abuja, Nigeria cause disputed
Samora Machel  MOZ 1986 President of Mozambique Tupolev Tu-134 Komatipoort, South Africa CFIT during an instrument approach[51]
Elsie Mackay  GB 1928 Socialite and Trans-Atlantic pioneer, Stinson Detroiter Mid-Atlantic Disappeared without trace over the Atlantic[52]
Alejandro Maclean  ESP 2010 stunt pilot, Red Bull Air Race competitor Edge 540[53] Casarrubios del Monte, Province of Toledo Crashed into the ground during stunt routine[54]
Mitsuyasu Maeno  JPN 1976 Erotic film actor Piper Cherokee Setagaya, Tokyo CFIT into a house during a kamikaze attack
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.  USA 1941 Aviator and poet Supermarine Spitfire V AD291 Roxholm, England Collision with an Airspeed Oxford
Ramón Magsaysay  PHL 1957 President of the Philippines Presidential plane crash: "Mt. Pinatubo" Mount Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines
Jonathan Mann  USA 1998 AIDS researcher and WHO official Swissair Flight 111 Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment system
Paul Mantz  USA 1965 racing and stunt pilot Phoenix P-1[6] Winterhaven, California during filming of The Flight of the Phoenix
Rocky Marciano  USA 1969 former world boxing champion Cessna 172[6] Newton, Iowa not qualified to fly on instruments[6]
Christophe de Margerie  FRA 2014 businessman, CEO of Total S.A. Dassault Falcon 50 Moscow, Russia ground collision; see 2014 Falcon 50 Vnukovo ground collision
Dean Paul Martin  USA 1987 actor, singer and son of Dean Martin McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[5] San Bernardino Mountains. California During maneuvers with his Air Force Reserve unit[5]
Eduardo Mata  MEX 1995 Mexican orchestra conductor and composer. Piper Aerostar Toluca, Mexico Aircraft crashed after entering a stall while attempting emergency landing[55]
Enrico Mattei  ITA 1962 President of Eni Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris Bascapè, Italy Crashed during stormy weather on approach to the Linate Airport. Unsubstantiated reports of a bomb explosion.[56]
Joseph C. McConnell  USA 1954 Korean War ace pilot F-86H Sabre Edwards Air Force Base control malfunction attributed to a missing bolt
James McCudden  UK 1918 World War I fighter ace Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Auxi-le-Château, France Engine malfunction on takeoff
Larry McDonald  USA 1983 Congressman from Georgia Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Near Moneron Island, Soviet Union Shot down by Soviet air force
Jack McGee  USA 1918 Aviator Gallaudette Hydroplane Greenwich Bay Pontoon dipped into the water, causing his plane to topple into the water where he drowned.[57]
Colin McRae  UK 2007 Scottish rally driver Eurocopter AS350 Lanark, Scotland Pilot error[58][59]
Alan P. Merriam  USA 1980 ethnomusicologist LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 Warsaw, Poland
Eve Meyer  USA 1977 actress, Playboy Centerfold June 1955 Tenerife disaster; Boeing 747-100 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain runway collision
George S. Mickelson  USA 1993 Governor of South Dakota Mitsubishi MU-2 Dubuque, Iowa
Glenn Miller  USA 1944 musician: Big Band leader Noorduyn Norseman English Channel Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead
Vittorio Missoni  ITA 2013 CEO of Missoni Transaereo 5074 Los Roques, Venezuela Unknow, under investigation
John Purroy Mitchell  USA 1918 former Mayor of New York City Lake Charles, Louisiana Fell from airplane from not wearing a seatbelt
William A. Moffett  USA 1933 U.S. Navy rear admiral USS Akron (ZRS-4) Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey Dirigible crashed and sank in storm
Emilio Mola ESP 1937 Spanish Nationalist General Airspeed Envoy Spain Flew into mountain
Werner Mölders Nazi Germany GER 1941 Leading Luftwaffe fighter ace Heinkel He 111 Breslau, Germany Passenger aboard aircraft that crashed while landing in thunderstorm
Grace Moore  USA 1947 opera singer Douglas DC-3 Kastrup, Denmark Locked elevator, pilot error
Joaquín García Morato 23x15px ESP 1939 Top fighter ace of Spanish Civil War Fiat CR.32 Spain Crashed during low-level aerobatic demonstration for newsreel cameras
Paul Morgan  UK 2001 British racing car engineer and co-founder of Ilmor Engineering Hawker Sea Fury Sywell overturned on landing
DeLesseps Story Morrison  USA 1964 former Mayor of New Orleans Piper PA-23 Registration: N5211Y Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Vic Morrow  USA 1982 actor Bell UH-1 Iroquois[5] Ventura County, California, between Santa Clarita and Piru Helicopter crashed on top of him after special effects explosion damaged its tail rotor during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie[5]
Edward Moss  USA 1964 aide of senator Ted Kennedy Aero Commander 680 Southampton, Massachusetts
Juan Camilo Mouriño  MEX 2008 Mexican Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) Learjet 45 Mexico City, Mexico
Camille Muffat  FRA 2015 swimmer; Olympic gold medalist Eurocopter AS350 Villa Castelli, Argentina collided in mid-air; see Villa Castelli helicopter collision
Kuniko Mukoda  JPN 1981 Japanese writer, mainly television drama Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 94 miles (151 km) south of Taipei, Taiwan Fuselage structure failure caused by corrosion
Thurman Munson  USA 1979 Major League Baseball player Cessna Citation I/SP Akron, Ohio
Audie Murphy  USA 1971 Medal of Honor Recipient and Actor Aero Commander 680 Catawba, Virginia FIT – Continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions.[60]
Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu  TUR 2009 harpist Air France Flight 447 Atlantic Ocean Unknown; Under investigation
Ricky Nelson  USA 1985 actor and singer Douglas DC-3[5] Near De Kalb, Texas Aircraft struck trees and utility poles during attempted emergency landing prompted by dense smoke in cabin[N 3][61][62]
Gerda Neumann  DEN 1947 singer and actress Douglas DC-3 Kastrup, Denmark Locked elevator, pilot error
Ginette Neveu  FRA 1949 French classical violinist Lockheed Constellation São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal CFIT: mountain
Fred Noonan  USA 1937 Pioneering flight navigator Lockheed Model 10 Electra Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island Disappeared together with pilot Amelia Earhart during global circumnavigation attempt. Body never recovered, presumed dead.[N 2]
Grant Notley  CAN 1984 politician: leader of the opposition in Alberta Piper Navajo Chieftain High Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Cyprien Ntaryamira  BDI 1994 President of Burundi Dassault Falcon 50 Kigali, Rwanda Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and 10 others also killed
Grady Nutt  USA 1982 Minister and Christian comedian (Hee Haw) Beechcraft Baron 55 Cullman, Alabama cause of crash undetermined, weather (fog and rain) considered factors/>
Donald Nutter  USA 1962 Governor of Montana Douglas C-47 Skytrain[6] Wolf Creek, Montana crashed during snow storm[6]
Charles Nungesser  FRA 1927 World War I flying ace Levasseur PL.8 North Atlantic Ocean Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead
Barbara Olson  USA 2001 lawyer and commentator American Airlines Flight 77 The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia hijacking
Rudy Ortiz  GUA 2014 military officer, head of the military Bell 206 El Aguacate, Nentón, Huehuetenango Department
Rafael Osuna  MEX 1969 Mexican tennis player Boeing 727[6] Salinas Victoria, Mexico hit mountain during approach to land[6]
Renny Ottolina  VEN 1978 Venezuelan TV producer and entertainer Cessna 310[63] Maiquetía, Venezuela Disappeared. Ottolina was a Venuezulan Presidential Candidate at the time.
Carlos Pace  BRA 1977 Formula One driver Piper Mairiporã CFIT, weather-related
Kyung-won Park  Korea 1933 One of earliest Korean female aviators Salmson 2A2[64] Hakone, Japan Fog
Al Passarell  CAN 1986 Canadian politician DeHavilland Beaver[21] near Dease Lake, British Columbia passenger in float-equipped DHC Beaver that crashed in lake during attempt to land in glassy water conditions
Prince Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza  BRA -  BEL 2009 Third in succession to the now extinguished throne of Brazil Air France Flight 447 Atlantic Ocean Pitot tube icing; pilots, confused by inconsistent air data, stalled the aircraft
John Olof Persson  SWE 1989 Mayor of Stockholm 1973–1976 and 1979–1986 Beechcraft Model 99[65] Oskarshamn, Sweden Crash info in Swedish[66]
Vladimir Pettay  RUS 2011 Russian international football referee RusAir Flight 9605 Republic of Karelia, Russia Controlled flight into terrain
Jerry Pettis  USA 1975 Representative from California Beech Bonanza Banning, California Flew into obscured pass at low altitude.
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier  FRA 1785 Hot air ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon Wimille Crashed in an attempt to fly across the English Channel
Percy Pilcher  UK 1899 inventor and aviation pioneer Glider The Hawk Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England Structural failure; tail detached from glider
Lionel Poilâne  FRA 2002 French baker and entrepreneur Agusta A109[21] off Cancale crashed in sea during attempt to land on island off the coast in fog[21]
Wiley Post  USA 1935 aviation pioneer Modified Lockheed Model 9 Orion Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska Engine Failure. Killed in same crash with Will Rogers
Francis Gary Powers  USA 1977 1960 U-2 incident pilot Modified Bell 206 Jet-Ranger (KNBC News Helicopter) Los Angeles, CA Pilot error; Fuel starvation.
David Purley  UK 1985 Formula One driver Pitts Special The sea off Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England
Harald Quandt  GER 1967 industrialist Beechcraft King Air[67] Italy
Edson Queiroz  BRA 1982 Brazilian entrepreneur VASP Flight 168 Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil
Harriet Quimby  USA 1912 First licensed female pilot in the U.S. Blériot two seater[68] Squantum, Massachusetts Fell from airplane from not wearing a seatbelt
Maria Radner  GER 2015 Contralto singer Germanwings Flight 9525 Prads-Haute-Bléone, France Deliberate flight into terrain
Ralph Rainger  USA 1942 Composer and songwriter Douglas DC-3 - American Airlines Flight 28 Chino Canyon, Riverside County, California, United States Mid-air collision
Ángel Rama  URU 1983 Writer, academic, and literary critic Avianca Flight 011, Boeing 747 near Madrid, Spain Controlled flight into terrain
Lotario Rangoni  ITA 1942 Italian racing driver Pistoia, Italy
Otis Redding  USA 1967 singer-songwriter Beechcraft Model 18[6] Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy  IND 2009 Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India Bell 430 Nallamala, India
Jim Reeves  USA 1964 country music singer Beechcraft Debonair[6] Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
Bo Rein  USA 1980 LSU Tigers college football coach Cessna 441[5] Atlantic Ocean near Norfolk, Virginia Plane veered well off course, ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Speculated loss of cabin pressure incapacitated Rein and pilot Lewis F. Benscotter.
Lance Reventlow  USA 1972 entrepreneur and racecar driver Cessna 206 Aspen, Colorado attempted to fly into a blind canyon and stalled the aircraft while trying to turn around.[69]
Randy Rhoads  USA 1982 Guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza[5] Leesburg, Florida crashed after wing clipped Ozzy Osbourne's tour bus during ultra-low-level fly-by[5]
J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson  USA 1959 singer, songwriter, disc jockey Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, IA Pilot error (VFR into IMC).
Vincent Crane Richmond  UK 1930 Airship designer Royal Airship Works R101 Beauvais, France
Jack Ridley  USA 1957 test pilot Douglas C-47 Tokyo, Japan crashed into a snow-covered mountainside
Jenni Rivera  USA 2012 Mexican American singer Learjet 25 Nuevo Leon, Mexico exact cause of the crash could not be determined and the investigation was closed
William B. Robertson  USA 1943 aviator: co-founder of Lambert Field and Robertson Aircraft Corporation, Missouri Air National Guard commander Waco CG-4A-RO[N 1] Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Loss of right-hand wing due to wing strut fitting failure during demonstration flight;[8] St. Louis mayor William D. Becker also dies in this accident[9]
Jesse Robredo  PHI 2012 Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Piper PA-34 Seneca Waters near Masbate, Philippines Engine Failure
Knute Rockne  NOR 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach TWA Flight 599 Bazaar, Kansas, United States Structure failure of wing
Calbraith Perry Rodgers  USA 1912 aviator, made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. Wright "Vin Fiz Flyer" Long Beach, California Bird strike over water
Stan Rogers  CAN 1983 Canadian singer Air Canada Flight 797 Boone County, KY In-flight fire. Made emergency landing in Cincinnati Airport.
Will Rogers  USA 1935 actor, humorist, singer Modified Lockheed Model 9 Orion Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska Engine Failure. Killed in same crash with Wiley Post
Jaime Roldós Aguilera  ECU 1981 President of Ecuador Beechcraft Super King Air[5] Ecuador flew into mountain
Charles Rolls  UK 1910 Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce Motors Modified Short-Wright Flyer Bournemouth, England Tail structural failure.
Hillevi Rombin  SWE 1996 Miss Universe 1955, national decathlon Beechcraft Musketeer C-23[70] California, United States engine failure caused by improper maintenance.
Marie Rossi  USA 1991 First female combat commander (US) Boeing CH-47 Chinook Northern Saudi Arabia Collision with microwave tower
Constantin Rozanoff  FRA 1954 World War II ace and test pilot Dassault Mystère IV Melun, France electrical problems
Edvard Rusjan  SVN 1911 first Slovene aviator, aircraft constructor Belgrade, Serbia
Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford  UK 1937 Royalty and record-setting aviatrix de Havilland DH.60 Moth Major North Sea, off Great Yarmouth, England Body never recovered
Thierry Sabine  FRA 1986 Paris-Dakar rally founder. Aérospatiale AS350 Ecureuil Mali CFIT during a sandstorm, with Daniel Balavoine when crashed
Francisco Sá Carneiro  PRT 1980 Prime Minister of Portugal Cessna 421[5] Camarate, Loures, district of Lisbon, Portugal sabotage[5]
George Saitoti  KEN 2012 Kenyan politician and Internal Security Minister Helicopter Near Nairobi, Kenya Not known[71]
Kyu Sakamoto  JPN 1985 singer Japan Airlines Flight 123 Mount Osutaka, Japan Maintenance error due to structural failure and hydraulic loss
William Sample  USA 1945 U.S. Navy rear admiral Martin PBM Mariner near Wakayama, Japan Wreckage and bodies not found for more than 37 months after crash
Pablo Santos  MEX 2006 Mexican actor Piper PA-46 Toluca, Mexico
Richard C. Saufley  USA 1916 U.S. Navy aviation pioneer, altitude and endurance record holder Curtiss Model E Santa Rosa Island, Florida Crashed at 8-hour-51-minute mark of attempt to break own flight endurance record
Madhavrao Scindia  IND 2001 Indian politician Cessna C-90 Bhogaon, India Engine Fire
Eddie August Schneider  USA 1940 transcontinental record holder Piper J-3 Floyd Bennett Field, New York mid air collision
Art Scholl  USA 1985 aerobatic and stunt performer Pitts Special Near Carlsbad, California Failed to recover from inverted spin during filming of Top Gun[72]
Philippa Schuyler  USA 1967 musician helicopter Da Nang, Vietnam pilot error
Elliot See  USA 1966 astronaut Northrop T-38 Talon[6] St. Louis, Missouri with Charles Bassett; 1966 NASA T-38 crash
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry  FRA 1944 French writer and aviator Lockheed F-5 Lightning Mediterranean Sea south of Marseille Crashed at sea, cause undetermined[N 4]
Thomas Selfridge  USA 1908 First powered airplane fatality. First military aviation fatality. First passenger fatality. Namesake of Selfridge Field. Wright Model A Fort Myer, Arlington County, VA Right propeller failure. U.S. Army Signal Corp contract acceptance trial flight piloted by Orville Wright, who was seriously injured.[73]
Wilbur Shaw  USA 1954 three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Cessna Decatur, Indiana weather
Shin Ki-ha  KOR 1997 four term lawmaker and parliamentary leader Korean Air Flight 801[74][75] Nimitz Hill, Guam Improperly navigated approach
Larry Shue  USA 1985 playwright Beechcraft Model 99[5] Grottoes Grove, Virginia hit mountain during approach to land[5]
Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth  UK 1940 Racing driver, aviator and collector Fairey Battle Near RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, England Flew into hill during solo night flying exercise
Władysław Sikorski  POL 1943 Prime Minister of Poland Consolidated Liberator II Sea near Gibraltar
Larkin I. Smith  USA 1989 Congressman from Mississippi Cessna 177RG[5] Janice, Mississippi In flight loss of control by the Non-Instrument rated pilot after encountering Instrument meteorological conditions resulting in the airplane spiraling into a wooded area.[76]
Art Smith  USA 1926 Aviator Curtiss Carrier Pigeon[77] Montpelier, Ohio [78]
Samantha Smith  USA 1985 young activist Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 Auburn, Maine Improper execution of instrument approach – Failed to initiate timely go-around[79]
Robert Smithson  USA 1973 Land art artist Beechcraft Baron Amarillo, Texas pilot error
Earl Snell  USA 1947 Governor of Oregon Beech Bonanza Lakeview, Oregon weather
Jason Somes  USA 2007 aviator and aircraft racer Deluca-Owl OR-71 Reno, Nevada Collision with another airplane during the Reno Air Races Formula One race
Soundarya  IND 2004 Kannada film actress, Kannada and Tamil actress Cessna 180[21] Bangalore, India aircraft crashed after take off[21]
Laurence Steinhardt  USA 1950 United States Ambassador to Canada Douglas C-47 Skytrain Ramsayville near Ottawa, Canada
Ted Stevens  USA 2010 former U.S. Senator de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (DHC-3T turbine conversion) Dillingham, Alaska Cause undetermined. Former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe survived this crash.
Payne Stewart  USA 1999 champion golfer Learjet 35 Mina, SD (crash site). Location at time of death undetermined. Hypoxia. Bruce Borland also died in this plane crash.
Joseph Warren Stilwell, Jr.  USA 1966 Brigiadier-General United States Army Douglas C-47 Skytrain Pacific Ocean en route San Francisco – Honolulu Body never recovered, presumed dead. Aircraft failed to arrive in Honolulu
Graeme "Shirley" Strachan  AUS 2001 singer, Skyhooks Bell 47[21] near Kilcoy, Queensland flew into mountain in turbulence[21]
Erik Strandmark  SWE 1963 actor Cessna Skywagon[80] Trinidad and Tobago
Jud Strunk  USA 1981 singer, songwriter, comedian Fairchild PT-19 Carrabassett Valley, Maine Incapacitation – Pilot suffered heart attack during takeoff phase of flight[81]
Haris Suleman  USA 2014 Record attempt to become the youngest pilot to fly around the world in 30 days Beechcraft A36 Bonanza Pacific Ocean, near Pago Pago Crashing in the sea.[82][83]
Thaddeus C. Sweet  USA 1928 U.S. Congressman from New York. An Army observation plane Whitney Point, New York
Frank Swift  UK 1958 goalkeeper, Manchester City and England, journalist Munich air disaster Munich-Riem Airport, Germany Slushy runway conditions
Frank Tallman  USA 1978 stuntman Piper PA-23, Aztec Trabuco Canyon, California CFIT – Continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions[84]
Ganapathi Thanikaimoni  IND 1986 Palynologist Pan Am Flight 73 Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan Murdered on the ground by terrorists who hijacked the plane
Jacques Thibaud  FRA 1953 French classical violinist Lockheed Constellation Nice, France CFIT
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson  UK 1930 British Secretary of State for Air R101 disaster Beauvais, France Weather-related
June Thorburn  UK 1967 English actress Iberia Airlines Flight 062
(Sud Caravelle)		 Blackdown, Sussex, England CFIT
Melanie Thornton  USA 2001 singer, member of La Bouche Crossair Flight 3597 Bassersdorf, Switzerland Deliberate descent below minimum descent altitude (Decision Height) without having the required visual contact to the approach lights or the runway.[85]
Enoch Thulin  SWE 1919 aeronautics industry leader, founder of AB Thulinverken Thulin K[86] Landskrona, Sweden Structural failure
Morris Maxey Titterington  USA 1928 aviator and engineer Travel Air Snyders, Pennsylvania, United States Flew into mountain in bad weather
Mike Todd  USA 1958 film producer Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar Grants, New Mexico Icing
Fritz Todt Nazi Germany GER 1942 Nazi official Junkers Ju 52 Rastenburg, Germany Crashed after take-off
Rick Tolley  USA 1970 Marshall University football head coach Southern Airways Flight 932 Huntington, West Virginia Descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment.[87]
Peter Tomarken  USA 2006 former game show host, Press Your Luck Beechcraft Beechcraft A36 Bonanza[21] Santa Monica Bay engine failure after take off, due to maintenance error[21]
Omar Torrijos  PAN 1981 Leader of the Panamanian Revolution (President) de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Marta Hill, Coclesito, near Coclé province, Panama Panamanian Air Force FAP-205 crash
John Tower  USA 1991 former US Senator from Texas Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 Brunswick, GA Malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit.
Les Tower  USA 1935 Boeing chief test pilot Boeing Model 299 Wright Field, Ohio Failure to remove gust locks before flight
Boris Trajkovski  MKD 2004 President of the Republic of Macedonia Beechcraft 200 Super King Air[21] near Mostar aircraft flew into mountain during approach to land in poor weather[21]
Robert F. Travis  USA 1950 Brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; commander of USAAF 41st Bombardment Wing during World War II USAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, Fairfield, California Attempted emergency landing due to runaway propellers and landing gear problems; 18 others killed in crash and massive post-crash explosion[88]
Gennady Troshev  RUS 2008 military commander Boeing 737 Perm, Russia pilot error, see Aeroflot Flight 821
Curtis Turner  USA 1970 NASCAR driver Aero Commander 500 Registration: N701X Mahaffey, Pennsylvania Engine failure on approach resulted in spin and subsequent crash, Pilot impairment due to alcohol ingestion[89]
Charles Ulm  AUS 1934 Australian air pioneer, made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia Airspeed Envoy Pacific Ocean Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Was flying between mainland USA and Hawaii during US – Australia record flight attempt
Ritchie Valens  USA 1959 singer Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, IA Pilot error (VFR into IMC).
Nick Vanos  USA 1987 NBA player for the Phoenix Suns Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Flightcrew failed to deploy flaps/slats prior to takeoff resulting in stall[90]
Alexis Vastine  FRA 2015 boxer Eurocopter AS350 Villa Castelli, Argentina collided in mid-air; see Villa Castelli helicopter collision
Stevie Ray Vaughan  USA 1990 guitarist and singer Bell 206B JetRanger Registration: N16933 Elkhorn, Wisconsin Impact with hillside during fog/inclement weather[91]
Aurel Vlaicu  ROM 1913 engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot Vlaicu-2 Câmpina, Romania Attempt to be the first to cross the Carpathian Mountains in flight
Lothar von Richthofen Germany GER 1922 World War One ace pilot LVG C.VI Fuhlsbüttel, Germany
Joseph A. Walker  USA 1966 test pilot Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Barstow, California Collided with North American XB-70 Valkyrie in a tight group formation for a publicity photo
John T. Walton  USA 2005 son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton CGS Hawk Arrow[21] Jackson Hole, Wyoming control failure due to maintenance error[21]
George Welch  USA 1954 American World War II Pearl Harbor and test pilot North American F-100 Super Sabre Edwards AFB demonstration flight
Paul Wellstone  USA 2002 US Senator from Minnesota Beechcraft A100 King Air[21] Eveleth, Minnesota aircraft stalled and crashed during approach to land in snow[21]
Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam  UK 1948 8th Earl FitzWilliam de Havilland Dove France
Oscar Westover  USA 1938 Major General, Chief of the United States Army Air Corps Northrop A-17AS Burbank, California aircraft crashed in crosswind short of runway on landing approach
Walther Wever Nazi Germany GER 1936 Generalleutnant, Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff Heinkel He 70 Dresden, Germany aircraft crashed on takeoff due to maintenance error
Prince William of Gloucester  UK 1972 Royalty Piper PA-28R Arrow near Wolverhampton Airport, England aircraft he was piloting crashed immediately after take-off while he was participating in Goodyear Trophy Air Race[92][93]
Ernest Willows  UK 1926 Welsh airship pioneer Balloon Hoo Park, Kempston, Bedford, England
Orde Wingate  UK 1944 soldier and founder of the Chindits North American B-25 Mitchell India
Steve Wittman  USA 1995 Aircraft designer and builder and air-race pilot Wittman O&O (Experimental) Registration: N41SW Stevenson, Alabama In-flight break-up due to improperly installed wing fabric[94]
Willem Witteveen[95]  NED 2014 Dutch Senator, legal scholar and author Boeing 777-200ER Hrabove, Ukraine under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Joep Lange[96][97][98]  NED 2014 president of the International AIDS Society Boeing 777-200ER Hrabove, Ukraine under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Liam Davison[99]  AUS 2014 author Boeing 777-200ER Hrabove, Ukraine under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Shuba Jay[100]  Malaysia 2014 actress Boeing 777-200ER Hrabove, Ukraine under investigation: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Donald Yenko  USA 1987 Ex-racecar driver and owner/founder of Yenko Chevrolet Cessna 210[5] Charleston, West Virginia landing error[5]
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq  PAK 1988 President of Pakistan Lockheed C-130 Hercules[5] near Bahawalpur, Pakistan sabotage[5]
Aleksandr Zuyev  RUS 2001 Fighter pilot and Eastern Bloc defector Yakovlev Yak-52 Bellingham, Washington Aircraft failed to recover from an accelerated stall

Musical groups

Name Nationality Year Description of Members Flight/Aircraft Location Cause/Circumstances
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson  USA 1959 All three tourmates were killed, along with pilot Roger Peterson Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, Iowa, United States CFIT; see The Day the Music Died
Bar-Kays  USA 1967 Four of six members, including Ronnie Caldwell and Phalon Jones; also killed was soul singer Otis Redding Beechcraft Model 18 Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin Cause undetermined
Chase  USA 1974 Four of eight band members were killed (Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma and Wally Yohn) Piper Twin Comanche Jackson, Minnesota CFIT during landing descent.[101]
The Blackwood Brothers  USA 1954 Baritone singer and pilot R.W. Blackwood and bass singer Bill Lyles Beechcraft Model 18 Clanton, Alabama Aircraft stalled during attempted landing
Lynyrd Skynyrd  USA 1977 Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and back-up singer Cassie Gaines 1977 Convair 240 crash[102] Northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi Aircraft stalled due to fuel exhaustion during emergency landing attempt
Mamonas Assassinas  BRA 1996 All five members killed Learjet 25 Cantareira mountain range CFIT
Fanfarekorps Koninklijke Nederlandse Landmacht  NED 1996 23 out of 37 band members of the Royal Netherlands Army Fanfare were killed Lockheed C-130 Hercules Eindhoven Airport, Netherlands Ingested birds in engine during approach. Known as Herculesramp
Passion Fruit  GER 2001 Two of the Eurodance trio perish; Maria Serrano Serrano and Nathalie van het Ende Crossair Flight 3597 Bassersdorf, Switzerland CFIT; crashed in hills short of runway during landing approach
Reba McEntire's band  USA 1991 Guitarist Chris Austin, backup singer Paula Kaye Evans, bassist Terry Jackson, bandleader Kirk Cappello, guitarist Michael Thomas, drummer Tony Saputo, and keyboardist Joey Cigainero British Aerospace BAe 125 San Diego, California Pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and clearance over mountainous terrain, and the copilots failure to adequately monitor the progress of the flight[103]

Political groups

Name Nationality Year Description of Members Flight/Aircraft Location Cause/Circumstances
National Assembly of the Republic of Poland  POL 2010 President Lech Kaczyński; First Lady Maria Kaczyńska; Former president of the Republic of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski; Senator Janina Fetlińska; Stanisław Komorowski; Andrzej Kremer, Tomasz Merta and others[104] Tupolev Tu-154M Smolensk North Airport, Smolensk 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash

Sporting teams

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See also: List of accidents involving sports teams
Name Nationality Year Description of Members Flight/Aircraft Location Cause/Circumstances
Alianza Lima  PER 1987 43 fatalities, including 16 players (several members of the Peru national football team during that time), Peru coach Marcos Calderon, staff, cheerleaders, and crewmembers, with the exception of one survivor (the plane pilot) Fokker F27-400M In the Pacific Ocean, six miles from Ventanilla, Callao, Peru Malfunctioning indicator
Apex Motorsports  UK 2008 Three people total: team manager Richard Lloyd, driver David Leslie and a data engineer. Cessna Citation 501 Farnborough, London 2008 Farnborough plane crash
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics women's team  BUL 1978 Trainer Juliet Shishmanova, Rumyana Stefanova, Valentina Petrova Albena Kirilova, Snezhana Mikhailova and Popova Sevdalina. Tupolev Tu-134 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash
Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club  UK 1974 346 fatalities, including 18 Members of Rugby Team Turkish Airlines Flight 981 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Orly Airport, Paris, France Decompression after a cargo door failed.[105]
Cuban national fencing team  CUB 1976 all 24 members of the team, trainers and the coach Cubana Flight 455
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo  USA 1960 16 members of the American football team and six others Cal Poly football team plane crash
Embassy Hill  UK 1975 six people total, including former F1 world champion Graham Hill, driver Tony Brise, team manager Ray Brimble, two mechanics and designer Andy Smallman. Piper Aztec Arkley
University of Evansville basketball team  USA 1977 29 players, staff and fans Douglas DC-3
Hendrick Motorsports  USA 2004 10 people associated with the team, including family, team crew, and pilots 2004 Martinsville plane crash
Iowa State University cross country women's team  USA 1985 7 people associated with the team, including 3 runners, 3 coaches/staff, and pilots
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl  RUS 2011 36 players and head coach Brad McCrimmon Yakovlev Yak-42 Near Yaroslavl, Russia 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
Manchester United  UK 1958 23 people total; including eight footballers: Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, and Billy Whelan; coach Bert Whalley, trainer Tom Curry, and club secretary Walter Crickmer. Airspeed Ambassador Munich-Riem Airport Munich air disaster
Marshall University football team  USA 1970 35 players, eight coaches, and 25 boosters Southern Airways Flight 932
Oklahoma State University  USA 2001 ten people associated with men's basketball team (including two players) Beechcraft Super King Air
Old Christians Club rugby team  URU 1972 24 of 40 team members, basis for 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors; survivors resorted to cannibalism Fairchild FH-227 Andes Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent  SUN 1979 17 players Tupolev Tu-134 In the air above Dniprodzerzhynsk 1979 Ukraine Aeroflot mid-air collision
Puerto Rico national women's volleyball team  PRI 1970 most members of the team Dominicana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Saskatchewan Roughriders  CAN 1956 five players returning from Vancouver Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810
Colourful 11 football team  NED SUR 1989 fourteen players and a coach: Ruud Degenaar, Lloyd Doesburg, Steve van Dorpel, Wendel Fräser, Frits Goodings, Jerry Haatrecht, Virgall Joemankhan, Andro Knel, Ruben Kogeldans, Ortwin Linger, Fred Patrick, Andy Scharmin, Elfried Veldman, Florian Vijent and Nick Stienstra (coach) Surinam Airways Flight PY764
A.C. Torino  ITA 1949 18 players, club officials, and journalists Superga air disaster
U.S. Olympic boxing team  USA 1980 all team members except for Bobby Czyz, Marvis Frazier and Lee Roy Murphy LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
USAC officials  USA 1978 8 lead officials Piper Navajo
U.S. Figure Skating team  USA 1961 all 18 skaters, coaches, and judges Sabena Flight 548 Brussels, Belgium Possible failure of flight controls
Wichita State University football team  USA 1970 31 players, coaches and supporters Martin 4-0-4 Silver Plume, Colorado Wichita State University football team plane crash
Zambia national football team  ZAM 1993 All 18 footballers, including Efford Chabala and Wisdom Mumba Chansa de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo Libreville, Gabon Gabon air disaster

References

Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Accident aircraft 42-78839 was built under license by St. Louis contractor Robertson Aircraft Corporation.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The cause and exact location of Earhart and Noonan's disappearance have never been conclusively determined; refer to theories on Earhart's disappearance.
  3. ↑ The smoke is believed to have originated from a faulty cabin heater switched on by the flight crew shortly before the smoke appeared; this problem has been cited in other DC-3 incidents. However, the NTSB was unable to verify the origin of the smoke in the Nelson crash, stating in the final report that "... the ignition and fuel source were not determined."
  4. ↑ Claims have been made that Saint-Exupéry was shot down, but examination of enemy wartime records and aircraft wreckage found in 2003 suggest that the cause was accidental; refer to main article.
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Further reading

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