Aviation accidents in New Zealand
CrashAtlas records 36 aviation accidents in New Zealand, accounting for 111 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
36
Recorded accidents
111
Fatalities in this listing
1943–2005
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-07-03 | New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC 441 | Douglas DC-3C | New Zealand | 23 |
| 1949-03-18 | New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC · ZK-AKX | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar | New Zealand | 15 |
| 1943-08-02 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF · 41-24027 | Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express | New Zealand | 14 |
| 1989-08-08 | Aspiring Air · ZK-EVK | Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander | New Zealand | 10 |
| 1993-10-25 | Hibiscus Air · ZK-NOM | GAF Nomad N.22 | New Zealand | 9 |
| 1996-01-29 | Sounds Air · ZK-SFA | Cessna 208 Caravan I | New Zealand | 5 |
| 1953-05-27 | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF · NZ5908 | Bristol 170 Freighter 31M | New Zealand | 5 |
| 1995-06-09 | Ansett New Zealand 703 | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 | New Zealand | 4 |
| 1957-11-21 | Straits Air Freight Express · ZK-AYH | Bristol 170 Freighter 31 | New Zealand | 4 |
| 1989-07-31 | Air Freight NZ · ZK-FTB | Convair CV-580 | New Zealand | 3 |
| 1954-05-22 | New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC · ZK-AQT | Douglas DC-3D | New Zealand | 3 |
| 1979-02-17 | Air New Zealand 4374 | Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 | New Zealand | 2 |
| 1957-10-20 | Fieldair · ZK-BMC | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar | New Zealand | 2 |
| 1948-08-09 | New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC · ZK-AOE | Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) | New Zealand | 2 |
| 1987-11-27 | Skyferry · ZK-SFB | Cessna 208 Caravan I | New Zealand | 2 |
| 2005-05-02 | Airwork, NZ · ZK-POA | Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III | New Zealand | 2 |
| 2003-10-03 | Air Freight NZ 642 | Convair CV-580F | New Zealand | 2 |
| 1966-07-04 | Air New Zealand · ZK-NZB | Douglas DC-8-52 | New Zealand | 2 |
| 1968-03-26 | Airland (NZ) · ZK-CMX | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar | New Zealand | 1 |
| 1973-02-23 | Southern Air Super · ZK-AOI | Douglas DC-3F | New Zealand | 1 |
| 1959-11-04 | RNZAF · NZ4111 | Short S.25 Sunderland MR.5 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1970-11-06 | New Zealand Ministry of Transport · ZK-AXS | Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1981-01-14 | SAFE Air · ZK-CAM | Bristol 170 Freighter 31E | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1980-10-27 | Stewart Island Air Services · ZK-IAS | Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1971-04-24 | Airland (NZ) · ZK-CGV | Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1968-04-10 | SAFE Air · ZK-CPU | Bristol 170 Freighter 31E | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1965-03-27 | Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. - TEAL · ZK-TEC | Lockheed L-188C Electra | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1990-04-01 | SAFE Air · ZK-SAF | Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy 222 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1945-10-09 | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF · NZ3511 | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1950-11-16 | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF · NZ3549 | Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1947-02-10 | Union Airways · ZK-ALZ | Lockheed 18-40-11 Lodestar | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1950-02-07 | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF · NZ4051 | Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Catalina | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1945-05-13 | Union Airways · ZK-AHU | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1989-03-19 | Sounds Air · ZK-SFE | Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1987-07-20 | Air Safaris & Services · ZK-NMD | GAF Nomad N.24A | New Zealand | 0 |
| 1977-05-09 | Air North Ltd. · ZK-EJM | de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B | New Zealand | 0 |