18,041
Total Accidents
Since 1919
127,220
Total Fatalities
Across all incidents
108
Years of Data
1919–2026
Top Countriesby number of accidents
United States of America
3,053
Russia
1,233
United Kingdom
678
India
577
Canada
556
Brazil
517
China
509
France
457
Germany
372
Colombia
364
Most Common Aircraftinvolved in accidents
Junkers Ju-52/3m
453
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
395
Antonov An-2R
334
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
230
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
188
Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
186
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
177
Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
172
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
170
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
157
* Aircraft variants are shown as stored in the CrashAtlas database.
Deadliest Years
By fatalities
1944
3,264
1945
3,016
1972
2,964
1943
2,913
1985
2,732
1973
2,653
1974
2,472
1996
2,313
1977
2,256
1969
2,247
By number of crashes
1944
1,289
1945
1,102
1943
671
1942
345
1946
343
1940
305
1969
280
1947
278
1948
277
1951
267
Deadliest Aircraft Typesby total fatalities
AircraftFatalitiesCrashesAvg/crash
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
1,846
395
5
Tupolev Tu-154M
1,586
21
76
Ilyushin Il-18V
1,356
50
27
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
1,328
40
33
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
1,255
64
20
Antonov An-26
1,213
113
11
Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
1,125
172
7
Junkers Ju-52/3m
1,071
453
2
Douglas DC-6B
1,048
58
18
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
1,027
157
7
Deadliest Crashesall time
01
520
123
Boeing 747SR-46 · August 12, 1985 · 26 km SW of Ueno Village, Tano district, Gunma Prefecture
02
346
981
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 · March 3, 1974 · Bois d'Ermenonville
03
335
4805
Boeing 747-121 · March 27, 1977 · Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport (TCI)
04
329
182
Boeing 747-237B · June 23, 1985 · 176 km W off Cork, Ireland
05
312
763
Boeing 747-168B · November 12, 1996 · 5 km from Charki Dadri