FLIGHT FINDINGSAVIATION OCCURRENCE MAP

Year

1946

Occurrences with an event date in 1946.

Show on the map Statistics
Occurrences4039 accidents · 0 incidents · 25 mapped
Fatal occurrences34Fatality total known for 36 of 40
Reported fatalities468Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Busiest monthDecember8 occurrences

By month

1946: occurrences by month
MonthOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
January5 occurrences in January 1946, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).445
February0 occurrences in February 1946, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).00
March4 occurrences in March 1946, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).252
April3 occurrences in April 1946, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).344
May2 occurrences in May 1946, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).215
June0 occurrences in June 1946, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).00
July2 occurrences in July 1946, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).230
August3 occurrences in August 1946, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).39
September5 occurrences in September 1946, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).5108
October2 occurrences in October 1946, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).262
November6 occurrences in November 1946, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).551
December8 occurrences in December 1946, 6 fatal. The bar is scaled to December (8).652

Aircraft types

1946: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas DC-388112
Douglas C-477676
Lisunov LI-25434
Lockheed L-0492214
Avro 6851124
Avro YORK1120
B 17 FLYING FORTRESS112
Boeing B-171125
C 47 SKYTRAIN100
Douglas C-50112

Countries

1946: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 7 occurrences, 17.5% of the occurrences shown. 6 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.17.5%635
United StatesUnited States: 7 occurrences, 17.5% of the occurrences shown. 7 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).17.5%781
ChinaChina: 6 occurrences, 15.0% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).15.0%466
AustraliaAustralia: 2 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).5.0%226
BrazilBrazil: 2 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).5.0%245
CanadaCanada: 2 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).5.0%266
MaltaMalta: 2 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).5.0%221
NetherlandsNetherlands: 2 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).5.0%249
NorwayNorway: 2 occurrences, 5.0% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).5.0%216
AntarcticaAntarctica: 1 occurrences, 2.5% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Soviet Union, 7).2.5%13

Deadliest occurrences

1946: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash3 Oct 194639Near Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada1
China National Aviation Corporation Flight 8120 Sept 194631Luoji Shan, Xichang, Xikang, Republic of China1
1946 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash18 Sept 194627Gander, Newfoundland1
American Airlines Flight 6-1033 Mar 194627Thing Mountain, 10 miles ESE of Pine Valley, California1
1946 Amsterdam KLM Douglas C-47 crash14 Nov 194626Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands1
Panair DC-3 PP-PCH accident27 Sept 194625Morro dos Marimbondos1
Mount Tom B-17 crash9 Jul 194625Holyoke, Massachusetts, US1
1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash10 Mar 194625South of Cambridge Aerodrome, Hobart, Tasmania1
1946 Avro 685 York accident in Gambia7 Sept 1946243 km south of Bathurst-Yundum Airport, British Gambia5
1946 Apeldoorn Fairey Firefly crash7 Oct 194623Apeldoorn, Netherlands1

All occurrences

Showing 40 of 40, newest first

  1. 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash

    30 Dec 1946 · Thurston Island, Antarctica · 3 fatal

    Show on map
  2. TWA Flight 6963

    28 Dec 1946 · 1.5 km west-northwest of Shannon Airport · 9 fatal

    Show on map
  3. American Airlines Flight 2207

    28 Dec 1946 · Near Michigan City, Indiana, United States · 2 fatal

    Show on map
  4. Black Christmas disaster

    25 Dec 1946 · 200 metres north to Kiangwan Airport · 12 fatal

    Show on map
  5. Crash of the Avro York LV-XIG

    23 Dec 1946 · Morro do Sertão, west of Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro · 20 fatal

    Show on map
  6. 1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash

    19 Dec 1946 · 1 km North-East of Northolt Aerodrome, London, United Kingdom

    Show on map
  7. China National Aviation Flight 31

    14 Dec 1946 · Changxing County (Lijiaxiang, Longhua Temple Village), Zhejiang, Republic of China · 6 fatal · not on the map

  8. China National Aviation Corporation Flight 67 accident

    14 Dec 1946 · Within Longhua Airport, Shanghai, China

    Show on map
  9. 1946 C-53 Skytrooper crash on the Gauli Glacier

    19 Nov 1946 · Gauli Glacier · not on the map

  10. 1946 Amsterdam KLM Douglas C-47 crash

    14 Nov 1946 · Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands · 26 fatal

    Show on map
  11. Li-2 crash in Ufa

    9 Nov 1946 · Ufa (Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) · 6 fatal

    Show on map
  12. Accident of Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4181

    5 Nov 1946 · near Yamshchina, Moscow Raion, Soviet Union · 5 fatal · not on the map

  13. Accident of Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-L4207

    5 Nov 1946 · Moscow-Vnukovo Airport, Soviet Union · 1 fatal

    Show on map
  14. Accident of Aeroflot Douglas DC-3 CCCP-L946

    5 Nov 1946 · Moscow-Vnukovo Airport, Soviet Union · 13 fatal

    Show on map
  15. 1946 Apeldoorn Fairey Firefly crash

    7 Oct 1946 · Apeldoorn, Netherlands · 23 fatal

    Show on map
  16. 1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash

    3 Oct 1946 · Near Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada · 39 fatal

    Show on map
  17. Panair DC-3 PP-PCH accident

    27 Sept 1946 · Morro dos Marimbondos · 25 fatal · not on the map

  18. China National Aviation Corporation Flight 81

    20 Sept 1946 · Luoji Shan, Xichang, Xikang, Republic of China · 31 fatal

    Show on map
  19. 1946 Sabena Douglas DC-4 crash

    18 Sept 1946 · Gander, Newfoundland · 27 fatal

    Show on map
  20. 1946 Australian National Airways incident at Sydney Airport

    7 Sept 1946 · Sydney Mascot Airport, Australia · 1 fatal

    Show on map
  21. 1946 Avro 685 York accident in Gambia

    7 Sept 1946 · 3 km south of Bathurst-Yundum Airport, British Gambia · 24 fatal · not on the map

  22. 1946 shootdown of a Douglas C-47A over Yugoslavia

    19 Aug 1946 · Slovenia, Bled · 5 fatal

    Show on map
  23. 1946 BOAC Douglas DC-3 accident in Malta

    14 Aug 1946 · near Malta Airport, Malta · 1 fatal · not on the map

  24. British European Airways Flight 530

    7 Aug 1946 · Mistberget, Eidsvoll, Norway · 3 fatal

    Show on map
  25. TWA Flight 513

    11 Jul 1946 · Bern Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. · 5 fatal

    Show on map
  26. Mount Tom B-17 crash

    9 Jul 1946 · Holyoke, Massachusetts, US · 25 fatal

    Show on map
  27. Snarøya accident

    22 May 1946 · Snarøya · 13 fatal

    Show on map
  28. Fairfax, California B-17 crash

    16 May 1946 · White Hill near Fairfax, California · 2 fatal · not on the map

  29. 1946 Yan'an United States Air Force C-47 crash

    8 Apr 1946 · Heicha Mountain, Xing County, Shanxi, China · 17 fatal · not on the map

  30. 1946 Rabat Vickers Wellington crash

    5 Apr 1946 · Rabat, Crown Colony of Malta · 20 fatal

    Show on map
  31. C-47 crash in North Ossetia

    2 Apr 1946 · Mount Guram, between the Sugan Range and the Main Caucasus Range, North Ossetian ASSR (RSFSR, USSR) · 7 fatal · not on the map

  32. Li-2 crash near Anadyr (1946)

    22 Mar 1946 · between the Zolotoy Range and the Ushkany Mountains, 85 km from Anadyr, Chukotka National Okrug, Kamchatka Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · not on the map

  33. Chinese Air Force Flight 222

    17 Mar 1946 · Nanjing, Republic of China · not on the map

  34. 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash

    10 Mar 1946 · South of Cambridge Aerodrome, Hobart, Tasmania · 25 fatal

    Show on map
  35. American Airlines Flight 6-103

    3 Mar 1946 · Thing Mountain, 10 miles ESE of Pine Valley, California · 27 fatal · not on the map

  36. C-47 crash in Sukovo

    31 Jan 1946 · near Sukovo aerodrome, Moscow Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 3 fatal · not on the map

  37. Eastern Air Lines Flight 16B

    18 Jan 1946 · near Cheshire, Connecticut, United States · 17 fatal

    Show on map
  38. Aeroflot accident near Netrubezh

    14 Jan 1946 · near Netrubezh, Oryol Oblast, Soviet Russia · 22 fatal · not on the map

  39. Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105

    6 Jan 1946 · Birmingham Municipal Airport, Birmingham, Alabama, United States · 3 fatal

    Show on map
  40. Sirdal accident

    4 Jan 1946 · Unknown location · not on the map