Year
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1951
Occurrences with an event date in 1951.
27 records in 1951, 25 of them fatal. Most often a Douglas DC-3; most often in United States.
By month
| Month | Occurrences | Fatal occurrences | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 35 | |
| February | 0 | 0 | |
| March | 1 | 2 | |
| April | 2 | 69 | |
| May | 0 | 0 | |
| June | 2 | 90 | |
| July | 5 | 84 | |
| August | 1 | 50 | |
| September | 2 | 11 | |
| October | 1 | 23 | |
| November | 3 | 56 | |
| December | 5 | 128 |
Aircraft types
| Aircraft type | Occurrences | Fatal occurrences | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas DC-3 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| Curtiss C-46 | 3 | 3 | 86 |
| Douglas DC-4 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| Douglas DC-6 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Ilyushin IL-12 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| Lisunov LI-2 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| Antonov AN-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beechcraft SNB-1 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Boeing B-29 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Consolidated CANSO | 1 | 1 | 23 |
Countries
| Country | Occurrences | Share | Fatal occurrences | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29.6% | 8 | 273 | |
| Soviet Union | 11.1% | 2 | 43 | |
| Unknown | 7.4% | 2 | 36 | |
| Brazil | 3.7% | 1 | 33 | |
| Canada | 3.7% | 1 | 23 | |
| French West Africa | 3.7% | 1 | 3 | |
| Iceland | 3.7% | 1 | 20 | |
| India | 3.7% | 1 | 1 | |
| Iran | 3.7% | 1 | 22 | |
| Ireland | 3.7% | 0 | 0 |
Deadliest occurrences
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash | 16 Dec 1951 | 56 | Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States | 1 |
| United Air Lines Flight 615 | 24 Aug 1951 | 50 | Decoto, near Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, California, United States | 1 |
| United Air Lines Flight 610 | 30 Jun 1951 | 50 | Crystal Mountain west of Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | 1 |
| Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 | 25 Apr 1951 | 43 | Key West, Florida | 2 |
| Pan Am Flight 151 | 22 Jun 1951 | 40 | near Sanoyie, Bong County, Liberia | 1 |
| Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 | 21 Jul 1951 | 37 | probably Alaska, U.S. | 1 |
| 1951 Douglas C-47 PP-LPG accident | 12 Jul 1951 | 33 | Rio do Sal, Aracaju, Sergipe | 1 |
| Continental Charters Flight 44-2 | 29 Dec 1951 | 26 | Bucktooth Ridge, near, Napoli, New York | 1 |
| 1951 mass crash of Ilyushin Il-10s near Kemlitz | 14 Apr 1951 | 26 | various locations near Kemlitz (Langengrassau, Sieb, Rosenthal, Wildau-Wentdorf, Rochauer Heide), German Democratic Republic | 1 |
| Il-12 crash near Novosibirsk (1951) | 17 Nov 1951 | 23 | near Severny Airport, Novosibirsk Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) | 1 |
All occurrences
Showing 27 of 27, newest first
- Transocean Air Lines Flight 501Show on map
30 Dec 1951 · near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · 4 fatal
- Continental Charters Flight 44-2Show on map
29 Dec 1951 · Bucktooth Ridge, near, Napoli, New York · 26 fatal
- Namtsy air accident
27 Dec 1951 · Near Namtsy, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union · 20 fatal · not on the map
- 1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crashShow on map
22 Dec 1951 · Tehran, Iran · 22 fatal
- 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crashShow on map
16 Dec 1951 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States · 56 fatal
- Sunagawa Village B-29 bomber crashShow on map
18 Nov 1951 · Japan, Tokyo, Kitatama District, Sunagawa Village · 15 fatal
- Il-12 crash near Novosibirsk (1951)
17 Nov 1951 · near Severny Airport, Novosibirsk Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 23 fatal · not on the map
- 1951 LOT Lisunov Li-2 crashShow on map
15 Nov 1951 · Tuszyn, Poland · 18 fatal
- Queen Charlotte Airlines Flight 102Show on map
17 Oct 1951 · Mount Benson, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada · 23 fatal
- 1951 Douglas C-47-DL PP-YPX accidentShow on map
17 Sept 1951 · Ubatuba, São Paulo · 10 fatal
- 1951 Air India accident in Bangalore
15 Sept 1951 · Bangalore-Hindustan Airport, India · 1 fatal · not on the map
- United Air Lines Flight 615Show on map
24 Aug 1951 · Decoto, near Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, California, United States · 50 fatal
- Sabena accident near GaoShow on map
24 Jul 1951 · near Gao, French West Africa, today: Mali · 3 fatal
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505
21 Jul 1951 · probably Alaska, U.S. · 37 fatal · not on the map
- Qantas Flight LW
16 Jul 1951 · Huon Gulf near Lae, Papua New Guinea · 7 fatal · not on the map
- 1951 Airtaco accident in StockholmShow on map
14 Jul 1951 · Stockholm/Bromma Airport, Sweden · 4 fatal
- 1951 Douglas C-47 PP-LPG accidentShow on map
12 Jul 1951 · Rio do Sal, Aracaju, Sergipe · 33 fatal
- United Air Lines Flight 610Show on map
30 Jun 1951 · Crystal Mountain west of Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · 50 fatal
- Pan Am Flight 151Show on map
22 Jun 1951 · near Sanoyie, Bong County, Liberia · 40 fatal
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 493Show on map
25 Apr 1951 · Key West, Florida · 43 fatal
- 1951 Aradan Aeroflot An-2 crash
21 Apr 1951 · Aradan Ridge, 25 km from Aradan (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR) · not on the map
- 1951 mass crash of Ilyushin Il-10s near KemlitzShow on map
14 Apr 1951 · various locations near Kemlitz (Langengrassau, Sieb, Rosenthal, Wildau-Wentdorf, Rochauer Heide), German Democratic Republic · 26 fatal
- 1951 Ringway Dakota crashShow on map
27 Mar 1951 · Ringway Airport, Manchester, England · 2 fatal
- 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearanceShow on map
23 Mar 1951 · Atlantic Ocean, 725 km (453.1 miles) west of Shannon, Ireland
- 1951 Glitfaxi plane crash
31 Jan 1951 · Faxaflói, Iceland · 20 fatal · not on the map
- National Airlines Flight 83Show on map
14 Jan 1951 · Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. · 7 fatal
- Aeroflot accident near Tuapse
9 Jan 1951 · Black Sea, 2 kilometres off Tuapse, Soviet Russia · 8 fatal · not on the map