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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.

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Occurrences2727 accidents · 0 incidents · 19 mapped
Fatal occurrences25Fatality total known for 25 of 27
Reported fatalities548Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Busiest monthJuly5 occurrences

By month

1951: occurrences by month
MonthOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
January3 occurrences in January 1951, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).335
February0 occurrences in February 1951, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).00
March2 occurrences in March 1951, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).12
April3 occurrences in April 1951, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).269
May0 occurrences in May 1951, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).00
June2 occurrences in June 1951, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).290
July5 occurrences in July 1951, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).584
August1 occurrences in August 1951, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).150
September2 occurrences in September 1951, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).211
October1 occurrences in October 1951, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).123
November3 occurrences in November 1951, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).356
December5 occurrences in December 1951, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to July (5).5128

Aircraft types

1951: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas DC-34434
Curtiss C-463386
Douglas DC-42250
Douglas DC-622100
Ilyushin IL-122231
Lisunov LI-22238
Antonov AN-2100
Beechcraft SNB-11143
Boeing B-291115
Consolidated CANSO1123

Countries

1951: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United StatesUnited States: 8 occurrences, 29.6% of the occurrences shown. 8 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.29.6%8273
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 3 occurrences, 11.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).11.1%243
UnknownUnknown: 2 occurrences, 7.4% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).7.4%236
BrazilBrazil: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%133
CanadaCanada: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%123
French West AfricaFrench West Africa: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%13
IcelandIceland: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%120
IndiaIndia: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%11
IranIran: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%122
IrelandIreland: 1 occurrences, 3.7% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 8).3.7%00

Deadliest occurrences

1951: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash16 Dec 195156Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States1
United Air Lines Flight 61524 Aug 195150Decoto, near Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, California, United States1
United Air Lines Flight 61030 Jun 195150Crystal Mountain west of Fort Collins, Colorado, United States1
Cubana de Aviación Flight 49325 Apr 195143Key West, Florida2
Pan Am Flight 15122 Jun 195140near Sanoyie, Bong County, Liberia1
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 350521 Jul 195137probably Alaska, U.S.1
1951 Douglas C-47 PP-LPG accident12 Jul 195133Rio do Sal, Aracaju, Sergipe1
Continental Charters Flight 44-229 Dec 195126Bucktooth Ridge, near, Napoli, New York1
1951 mass crash of Ilyushin Il-10s near Kemlitz14 Apr 195126various locations near Kemlitz (Langengrassau, Sieb, Rosenthal, Wildau-Wentdorf, Rochauer Heide), German Democratic Republic1
Il-12 crash near Novosibirsk (1951)17 Nov 195123near Severny Airport, Novosibirsk Oblast (RSFSR, USSR)1

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  1. Transocean Air Lines Flight 501

    30 Dec 1951 · near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · 4 fatal

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  2. Continental Charters Flight 44-2

    29 Dec 1951 · Bucktooth Ridge, near, Napoli, New York · 26 fatal

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  3. Namtsy air accident

    27 Dec 1951 · Near Namtsy, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union · 20 fatal · not on the map

  4. 1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash

    22 Dec 1951 · Tehran, Iran · 22 fatal

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  5. 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash

    16 Dec 1951 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States · 56 fatal

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  6. Sunagawa Village B-29 bomber crash

    18 Nov 1951 · Japan, Tokyo, Kitatama District, Sunagawa Village · 15 fatal

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  7. Il-12 crash near Novosibirsk (1951)

    17 Nov 1951 · near Severny Airport, Novosibirsk Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 23 fatal · not on the map

  8. 1951 LOT Lisunov Li-2 crash

    15 Nov 1951 · Tuszyn, Poland · 18 fatal

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  9. Queen Charlotte Airlines Flight 102

    17 Oct 1951 · Mount Benson, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada · 23 fatal

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  10. 1951 Douglas C-47-DL PP-YPX accident

    17 Sept 1951 · Ubatuba, São Paulo · 10 fatal

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  11. 1951 Air India accident in Bangalore

    15 Sept 1951 · Bangalore-Hindustan Airport, India · 1 fatal · not on the map

  12. United Air Lines Flight 615

    24 Aug 1951 · Decoto, near Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, California, United States · 50 fatal

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  13. Sabena accident near Gao

    24 Jul 1951 · near Gao, French West Africa, today: Mali · 3 fatal

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  14. Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505

    21 Jul 1951 · probably Alaska, U.S. · 37 fatal · not on the map

  15. Qantas Flight LW

    16 Jul 1951 · Huon Gulf near Lae, Papua New Guinea · 7 fatal · not on the map

  16. 1951 Airtaco accident in Stockholm

    14 Jul 1951 · Stockholm/Bromma Airport, Sweden · 4 fatal

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  17. 1951 Douglas C-47 PP-LPG accident

    12 Jul 1951 · Rio do Sal, Aracaju, Sergipe · 33 fatal

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  18. United Air Lines Flight 610

    30 Jun 1951 · Crystal Mountain west of Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · 50 fatal

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  19. Pan Am Flight 151

    22 Jun 1951 · near Sanoyie, Bong County, Liberia · 40 fatal

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  20. Cubana de Aviación Flight 493

    25 Apr 1951 · Key West, Florida · 43 fatal

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  21. 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

  22. 1951 mass crash of Ilyushin Il-10s near Kemlitz

    14 Apr 1951 · various locations near Kemlitz (Langengrassau, Sieb, Rosenthal, Wildau-Wentdorf, Rochauer Heide), German Democratic Republic · 26 fatal

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  23. 1951 Ringway Dakota crash

    27 Mar 1951 · Ringway Airport, Manchester, England · 2 fatal

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  24. 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance

    23 Mar 1951 · Atlantic Ocean, 725 km (453.1 miles) west of Shannon, Ireland

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  25. 1951 Glitfaxi plane crash

    31 Jan 1951 · Faxaflói, Iceland · 20 fatal · not on the map

  26. National Airlines Flight 83

    14 Jan 1951 · Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. · 7 fatal

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  27. Aeroflot accident near Tuapse

    9 Jan 1951 · Black Sea, 2 kilometres off Tuapse, Soviet Russia · 8 fatal · not on the map