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1952

Occurrences with an event date in 1952.

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Occurrences3331 accidents · 2 incidents · 24 mapped
Fatal occurrences32Fatality total known for 33 of 33
Reported fatalities795Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Busiest monthJanuary4 occurrences

By month

1952: occurrences by month
MonthOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
January4 occurrences in January 1952, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).492
February3 occurrences in February 1952, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).380
March4 occurrences in March 1952, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).4105
April4 occurrences in April 1952, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).4147
May3 occurrences in May 1952, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).315
June3 occurrences in June 1952, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).313
July0 occurrences in July 1952, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).00
August2 occurrences in August 1952, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).231
September1 occurrences in September 1952, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).131
October2 occurrences in October 1952, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).131
November3 occurrences in November 1952, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).3119
December4 occurrences in December 1952, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (4).4131

Aircraft types

1952: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas C-474460
Douglas DC-433126
Douglas DC-63380
Douglas C-12422139
Handley Page HP-81228
Ilyushin IL-122239
Avro LANCASTER ASR114
Boeing 3771150
Boeing PB2113
Convair CV-2401130

Countries

1952: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United StatesUnited States: 6 occurrences, 18.2% of the occurrences shown. 6 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.18.2%6241
GermanyGermany: 3 occurrences, 9.1% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).9.1%353
UnknownUnknown: 3 occurrences, 9.1% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).9.1%358
BrazilBrazil: 2 occurrences, 6.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).6.1%274
CanadaCanada: 2 occurrences, 6.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).6.1%239
ItalyItaly: 2 occurrences, 6.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).6.1%17
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 2 occurrences, 6.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).6.1%239
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 2 occurrences, 6.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).6.1%254
BermudaBermuda: 1 occurrences, 3.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).3.0%138
BulgariaBulgaria: 1 occurrences, 3.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 6).3.0%130

Deadliest occurrences

1952: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash20 Dec 195287Near Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington, United States1
1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash22 Nov 195252Colony Glacier, Mount Gannett, Alaska, United States1
Pan Am Flight 526A11 Apr 19525218 km NW off San Juan-Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico1
Pan Am Flight 20229 Apr 195250281 nmi SW of Carolina, Brazil1
KLM Flight 59222 Mar 195245Approximately 7 km north east of Frankfurt International1
1952 Bermuda air crash6 Dec 195238Bermuda1
1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash3 Mar 195238ca 1 km N of Nice-le Var Airport1
C-54 crash at Tacoma28 Nov 195237Lakewood, 1½ km north of McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma (Pierce County, Washington, United States)1
Japan Air Lines Flight 3019 Apr 195237Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan1
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 32419 Jan 195236Hecate Strait, 0.8 miles ESE of Sandspit Airport, Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada1

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  1. 1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash

    30 Dec 1952 · Luqa, Crown Colony of Malta · 4 fatal

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  2. 1952 Philippine Air Lines Douglas DC-3 hijacking

    30 Dec 1952 · near Kinmen, Taiwan · 2 fatal · not on the map

  3. 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash

    20 Dec 1952 · Near Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington, United States · 87 fatal

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  4. 1952 Bermuda air crash

    6 Dec 1952 · Bermuda · 38 fatal

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  5. C-54 crash at Tacoma

    28 Nov 1952 · Lakewood, 1½ km north of McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma (Pierce County, Washington, United States) · 37 fatal

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  6. 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash

    22 Nov 1952 · Colony Glacier, Mount Gannett, Alaska, United States · 52 fatal · not on the map

  7. TABSO Lisunov Li-2 LZ-TUE accident

    22 Nov 1952 · Mount Veshen, Balkan Mountains, 35 kilometres east-southeast of Etropole, Bulgaria · 30 fatal · not on the map

  8. BOAC Flight 115

    26 Oct 1952 · Rome Ciampino Airport, Rome, Italy

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  9. Mid-air collision over Leningrad (1952)

    5 Oct 1952 · near the village of Skvoritsy, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, near Shosseynaya Airport (RSFSR, USSR) · 31 fatal

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  10. Farnborough Airshow crash

    6 Sept 1952 · Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, England · 31 fatal

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  11. Airwork Handley Page Hermes accident near Trapani

    25 Aug 1952 · Mediterranean Sea, 3 km west of Trapani, Sicily, Italy · 7 fatal · not on the map

  12. 1952 Palmeiras de Goias Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 crash

    12 Aug 1952 · Palmeiras de Goias, Brazil · 24 fatal

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  13. 1952 Dallas mid-air collision

    28 Jun 1952 · Dallas, Texas · 2 fatal

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  14. Catalina affair

    13 Jun 1952 · East of Gotska Sandön · 8 fatal

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  15. 1952 Poznań Pe-2 crash

    10 Jun 1952 · Poznań, Poland · 3 fatal

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  16. BOAC Flight 251

    26 May 1952 · 114 km south-southeast of Atar, Mauritania (today: Mauritania) · 1 fatal

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  17. Maritime Central Airways accident in Sandwich Bay

    18 May 1952 · Sandwich Bay, near Cartwright Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · 3 fatal · not on the map

  18. Drangedal accident

    5 May 1952 · Siljefjell in Drangedal · 11 fatal

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  19. Pan Am Flight 202

    29 Apr 1952 · 281 nmi SW of Carolina, Brazil · 50 fatal

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  20. Il-12 crash near Novosibirsk (1952)

    25 Apr 1952 · near Karmanovo, Novosibirsk Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · 8 fatal · not on the map

  21. Pan Am Flight 526A

    11 Apr 1952 · 18 km NW off San Juan-Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico · 52 fatal

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  22. Japan Air Lines Flight 301

    9 Apr 1952 · Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan · 37 fatal · not on the map

  23. 1952 Lockheed 18 accident near Gao

    24 Mar 1952 · 2.5 km northeast of Gao Airport, French West Africa (today: Mali) · 17 fatal · not on the map

  24. KLM Flight 592

    22 Mar 1952 · Approximately 7 km north east of Frankfurt International · 45 fatal

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  25. Republic F-84 crash in Darmstadt

    11 Mar 1952 · Darmstadt, Rheinstraße 322 · 5 fatal

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  26. 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash

    3 Mar 1952 · ca 1 km N of Nice-le Var Airport · 38 fatal

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  27. Hunting Air Travel Nice–Malta flight

    16 Feb 1952 · Monte Serra di Biondo, Burgio · 31 fatal

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  28. National Airlines Flight 101

    11 Feb 1952 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States · 33 fatal

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  29. Sabena Flight 425

    4 Feb 1952 · near Kikwit, Belgian Congo · 16 fatal

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  30. Raunheim plane crash

    28 Jan 1952 · Raunheim · 3 fatal

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  31. American Airlines Flight 6780

    22 Jan 1952 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States · 30 fatal

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  32. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 324

    19 Jan 1952 · Hecate Strait, 0.8 miles ESE of Sandspit Airport, Sandspit, British Columbia, Canada · 36 fatal · not on the map

  33. 1952 Aer Lingus C-47 accident

    10 Jan 1952 · Cwm Edno, Near Llyn Gwynant, Snowdonia, Wales · 23 fatal

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