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1959

Occurrences with an event date in 1959.

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Occurrences3938 accidents · 1 incidents · 30 mapped
Fatal occurrences36Fatality total known for 38 of 39
Reported fatalities774Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Busiest monthJanuary5 occurrences

By month

1959: occurrences by month
MonthOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
January5 occurrences in January 1959, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).5123
February4 occurrences in February 1959, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).383
March2 occurrences in March 1959, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).210
April2 occurrences in April 1959, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).112
May1 occurrences in May 1959, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).131
June3 occurrences in June 1959, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).286
July1 occurrences in July 1959, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).12
August3 occurrences in August 1959, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).339
September3 occurrences in September 1959, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).3108
October5 occurrences in October 1959, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).585
November5 occurrences in November 1959, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).5122
December5 occurrences in December 1959, 5 fatal. The bar is scaled to January (5).573

Aircraft types

1959: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Douglas DC-33337
Boeing 707214
Curtiss C-462253
Douglas DC-42229
Douglas DC-72296
Ilyushin IL-142253
Lockheed L-10492247
Lockheed L-1882299
Antonov AN-101140
Avro SUPER TRADER1112

Countries

1959: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United StatesUnited States: 13 occurrences, 33.3% of the occurrences shown. 13 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.33.3%13266
BrazilBrazil: 4 occurrences, 10.3% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).10.3%4100
UnknownUnknown: 4 occurrences, 10.3% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).10.3%367
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 3 occurrences, 7.7% of the occurrences shown. 3 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).7.7%354
CanadaCanada: 2 occurrences, 5.1% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).5.1%15
SpainSpain: 2 occurrences, 5.1% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).5.1%233
ArgentinaArgentina: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).2.6%151
FranceFrance: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).2.6%154
GreeceGreece: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).2.6%119
IrelandIreland: 1 occurrences, 2.6% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United States, 13).2.6%00

Deadliest occurrences

1959: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
TWA Flight 89126 Jun 195968In the town of Olgiate Olona near the hamlet of Marnate, Italy1
American Airlines Flight 3203 Feb 195965New York City, US1
TAI Flight 30724 Sept 195954Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, France1
Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 20516 Jan 195951Off Mar del Plata, Argentina1
VASP Flight 23322 Dec 195942near Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2
National Airlines Flight 96716 Nov 195942Gulf of Mexico1
Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959)16 Nov 195940Near Lviv Airport1
Lufthansa Flight 50211 Jan 195936Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Brazil1
Braniff Airways Flight 54229 Sept 195934Leon County, near Buffalo, Texas1
1959 Transair Douglas Dakota accident19 Aug 195932Montseny Range, Catalonia, Spain1

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  1. VASP Flight 233

    22 Dec 1959 · near Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 42 fatal · not on the map

  2. Li-2 crash in Vilnius

    17 Dec 1959 · near Vilnius (Lithuanian SSR, USSR) · 1 fatal

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  3. 1959 San Diego F3H crash

    4 Dec 1959 · Clairemont, San Diego, US · 1 fatal

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  4. Hakkloa accident

    2 Dec 1959 · Hakkloa in Nordmarka · 4 fatal · not on the map

  5. Allegheny Airlines Flight 371

    1 Dec 1959 · Bald Eagle Mountain South Williamsport, Pennsylvania · 25 fatal

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  6. TWA Flight 595

    24 Nov 1959 · Chicago, Illinois · 11 fatal

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  7. Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202

    21 Nov 1959 · Aramoun, Lebanon · 24 fatal

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  8. Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959)

    16 Nov 1959 · Near Lviv Airport · 40 fatal · not on the map

  9. National Airlines Flight 967

    16 Nov 1959 · Gulf of Mexico · 42 fatal

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  10. Wheeler Airlines Flight 1658

    4 Nov 1959 · near Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada · 5 fatal · not on the map

  11. Piedmont Airlines Flight 349

    30 Oct 1959 · Bucks Elbow Mountain, Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S. (near Crozet, Virginia, U.S.) · 26 fatal

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  12. Olympic Airways Flight 214

    29 Oct 1959 · at Avlonas, Attica, on Mount Parnitha, near Athens Greece · 19 fatal

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  13. Aeroflot Flight 200

    23 Oct 1959 · Vnukovo Airport, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union · 28 fatal

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  14. 1959 Washington Boeing 707 crash

    19 Oct 1959 · Stillaguamish River, near Arlington, Washington, U.S. · 4 fatal

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  15. Hardinsburg air disaster

    15 Oct 1959 · Hardinsburg · 8 fatal

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  16. Braniff Airways Flight 542

    29 Sept 1959 · Leon County, near Buffalo, Texas · 34 fatal

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  17. TAI Flight 307

    24 Sept 1959 · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, France · 54 fatal

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  18. 1959 crash of the SAAB Scandia PP-SQV

    23 Sept 1959 · Vila Clara, Jabaquara, São Paulo · 20 fatal · not on the map

  19. 1959 Transair Douglas Dakota accident

    19 Aug 1959 · Montseny Range, Catalonia, Spain · 32 fatal

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  20. American Airlines Flight 514

    15 Aug 1959 · Calverton, New York, US · 5 fatal

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  21. 1959 Pakistan International Airlines accident in Karachi

    14 Aug 1959 · Karachi Airport, Pakistan · 2 fatal

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  22. Accident near Babaçulândia

    15 Jul 1959 · near Babaçulândia, Tocantins, Brazil · 2 fatal

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  23. 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash

    30 Jun 1959 · Ishikawa, Okinawa Prefecture · 18 fatal

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  24. TWA Flight 891

    26 Jun 1959 · In the town of Olgiate Olona near the hamlet of Marnate, Italy · 68 fatal

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  25. 1959 Pan Am Douglas DC-6 crash

    22 Jun 1959 · Shannon Airport, Ireland

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  26. Capital Airlines Flight 75

    12 May 1959 · Chase, Maryland, United States · 31 fatal

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  27. 1959 Air Charter Turkey crash

    23 Apr 1959 · Mount Süphan, Turkey · 12 fatal

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  28. 1959 Canberra shootdown

    10 Apr 1959 · over Rawat, near Rawalpindi · not on the map

  29. Air crash of President Barthélemy Boganda

    29 Mar 1959 · Boukpayanga · 9 fatal · not on the map

  30. 1959 Aviaco accident on Menorca

    13 Mar 1959 · near Menorca Airport, Spain · 1 fatal · not on the map

  31. 1959 Gatwick Turkish Airlines Viscount crash

    17 Feb 1959 · Jordan's Wood, Newdigate, Surrey, England · 14 fatal

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  32. American Airlines Flight 320

    3 Feb 1959 · New York City, US · 65 fatal

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  33. Pan Am Flight 115

    3 Feb 1959 · Over the North Atlantic Ocean near Newfoundland

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  34. The Day the Music Died

    3 Feb 1959 · Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, U.S. · 4 fatal

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  35. Il-14 crash near Stalingrad (1959)

    18 Jan 1959 · 5 km from Gumrak Airport, near Stalingrad (RSFSR, USSR) · 25 fatal

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  36. Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205

    16 Jan 1959 · Off Mar del Plata, Argentina · 51 fatal

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  37. Lufthansa Flight 502

    11 Jan 1959 · Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Brazil · 36 fatal

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  38. Southeast Airlines Flight 308

    8 Jan 1959 · Holston Mountain, Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States · 10 fatal

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  39. All Nippon Airways attempted bombing

    2 Jan 1959 · over the Seto Inland Sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture · 1 fatal · not on the map