Deadliest occurrences
Not a complete record. A partial collection of documented occurrences: counts, not rates, and no measure of aviation risk. Coverage
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The same occurrences rank differently depending on who is counted. These tables count, in turn, the people on board, everyone the occurrence killed, occurrences with more than one aircraft, and the injured.
Deadliest for the people on board
Fatalities are deaths among passengers and crew; the total adds anyone killed on the ground. Fatalities use each record's event total where one exists, otherwise the fatal injuries in the NTSB record.
| Occurrence | Date | Fatalities | Total fatalities | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henson Airlines Flight 1517 | 23 Sept 1985 | 14 | 14 | Grottoes, Virginia |
| Congressional Air Cessna 172N accident | 1 Jun 1992 | 3 | 3 | BROOKEVILLE, MD, United States |
| Cumberland Airlines Piper PA-31 accident | 5 Mar 1984 | 3 | 3 | Cumberland, MD, United States |
| NYC91FA073 · Beech BE-58 | 7 Feb 1991 | 2 | 2 | Skaneateles, NY, United States |
| NYC88FA216 · Cessna TU206G | 12 Aug 1988 | 2 | 2 | WHITE LAKE, NY, United States |
| MIA97FA049 · Piper PA-30 | 28 Dec 1996 | 1 | 1 | Goldsboro, NC, United States |
| Kalitta Flying Service Beech C-45G accident | 10 Dec 1992 | 1 | 1 | Elkridge, MD, United States |
| BFO90FA074 · Beech C35 | 8 Sept 1990 | 1 | 1 | FOREST HILL, MD, United States |
| Centre Airlines Beech E18S accident | 19 Jul 1989 | 1 | 2 | Glen Burnie, MD, United States |
| BFO89FA009 · Piper PA-23-250 | 11 Nov 1988 | 1 | 1 | Towson, MD, United States |
Deadliest in all, counting deaths on the ground
Everyone the occurrence killed, in the air and on the ground. Where the two tables differ, people on the ground made the difference.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henson Airlines Flight 1517 | 23 Sept 1985 | 14 | Grottoes, Virginia | 1 |
| Congressional Air Cessna 172N accident | 1 Jun 1992 | 3 | BROOKEVILLE, MD, United States | 2 |
| Cumberland Airlines Piper PA-31 accident | 5 Mar 1984 | 3 | Cumberland, MD, United States | 1 |
| NYC08FA138 · Cirrus Design Corp SR22 | 14 Mar 2008 | 2 | Front Royal, VA, United States | 1 |
| IAD01FA089 · Bell 206B | 1 Aug 2001 | 2 | Baltimore, MD, United States | 1 |
| NYC91FA073 · Beech BE-58 | 7 Feb 1991 | 2 | Skaneateles, NY, United States | 1 |
| Centre Airlines Beech E18S accident | 19 Jul 1989 | 2 | Glen Burnie, MD, United States | 1 |
| NYC88FA216 · Cessna TU206G | 12 Aug 1988 | 2 | WHITE LAKE, NY, United States | 1 |
| Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 | 8 Dec 2005 | 1 | Intersections of W 55th Street and S Central Avenue, Near Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States | 1 |
| Flight 101 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 | 14 May 2004 | 1 | Ferndale, MD, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
7 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 1 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional Air Cessna 172N accident | 1 Jun 1992 | 3 | BROOKEVILLE, MD, United States | 2 |
Most injured, whether or not anyone died
Injuries are the total the record shows: a Wikipedia record's infobox total, otherwise the serious and minor injuries in the NTSB record. People hurt on the ground are counted too, so a row can show hundreds injured although no one on board survived: all 106 injured at the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 were in the building.
| Occurrence | Date | Injured | Fatalities | Total fatalities | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 | 8 Dec 2005 | 169 on the ground | 0 | 1 | Intersections of W 55th Street and S Central Avenue, Near Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| World Airways Flight 8535 | 6 May 2009 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Baltimore, MD, United States |
| KLM - Royal Dutch Airline Boeing 747-400 accident | 16 Jun 1991 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| Northwest Airlines Flight 1142 | 22 Jul 2003 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Wadsworth, OH, United States |
| Piedmont Airlines Boeing 767-201 accident | 3 Apr 1989 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727-200 accident | 19 Mar 1987 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Charleston, SC, United States |
| ATL86FA182 · Cessna P210N | 25 Jun 1986 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lawrenceville, GA, United States |
| Southwest Airlines Flight 4318 | 9 Mar 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Aylett, VA, United States |
| US Airways Flight 2686 | 17 Apr 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jacksonville, FL, United States |
| Sundance Aviation Cessna 310Q accident | 18 Oct 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Pasadena, MD, United States |