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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN90FA041 · Cessna 182P | 12 Jan 1990 | 3 | 3 | TOM'S PLACE, CA, United States |
| LAX88FA251 · Piper PA-22-150 | 12 Jul 1988 | 2 | 2 | Compton, CA, United States |
| LAX88DUA01 · Hernandez THORP T-18 | 23 Apr 1988 | 2 | 2 | PALOS VERDES, CA, United States |
| LAX95FA016 · Piper PA-38-112 | 22 Oct 1994 | 1 | 1 | Kettleman City, CA, United States |
| LAX86FA024 · Champion 7ECA | 27 Oct 1985 | 1 | 1 | Seal Beach, CA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN90FA041 · Cessna 182P | 12 Jan 1990 | 3 | TOM'S PLACE, CA, United States | 1 |
| WPR10FA116 · Cessna 340 | 18 Jan 2010 | 2 | Lytle Creek, CA, United States | 1 |
| LAX88FA251 · Piper PA-22-150 | 12 Jul 1988 | 2 | Compton, CA, United States | 1 |
| LAX88DUA01 · Hernandez THORP T-18 | 23 Apr 1988 | 2 | PALOS VERDES, CA, United States | 1 |
| WPR19FA095 · North American T28 B | 13 Mar 2019 | 1 | Compton, CA, United States | 2 |
| WPR15FA238 · Aviat Inc A 1 UNDESIGNAT | 9 Aug 2015 | 1 | Compton, CA, United States | 1 |
| LAX04LA110 · Tailwind W-8 | 31 Jan 2004 | 1 | San Pedro, CA, United States | 1 |
| LAX04LA106 · Cox Thorpe T-18 | 23 Jan 2004 | 1 | Compton, CA, United States | 1 |
| LAX95FA016 · Piper PA-38-112 | 22 Oct 1994 | 1 | Kettleman City, CA, United States | 1 |
| LAX86FA024 · Champion 7ECA | 27 Oct 1985 | 1 | Seal Beach, CA, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPR19FA095 · North American T28 B | 13 Mar 2019 | 1 | Compton, CA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTW93LA087 · Piper PA-28-180 | 13 Feb 1993 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Magdalena, NM, United States |
| WPR14LA180 · Bell 47G UNDESIGNAT | 3 May 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | El Monte, CA, United States |
| LAX07CA088 · Luscombe 8A | 17 Feb 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Compton, CA, United States |
| LAX06CA125 · Cessna 172N | 7 Mar 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Compton, CA, United States |
| LAX00GA114 · Bell OH-58C | 14 Mar 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Compton, CA, United States |
| LAX98LA067 · Cessna 210 | 3 Jan 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Compton, CA, United States |
| LAX96FA080 · Cessna 152 | 26 Dec 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Compton, CA, United States |
| LAX96LA039 · Cessna 402B | 3 Nov 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Redwood City, CA, United States |
| LAX88FA256 · Cessna T210M | 14 Jul 1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Carson, CA, United States |
| WPR22LA268 · Piper J3C-65 | 22 Jul 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Huntington Beach, CA, United States |