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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI86FA031 · Piper PA-28-161 | 21 Nov 1985 | 2 | 2 | WASHINGTON TWP., IN, United States |
| Air Tahoma Flight 185 | 13 Aug 2004 | 1 | 1 | World of Sports golf course, Florence, Kentucky, United States |
| Ajax Leasing Beech BE-18 accident | 9 Mar 1989 | 1 | 1 | Covington, KY, United States |
| Viking Express Beech E18S accident | 28 Sept 1986 | 1 | 1 | Chicago, IL, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI86FA031 · Piper PA-28-161 | 21 Nov 1985 | 2 | WASHINGTON TWP., IN, United States | 1 |
| Air Tahoma Flight 185 | 13 Aug 2004 | 1 | World of Sports golf course, Florence, Kentucky, United States | 1 |
| Ajax Leasing Beech BE-18 accident | 9 Mar 1989 | 1 | Covington, KY, United States | 1 |
| Viking Express Beech E18S accident | 28 Sept 1986 | 1 | Chicago, IL, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
4 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 0 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
None among the occurrences shown.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight 482 · Boeing 757-232 | 2 Jun 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Fairfield, IL, United States |
| Comair Flight 5212 | 8 Jan 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Detroit, MI, United States |
| Endeavor Air Flight 4985 | 17 Jul 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Germantown, KY, United States |
| Delta Connection Embraer EMB-145LR accident | 15 Feb 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covington, KY, United States |
| Comair Airlines Flight 5521 | 26 Oct 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covington, KY, United States |
| Air Tahoma Flight 185 | 13 Aug 2004 | 1 | 1 | 1 | World of Sports golf course, Florence, Kentucky, United States |
| Atlantic Coast Airlines Dornier 328-300 accident | 24 Apr 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roanoke, VA, United States |
| Ameriflight Flight 667 | 8 Jan 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covington, KY, United States |
| Delta Connection Canadair CL600-2B19 accident | 9 Mar 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covington, KY, United States |
| Delta Air Lines Flight 1885 | 26 Jun 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Covington, KY, United States |