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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Flight 4184 | 31 Oct 1994 | 68 | 68 | Roselawn, Indiana, U.S. |
| CHI95FA326 · Piper PA-38-112 | 16 Sept 1995 | 2 | 2 | Danville, IN, United States |
| Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 | 17 Feb 1991 | 2 | 2 | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| MKC89FA116 · Beech D55 | 26 May 1989 | 2 | 2 | Greenwood, IN, United States |
| General aviation Gulfstream G-159 accident | 31 May 1985 | 2 | 2 | Nashville, TN, United States |
| CHI84FA027 · Mooney M20E | 24 Oct 1983 | 2 | 2 | NEWARK, IN, United States |
| IAD98FA047 · Beech 58 | 23 Apr 1998 | 1 | 1 | Columbus, OH, United States |
| ATL96FA066 · Cessna 310R | 15 Mar 1996 | 1 | 1 | Winder, GA, United States |
| Transtar Aviation Beech D18S accident | 25 Sept 1985 | 1 | 1 | Huntington, WV, United States |
| CHI83FA445 · Cessna 182B | 25 Sept 1983 | 1 | 1 | Constantine, MI, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Eagle Flight 4184 | 31 Oct 1994 | 68 | Roselawn, Indiana, U.S. | 1 |
| CEN15FA190 · Cessna 414A | 7 Apr 2015 | 7 | Bloomington, IL, United States | 1 |
| CEN21FA252 · Diamond Aircraft IND Inc DA 40 NG | 6 Jun 2021 | 2 | Darlington, IN, United States | 1 |
| CHI02FA042 · Mooney M20M | 27 Nov 2001 | 2 | Evansville, IN, United States | 1 |
| CHI95FA326 · Piper PA-38-112 | 16 Sept 1995 | 2 | Danville, IN, United States | 1 |
| Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 | 17 Feb 1991 | 2 | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio, United States | 1 |
| MKC89FA116 · Beech D55 | 26 May 1989 | 2 | Greenwood, IN, United States | 1 |
| General aviation Gulfstream G-159 accident | 31 May 1985 | 2 | Nashville, TN, United States | 1 |
| CHI84FA027 · Mooney M20E | 24 Oct 1983 | 2 | NEWARK, IN, United States | 1 |
| CHI07FA009 · Beech 95-B55 | 26 Oct 2006 | 1 | Lawrenceville, IL, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI83FA383 · Cessna 421C | 16 Aug 1983 | 8 | 0 | 0 | CENTERTO, IN, United States |
| Braniff British Aircraft Corp. (BAC) BAC-111-203 BAC-111-20 incident | 24 May 1988 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Orlando, FL, United States |
| CHI98LA173 · Cessna 310R | 24 May 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Augusta, KS, United States |
| US Air Flight 232 | 29 Aug 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Chattanooga, TN, United States |
| MKC89FA116 · Beech D55 | 26 May 1989 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Greenwood, IN, United States |
| CHI83FA114 · Piper PA-44-180T | 13 Feb 1983 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Indianapolis, IN, United States |
| CEN14LA327 · Cessna T207 | 27 Jun 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Indianapolis, IN, United States |
| CHI90LA101 · Piper PA-28R-200 | 22 Mar 1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Monee, IL, United States |
| CHI88LA064 · Bell 206B | 16 Feb 1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Martinsville, IN, United States |
| USAir Boeing 737-387 accident | 25 Nov 1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Los Angeles, CA, United States |