Deadliest occurrences
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 | 31 Aug 1988 | 14 | 14 | Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport, Euless, Texas, United States |
| SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 | 15 Jan 1987 | 10 | 10 | Kearns, Utah, United States |
| SEA96MA043 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 | 15 Jan 1996 | 8 | 8 | Malad City, ID, United States |
| DEN90FA103 · Piper PA-32C-300 | 27 Apr 1990 | 6 | 6 | Leadville, CO, United States |
| DEN86FA056 · Cessna T210L | 29 Dec 1985 | 6 | 6 | WEST VALLEY, UT, United States |
| SEA95FA031 · Piper PA-32R-300 | 18 Dec 1994 | 4 | 4 | Grantsville, UT, United States |
| LAX94FA308 · Piper PA-28R-200 | 7 Aug 1994 | 4 | 4 | San Luis Obispo, CA, United States |
| SEA94FA084 · Bellanca 14-19-3A | 13 Mar 1994 | 4 | 4 | Wendover, UT, United States |
| DEN92FA076 · Aero Commander 560-F | 23 Jul 1992 | 4 | 4 | MANVILLE, WY, United States |
| SEA97FA105 · Cessna 182 | 10 May 1997 | 3 | 3 | Clinton, UT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 | 31 Aug 1988 | 14 | Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport, Euless, Texas, United States | 1 |
| SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 | 15 Jan 1987 | 10 | Kearns, Utah, United States | 2 |
| SEA96MA043 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 | 15 Jan 1996 | 8 | Malad City, ID, United States | 1 |
| DEN90FA103 · Piper PA-32C-300 | 27 Apr 1990 | 6 | Leadville, CO, United States | 1 |
| DEN86FA056 · Cessna T210L | 29 Dec 1985 | 6 | WEST VALLEY, UT, United States | 1 |
| Guardian Flight Pilatus PC-12/45 accident | 24 Feb 2023 | 5 | Stagecoach, NV, United States | 1 |
| American Medflight Piper PA 31T accident | 18 Nov 2016 | 4 | Elko, NV, United States | 1 |
| SEA95FA031 · Piper PA-32R-300 | 18 Dec 1994 | 4 | Grantsville, UT, United States | 1 |
| LAX94FA308 · Piper PA-28R-200 | 7 Aug 1994 | 4 | San Luis Obispo, CA, United States | 1 |
| SEA94FA084 · Bellanca 14-19-3A | 13 Mar 1994 | 4 | Wendover, UT, United States | 1 |
Deadliest with more than one aircraft
5 occurrences involved more than one aircraft, such as midair and ground collisions; 2 were fatal. These count everyone, as the table above does.
| Occurrence | Date | Total fatalities | Location | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 | 15 Jan 1987 | 10 | Kearns, Utah, United States | 2 |
| SEA97FA105 · Cessna 182 | 10 May 1997 | 3 | Clinton, UT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 | 31 Aug 1988 | 76 | 14 | 14 | Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport, Euless, Texas, United States |
| SkyWest Airlines Fairchild SA227-AC accident | 15 Jan 1990 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Elko, NV, United States |
| Delta Air Lines Flight 56 | 30 Jul 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Creston, WY, United States |
| LAX03LA154 · Piper PA-32R-301T | 18 May 2003 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Paulden, AZ, United States |
| Flight 1063 · Boeing 767-332ER | 4 Nov 2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Portland, OR, United States |
| DEN86FA216 · Piper PA-32-260 | 4 Aug 1986 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lander, WY, United States |
| DEN02LA010 · Agusta A119 | 9 Nov 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Ogden, UT, United States |
| SEA97FA067 · Beech 200 | 2 Mar 1997 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
| Salmon Air Taxi Piper PA-34-200T accident | 6 Aug 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Salmon, ID, United States |
| DEN85FA015 · Cessna 414-8 | 20 Oct 1984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Cheyenne, WY, United States |