Aviation accidents in 1966

The NTSB database holds 5,966 accidents and incidents in 1966, recorded between 1966. 601 of them were fatal (10%), and 1,355 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (3,120 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 150, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 172.

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Canada.

5,966 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

5,966

Records

601

Fatal

1,355

Deaths

10%

Share fatal

1966

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 5,966 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 515 Piper PA-28 398 Cessna 172 363 Piper PA-22 273 Piper PA-24 239 Cessna 182 235

Where these happened

United States 5,826 Mexico 44 Canada 30 Other-Foreign Countries 24 Unknown/Not Reported 9 Asia 6

Operators involved

Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 15 United Air Lines, Inc. 15 Petroleum Heli 13 American Airlines, Inc. 12 Cessna Aircraf 8 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 7

Phase of flight

Landing 3,120

In Flight 1,366

Takeoff 999

Taxi 379

Static 65

Nearby years

All

1963 78 1964 5,293 1965 5,428 1967 6,392 1968 5,267 1969 5,082

All 5,966 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Mar 1966	Cessna 175A N6934E	Cabot Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Mar 1966	Cessna 150 N6423T	San Jose Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Garden City AE	Fatal	1
25 Mar 1966	Beechcraft G35 N113W	Modesto Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Mar 1966	Fairchild M-62A N49264	Kent Wash, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Mar 1966	Stinson 108 N8930K	Port Angeles Wash, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1966	Cessna 182 N8958T	Campton, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1966	Boeing A75 N59792	Sunnymead Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Hemet Valley F	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1966	Pitts SPECL N5T	Tucson Ariz, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1966	Piper PA-18A N9360D	Electra Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	RAY Tompkins	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1966	Aeronca CF N22391	Jonesboro Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Mar 1966	Piper PA-30 N7659Y	Z, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Alpena Flying	Fatal	1
13 Mar 1966	Piper J3C-65 N70434	Central Falls Nc, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Mar 1966	Boeing D75A-1 N50756	El Centro Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Pt.hendrickson	Fatal	1
8 Mar 1966	Cessna 182B N7254E	Santa Cruz Is Cal, California, United States no coordinates	Bassett Compan	Fatal	1
6 Mar 1966	Forney 415-C N94021	Goldsboro Nc, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Mar 1966	Travel Air S6000B N9842	Ellensburg Wash, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
28 Feb 1966	Cessna 172C N8279X	Montesano Wash, Washington, United States no coordinates	Satsop Flying	Fatal	1
27 Feb 1966	Piper PA-28 N7278W	Dade City Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Feb 1966	Cessna 170B N2595D	Windom Minn, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Feb 1966	Cessna 172 N8177U	Portland Tenn, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
26 Feb 1966	Bell 47G-2 N6761D	Immokalee Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Feb 1966	British Ac 1-11 N1547	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Fatal	1
16 Feb 1966	Callair A-4 N6162C	San Miguel P.i., Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Air Asia Inc.	Fatal	1
11 Feb 1966	Piper PA-24 N8514P	Monticello Me, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Feb 1966	Piper PA-30 N7891Y	San Francisco Cal, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Feb 1966	Piper PA-18 N6978B	Empire Nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Feb 1966	Aeronca 7AC N83071	Defiance Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Feb 1966	Aero Comdr 500A N9385R	Sutter Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Dart Aero Corp	Fatal	1
29 Jan 1966	Mooney M-20E N7196U	Manor Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Epps Aircraft	Fatal	1
26 Jan 1966	Cessna 320D N4141T	Chatsworth Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Air Charter In	Fatal	1
22 Jan 1966	Piper PA-24 N6844P	Rockaway Nj, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Compoppa Corp	Fatal	1
22 Jan 1966	Alon A-2 N5472E	Santa Paula Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Norman Larson	Fatal	1
16 Jan 1966	Piper PA-28 N7256W	Gaithersburg Md, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
15 Jan 1966	Cessna 172D N8559X	Placitas N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Swstn Skyways	Fatal	1
15 Jan 1966	Beechcraft SNB-5 N86454	Maui Hawaii, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Skyway Air Car	Fatal	1
12 Jan 1966	Cessna 182E N3399Y	Fordyce Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	CF Moser Co.	Fatal	1
10 Jan 1966	Cessna 206 N5086U	Villanil Costa Rc, Central America no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1966	Stinson L-5 N1314V	Norfolk Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Mass.cap	Fatal	1
8 Jan 1966	Stolp SA-300 N94505	Apple Valley Cali, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Jan 1966	Piper PA-24 N8423P	Cascade Mich, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Jones and Sons	Fatal	1
2 Jan 1966	Piper PA-24 N7872P	Taylorsville Nc, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Tru-Flight Inc	Fatal	1
1 Jan 1966	Piper PA-24 N5783P	Jonesboro la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
31 Dec 1966	Cessna 210B N9743X	Lincoln Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Cessna 172 N3880R	Chagrin Fall Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Horn S Flying	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Piper PA-28 N8139W	Ocala Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	C.d.rock Aircr	Minor injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Beechcraft A45 N6602C	Aurora Oreg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Civil Air Patr	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Piper PA-28 N6022W	Carmel Valley Cal, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Luscombe 8F N802B	Gaithersburg Md, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Beechcraft D35 N3000V	Waynesboro Va, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Triangle Flyer	No injuries	-
31 Dec 1966	Champion 7ECA N2570F	Bainbridge Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Bainbridge Fly	No injuries	-