Aviation accidents in 1970
The NTSB database holds 4,980 accidents and incidents in 1970, recorded between 1970. 676 of them were fatal (14%), and 1,518 people died.
The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (2,290 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.
4,980 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
4,980
Records
676
Fatal
1,518
Deaths
14%
Share fatal
1970
Period
Show these on the map
0 of 4,980 have coordinates
Aircraft types involved
Where these happened
All 4,980 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 1970 | Snow S2B | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Farm Aero Serv | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Jul 1970 | Callair A-9 | Camilla, Georgia, United States | Shade Tobacco | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Jul 1970 | Aero Comdr A-9B | Raymondville, Texas, United States | Sun Vallee AVI | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Jul 1970 | Schweizer SGS126 | Romoland, California, United States | Orange County | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Jul 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Billings, New York, United States | Easton Aviatio | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Jul 1970 | Cessna AG188 | Long Pond, Pennsylvania, United States | L and L Aerial | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Jul 1970 | Beechcraft 35-33 | Hacker Vally, West Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-25 | Pitts, Georgia, United States | Everidge Bros. | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Jul 1970 | Vancraft GC-1 | Olympia, Washington, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Jul 1970 | Beechcraft 95-C55 | Pompano Beach, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Jul 1970 | Bell 206A | Hurricane, Alaska, United States | Trans Alaska H | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-25 | Sunny Side, Texas, United States | Kenworthy Aeri | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Hillsboro, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Jul 1970 | Cessna 182H | Shaver Lake, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Jul 1970 | Aeronca 65-TL | Lavonia, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Jul 1970 | Callair A-9 | Littlefield, Texas, United States | Plains Flying | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Jul 1970 | Piper J3C-65 | Crawford, Oklahoma, United States | Cheyenne Aero | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-25 | Crawford, Oklahoma, United States | Cheyenne Aero | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-20 | Mikado, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Jul 1970 | Piper J3C-65 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Jul 1970 | Cessna 120 | Ringgold, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-24 | Pelham, Massachusetts, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Jul 1970 | Cessna 170B | Montchanin, Delaware, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Jul 1970 | Cessna 310P | Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported | Penn.commuter* | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-25 | Harper, Kansas, United States | Kenneth LEE LI | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-24 | Mount Desert, Maine, United States | Aviation Servi | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-25 | Irwinville, Georgia, United States | Ewing Dusting | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Sturgis, Michigan, United States | Sturgis Airway | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Jun 1970 | Commonwlth 185 | Shaw Island, Washington, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 28 Jun 1970 | Cessna 150H | Manderson, Wyoming, United States | Sky Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jun 1970 | Cessna 182 | Shoshone, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jun 1970 | Stits SA3A | Sonoma, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jun 1970 | Pitts S-1 | Winchester, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jun 1970 | N American P-51 | Harlingen, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-32 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States | Frederick Pipe | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-18 | Maddock, North Dakota, United States | Sabbe Bros Fly | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Jun 1970 | Beechcraft G35 | Robbinsville, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jun 1970 | Fairchild F-23A | Los Fresnos, Texas, United States | Kenneth Shuckm | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Mooreland, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Jun 1970 | Grumman TBM | St.martin, Canada | Evergreen Air | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Jun 1970 | Hughes 269A | Ozona, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-18 | Lehr, North Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Jun 1970 | Grumman TBM | Boise, Idaho, United States | Idaho Aircraft | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Jun 1970 | Cessna 150 | Mt Bethal, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Jun 1970 | Cessna 150 | Miami, Florida, United States | South Wind AVI | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-25 | Cantua Creek, California, United States | West Side Crop | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Jun 1970 | Cessna 150F | New River, Arizona, United States | Arizona Cloud | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Jun 1970 | Pitts Spcl S1-S | Hollister, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Jun 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Rose Hill, North Carolina, United States | Jacksonville A | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Jun 1970 | Cessna 182G | Oelwein, Iowa, United States | Spencer Skylan | Fatal | 1 |