Plane Crash List

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

Cessna 150 516 Piper PA-28 402 Cessna 172 270 Cessna 182 223 Piper PA-22 135 Piper PA-24 121

Where these happened

United States 4,857 Mexico 40 Canada 25 Other-Foreign Countries 17 Unknown/Not Reported 12 Asia 6

Operators involved

United Air Lines, Inc. 17 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 14 Trans World Airlines, Inc. 13 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 10 American Airlines, Inc. 10 Flight Safety 9

All 4,980 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
1 Nov 1970 Piper PA-32
N4150R
 Shakopee, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 St Paul Aviati Fatal 2
30 Oct 1970 Piper PA-14
N4266H
 Carlyle, Montana, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
25 Oct 1970 Mooney M20A
N8316E
 Roggen, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
24 Oct 1970 Lake LA-4
N7633L
 New Cumbrlnd, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
23 Oct 1970 Cessna 120
N89865
 Marietta, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
19 Oct 1970 Beechcraft J35
N749B
 Mussella, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
18 Oct 1970 Cessna 150F
N8254F
 Forsyth, Missouri, United States
no coordinates
 Springfield FL Fatal 2
17 Oct 1970 Beechcraft V35B
N3958A
 Aspen, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Denver Beechcr Fatal 2
16 Oct 1970 Piper PA-28R
N7667J
 New Castle, Delaware, United States
no coordinates
 Delaware Aviat Fatal 2
15 Oct 1970 Cessna A150K
N8321M
 Eagle, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
 Bradley Aviati Fatal 2
15 Oct 1970 Convair PBY-5A
N610FF
 Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
 Quester Intern Fatal 2
6 Oct 1970 Beechcraft B35
N8817A
 Evanston, Wyoming, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
4 Oct 1970 Aero Comdr 500-B
N701X
 Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
4 Oct 1970 Cessna 120
N3570V
 Whitney, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
1 Oct 1970 Douglas DC-3C
N47
 Anchorage, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Federal Aviati Fatal 2
1 Oct 1970 Aero Comdr 500-S
N9119N
 White Castle, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
28 Sep 1970 Piper PA-30
N8825Y
 Juarez, Mexico
no coordinates
 Clark Construc Fatal 2
28 Sep 1970 Cessna 150
N5901E
 MacKinaw, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
26 Sep 1970 Boeing A75N1
N49793
 Castro Valley, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
26 Sep 1970 Piper PA-28
N9012J
 No.windham, Connecticut, United States
no coordinates
 Quades Flight Fatal 2
26 Sep 1970 Piper J3C-65
N2122M
 Newellton, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
22 Sep 1970 Piper PA-30
N8125Y
 Seattle, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Seattle Flight Fatal 2
20 Sep 1970 Wittman W-8
N152A
 Tipton, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
20 Sep 1970 Cessna 210
N9628T
 Spencer, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
20 Sep 1970 Beechcraft V35A
N7977R
 Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
18 Sep 1970 Cessna 337D
N337NH
 Lakeville, Connecticut, United States
no coordinates
 International Fatal 2
18 Sep 1970 Piper PA-30
N8414Y
 Boulder, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Johnson Publis Fatal 2
18 Sep 1970 Beechcraft 23
N2331Q
 Gates, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
14 Sep 1970 Cessna 177
N29561
 Ojai, California, United States
no coordinates
 Michael Dewey Fatal 2
14 Sep 1970 Piper PA-28
N6490J
 Oakley, Utah, United States
no coordinates
 Key Aviation I Fatal 2
13 Sep 1970 Cessna 210D
N2310F
 Bass Lake, California, United States
no coordinates
 Los Pilotos FL Fatal 2
13 Sep 1970 Cessna 150J
N60031
 Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Rent A Plane I Fatal 2
13 Sep 1970 Cessna 172I
N46223
 Vichy, Missouri, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
11 Sep 1970 Lake LA-4
N7603L
 Hernando, Mississippi, United States
no coordinates
 Memphis Air CH Fatal 2
10 Sep 1970 Beechcraft M35
N9702R
 Cold Springs, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Culligan Soft Fatal 2
8 Sep 1970 Piper PA-24
N5414P
 Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
6 Sep 1970 Cessna 150
N4412U
 Wrightwood, California, United States
no coordinates
 DON Flying SER Fatal 2
6 Sep 1970 Cessna 150G
N3627J
 Stanley, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
 Morgan Aviatio Fatal 2
5 Sep 1970 Globe GC-1B
N3317K
 Morristown, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
4 Sep 1970 Piper PA-30
N8636Y
 Prince George, Canada
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
4 Sep 1970 Piper PA-23
N4417P
 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 Commanche Ente Fatal 2
1 Sep 1970 Ryan ST-3KR
N46739
 W.hollywood, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
30 Aug 1970 Nardi Sa FN-333
N917NS
 Shelton, Connecticut, United States
no coordinates
 R A Lalli Comp Fatal 2
29 Aug 1970 Cessna 150A
N8916S
 San Quintin, Mexico
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
27 Aug 1970 Cessna 150D
N5933T
 Osage, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
 Richard B.lyba Fatal 2
27 Aug 1970 Boeing B75N1
N9912H
 Osage, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
18 Aug 1970 Boeing TB-17F
N1340N
 Dubois, Wyoming, United States
no coordinates
 Aero Fliie, Inc Fatal 2
18 Aug 1970 Amer Avco AA-1
N5923L
 Pawling, New York, United States
no coordinates
 Poughkeepsie F Fatal 2
17 Aug 1970 Mooney M20E
N6937U
 Cody, Wyoming, United States
no coordinates
 Hawkins and PO Fatal 2
16 Aug 1970 Aero Comdr 560F
N560F
 Latham, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
 Dayton Steel A Fatal 2