Aviation accidents in 1976

The NTSB database holds 4,367 accidents and incidents in 1976, recorded between 1976. 737 of them were fatal (17%), and 1,467 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,830 records).

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

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Unknown/Not Reported.

4,367 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

4,367

Records

737

Fatal

1,467

Deaths

17%

Share fatal

1976

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 4,367 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 385 Cessna 172 301 Piper PA-28 294 Cessna 182 161 Piper PA-22 91 Cessna 180 85

Where these happened

United States 4,317 Mexico 20 Unknown/Not Reported 10 Other-Foreign Countries 8 Other-International Waters 2 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 2

Operators involved

Petroleum Heli 9 Murrayair, Ltd. 7 Evergreen Heli 7 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 6 American Airlines, Inc. 6 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 6

Phase of flight

Landing 1,830

In Flight 1,523

Takeoff 806

Taxi 157

Static 36

Nearby years

All

1973 4,451 1974 4,628 1975 4,463 1977 4,469 1978 4,698 1979 4,210

All 4,367 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Jan 1976	Beechcraft D95A N9388Y	Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Freestate Avia	Fatal	2
11 Jan 1976	Beechcraft B19 N9308S	Muleshoe, Texas, United States no coordinates	Air Plains WES	Fatal	2
1 Jan 1976	Cessna 182E N2921Y	Mountain Home, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 Dec 1976	Beechcraft V35B N84BB	Auburn, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
31 Dec 1976	Boeing A75N1 N53039	Oakdale, California, United States no coordinates	Hawke Dusters	Fatal	1
28 Dec 1976	Cessna 210L N2148S	Fenton, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
26 Dec 1976	Erco 415-C N87406	Murrieta, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
26 Dec 1976	Beechcraft M35 N9573R	Flanders, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Rapro Inc	Fatal	1
23 Dec 1976	Piper PA-23 N2264P	North Royalton, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Vince's Flying	Fatal	1
23 Dec 1976	Beechcraft :50 N30AM	McAllen, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Dec 1976	Cessna 172M N12364	Empire, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Reno Maverick	Fatal	1
19 Dec 1976	Erco 415-C N99258	Palo, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Gordon L. Grif	Fatal	1
15 Dec 1976	Piper PA-23 N5590Y	Blythe, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
15 Dec 1976	Cessna 150G N2879S	Patriot, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Dec 1976	American AA1B N6278L	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Dec 1976	Grum Amer AA-1B N9954L	Dorado, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Universal Avia	Fatal	1
11 Dec 1976	Cessna 421B N570C	Winchester, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Overmyer Corpo	Fatal	1
11 Dec 1976	Cessna 120 N90193	Sheridan, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Dec 1976	Cessna 172H N1455F	Houston, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Dec 1976	Cessna 177 N29380	Harrison, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Dec 1976	Hughes 369C N9135F	Pontiac, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Dec 1976	Cessna 195 N169CB	Roanoke, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Dec 1976	Scorpion TOO N21DD	Corona, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Dec 1976	Cessna 150E N3526J	Depere, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
28 Nov 1976	Bell 47J N62883	Glen Ivy, California, United States no coordinates	United Helicop	Fatal	1
28 Nov 1976	Piper J3C N2228M	Copeland, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Nov 1976	Erco 415-C N99324	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 Nov 1976	Cessna 206 N35593	Kotzebue, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Baker Aviation	Fatal	1
23 Nov 1976	Cessna 182A N6304B	Boutte, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Nov 1976	Cessna 150L N5376Q	Sherburne, Vermont, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Nov 1976	Bede BD-5G N503BD	Newton, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Bede Aircraft	Fatal	1
22 Nov 1976	Piper PA-28R N15987	Sandpoint, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Vagabond Aviat	Fatal	1
21 Nov 1976	Bellanca 7GCBC N36177	Geyser, Montana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Nov 1976	Cessna 172M N80778	Conneautville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Erie Airways, I	Fatal	1
19 Nov 1976	Mooney M20C N6861U	Peoria, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Nov 1976	Piper PA-28 N9061W	Rosebud, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Nov 1976	Cessna 210B N9705X	Waelder, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Nov 1976	Aero Comdr 500-S N57278	Gulf of Guinea, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	United Resourc	Fatal	1
17 Nov 1976	Aero Comdr 690A N57186	Independence, Kansas, United States no coordinates	MIC Corporatio	Fatal	1
16 Nov 1976	Cessna T210K N8289M	Davis, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Nov 1976	Scorpion 2 N63301	Alston, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Nov 1976	Cessna 150L N7511G	Orlando, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Nov 1976	Aero Comdr 112A N1450J	Trabuco Canyon, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
13 Nov 1976	Beechcraft 19A N5084T	Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Nov 1976	Piper PA-22 N973A	Warren Center, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Nov 1976	Taylorcraft DC0-65 N50377	Belleville, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1976	Cessna 150 N1336Q	Denton, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1976	Piper PA-22 N1816A	Denton, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1976	Bell 47G-2 N6755D	Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Smokey Mountai	Fatal	1
5 Nov 1976	Beechcraft D-45 N14406	Avalon, California, United States no coordinates	El Toro Marine	Fatal	1