US Air Force accidents

The NTSB database holds 15 accidents and incidents involving US Air Force, recorded between 1965 to 2008. 7 of them were fatal (47%), and 26 people died.

The deadliest year was 1967, with 12 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (7 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Douglas C-124 and McDonnell Douglas RF4C.

Most of these records are from United States, Japan and Asia.

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

47%

Share fatal

1965 to 2008

Period

Show these on the map 5 of 15 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 5

1970s 4

1980s 3

1990s 1

2000s 2

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 3 Douglas C-124 1 McDonnell Douglas RF4C 1 Lockheed T-33A 1 McDonnell Douglas RF-4C 1 Cessna T-37B 1

Where these happened

United States 13 Japan 1 Asia 1

All 15 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 Jun 1967	McDonnell Douglas RF4C USAF 658	Saigon, Asia no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	7
13 Sep 1976	McDonnell Douglas F4E USAF0255	Brighton, Florida, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	5
6 Feb 1980	Gen Dynamic F-111D USAF45	Clovis, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	4
30 May 1967	Lockheed T-33A USAF8065	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	4
7 Nov 1965	Douglas C-124 AF52-942	Tulsa Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	3
24 Sep 1971	Martin RB-57C AF533842	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	2
28 Apr 1967	McDonnell Douglas RF-101 USNG5414	Andersonvill, Arizona, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	Fatal	1
28 Dec 2008	Cessna 172S N453SP	Girdwood, Alaska, United States	U.S. Air Force	No injuries	-
24 Oct 2008	Cessna 172H N4961	Kadena Air Base, Japan, Japan	U.S. Air Force	Serious injuries	-
9 Dec 1990	Beechcraft BE-77 N3809Y	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States	U.s. Air Force	No injuries	-
21 Jun 1989	Cessna U-206G N8773Q	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	U.s. Air Force	No injuries	-
11 Sep 1988	Cessna 172F N5149F	Fairfield, California, United States	U.s. Air Force	No injuries	-
24 Aug 1978	Cessna T-37B USAF56-3	Coolidge, Arizona, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	No injuries	-
16 May 1975	McDonnell Douglas RF-4C USAF459	Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	No injuries	-
6 Nov 1966	Lockheed C-141 USAF 502	Merced Calif, California, United States no coordinates	US Air Force	No injuries	-