Aviation accidents in 1962

The NTSB database holds 72 accidents and incidents in 1962, recorded between 1962. 11 of them were fatal (15%), and 330 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (36 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Lockheed 1049, Boeing 720 and Boeing 707.

Most of these records are from United States, Other-Foreign Countries and Europe.

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

Records

Fatal

330

Deaths

15%

Share fatal

1962

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 72 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Lockheed 1049 5 Boeing 720 5 Boeing 707 5 Douglas DC-7B 5 Douglas DC-8 4 Martin 404 4

Where these happened

United States 60 Other-Foreign Countries 4 Europe 2 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 2 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 1 South America 1

Operators involved

United Air Lines, Inc. 9 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 8 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 6 Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc. 5 Flying Tiger Line, Inc. 5 Riddle Airlines, Inc. 5

Phase of flight

Landing 36

In Flight 18

Takeoff 7

Taxi 6

Static 3

Nearby years

All

1963 78 1964 5,293 1965 5,428

All 72 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Mar 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6921C	Missing Aircraft, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	107
7 Jul 1962	Douglas DC-8 IT1	Bombay India, Europe no coordinates	Alitalia	Fatal	94
22 May 1962	Boeing 707 N70775	Unionville, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	45
23 Sep 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6923C	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	28
30 Nov 1962	Douglas DC-7B N815D	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	25
23 Nov 1962	Vickers 745D N7430	Ellicott City, Maryland, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	17
14 Dec 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6913C	No.hollywood, California, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	5
20 Jul 1962	Piper PA24-180 N5069P	Bridgeport, California, United States	Capital Skypark Inc.	Fatal	4
18 Apr 1962	Douglas DC-3 N3588	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Purdue Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	3
19 Oct 1962	Convair 340 N8415H	Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	U.s. Air	Fatal	1
15 Mar 1962	Lockheed 1049H N6911C	Adak, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	Fatal	1
22 Dec 1962	Douglas DC-3 N184D	Clinton, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Ozark Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Dec 1962	Convair 340 N73130	Grand Island, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Dec 1962	Douglas DC-6 N37503	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Dec 1962	Curtiss-Wrt C-46A N5131B	MacOn, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Riddle Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Nov 1962	Boeing 707 N710PA	Kingston, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7B N51702	La Paz, South America no coordinates	Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Oct 1962	Convair 340 N90857	Pierre, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	North Central Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7C N285	Sitka Sound, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7 N6311C	Sacramento, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1962	Martin 404 N40423	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 Oct 1962	Peech C18S N6416C	Pow B, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1962	Boeing 720 N7209U	Albany, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Sep 1962	Boeing 720B N8715E	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1962	Douglas DC-7B N801D	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
11 Sep 1962	Sud Avn SE 210 N1014U	Cleveland, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Aug 1962	Boeing 720 N8706E	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1962	Martin 404 N40401	Wilmington, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Aug 1962	Curtiss-Wrt C-46R N3944C	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Riddle Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Aug 1962	Beechcraft AT-11 N79019	Liz A, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Aug 1962	Lockheed L-1049 N7121C	Clark Afb, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Trans-International Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Aug 1962	Martin 404 N40415	Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Aug 1962	Lockheed 188 N6102A	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
26 Jul 1962	Boeing 707 N726PA	Amsterdam, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
23 Jul 1962	Armstrong AW-650 N6502R	Rome, New York, United States no coordinates	Capitol Airways	No injuries	-
17 Jul 1962	Grumman G-21A N324	Avalon Bay, California, United States no coordinates	Avalon Air Transport, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jul 1962	Curtis-Wrt C-46 N74811	Guadalupe, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Southern Air Transport, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1962	Vickers 812 N243V	Amarillo, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 Jul 1962	Beechcraft C18S N8044H	Kotzebue, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Jul 1962	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N619Z	Vandenburg Ab, California, United States no coordinates	Zantop Air Transport	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1962	Beechcraft C18S N5080K	Clear Afbase, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1962	Armstrong AW650 N6501R	Wilmington, Delaware, United States no coordinates	Capitol Airways	No injuries	-
15 Jun 1962	Boeing 707 N707PA	San Juan, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
14 Jun 1962	Douglas DC-8 N812PA	Marco, Florida, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 1962	Douglas DC-7B N805D	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Jun 1962	Curtiss-Wrt C-46R N1243N	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Riddle Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
28 May 1962	Lockheed 1049 N6213C	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 May 1962	Curtiss Wrt C-46A N75388	Tyndall Afb, Florida, United States no coordinates	Riddle Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 May 1962	Douglas C-54B N88894	Ackerly, Texas, United States no coordinates	Slick Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1962	Vickers 745D N6598C	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Northeast Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-