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
27 Apr 1962	Boeing 707 N720PA	Manila, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Apr 1962	Martin 404 N40436	Lompoc, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Apr 1962	Bombardier CL-44D N602SA	Wake Island, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Slick Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Apr 1962	Douglas DC-8 N8275H	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Apr 1962	Cessna 180A N5351D	Shungnak, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Mar 1962	Douglas DC-6B N90765	Buffalo, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Mar 1962	Beechcraft AT-11 N41E	Moses Point, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
27 Feb 1962	Bombardier CL-44D N454T	Burbank, California, United States no coordinates	Flying Tiger Line, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1962	Fairchild F-27 N4302F	Waterloo, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Ozark Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Feb 1962	Cessna 180A N7858A	Nyac, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1962	Douglas DC-8 N8005U	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1962	Douglas DC-7B N837D	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Feb 1962	Boeing 720 N7206U	Portland, Oregon, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1962	Boeing 720B N724US	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1962	Douglas DC-7BF N381	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1962	Douglas DC-7 N6326C	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1962	Convair 240 N94253	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1962	Douglas DC-3 N58731	Big Trees, California, United States no coordinates	Blatz Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Jan 1962	Curtiss-Wrt C-46F N9903F	Limestone, Maine, United States no coordinates	Riddle Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1962	Lockheed 188 N5540	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1962	Douglas DC-6 N37538	Fillmore, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 Jan 1962	Fairchild F-27 N2703R	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-