Aviation accidents in 1966

The NTSB database holds 5,966 accidents and incidents in 1966, recorded between 1966. 601 of them were fatal (10%), and 1,355 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (3,120 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.

5,966 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

5,966

Records

601

Fatal

1,355

Deaths

10%

Share fatal

1966

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 5,966 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 515 Piper PA-28 398 Cessna 172 363 Piper PA-22 273 Piper PA-24 239 Cessna 182 235

Where these happened

United States 5,826 Mexico 44 Canada 30 Other-Foreign Countries 24 Unknown/Not Reported 9 Asia 6

Operators involved

United Air Lines, Inc. 15 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 15 Petroleum Heli 13 American Airlines, Inc. 12 Cessna Aircraf 8 Helicopters In 7

Phase of flight

Landing 3,120

In Flight 1,366

Takeoff 999

Taxi 379

Static 65

Nearby years

All

1963 78 1964 5,293 1965 5,428 1967 6,392 1968 5,267 1969 5,082

All 5,966 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Jan 1966	Navion G N2404T	Moosic Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
7 Jan 1966	Cessna 172E N3535S	Pistol River Oreg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Rogue Flyers	Fatal	3
2 Jan 1966	Piper PA-30 N7564Y	Ft Lauderdale Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	National Produ	Fatal	3
31 Dec 1966	Beechcraft 35 N3279V	St.marys, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Dec 1966	Cessna 140 N89981	Garberville Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Dec 1966	Mooney M20E N2747W	Wolf Creek Mont, Montana, United States no coordinates	Northwest Moon	Fatal	2
19 Dec 1966	Cessna 337A N5303S	Nbowling Green, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Canair Corpora	Fatal	2
16 Dec 1966	Erco 415C N3725H	Pekin Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Dec 1966	Piper PA-18 N3697Z	North Canaan Conn, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Dec 1966	Piper PA-11 N4568M	North Canaan Conn, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Dec 1966	Cessna 172 N1131F	Franklin Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Dec 1966	Beechcraft 65-88 N886E	Woods Cross Utah, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 Dec 1966	Champion 7DC N4372E	Anselmo Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Dec 1966	Cessna 175 N8185T	Alexandria la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Dec 1966	Piper PA-23 N512H	Copenhagen Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Brown and Tenn	Fatal	2
26 Nov 1966	Aero Comdr 680F N226AA	Bangor, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Morgan Distrib	Fatal	2
23 Nov 1966	Cessna 182H N2047X	Frances Wash, Washington, United States no coordinates	Palos Verdes A	Fatal	2
23 Nov 1966	Cessna 172G N4170L	Elkhorn Iowa, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Nov 1966	Piper PA-18 N1997A	Cassopolis Mich, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Nov 1966	Piper PA-24 N5834P	Spencer W Va, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 Nov 1966	Cessna 150F N7981F	Erie Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Mountainview A	Fatal	2
2 Nov 1966	Beechcraft D18S N411Z	Heflin Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Gastonia Aviat	Fatal	2
1 Nov 1966	Piper PA-24 N8027P	Manchester Nh, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	Sinclair MacHi	Fatal	2
1 Nov 1966	Piper PA-28 N7802W	Greenville Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Chattahooche A	Fatal	2
28 Oct 1966	Cessna 180 N5278E	Greenville Me, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Oct 1966	Cessna 182B N2556G	Burnet Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Oct 1966	Taylorcraft BC12-D N39294	Burlington, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Oct 1966	Mooney M20C N6277U	Orange Conn, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Oct 1966	Piper PA-18 N6782B	Tyonek Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Oct 1966	Cessna 150G N3948J	Sparks Nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Agricultural A	Fatal	2
21 Oct 1966	Piper PA-22 N6952D	Stow Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Oct 1966	Cessna 180C N9175T	Ngrangeville Id, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Grangeville AI	Fatal	2
20 Oct 1966	Bell 47J-2A N8582F	Leland Miss, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	2
18 Oct 1966	Piper PA-24 N9108P	Muscatine, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Gregory Aviati	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1966	Cessna 180 N2862A	Englewood Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1966	Laister LK-10A N56051	Adelanto Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Oct 1966	Mooney M20E N7113U	Spring Hill Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Kuhlman DIE CA	Fatal	2
11 Oct 1966	Cessna 180 N2280C	Rutter Lk, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 Oct 1966	Bell 47G3B1 N73973	Janakpur Nepal, Asia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Oct 1966	Beechcraft 95-A55 N188M	Topanga Beach Cal, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Oct 1966	Piper PA-28 N7180W	Iowa City Iowa, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Midway Flyers	Fatal	2
30 Sep 1966	Cessna 172F N5306R	Hempstead Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	Bryan Aero Inc	Fatal	2
28 Sep 1966	Piper PA-28 N7878W	Senatobia Miss, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	E.o.champion A	Fatal	2
25 Sep 1966	Beechcraft E18S N3721B	Charlevoix Mich, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Q Airways	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1966	Mooney M20C N6777U	Rye Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Sep 1966	Bell 47G3B1 N1169W	W.yellowston Mont, Montana, United States no coordinates	Mountain West	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1966	Cessna 172E N3751S	Wakpala S Dak, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	The Flying BS	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1966	Piper PA-24 N7090P	Z, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Consolidated C	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1966	Piper PA-18 N1315A	Fairbanks Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1966	Taylorcraft BC12 N95624	Naknek Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2