Aviation accidents in 1968

The NTSB database holds 5,267 accidents and incidents in 1968, recorded between 1968. 751 of them were fatal (14%), and 1,826 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (2,589 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 Other-Foreign Countries.

5,267 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

5,267

Records

751

Fatal

1,826

Deaths

14%

Share fatal

1968

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 5,267 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 548 Piper PA-28 406 Cessna 172 306 Cessna 182 221 Piper PA-22 207 Piper PA-24 143

Where these happened

United States 5,152 Mexico 42 Other-Foreign Countries 16 Canada 16 Asia 11 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 10

Operators involved

United Air Lines, Inc. 16 Longhorn Flyin 10 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 10 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 9 Burnside-Ott A 8 Mid-Continent 7

Phase of flight

Landing 2,589

In Flight 1,444

Takeoff 911

Taxi 222

Unknown/Not Reported 59

Nearby years

All

1965 5,428 1966 5,966 1967 6,392 1969 5,082 1970 4,980 1971 4,882

All 5,267 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Nov 1968	Piper PA-23 N4946P	Churchville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
27 Oct 1968	Erco 415-C N3280H	Calipatria, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
27 Oct 1968	Piper PA-16 N5847H	Calipatria, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 Oct 1968	Cessna 172 N8656B	Brighton, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Down River Fly	Fatal	4
17 Oct 1968	Cessna 182J N3524F	Front Royal, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Condor Aero CL	Fatal	4
15 Oct 1968	Beechcraft F35 N5033B	Deland, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
13 Oct 1968	Cessna 172 N8624B	Platteville, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	MAD CAP Flying	Fatal	4
8 Oct 1968	Beechcraft N35 N957T	Hetland, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	Spies Realty C	Fatal	4
8 Oct 1968	De Havilland DH-104 N4040B	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Catalina-Vega*	Fatal	4
7 Oct 1968	Cessna 172 N8225U	Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
6 Oct 1968	Cessna 172D N2428U	Lexington, Missouri, United States no coordinates	ADD Aerial SER	Fatal	4
2 Oct 1968	Piper PA-28 N8905J	Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Seven Bar Flyi	Fatal	4
14 Sep 1968	Navion A N8552H	Sweet Home, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
8 Sep 1968	Cessna 180 N7940V	Big Creek, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Boise Aviation	Fatal	4
5 Sep 1968	Cessna 172B N7938X	Niles, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
4 Sep 1968	Navion A N142W	Alto, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
1 Sep 1968	Cessna 172F N5359R	Clewiston, Florida, United States no coordinates	Florida Aerona	Fatal	4
30 Aug 1968	Piper PA-28 N5284W	Cross City, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
25 Aug 1968	Piper PA-22 N8110D	Providence, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
25 Aug 1968	Cessna 180G N2484R	Punta Penasco, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 Aug 1968	Aeronca 7EC N4649E	Jeffersonvlle, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Owensboro Avia	Fatal	4
22 Jul 1968	Con Aernaut PB4Y2 N7974A	McGrath, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Avery Aviation	Fatal	4
13 Jul 1968	Piper PA-28 N9092W	Dryden, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
13 Jul 1968	Cessna 172 N46110	Earp, California, United States no coordinates	Mutual Air SER	Fatal	4
9 Jul 1968	Cessna 172H N2854L	Stehekin, Washington, United States no coordinates	Pacific Flyers	Fatal	4
7 Jul 1968	Piper PA-23 N5694Y	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Red Aircraft S	Fatal	4
3 Jul 1968	Beechcraft A23 N4790J	Bristol, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
28 Jun 1968	Beechcraft H35 N5446D	Nellis Afb, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
25 Jun 1968	Beechcraft 95-B55 N8442N	Buena Park, California, United States no coordinates	Computer Scien	Fatal	4
16 Jun 1968	Piper PA-28R N3783T	Gardners, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Williamson AVI	Fatal	4
14 Jun 1968	Cessna 177 N2914X	Bass Lake, California, United States no coordinates	Aladdin Aviati	Fatal	4
7 Jun 1968	Cessna 172 N4140L	Forrest Homes, California, United States no coordinates	Westside Aero	Fatal	4
26 May 1968	Navion A N4918K	Greenwich, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
25 May 1968	Cessna 177 N2966X	Lester, Washington, United States no coordinates	Renton Avation	Fatal	4
24 May 1968	Navion A N91727	Eureka Sprngs, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
24 May 1968	Mooney M20C N6706U	Littleton, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Arizona Cloudb	Fatal	4
19 May 1968	Aeronca 7AC N3537E	Bakersfield, California, United States no coordinates	Cloud Chasers	Fatal	4
19 May 1968	Piper J-3 N57253	Bakerfield, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 May 1968	Mooney M20F N3502X	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	Campaul Aircra	Fatal	4
15 May 1968	Piper PA-28 N9215W	Myersville, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Friendship Fly	Fatal	4
14 May 1968	Piper PA-23 N4307Y	Pellston, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Phillips Flyin	Fatal	4
28 Apr 1968	Piper PA-22 N1738P	Brush Prarie, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
27 Apr 1968	Waco UIC N13066	S.luis Obispo, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
21 Apr 1968	Beechcraft 35-C33 N9524Q	Clearwater, Kansas, United States no coordinates	United Airmoti	Fatal	4
10 Apr 1968	Cessna 182 N3152R	Dahlonega, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Canair Corp.	Fatal	4
24 Mar 1968	Cessna 172 N6069A	Puyallup, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
24 Mar 1968	Cessna 150H N6543S	Puyallup, Washington, United States no coordinates	Puyallup Indus	Fatal	4
16 Mar 1968	Piper PA-18 N232T	Kenai, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 Mar 1968	Piper PA-18 N3792Z	Kenai, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
11 Mar 1968	Mooney M20C N6030Q	Briggsdale, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4