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| Date/Time | Name / Group | Age | Notability | Accident Location | Aircraft | Details | Notes |
| Feb 25, 1960 13:07 |
U.S. Navy Band | Military band | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | DC-3 R-6D-1 |
Midair collision with a REAL DC-3 at 5,000 ft. Total of 61 killed on both planes. | ||
| Jul 16 1960 15:38 |
Members of the Danish Soccer Association | Sports association | Copenhagen, Denmark | de Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide | Crashed after taking off in poor weather condtions. Eight members of the Danish Soccer Association killed. | ||
| Aug 29, 1960 | David Diop |
33 | West African Poet | Off Dakar, Senegal | Air France Flight 343 Lockheed 1049G F-BHBC |
Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after an unsuccessful landing attempt. Possible structural failure due to turbulence or distraction of the flight crew associated with a lighting strike. | |
| Oct 29, 1960 |
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo football team | Sports team | Toledo, Ohio | Arctic Pacific AL Curtiss C-46F-1-CU N1244N |
Crashed while taking off. Premature liftoff, partial loss of power in the No.1 engine, overweight. 22 of 48 aboard killed. Sixteen team members killed. | PHOTO | |
| Feb 15, 1961 10:05 |
U.S. figure skating team | Sports team | Near Brussels, Belgium | Sabena Flight 548 Boeing 707-320 OO-SJB |
Nosed down and crashed after executing a go-around. Failure of the aircraft's flying controls. All 72 aboard killed. Eighteen team members killed. | PHOTO | |
| Apr 3, 1961 |
Green Cross Chilean soccer team | Sports team | Llico, Chile | LAN Flight 310 Douglas DC-3 CC-C-LDP |
Crashed in the Las Lastimas Mountains. Possibly icing. Official cause unknown. All 24 aboard killed. | PHOTO | |
| Sep 17, 1961 22:13 |
Dag Hammarskjöld |
56 | U.N. Secretary General | Ndola, Zambia | Douglas DC-6B SE-BDY |
Crashed into jungle. Rumors persist alleging that victims were shot prior to the crash or that a bomb was onboard. All 16 aboard killed. | PHOTO |
| Jan 25, 1962 | Donald Nutter |
47 | Governor of Montana | Wolf Creek, Montana |
Douglas C-47 | Crashed in snow storm. The plane went out of control in turbulent weather and crashed in a mountain canyon All 6 aboard killed. | |
| Mar 1, 1962 10:09 |
Johnny Dieckman |
35 | World fly-casting champion | New York, NY | American Airlines Boeing 707 Flilght 1 N7506A |
Crashed into Jamacia Bay after the plane experiencing a rudder malfunction. All 95 aboard killed. | |
| Apr 12, 1962 | Ron Flockhart |
39 | Scottish race car driver | Near Melbourne, Australia | Mustang P-51 | Lost control of a borrowed plane he was flying. The aircraft emerged from cloud cover, in a spin and crashed. Pilot error. Lack of IFR flying experience. | |
| Oct 6, 1962 18:00 |
Tom Slick | 46 | Texas millionaire, cryptozoologist | Dell, Montana, | Beechcraft Bonanza 35 | The Texas millionaire who financed expeditions in search of Big Foot was killed in an airplane crash that some say was under suspicious circumstances. | |
| Oct 7, 1962 | Clement Miller |
46 | California U.S. Rep. | Near Eureka, California | Piper Avalanche |
Crashed into Chapparal Mountain in a storm during a campaign flight. All 3 aboard killed. | |
| Mar 5, 1963 18:20 |
Patsy Cline Hawkshaw Hawkins Cowboy Copas |
30 39 49 |
Country western singers | Camden, Tennessee | Piper Comanche N7000P cn:24-2144 |
The plane took off from Dyersburg and flew into a storm. The pilot was not instrument rated and lost control and crashed after entering an area of stormy weather. Randy Hughes, Cline's manager also killed. All 4 aboard killed. | PHOTO |
| Jan 5, 1963 | Eric Strandmark | 43 | Swedish actor, director | Trinidad | Cessna Skywagon | ||
| Feb 15, 1964 10:00 |
Ken Hubbs |
22 | Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs, 2nd baseman | Near Provo, Utah | Cessna 172D N2970U |
Hubbs used poor judgment in continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions. | |
| Jul 31, 1964 16:52 |
Jim Reeves |
40 | American country western singer | Near Nashville, Tennessee | Beechcraft 35-B33 Debonair N8972M |
Piloted by Reeves, the plane crashed in an area of thunderstorms into dense woods 10 miles south of Nashville en route from Batesville to Nashville. It took 2 days to find the wreckage. Pilot error. VFR flight into adverse weather conditions. His manager, Dean Manuel, also killed. | PHOTO |
| Oct 23, 1964 11:55 |
Harold "David" Box |
21 | American rock and roll singer | Houston Texas | Cessna 172 Skyhawk N2142Y |
The plane crashed nose first into the ground and overturned. Cause undetermined. All 4 aboard killed. | |
| Oct 31, 1964 | Theodore Freeman |
34 | U.S. Astranaut | Houston, Texas | T-38 trainer | Killed while attempting to land at Ellington Air Force Base following a proficiency flight. Struck a snow goose which shattered the canopy and debris entering both engines. He ejected but was too low for his chute to fully deploy. | |
| Jul 8 1965 05:51 |
Albert "Paul" Mantz |
61 | Movie stunt pilot | Winterhaven, California | Phoenix P-1 N93082 |
Killed while filming the movie "The Flight of the Phoenix" when his plane broke apart on landing after he misjudged his altitude. Alcoholic impairment of efficiency and judgment. He took the place of stunt pilot Frank Tallman who was injured. Tallman later died in another accident in 1978. | PHOTO |
| Nov 11, 1965 17:52 |
William "Bill" Linderman |
45 | American world champion rodeo cowboy | Salt Lake City, Utah | United Air Lines Boeing B-727 N7030U |
The plane crashed short of the runway after the captain made too high of a descent during the approach. Forty-three out of 91 aboard killed. | PHOTO |
| Dec 12, 1965 13:00 |
Dr. W. Randolph Lovelace II |
57 | NASA doctor in the early space program | Near Aspen, Colorado | Beechcraft B95 N9975R |
Flying on the Cutter Air Service, the pilot became disoriented and flew into a blind canyon. Lovelace's wife was also killed. 3 killed. | |
| Jan 24, 1966 08:00 |
Hombi Bhabha |
69 | Father of India's nuclear program | Mt. Blanc, Switzerland | Air India Flight 101 Boeing 707-437 VT-DMN |
Descended below minimum safe altitude and crashed into Mt. Blanc. Miscalculation by the crew of their position. All 117 killed. | |
| Feb 28, 1966 |
Elliot See Jr. Charles Bassett II |
39 35 |
U.S. Astronauts | St. Louis, Missouri | T-38 jet fighter | Killed during an instrument landing approach at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's plant. Came in too low and slow, hit the afterburners and crashed into the roof of a building. | |
| Mar 4,1966 | Jesse Zousmer | 54 | Director of television news for ABC | Near Tokyo, Japan | McDonnell Dougllas DC-8 CF-CPK |
The airliner struck the approach lights and a sea wall during a landing attempt. 64 killed. | |
| May 1, 1966 |
Nicholas Piantanida |
34 | Ballonist, parachute jumper | Balloon | Died four months later after enduring a severe explosive decompression of his spacesuit on board Strato Jump III at 57,600 feet in his third quest to acquire the world record for a skydiving jump. | ||
| Apr 13, 1966 |
Abdul Salam Arif |
45 | President of Iraq | Southern Iraq | Helicopter | Died mysteriously in a helicopter accident. Reported to have gone down in a thunderstorm. | |
| Jul 24, 1966 18:27 |
Tony Lema |
32 | Pro golfer | Near Munster, Indiana | Beechcraft H50 N538B |
Crashed after both engines failed due to fuel starvation. The plane came to rest in a shallow pond on the golf course. Lima was on a Buick promotional tour. Wife, Betty, also killed. All 4 aboard killed. | PHOTO |
| Jan 27, 1967 | Virgil Grissom Edward White Roger Chaffee |
41 37 32 |
U.S. Astronauts | Cape Canaveral, Florida | Apollo spacecraft | Killed during the simulated launch of an Apollo I spacecraft. Short circuit in a 100%oxygen atmosphere caused a flash fire. 3 killed. | |
| Apr 24, 1967 | Vladimir Komarov, | 40 | Cosmonaut | Russia | Soyuz I | Parachute lines tangled during re-entry. Crashed to ground. First person to die while on a space mission. | |
| May 9, 1967 | Philippa Schuyler | 35 | American pianist | Vietnam | Helicopter | While a vietnam war correspont, her helicopter crashed into the sea. | |
| Jul 18,1967 | Humberto Castelo Branco | 69 | Twenty-siixth president of Brazil | Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil | Small aircraft | Midair collision of small aircraft. | |
| Jul 19, 1967 | John T. McNaughton |
45 | U.S. Navy Secretary designate | Hendersonville, North Carolina | Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 N68650 |
Collided with a Cessna 310 while attempting to land. All 82 aboard killed which included McNaughton's wife and son. | |
| Sep 3, 1967 |
Mohammed bin Laden |
73 | Father of Osama bin Laden | Usran, Saudi Arabia | Beechcraft 18 HZ-IBN |
Bin Laden landed at Khamis Mushayt airport in his HS125, changed planes to his Beechcraft 18, and took off for the landing strip near Usran which had been cut out of the rough terain by his workers so that he could land and inspect the work in progress. He crashed trying to land on the mountain strip. | |
| Oct 5, 1967 | Clifton Williams Jr. |
35 | Astronaut | Near Tallahassee, Florida | T-38 jet fighter | A mechanical failure caused his control to malfunction. | |
| Nov 4, 1967 | June Thorburn |
36 | English actress | Fernhurst, England | Iberia Airlines Caravelle 10R EC-BDD |
The aircraft descended too low and flew into the southern slope of Black Down Hill. | PHOTO |
| Nov 15, 1967 | Michael Adams |
37 | Test pilot | California | North American X-15 | Killed while testing the X-15. The plane went into a spin and dive while re-entering. The aircraft disintegrated after reaching 15 Gs. | |
| Dec 8, 1967 | Robert Lawrence |
32 | Astronaut | Edwards Air Force Base, California | F-104 Starfighter | Crashed while performing maneuvers. | |
| Dec 10, 1967 15:25 |
Otis Redding Bar-Kays |
26 | American singer Musical group |
Near Madison, Wisconsin | Beechcraft H18 N390R |
Went into a spin and crashed into icy Lake Monona in fog. Undetermined cause Four members of his Bar-Kays band also killed. Five of 6 aboard killed. | PHOTO |
| Mar 27, 1968 |
Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut |
34 | Cosmonaut | Near Moscow, Russia | MiG 15 UTI | Crashed 30 miles east of Moscow, while training in a military fighter. He was the first man in space. | PHOTO |
| Apr 23, 1968 01:30 |
Robert Schiaffino | 28 | CBC News reporter | Toronto, Canada | Piper Apache | Crashed in fog during an instrument approach to Toronto International Airport. 4 killed. | |
| Apr 28, 1968 00:15 |
Lamar Tech Track Team | Sports team | Near Beaumont, Texas | Beech 65 N968Q |
Impacted the ground and caught fire. Cause undetermined. All six members of the team, along with the pilot killed. | ||
| Mar 16, 1969 | Nestor Chavez |
22 | Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, pitcher | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Venezolana Inter. de Aviacion Flight 742 DC-9-32 YV-C-AVD |
Struck power lines while taking off. Incorrect information supplied to crew. All 84 aboard and 70 on the ground killed. | PHOTO |
| Apr 27 1969 |
Rene Barrientos |
49 | President of Bolivia | Near Arque Village, Bolivia | Helicopter | The helicopter struck high tension wires and crashed. | |
| Jun 4, 1969 08:42 |
Rafael Osuna |
30 | Mexican tennis star | Near Salinas Victoria, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | Mexicana Airlines Flight 704 B-727-64 XA-SEL |
While the crew was aligning with the runway, the plane hit high ground several miles from the airport. Pilot error. All 79 aboard killed. | |
| Aug 31, 1969 20:05 |
Rocky Marciano |
45 | American world champion heavy weight boxer | Newton, Iowa | Cessna 172H N3149X |
Took off in rainy weather barely climbing. Crashed into a lone oak tree. Inexperienced pilot not IFR qualified. Marciano was returning home for his birthday party. 3 killed. | PHOTO |
| Sep 26, 1969 | The Strongest, Bolivian soccer team | Sports team | Near La Paz, Bolivia | Lloyd Aereo Boliviano Douglas DC-6B CP-698 |
The aircraft hit a 15,500 ft. mountain. Cause unknown. All 74 aboard killed. | PHOTO |