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Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents. Those killed as part of a sporting, political, or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.
| Name | Nationality | Year | Notability | Flight/aircraft | Crash site | Cause/circumstances |
| Aaliyah | United States | 2001 | Actress, singer, and model | Cessna 402 | Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas | Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. |
| Michael J. Adams | United States | 1967 | Test pilot | X-15 Flight 3-65-97 | Randsburg, California, United States | Breakup caused by malfunctioning control system |
| Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | Germany | 1936 | Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe | Ford Trimotor | Zumpango, Mexico | |
| Yahaya Ahmad | Malaysia | 1997 | Entrepreneur, founder of DRB-HICOM | Agusta A109P | Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia | Mid-air explosion |
| Sir John Alcock | United Kingdom | 1919 | Aviator who flew the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic | Vickers Viking | Cottévrard, near Rouen, France | Plane stalled and crashed in fog |
| Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco | Brazil | 1967 | Former President of Brazil | Piper Aztec | Fortaleza, Brazil | In mid-air collision with a Brazilian Air Force Lockheed T-33 |
| Walter Alessandroni | United States | 1966 | Politician, Pennsylvania Attorney General | Piper PA-23 | Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States | Pilot error |
| Davey Allison | United States | 1993 | NASCAR driver | Hughes 369 | Talladega, Alabama, United States | Pilot error |
| Modi Alon | Israel | 1948 | Military, first IAF pilot to command a combat squadron and to score an aerial victory | Avia S-199 | Herzliya, Israel | Struck terrain nose-down after apparent engine trouble during a gear-up landing attempt |
| Hans Alsér | Sweden | 1977 | Table tennis player | Linjeflyg Flight 618 | Kälvesta, Sweden | Icing of tailplane caused by engines being operated at too low a power setting for anti-ice to be effective |
| Roald Amundsen | Norway | 1928 | Explorer | Latham 47 | Barents Sea | Disappearance |
| An Chang-nam | Korea | 1930 | Aviator | Taiyuan, China | ||
| Maxie Anderson | United States | 1983 | Record-setting hot-air balloonist | Hot-air balloon | Near Bad Brückenau, West Germany | Gondola release mechanism malfunction |
| Scott D. Anderson | United States | 1999 | Minnesota Air National Guard test pilot | Cirrus SR20 | Federal Prison Camp, Duluth | Aileron jam during early production flight testing |
| Elsa Andersson | Sweden | 1922 | Aviator, parachutist | Parachute | Askersund, Sweden | Parachute failure |
| Juan Marcos Angelini | Argentina | 2018 | Racing driver, Turismo Carretera | Pitts Special | Carreras, Santa Fe Province, Argentina | |
| David Angell | United States | 2001 | Producer | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York City | 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta |
| Toivo Antikainen | Finland | 1941 | Communist leader, military officer | Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union | Was allegedly killed in a plane crash, but some claim he died in Moscow under suspicious circumstances. | |
| Steve Appleton | United States | 2012 | CEO of Micron at time of incident | Lancair IV-P | Boise Airport, Idaho, United States | Error during emergency landing |
| Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley | United Kingdom | 1942 | Army Officer and Member of Parliament | Handley Page Halifax | Luqa, Malta | Crashed on takeoff |
| Mel Apt | United States | 1956 | Test pilot | Bell X-2 | Edwards AFB, California, United States | Pilot error |
| Abdul Salam Arif | Iraq | 1966 | President of Iraq | de Havilland Dove 1 | Southern Iraq | Crashed in a sand storm |
| Florence Arthaud | France | 2015 | Sailor | Eurocopter AS350 | Villa Castelli, Argentina | Collided in mid-air; see 2015 Villa Castelli mid-air collision |
| Garnet "Ace" Bailey | Canada | 2001 | Ice hockey player (NHL) | United Airlines Flight 175 | World Trade Center South Tower, New York City | 9/11 hijacking by Marwan al-Shehhi |
| Valentine Baker | United Kingdom | 1942 | World War I flying ace | Martin-Baker MB 3 | RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom | Engine failure |
| Daniel Balavoine | France | 1986 | Singer and songwriter | Aérospatiale AS350 Ecureuil | Gourma-Rharous, Mali | Controlled flight into terrain during a sandstorm, with Thierry Sabine when crashed |
| G. M. C. Balayogi | India | 2002 | Politician | Bell 206 | Kaikalur, India | Mechanical failure, pilot error |
| Italo Balbo | Italy | 1940 | Governor-General of Italian Libya | Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 | Tobruk, Italian North Africa | Shot down by friendly fire, Italian anti-aircraft batteries defending the airfield misidentified the aircraft as British |
| Frederick Banting | Canada | 1941 | Scientist, co-discovered insulin | Lockheed Hudson | Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada | Engine problems |
| Heinrich Bär | West Germany | 1957 | Test pilot | LF-1 Zaunkönig | Braunschweig, West Germany | Lost control of aircraft |
| Silvio Barbato | Italy | 2009 | Conductor and composer | Air France Flight 447 | Atlantic Ocean | Pilot error |
| Bill Barilko | Canada | 1951 | Ice hockey player (NHL) | Fairchild 24 | 100 km N of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada | Pilot inexperience, poor weather, overloaded cargo |
| Stephen Barnes | United States | 2020 | Personal injury attorney | TBM 700 | Pembroke, New York | Unknown |
| René Barrientos | Bolivia | 1969 | President of Bolivia | Hiller UH-12 | Arque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia | Rotors caught on power lines |
| Charles Bassett | United States | 1966 | Astronaut | Northrop T-38 Talon | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | With Elliot See; 1966 NASA T-38 crash |
| Tomáš Baťa | Czechoslovakia | 1932 | Founder of Bata Shoes company | Junkers F.13 | Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia | Poor weather |
| Mark Bavis | United States | 2001 | Ice hockey player (AHL) | United Airlines Flight 175 | World Trade Center South Tower, New York City | 9/11 hijacking by Marwan al-Shehhi |
| Lincoln Beachey | United States | 1915 | Aviator, stunt flyer | Beachey-Eaton Monoplane | San Francisco, California, United States | Demonstrating inverted flight at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Structural failure while attempting to pull up. |
| Todd Beamer | United States | 2001 | Oracle Corporation employee | United Airlines Flight 93 | Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States | 9/11 hijacking by Ziad Jarrah |
| William D. Becker | United States | 1943 | Politician, mayor of St. Louis | Waco CG-4A-RO | Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Loss of right wing due to wing strut fitting failure during demonstration flight; Maj. William B. Robertson also dies in this accident |
| Nick Begich Sr. | United States | 1972 | US Congressman from Alaska | Cessna 310 | Alaska, United States | Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Hale Boggs was also on this flight. |
| Derek Bennett | United Kingdom | 1978 | Racing car designer, driver and founder / owner of Chevron Cars Ltd | Hiway Scorpion B hang glider | Lancashire, United Kingdom | Competed in a competitive event organized by his club. Pilot error likely to have caused by stall whilst attempting a challenging manoeuvre. The pilot had 18 months flying experience. |
| Berry Berenson | United States | 2001 | Entertainer, actress, and photographer | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York City | 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta |
| Brook Berringer | United States | 1996 | Quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers | Piper J-3 Cub | Raymond, Nebraska, United States | Pilot error (loss of engine power because of fuel valve mis-position) |
| Lloyd W. Bertaud | United States | 1927 | Aviator | Old Glory | North Atlantic | Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. |
| Lauren Bessette | United States | 1999 | Sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy Jr. | Piper Saratoga | Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States | Pilot error; see John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash |
| Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy | United States | 1999 | Wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. | Piper Saratoga | Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States | Pilot error; see John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash |
| Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | United States | 2000 | CART racing driver/owner | Beechcraft Baron | Ann Milton Adams' farm, Harrison County, Kentucky, United States | Airframe icing |
| Carolyn Beug | United States | 2001 | Video producer and director music video | American Airlines Flight 11 | World Trade Center North Tower, New York City | 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta |
| Name | Nationality | Year | Description of members | Flight/aircraft | Location | Cause/circumstances |
| Aaliyah | United States | 2001 | Singer Aaliyah and members of her entourage | Cessna 402 | Marsh Harbour Airport, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas | Aircraft was overloaded and the pilot lacked proper qualifications to fly it; see 2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash |
| Alexandrov Ensemble | Russia | 2016 | Artistic director Valery Khalilov and 63 choir members | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 | Black Sea near Sochi, Russia | Spatial disorientation; see 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash |
| The Blackwood Brothers | United States | 1954 | Baritone singer and pilot R.W. Blackwood and bass singer Bill Lyles | Beechcraft Model 18 | Clanton, Alabama, United States | Aircraft stalled during attempted landing |
| China National Opera (Beijing) | China | 1956 | Ten members | Ilyushin Il-12 | Eglisau, Switzerland | ČSA Flight 548 |
| Jim Croce | United States | 1973 | Others killed in the crash were pilot Robert N. Elliott, Croce's bandmate Maury Muehleisen, comedian George Stevens, manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortese, and road manager Dennis Rast. | Beechcraft E18S | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Pilot's failure to see the obstruction due to physical impairment and because fog reduced his vision. |
| Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J. P. Richardson | United States | 1959 | All three tourmates were killed, along with pilot Roger Peterson | Beechcraft Bonanza | Clear Lake, Iowa, United States | Controlled flight into terrain; see The Day the Music Died |
| Bar-Kays, Otis Redding | United States | 1967 | Four of six Bar-Kays members died: Ronnie Caldwell, Phalon Jones, Jimmy King and Carl Cunningham. Ben Cauley survived the crash and James Alexander was not on the plane. Also on board and killed was soul singer Otis Redding. | Beechcraft Model 18 | Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States | Cause undetermined |
| Chase | United States | 1974 | Four of eight band members were killed (Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma and Wally Yohn) | Piper Twin Comanche | Jackson, Minnesota, United States | Controlled flight into terrain during landing descent |
| Glenn Miller | United States | 1944 | Miller and all occupants of the transport plane. | Noorduyn Norseman | English Channel | disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead |
| Keith Green | United States | 1982 | Green was killed along with 10 other passengers - including 2 of his children - and the pilot. | Cessna 414 | Garden Valley, Texas; United States | Plane was determined to be dangerously overloaded; contributing to the crash shortly after takeoff. |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | United States | 1977 | Lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and back-up singer Cassie Gaines | 1977 Convair 240 crash | Northeast of Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States | Fuel exhaustion |
| Reba McEntire's band | United States | 1991 | Guitarist Chris Austin, backup singer Paula Kaye Evans, bassist Terry Jackson, bandleader Kirk Cappello, guitarist Michael Thomas, drummer Tony Saputo, and keyboardist Joey Cigainero | British Aerospace BAe 125 | San Diego, California, United States | Pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and clearance over mountainous terrain, and the copilot's failure to adequately monitor the progress of the flight |
| Mamonas Assassinas | Brazil | 1996 | All five members were killed. | Learjet 25 | Cantareira mountain range, Brazil | Controlled flight into terrain |
| The Nelons | United States | 2024 | 3 of the 4 members (Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark and their daughter Amber Nelon Kistler) were killed along with 3 other passengers and the pilot. Another daughter, Autumn Nelon Streetman, was not on board. | Pilatus PC-12 | North of Gillette, Wyoming; United States | Under investigation; more in 2024 Gillette Pilatus PC-12 crash |
| Passion Fruit | Germany | 2001 | Two of the Eurodance trio died: Maria Serrano Serrano and Nathalie van het Ende. Debby St. Maarten survived the crash. Former lead singer of La Bouche, Melanie Thornton was also killed in this crash. | Crossair Flight 3597 | Bassersdorf, Switzerland | Controlled flight into terrain; crashed in hills short of runway during landing approach |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | United States | 1990 | All five people - Vaughan, the pilot, and three members of Eric Clapton's entourage - died in the crash. | Helicopter | Near East Troy, Wisconsin; United States | The helicopter crashed into a hill due to low visibility conditions according to the NTSB. |
| Name | Nationality | Year | Description of members | Flight/aircraft | Location | Cause/circumstances |
| Australian Government | Australia | 1940 | 10 fatalities, including cabinet ministers Geoffrey Street, James Fairbairn and Henry Gullett, and senior army officer Brudenell White | Lockheed Hudson | Canberra, Australia | 1940 Canberra air disaster |
| Philippine Government | Philippines | 1957 | 25 fatalities, including President Ramon Magsaysay, Education Secretary Gregorio Hernandez Jr., Senator Tomas Cabili, Congressman Pedro Lopez and Philippine Air Force Commanding General Benito Ebuen | Douglas C-47 Skytrain | Balamban, Philippines | 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash |
| Participants of the 60th National Defence Course | Finland | 1978 | 15 fatalities, including 4 Members of the Parliament, 3 executives of governmental agencies, 3 business executives and 2 military commanders. The future Finnish president Tarja Halonen was not on the flight because she was expecting her baby, and doctor had prohibited her to enter the aircraft (she took a train instead). | Douglas DC-3 | Rissala, Finland | 1978 Finnish Air Force DC-3 crash |
| Pakistan–United States delegation | Pakistan | 1988 | 30 fatalities, including President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Akhtar Abdur Rahman, United States Ambassador to Pakistan Arnold Lewis Raphel, US Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom, and a group of senior Pakistani army officers. | Lockheed C-130B Hercules | Bahawalpur, Pakistan | 1988 Pakistan Air Force C-130B crash |
| Polish official delegation to the Katyn war cemetery | Poland | 2010 | President Lech Kaczyński; First Lady Maria Kaczyńska; Former president of the Republic of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski; Senator Janina Fetlińska; Stanisław Komorowski; Andrzej Kremer, Tomasz Merta and others | Tupolev Tu-154M | Smolensk North Airport, Smolensk | Smolensk air disaster |
| Name | Nationality | Year | Team members killed | Flight/aircraft | Location | Cause/circumstances |
| Alianza Lima | Peru | 1987 | 42 fatalities, including 16 players, coach Marcos Calderón, staff, cheerleaders, and crewmembers, with the exception of one survivor (the plane pilot) | Fokker F27-400M | Pacific Ocean, six miles from Ventanilla, Callao, Peru | Malfunctioning indicator, see 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash |
| Apex Motorsports | United Kingdom | 2008 | Three people total: team manager Richard Lloyd, driver David Leslie and a data engineer. | Cessna Citation 501 | Farnborough, London | 2008 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crash |
| Associação Chapecoense de Futebol | Brazil | 2016 | 71 people died in the crash, including 19 Chapecoense footballers and their coach, many staff members, officials and journalists. It is the deadliest accident in South America involving a sports team. | LaMia Flight 2933 | Medellín, Colombia | LaMia Flight 2933 |
| TJ Baník Chomutov ZJF | Czechoslovakia | 1956 | 23 people died in the crash, six associated with this ice hockey team: three players (including Miroslav Pašek and Zdeněk Nový), two top club officials and a reporter | ČSA Flight 548 | Eglisau, Switzerland | see: ČSA Flight 548 |
| Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team; Polish track cycling team | Bulgaria | 1978 | 5 Bulgarian gymnasts with coach; 5 Polish cyclists | Tupolev Tu-134 | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107 | |
| Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club | United Kingdom | 1974 | 346 fatalities, including 18 members of rugby team | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 – McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | Ermenonville Forest, France | Sudden decompression and severed controls after a cargo door failed. |
| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | United States | 1960 | 16 members of the college American football team and six others | Curtiss C-46 Commando | Toledo Express Airport | California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash |
| Canadian football Western All-Stars team | Canada | 1956 | Saskatchewan Roughriders players Mel Becket, Mario DeMarco, Gordon Sturtridge and Ray Syrnyk; Winnipeg Blue Bombers player Cal Jones | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 | Mount Slesse, British Columbia | Crashed into mountain, cause undetermined; engine failure and bad weather were possible factors |
| Colourful 11 football team | NetherlandsSuriname | 1989 | 14 players and their coach | Surinam Airways Flight 764 | Zanderij airport | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Cuban national fencing team | Cuba | 1976 | All 24 members of the team, trainers and the coach | Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 | Payne's Bay, Barbados | Bombing |
| Embassy Hill | UK | 1975 | six people total, including former F1 world champion Graham Hill, driver Tony Brise, team manager Ray Brimble, two mechanics and designer Andy Smallman. | Piper Aztec | Arkley, London, England, UK | crashed on golf course while attempting to land at nearby Elstree Airfield in fog |
| University of Evansville basketball team | United States | 1977 | 29 players, staff and fans | Douglas DC-3 | Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, Indiana | Air Indiana Flight 216 |
| Hendrick Motorsports | United States | 2004 | 10 people associated with the team, including family, team crew, and pilots | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 | Stuart, Virginia, USA | 2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash |
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | Russia | 2011 | 26 players and 3 coaches | Yakovlev Yak-42 | Near Yaroslavl, Russia | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash |
| Manchester United | United Kingdom | 1958 | 23 people total; including eight footballers: Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, and Billy Whelan; coach Bert Whalley, trainer Tom Curry, and club secretary Walter Crickmer. Also Frank Swift, a former player. | Airspeed Ambassador | Munich-Riem Airport | Munich air disaster |
| Marshall University football team | United States | 1970 | 37 team members, five coaches, seven staff members, and 21 boosters | Southern Airways Flight 932 | ||
| Oklahoma State University | United States | 2001 | Ten people associated with men's basketball team (including two players) | Beechcraft Super King Air | Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash | |
| Old Christians Club rugby team | Uruguay | 1972 | 11 players and the team physician; basis for 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors; survivors resorted to cannibalism | Fairchild FH-227 | Andes | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 |
| FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | Soviet Union | 1979 | 17 players | Tupolev Tu-134 | In the air above Dniprodzerzhynsk | 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision |
| Palmas Futebol e Regatas | Brazil | 2021 | Team owner Lucas Meira; four footballers: Marcus Molinari, Guilherme Noé, Lucas Praxedes, and Ranule; and the pilot | Beechcraft Baron | Porto Nacional, Tocantins | 2021 Palmas FR plane crash |
| Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team | Puerto Rico | 1970 | Most members of the team | Dominicana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-9 | 1970 Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 crash | |
| Torino | Italy | 1949 | 18 players, club officials, and journalists | Superga air disaster | ||
| USA Boxing team | United States | 1980 | 14 boxers and 8 staff members | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | ||
| USAC officials | United States | 1978 | 8 lead officials | Piper Navajo | ||
| Figure Skating team | United States | 1961 | all 18 skaters, coaches, and judges | Sabena Flight 548 | Brussels, Belgium | Possible failure of flight controls |
| Wichita State University football team | United States | 1970 | 14 players, plus head coach and 16 others | Martin 4-0-4 | Silver Plume, Colorado | Wichita State University football team plane crash |
| Zambia national football team | Zambia | 1993 | All 18 footballers, including Efford Chabala and Wisdom Mumba Chansa | de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo | Libreville, Gabon | Gabon air disaster |