Aviation accidents in 1996

1,817 accidents and incidents are recorded in 1996, with 2,464 people killed and 341 seriously injured. 19% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 84% of these accidents and 62% of deaths. Airline flights account for 3% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, Charkhi Dadri (Nov 12, 1996) · 349 killed
2. 1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash, Kinshasa (Jan 8, 1996) · 298 killed
3. Boeing 747-131, East Moriches, NY (Jul 18, 1996) · 230 killed
4. Birgenair Flight 301, Atlantic Ocean (Feb 6, 1996) · 189 killed
5. ADC Airlines Flight 086, Lagos Lagoon (Nov 7, 1996) · 144 killed
6. Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, Operafjellet (Aug 29, 1996) · 141 killed
7. Faucett Perú Flight 251, Arequipa (Feb 29, 1996) · 123 killed
8. ValuJet Flight 592, Everglades (May 11, 1996) · 110 killed
9. TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402, Congonhas-São Paulo Airport (Oct 31, 1996) · 99 killed
10. Aeroperú Flight 603, South Pacific Ocean (Oct 2, 1996) · 70 killed

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Nearby years

• 1994 · 1,821 accidents
• 1995 · 1,903 accidents
• 1997 · 1,753 accidents
• 1998 · 1,790 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.