1956

Date	Location / Operator	Aircraft Type / Registration	Fatalities
12 Jan 1956	Frederick Henry Bay, Australia Ansett ANA	Douglas C-47 VH-BZA	1/2(0)
17 Jan 1956	Oreway, Newfoundland, Canada Quebecair	Douglas DC-3 CF-GVZ	4/18(0)
18 Jan 1956	Torysa, Czechoslovakia Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie	Douglas DC-3 OK-WDZ	22/26(0)
28 Jan 1956	Lyon, France Air France	Douglas C-47 F-BCYK	3/3(0)
13 Feb 1956	Frobisher Bay, Canada Maritime Central Airways	Bristol 170 Freighter 31 CF-FZU	2/2(0)
14 Feb 1956	Near Fort Chimo, Quebec, Canada Spartan Air Services	Douglas C-47-DL CF-BZH	2/3(0)
17 Feb 1956	Near Niles, California Military - U.S. Marine Corps	Douglas R5D2 39116	40/40(0)
18 Feb 1956	Near Zurrieg, Malta Scottish Airlines	Avro 685 York C-1 G-ANSY	50/50(0)
20 Feb 1956	Near Cairo, Egypt Transport Aerien Intercontinentaux (France)	Douglas DC-6B F-BGOD	52/64(0)
24 Feb 1956	Near Aleppo, Syria Syrian Airways	Douglas DC-3 YK-AAE	19/19(0)
25 Feb 1956	Jalkot, Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines	Douglas C-47B AP-ACZ	3/3(0)
21 Mar 1956	Tezpur, India Indian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 VT-CGN	2/21(0)
28 Mar 1956	Largs, England Starways	Douglas C-47B G-AMRB	1/3(0)
31 Mar 1956	Indapur, India National Air Operators	Douglas C-47A VT-DCM	3/3(0)
31 Mar 1956	Korat ,Thailand Military - Royal Thai Air Force	Douglas C-47A L2-14/96	19/19(0)
01 Apr 1956	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Trans World Airlines	Martin 404 N40403	22/36(0)
02 Apr 1956	Seattle, Washington Northwest Orient Airlines	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-30 N74608	5/38(0)
09 Apr 1956	Skilak Lake, Alaska Cordova Airlines	Aero Commander 520 B5386N	6/6(0)
18 Apr 1956	Parintins, Brazil Panair do Brasil	Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina PP-PDB	3/12(0)
30 Apr 1956	London, England Scottish Airlines	Avro 685 York C-1 G-AMUL	2/54(0)
15 May 1956	Kathmandu, Nepal Indian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 VT-DBA	14/31(1)
15 May 1956	Orleans, Ontario, Canada Military - Royal Canadian Air Force	CF-100 Mark 4B 18367	2/2(13)
24 May 1956	Guatemala City, Guatemala Aviateca	Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) TG-AHA	30/31(0)
13 Jun 1956	Over North Carolina Piedmont	Douglas DC-3 ?	1/?(0)
20 Jun 1956	Asbury Park, New Jersey Linea Aeropostal Venezolana	Lockheed 1049E-55 Super Constellation YV-C-AMS	74/74(0)
24 Jun 1956	Kano, Nigeria British Overseas Airways	Canadair C-4 Argonaut G-ALHE	32/45(0)
30 Jun 1956	Grand Canyon, Arizona United Air Lines / Trans World Airlines	Douglas DC-7 / Lockheed S Constellation N6902C/N6324C	128/128(0)
09 Jul 1956	Near Flat Rock, Michigan Trans Canada Air Lines	Vickers Viscount CF-TGR	1/35(0)
13 Jul 1956	Near Brows Mills, New Jersey Military - U.S. Air Force	Douglas C-118A 53-3301A	46/66(0)
15 Jul 1956	Shannon, Ireland Swissair	Convair CV-440-11 HB-IMD	4/4(0)
16 Jul 1956	Rio Cuarto, Argentina Aerolineas Argentinas	Douglas DC-3 LV-ACD	18/18(0)
08 Aug 1956	Thazi, Burma Union of Burma Airways	Douglas DC-3 XY-ADC	12/22(0)
29 Aug 1956	Cold Bay, Alaska Canadian Pacific Air Lines	Douglas DC-6B CF-CUP	15/22(0)
09 Sep 1956	Amman, Jordan Jordan International Airlines	Curtiss C-46A-45-CU JY-ABV	1/57(0)
09 Sep 1956	Bartlesville, Oklahoma Continental Airlines	Douglas DC-3 / Cessna 170B N33315 / N8143A	0/18(0)
02 Oct 1956	Near Nome, Alaska Alaska Airlines	Stinson AT-19 N 79069	5/5(0)
10 Oct 1956	Off Land's End, England Military - U.S. Navy	Douglas C188-B 1311588	59/59(0)
16 Oct 1956	Over the Pacific Ocean Pan American World Airways	Boeing 377 Stratocruiser N90943	0/31(0)
19 Oct 1956	Agartala, India Indian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 VT-DGK	3/3(0)
28 Oct 1956	Over the Mediterranean Sea Military - Egyptian Air Force	Curtiss C-46 SU-AAB	16/16(0)
05 Nov 1956	Blackbushe, England Britavia	Handley Page HP-1 Hermes G-ALDJ	7/80(0)
07 Nov 1956	Hommelfjell, Norway Braathens	de Havilland DH-114 Heron 2B LN-SUR	2/12(0)
15 Nov 1956	Puerto Somoza, Nicaragua Aerovias Guest	Douglas C-54A-10-DC XA-HEG	25/25(0)
17 Nov 1956	El Rucio Mountain, Colombia Empresa Aviacion del Pacifico	Douglas DC-3 HK-385	36/36(0)
24 Nov 1956	Paris, France Linee Aeree Italiane	Douglas DC-6B I-LEAD	34/35(8)
24 Nov 1956	Near Eglisau, Switzerland Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie	Ilyushin IL-12B OK-DBP	23/23(0)
27 Nov 1956	Caracas, Venezuela Linea Aeropostal Venezolana	Lockheed 749-79-34 Constellation YV-C-AMA	25/25(0)
08 Dec 1956	Caqueta, Colombia AIDA	Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina HK-133	14/16(0)
09 Dec 1956	Near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Trans Canada Air Lines	Canadair DC-4M-2 Northstar CF-TFD	62/62(0)
12 Dec 1956	Dannemois, France Air France	Vickers 708 Viscount F-BGNK	5/5(0)
22 Dec 1956	Grub, Germany JAT Yugoslav Airlines	Convair CV-340-58 YU-ADA	3/30(0)
22 Dec 1956	Mt. Giner, Italy Linee Aeree Italiane	Douglas DC-3 I-LINC	21/21(0)
31 Dec 1956	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Military - U.S. Air Force	Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation 54-0165	12/38(0)