1961

Date	Location / Operator	Aircraft Type / Registration	Fatalities
02 Jan 1961	Ruzyne, Czechoslovakia Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie	Avia 14 OK-MCZ	10/10(0)
03 Jan 1961	Koivulahti, Finland Finnair	Douglas DC-3 OH-LCC	25/25(0)
19 Jan 1961	New York, New York (Idlewild) Aeronaves de Mexico	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-21 XA-XAX	4/106(0)
22 Jan 1961	Midway Island Naval Air Station Military - U.S. Navy	Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation BU143193	6/22(3)
24 Jan 1961	Mt. Burangrang, Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Douglas DC-3 PK-GDI	21/21(0)
24 Jan 1961	Goldsboro, North Carolina Military - US Air Force	Boeing B-52G Stratofortress 58-0187	3/8(0)
26 Jan 1961	Trinity Bay, Newfoundland Military - U.S. Air Force	Douglas C-118A Liftmaster 51-17626	23/23(0)
28 Jan 1961	Off Montauk Point, New York American Airlines	Boeing 707-123 N7502A	6/6(0)
03 Feb 1961	Off Surabaya, Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Douglas DC-3 PK-GDY	26/26(0)
15 Feb 1961	Near Brussels, Belgium Sabena	Boeing B-707-320 OO-SJB	72/72(1)
09 Mar 1961	Near Caracas, Venezuela Linea Aeropostal Venezolana	Douglas DC-3 YV-C-AZQ	12/12(0)
25 Mar 1961	Near Natal, Brazil Military - Brazilian Air Force	Douglas C-47DL C-47-2055	23/28(0)
28 Mar 1961	Forcheim, Germany Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie	Ilyushin IL-18 OK-OAD	52/52(0)
03 Apr 1961	Llico, Chile LAN	Douglas DC-3 CC-CLD-P210	24/24(0)
18 Apr 1961	Mount Parker, Hong Kong Military - US Air Force	C-47(DC-3) 43-49014	14/15(0)
10 May 1961	Ghadames, Algeria Air France	Lockheed 1649A Starliner F-BHBM	78/78(0)
24 May 1961	Near Tacoma, Washington Military - U.S. Air Force	Douglas C-124A-DL 51-0174	22/22(0)
29 May 1961	Singapore Military - Royal Air Force	Handley Page Hastings C-2 WD497	13/13(0)
30 May 1961	Near Lisbon, Portugal KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53 PH-DCL	61/61(0)
12 Jun 1961	Cairo, Egypt KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	Lockheed L-188C Electra PH-LLM	20/36(0)
13 Jun 1961	Douala, Cameroon Air Cameroon	Douglas DC-4 TJ-ABC	5/5(0)
17 Jun 1961	Near Kano, Nigeria Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei	Douglas C-54B-1-DC D-ABEB	1/7(0)
30 Jun 1961	Buenos Aires, Argentina Transcontinental	Curtiss C-46A LV-FTO	24/35(0)
08 Jul 1961	Sverdlovsk, Russia Aeroflot	Ilyushin IL-14P CCCP-41848	9/26(0)
10 Jul 1961	Odessa, Ukraine, USSR Aeroflot	Tupolev TU-104B CCCP-42447	1/85(0)
11 Jul 1961	Denver, Colorado United Air Lines	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-12 N8040U	17/122(1)
12 Jul 1961	Casablanca, Morocco Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie	Ilyushin IL-18B OK-PAF	72/72(0)
19 Jul 1961	Near Azul, Argentina Aerolineas Argentinas	Douglas DC-6 LV-ADW	67/67(0)
21 Jul 1961	Shemya, Alaska Alaska Airlines	Douglas DC-6A N6118C	6/6(0)
06 Aug 1961	Budapest, Hungary Malev Hungarian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 HA-TSA	27/27(3)
09 Aug 1961	Sola, Norway Cunard Eagle Airways	Vickers Viking 3B G-AHPM	39/39(0)
29 Aug 1961	Sondreströmfjord, Greenland Eastern Provincial Airways	de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter CF-MEX	1/6(0)
01 Sep 1961	Near Hinsdale, Illinois Trans World Airlines	Lockheed 049 Constellation N86511	78/78(0)
05 Sep 1961	Near Sendafar, Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines	Douglas DC-3 ET-T-16	5/19(0)
06 Sep 1961	Concordia, SC, Brazil REAL Transportes Aereos	Douglas C-47A (DC-3) PP-AVL	4/4(?)
06 Sep 1961	Cerro del Aernal, Costa Rica Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses	Douglas DC-3 TI-1006C	2/2(0)
10 Sep 1961	Shannon, Ireland President Airlines	Douglas DC-6B N90773	83/83(0)
12 Sep 1961	Near Rabat, Morocco Air France	Sud-Aviation Caravelle III F-BJTB	77/77(0)
17 Sep 1961	Ndola, Zambia Transair Sweden	Douglas DC-6B SE-BDY	16/16(0)
17 Sep 1961	Chicago, Illinois Northwest Orient Airlines	Lockheed 188C Electra N137US	37/37(0)
23 Sep 1961	Ankara, Turkey Turkish Airlines (THY)	Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 TC-TAY	28/29(0)
07 Oct 1961	Mt. Canigou, France Derby Aviation	Douglas DC-3 G-AMSW	34/34(0)
10 Oct 1961	El Adem, Libya Military - Royal Air Force	Handley Page Hastings C-2 WD498	17/37(0)
01 Nov 1961	Les Prevosts, Guernsey Silver City Airways	Bristol 170 Freighter 31M G-ANWL	2/10(0)
01 Nov 1961	Near Recife, Brazil Panair do Brasil	Douglas DC-7C PP-PDO	45/88(0)
08 Nov 1961	Near Richmond, Virginia Imperial Airways	Lockheed C-69 Constellation N2737A	76/79(0)
11 Nov 1961	Off Puerto Rico Air Haiti International	Lockheed L-749A Constellation HH-ABA	3/3(0)
21 Nov 1961	Mt Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand Bay of Plenty Airways	Aero Commander 680F ZK-BWA	6/6(0)
22 Nov 1961	Harare, Zimbabwe Rhodesian Air Services	? VP-YRX	3/3(0)
23 Nov 1961	Sao Tomé Military - Força Aérea Portuguesa	Douglas C-54 Skymaster ?	21/35(0)
23 Nov 1961	Campinas, Brazil Aerolineas Argentinas	de Havilland Comet 4 LV-AHR	52/52(0)
30 Nov 1961	Sydney, NSW, Australia Ansett ANA	Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVC	15/15(0)
04 Dec 1961	Mainz, Germany Lufthansa	Boeing 720-030B D-ABOK	3/3(0)
12 Dec 1961	Chievres, Belgium Military - Belgian Air Force	Fairchild C-119G / Fairchild C-119 CP-23 / CP-25	13/13(8)
15 Dec 1961	Managua, Nicaragua Lanica	Curtiss C-46 AN-AOE	2/2(0)
17 Dec 1961	Near Chebotovka, Russia Aeroflot	Ilyushin IL-18B CCCP-75654	59/59(0)
21 Dec 1961	Ankara, Turkey British European Airways	de Havilland Comet 4B G-ARJM	27/34(0)
24 Dec 1961	Old Harbor, Kodiak Island, Alaska Kodiak Airways	Grumman G-21A Goose N1503V	1/5(0)
29 Dec 1961	Surabaya, Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Airlines	Douglas DC-3 PK-GDZ	14/14(0)
31 Dec 1961	Near Mineral Waters, Russia Aeroflot	Ilyushin IL-18B CCCP-75757	32/119(0)