List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents

[3] Since the deaths of these early aviation pioneers, the scale of fatal aircraft accidents has increased in proportion to the size and capacity of airplanes.

[10] The Boeing analysis suggests a decrease of commercial aviation accident fatality rates toward the end of the study period.

[11] The definitions of accident, incident, and fatality in the Code of Federal Regulations, and used by the FAA and NTSB, are generally consistent with those found in the ICAO Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13.

[506] (6.2 mi) Occurrences have been coded to allow for identification and sorting by group membership (accidents and related incidents versus attacks).

Distance from the point of impact to the airport runway is provided for occurrences during the initial climb (ICL) and approach (APR) phases.