Plane Crashes in the Tucson Area How Decea Originating, landing Many Date Type Plane Location of Incident sed or assigned airport Accident near Municipal Aavation 1 5/9/1926 Airplane Field 0 Municipal Airport 1 2/20/1928 Ex Army Airplane 1 Crashed near the Canda del Oro or 1 10/23/1928 Ryan Monoplane the Santa Catalina range 4 Municipal Airport Training plane crashed about a mile 1 8/7/1930 Curtis "Jenney" from Municipal Airport 0 Municipal Airport 1 4/7/1942 B17 Crashed 2 miles east of Vail 5 DM 1 6/20/1942 B-24 3 miles southeast of DM 8 DM 1 7/8/1942 B-24 Southeast of of DM 1 DM Rincon Mountains, Saguaro National 1 7/30/1942 B-24 Liberator Park 9 Unknown Rincon Mountains, Saguaro National 1 12/28/1942 AT-6 Park 1 Unknown 1 1/18/1943 B-24 50 miles southeast of DM 11 DM 1 1/26/1943 P-38 Hale Road by Muncipal Airport 0 DM 1 1/26/1943 Observaation Plane Davis Monthan 0 DM Crashed into mess hall on landing at 1 2/2/1943 P51 DM 3 DM 1 2/17/1943 Training Plane Giliuro mountains 0 Marana Army Field 1 2/17/1943 B-24 Consolidated Aricraft Plant 6 Consolidated Aircraft 1 3/11/1943 B-24 3 miles southeast DM 6 DM 1 4/12/1943 B-24 2 miles southeast of DM 10 DM 1 4/23/1943 B-24 East Whittier St & S. Alvernon Way 0 DM 1 5/7/1943 Training Plane Southwest of Marana Air Field 2 Marana Army Field Ryan School of 1 6/8/1943 Training Plane 7 miles west of Amado 1 Aeronautics 1 6/22/1943 Army Plane Crashed a Marana Airm Field 1 Marana Army Field crashed 40 miles southeqast of 1 7/9/1943 Vultee BT-13 Marana Army Field 2 Marana Army Field Consolidate 4 motor 1 9/16/1943 plane Crashed at DM 1 DM 1 3/7/1944 Training Plane 10 miles northwest of Ryan Field 1 Ryan Field 1 3/18/1944 B-24 In Sabino Canyon 10 Hamilton Field Calif. 1 3/22/1944 B-24 22 miles southeast Willcox 4 DM 10 miles southwest of Marana Army 1 9/8/1944 Training Plane Air Field 1 Marana Army Field 1 9/14/1944 B-24 6 miles southeast of DM 3 DM 1 10/22/1944 B-24 Takeoff at DM 6 DM 1 11/28/1944 Cargo Plane 25 miles east of DM 3 Yuma Rincon Mountains, Saguaro National 1 11/28/1944 Cessna Park 3 Pecos Army Air Field 1 11/30/1944 B-24 7 miles east of Tucson 18 DM Rincon Mountains, Saguaro National 1 1/20/1945 B-25D Mitchell Park 5 Kelly Field, TX 1 4/29/1945 Bommer Crashed 10 miles southwest of DM 0 DM 1 5/10/1945 Bommer 8 miles southesst of DM 0 DM 1 6/23/1945 B-29 Landed while on fire at DM 0 DM 1 6/24/1945 B-29 3 miles southeast of DM 0 DM 1 7/24/1945 B-29 14 miles north of Oracle Junction 6 DM 1 8/31/1945 Teo seater Near Cortaro 1 Silverbell Airport 35 miles south of Marana Army Air 1 8/31/1945 Training Plane Field 1 Marana Army Field American Airlines DC- Trying to land at DM bad wind gusts 1 1/1/1947 3 caused accident. 0 DM 1 2/18/1947 B29 Engine caught fire over U of A 0 DM 1 6/27/1947 Plane Near Downtown Airport 0 Downtown Airport Along Santa Cruz river bed near 1 7/1/1947 Light Plane Silver Lake Road Tucson Air Park 1 12/16/1947 B-29 5 miles southwest of DM 12 DM 1 5/4/1948 PT-19 Tucson Air Park 0 Tucson Air Park 1 3/23/1950 B-50 Hyder, AZ 12 DM 1 7/13/1950 B-50 50 miles E of Tucson 4 DM 1 8/13/1950 B-50 2 miles east of DM 0 DM 1 9/10/1950 Monoplane East 22nd Street 0 Municipal Airport 1 9/22/1950 B-50 Goose Bay, Labrador 0 DM 1 11/16/1950 B-50 Near Sells AZ 13 DM 1 1/25/1952 F-84 Crashed near 31st Street 1 DM 1 3/26/1952 B-29 Southeast of DM 8 DM 1 6/14/1952 T-6 Training Plane 4 miles northeas of field 1 Marana Army Field Destroyed by fire at Municipal 1 6/18/1952 Stinson V Airport 0 Municipal Airport Crashed near farm by Country Club 1 7/31/1952 Piper crop duster Estates 0 Unknown 1 8/14/1952 Piper Cub Crashed on farm on Ina Rd. 1 Unknown 1 2/8/1953 T-33 Jet Trainer Landing at DM 0 Luke Air Force Base 1 8/20/1953 B-50 Falls in Flames Near Picacho 2 DM Exploded in air, crashed into 1 12/3/1953 B-47 Rincons, from DM 4 DM Got in trouble right after takeoff from Municiple Airport and crashed 1 6/28/1954 C46 near Benson 0 TIA 1 8/24/1954 AT-6 Training Plane 15 miles west of Tucson 2 Marana Air Field 1 11/5/1954 Air Force T-29 T-29 crashed returning to TIA 4 TIA Drashed on runway while practicing 1 10/18/1954 B-47 "shooting Landings" 1 DM Cessna crashed 1 mile from Mt. 1 1/6/1955 Cessna Lemmon in Catalina Mountains 4 Phoenix 1 3/22/1955 Plane Crash Santa Rita Mountains 2 Marana Air Field Trainin jet crashed on landing at 1 3/29/1955 Training Jet Municipal Airport 0 Municipal Airport Just northeast of Red Rock near 1 6/16/1955 T-28 Training Plane Saguaro power plant 2 Marana Air Filed 1 7/16/1955 B-47 Stratojet Made desert landing near DM 0 DM 1 8/2/1955 AFB Stratojet Crippled landing at DM 0 DM C-46 crashed into twin tail booms of 1 8/4/1955 C-46--C-119 C-119 0 Municipal Airport 1 1/15/1956 Private Plane Flowing Wells School practive Field 4 Gilpin Airport 1 2/10/1956 Training Plane 10 miles northeast of base 2 Marana Air Filed 1 6/5/1956 Blimp Blinp had troubled landing-DM 0 DM F86D crashed and blurned taking off 1 6/18/1956 F86D Jet from DM 1 DM 1 8/25/1956 C47 Crashed on takeoff 0 Municipal Airport 1 7/8/1957 2 F86 Jet Fighters Mount Bigelow, Cataline Mountains 0 DM Blew tire on takeoff at Municipal 1 8/29/1957 F84-F Airport 0 Municipal Airport Crashed southeast of Municipal 1 9/16/1957 Twin Engine Airport 0 Municipal Airport 1 4/28/1958 Light Plane Crash landing at Municipal Airport 0 Municipal Airport 1 5/23/1958 T-33 Jet Trainer Had problem on landing at DM 0 DM 1 8/24/1958 T-33 Jet Trainer Northern Slope of Mt. Graham 0 DM Crshed on takeoff 5 miles on Wilmot 1 1/12/1959 F-100A Rd 0 TIA Crashed 3 miles northeast of unkno 1 4/4/1959 B47 Helvetia south of DM wn DM 1 5/13/1959 Light plane Near Kearney mining town 2 Unknown 1 10/1/1959 Helio Courier Crashed at Prince and Romero Rds. 0 Freeway Airport 1/2 mile from Tucson Municipal 1 1/4/1960 Cessna 182 Airport 1 Municipal Airport 1 8/17/1960 F100 Made belly landing at TIA 0 Municipal Airport Two engines knocked off when wing 1 3/23/1961 B47 hit ground in landing 0 DM Crashed on road in front of San 1 1/13/1962 Cessna 172 Xavier Mission 0 Unknown Fliped over landing at Randolph Golf 1 2/10/1962 WW1 Fokker D-7 Coure 0 DM 1 5/22/1962 Converted Military Crash landed in Rillito River bed. 0 Freeway Airport Rincon Mountains,Saguaro National 1 11/9/1962 Piper PA-23 Park 3 Unknown 1 3/27/1963 Cesena 150 trainer Crash landed a DM 1 DM Loose parts from fire over Randolph 1 8/29/1963 B47 Park 0 DM 1 1/23/1964 Piper Tr-Pacer 33 miles east of Tucson 3 Tombstone to Tucson 1 12/1/1964 HC24 Copter Smashed on its side at DM 0 DM 1 2/21/1966 Light plane Crashed 3 miles north of Ryan Field 0 Ryan Field 1 3/20/1966 bi-plane DM Air Show 1 DM 1 6/16/1966 Bell Hilicopter Crashed on Takeoff 0 DM Tucson International 1 2/18/1967 T-28 private plane Nose gear collapsed on takeoff 0 Airport 1 5/2/1967 Hillcopter Crtashed at DM. 2 DM Plane his high voltage lines at Ajo 1 5/29/1967 Piper Tri-Pacer Way and Park Avenue 0 DM 1 10/21/1967 Single Engine Forced down in Schoolyard 0 Local 1 12/18/1967 F-4D Jet Crashes into Food Giant 4 Unknown Voodo Crashed at end of runway takin off at 1 6/10/1968 reconnaissance DM 1 DM 1 10/13/1968 F-4C Jet Crashed on training mission. 2 DM Crashed in Chiricahuas after takeoff 1 1/31/1969 1948 Swift from Freeway Airport 2 Freeway Airport 1/4 miles north of Prince Road near 1 5/7/1969 Light plane the freeway 0 Freeway Airport Crashed at Tucson International Tucson International 1 5/12/1969 Piper Comanche Airport 3 Airport 1 6/3/1969 Single engine 30 miles north of Tucson 2 Freeway Airport 1 8/28/1969 American Airlines Landing at TIA 0 TIA Crashed on the Freeway Airport 1 11/25/1969 Light Plane Runway 0 Freeway Airport Crashed in vacant lot next to 1557 1 11/26/1969 Light Civilian craft W.