Celebrity plane crashes

The following links provide information on plane crashes involving celebrities. These crashes, both fatal and non-fatal, involve personal aircraft or commercial aircraft, and may involve celebrities and other noteworthy people from the worlds of film, politics, music, sports, and entertainment.

Sports

Former NBA player
Kobe Bryant

26 January 2020

NASCAR driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.

15 August 2019

Premier League forward
Emiliano Sala

21 January 2019

Former MLB pitcher
Roy "Doc" Halladay

7 November 2017

Former Nets owner Lewis Katz

31 May 2014

Oklahoma State University

2001 and 2011

New York Yankee Cory Lidle

11 October 2006

NBC Sports President
Dick Ebersol

28 November 2004

St. Louis Cardinal Coach
Tony La Russa

21 January 2004

Golfer Payne Stewart

25 October 1999

Entertainment

Harrison Ford

1999, 2000, 2015, and 2017

Singer Troy Gentry

8 September 2017

Composer James Horner

22 June 2015

Singer Jenni Rivera

9 December 2012

Travis Barker (Blink-182)

19 September 2008

Singer Melanie Thornton

24 November 2001

Singer Aaliyah

25 August 2001

Sandra Bullock

20 December 2000

Patrick Swayze

1 June 2000

Barry Sonnenfeld

16 February 1999

John Denver

12 October 1997

Politics and government

Polish President Lech Kaczynski

10 April 2010

Rev. Sun Myung Moon

19 July 2008

Senator Barack Obama

12 January 2008

Senator Paul Wellstone

25 October 2002

Astronaut Patricia Robertson

22 May 2001

John F. Kennedy, Jr.

16 July 1999


Related resources
Plane crashes of major world leaders
Plane crashes of major American political figures
NASA astronauts
Historical celebrity crashes

Celebrity plane crashes
http://www.airsafe.com/events/celebs.htm -- Revised: 26 January 2020