List of aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor

The earliest known instance of an incident with 10 or more people on board that had a sole survivor was a New Jersey sightseeing flight on 17 March 1929, which crashed into a sand-filled freight car in an unsuccessful forced landing due to engine failure. The pilot was thrown out on impact and suffered serious injuries; the crash killed all 13 in the cabin and another person in the cockpit. The most recent aviation accident with a sole survivor is Air India Flight 171, which crashed on . This accident also has the most fatalities of any sole survivor crash. ==List==

The below table lists known aviation accidents and incidents with a sole survivor, when such events are consistent with the following criteria: • The incident involved 10 or more people on board, per official accident reports or other reliably sourced accounts of the incident. • Excluded are incidents with an initial sole survivor who later died, possibly in another location, due to injuries sustained during the event. • When the incident was a collision of two aircraft, on the ground or during flight; • Excluded are instances in which there were, in total, multiple survivors. • Excluded are instances in which all occupants of one aircraft died and the sole occupant of the opposing aircraft survived. • Excluded are incidents involving heavy bombers during World War II, which frequently had 10 or more crew members. "Nationality" refers to the country of the sole survivor, and "Age" refers to the age of the sole survivor at the time that the event occurred. In some instances, details about the sole survivor are unknown or were not disclosed. ==See also==