List of disasters in Alaska by death toll

This list of disasters in Alaska by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred in Alaska.

100 or more deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments1,000+1878-1880St. Lawrence Island famineFamineSt. Lawrence Island3641918SS Princess SophiaShipwreckVanderbilt Reef2001799Hinchinbrook Entrance disasterMaritime disasterHinchinbrook EntranceSixty bidarkas (native boats) were sunk in a violent storm.11519641964 Alaska earthquakeEarthquake and tsunamiSouth-central AlaskaThere were 16 other fatalities outside of Alaska from the disaster.1111971Alaska Airlines Flight 1866Plane crashAlexander Archipelago1101908Sinking of the Star of BengalShipwreckoff of Coronation Island1031799Loss of the PhoenixShipwreckBering Sea1011963Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293Plane crashClarence Strait

10 to 99 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments771890Wreck of the OneidaShipwreckHennig Rock69-701978Sinking of the MV ChandraguptaShipwreckSouthwest of Kodiak Island5619651965 Soviet fishing fleet disasterMaritime disasterBetween St. Matthew Island and the Pribilof IslandsLoss of the Boksetegorsk, Nahichevan, Sebezh, and Sevsk in one storm.5219521952 Mount Gannett C-124 crashPlane crashMount Gannett471970Capitol International Airways Flight C2C3/26Plane crashTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport421901Sinking of the SS IslanderShipwreckLynn Canal391968Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55Plane crashPedro Bay391910Mexican Gold Mine DisasterExplosionDouglas Island371967Loss of the SS Panoceanic FaithShipwreckSouthwest of Kodiak Island34-491813Sinking of the NevaShipwrecknear Kruzof Island341916Sinking of the Onward Ho!Shipwreckoff of Cape Fairweather341932Wreck of the NevadaShipwreckAmatignak Island321982Loss of the Akebono Maru No. 28ShipwreckNorth of Adak Island321895Loss of the Walter A. EarleShipwreckOff of Cape St. Elias321964Wreck of the San PatrickShipwreckUlak Island31-321913Wreck of the SS State of CaliforniaShipwreckGambier Bay301972Loss of the PacroverShipwreckSouth of Kodiak301967Sam Su disasterMaritime disasterSW of Adak Island301948Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 4422Plane crashMount Sanford301903Loss of the DiscoveryShipwreckNear Lituya Bay261981Loss of the Daito Maru No. 55ShipwreckNW of Adak25-401898Clara Nevada disasterShipwreckoff Skagway251894Sinking of the SV James AllenShipwreckAmlia Island251888Wreck of the OhioShipwrecknear Point Hope2419951995 Alaska Boeing E-3 Sentry accidentPlane crashnear Elmendorf Air Force Base241981Fire onboard the Dae RimShip fireWest of Attu Island181947Pan Am Flight 923Plane crashAnnette Island181987Ryan Air Flight 103Plane crashHomer181986Disappearance of the Chil Bo San No. 1ShipwreckBering Sea NW of Adak IslandLost en route to Alaska from Hokkaido.181976Loss of the Carnelian-IShipwreckSouth of Adak Island181898Sinking of the JessieShipwreckKuskokwim River181886Sinking of the Flying ScudShipwrecknear Karluk171758Wreck of the Sv. KapitonShipwrecknear Kiska Island161946Wreck of the DonbassShipwreckSouth of Adak161897Wreck of the NavarchShipwreckOff Blossom Shoals161858Wreck of the Napoleon IIIShipwreckSt. Paul Island152001Sinking of the Arctic RoseShipwreckNW of St. Paul Island1519551955 Eielson Air Force Base disasterPlane crashEielson Air Force Base15 killed on the ground.1519361936 Juneau landslideLandslideJuneau141966Lane Hotel fireArsonAnchorage141984Collision between the Kyowa Maru and the Anyo MaruShip collisionNorth of Atka1419671967 US Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune crashPlane crashMount Fairweather141960Pacific Northern Flight 201Plane crashMount Gilbert141937Jonesville Mine disasterExplosionMatanuska Valley near Sutton131977AAI Flight 302Plane crashIliamna121999Sinking of the Anyo Maru No 1ShipwreckBering Sea1219781978 Webber Airlines Grumman G-21A Goose crashPlane crashnear Laboucher Bay1219641964 US Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune crashPlane crashCape Newenham121939Sinking of the OdunoShipwreckoff Noyes Island121905Loss of the Nellie ColemanShipwreckoff Cape Yakataga111956Crash of The Golden HeartPlane crashnear Eielson Air Force Base102025Bering Air Flight 445Plane crashOver Norton Sound1020132013 Rediske Air DHC-3 crashPlane crashSoldotna Airport101981St. Patrick DisasterMaritime disasterNear Marmot Bay101975Wien Air Alaska Flight 99Plane crashSevuokuk Mountain near Gambell Airport1019731973 US Navy Douglas DC-6 crashPlane crashGreat Sitkin Island1019611961 US Navy Martin P5M-2 Marlin crashPlane crashMontague Island

Other notable disasters

Loss of the Aleutian Enterprise (9 killed) North Pacific Airlines Flight 1802 (9 killed) 1989 RCAF Lockheed CC-130E Hercules crash (9 killed) Tyee Airlines Flight 906 (8 killed) Loss of the Eagle (8 killed) 1985 Savoonga disaster (8 killed) Disappearance of the F/V Pacesetter (7 killed) Sinking of the USLHT Armeria (7 killed) 2020 Alaska mid-air collision (7 killed) Sinking of the Katmai (7 killed) Loss of the Americus (7 killed) Loss of the Altair (7 killed) 1967 Mount McKinley disaster (7 killed) 2019 Alaska mid-air collision (6 killed) Loss of the Destination (6 killed) Loss of the Western Sea (6 killed) Sinking of the MV Selendang Ayu (6 killed) 1967 Fairbanks flood (6 killed) Alaska Airlines Flight 779 (6 killed) Loss of the Northwest Mariner (6 killed) Loss of the Barbarossa (6 killed) Wrangell landslide (6 killed) 2021 Knik Glacier helicopter crash (5 killed) 2018 K2 Aviation DHC-2 crash (5 killed) 2011 Pacific Alaska Shellfish Company skiff disaster (5 killed) Sinking of the FV Big Valley (5 killed) Sinking of the Lin-J (5 killed) Sinking of the Emerald Sea (5 killed) Universe Explorer fire (5 killed) Loss of the Lou Ann (5 killed) Loss of the Nettie H (5 killed) 2010 Alaska DHC-3 crash (5 killed) Sinking of the FV Alaska Ranger (5 killed) Loss of the Fierce Competitor (5 killed) 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami (5 killed) Scotch Cap Light disaster (5 killed) 1993 Parks Highway head-on collision (5 killed) 1981 Denali National Park tour bus crash (5 killed)

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