On this day in aviation — July 16

Every year on July 16, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 817 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• July 16, 2005Hull loss

  Antonov AN-24

  Equatair

  60 fatalities

  After takeoff from Malabo Airport, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain sufficient height. It continued in a flat attitude until it impacted a hillside located about 19 km east of the airport, near Baney. The…

• July 16, 1957

  Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij · Netherlands

  58 fatalities

  On 16 July at 0332 hours local time (15 July - 1802 hours GMT) the aircraft took off from Mokmer aerodrome on the Island of Biak, on a scheduled transport flight to Manila. It carried nine crew members and fifty-nine…

• July 16, 1948

  Miss Macao

  25 fatalities

• July 16, 1983

  1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash

  20 fatalities

• July 16, 1956Hull loss

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  Aerolineas Argentinas · Argentina

  18 fatalities

  The airplane departed Buenos Aires at 0515LT bound for Río Cuarto. Less than two hours into the flight, the crew contacted Río Cuarto and was informed about poor weather at destination. Despite conditions below minima,…

• July 16, 1957

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947)

  16 fatalities

  Crashed in Hsinchu while performing a flight from Clark AFB, Philippines. All 16 occupants were killed.

• July 16, 1971

  Lockheed P-2 Neptune

  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Kaijō Jieitai

  11 fatalities

  While conducting a maritime patrol flight, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Pacific Ocean off the city of Chōshi. All 11 occupants were killed.

• July 16, 2002Hull loss

  Sikorsky S76A (Modified)

  United Kingdom

  10 fatalities

  S3/2002 - Sikorsky S76 (Modified), G-BJVX AAIB Bulletin No: Ref: EW/C2002/07/04 Aircraft Type and Registration: Sikorsky S76A (Modified), G-BJVX Serial Number: 760100 No & Type of Engines: 2 Turbomeca Arriel 1S…

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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.