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On this day in aviation — July 19

801 notable aviation events on July 19 across history, drawn from official investigation records.

Every year on July 19, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 801 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

  • July 19, 1989Hull loss

    Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10

    United Airlines · United States

    111 fatalities

    THE INADEQUATE CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO HUMAN FACTORS LIMITATIONS IN THE INSPECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES USED BY UNITED AIRLINES' ENGINE OVERHAUL FACILITY WHICH RESULTED IN THE FAILURE TO DETECT A FATIGUE CRACK…

  • July 19, 1967

    Boeing 727

    Piedmont Aviation,inc. · United States

    82 fatalities

    Pilot Of Other Aircraft. Factors: Other

  • July 19, 1961Hull loss

    Douglas DC-6

    Aerolineas Argentinas · Argentina

    67 fatalities

    The four engine aircraft left Buenos Aires-Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport at 0731LT bound for Comodoro Rivadavia. While cruising at an altitude of 4,800 meters, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a low…

  • July 19, 1967

    Douglas DC-4

    Madagascar Airlines · Madagascar

    42 fatalities

    Shortly after liftoff, while climbing to a height of 100 feet, one of the engine caught fire and exploded. The airplane stalled and crashed in a prairie located about 720 meters past the runway end. Three crew members…

  • July 19, 1960

    Q14515907

    41 fatalities

  • July 19, 1960

    Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

    Belgian Air Force - Force Aérienne Belge - Belgische Luchtmacht · Bolivia

    39 fatalities

    An engine failed in flight. Due to the combination of an engine out and a high OAT, the crew was unable to maintain a safe altitude despite full power on the remaining engine. The airplane lost speed and height and…

  • July 19, 1962

    Comet

    United Arab Airlines · Egypt

    26 fatalities

    Flight UA869 departed from Hong Kong for Bangkok, an intermediate stop, on a scheduled service to Cairo. Takeoff time was 13:30 UTC. The flight climbed to 31000 ft, the selected cruising altitude. At 15:14 UA869 advised…

  • July 19, 1994Hull loss

    Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante

    Alas Chiricanas · Panama

    21 fatalities

    The aircraft departed Colón-Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport in poor weather conditions (low pressure zone). During initial climb, the aircraft suffered an explosion and crashed 10 km from the airport. The crew did not…

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

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