On this day in aviation — July 20
791 notable aviation events on July 20 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on July 20, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 791 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- July 20, 1981
50 fatalities
After takeoff from Mogadishu Airport, while climbing, the twin engine airplane entered a thunderstorm area with heavy rain falls and severe turbulences. The airplane went out of control and entered a dive. Due to…
- July 20, 1977Hull loss
39 fatalities
The takeoff was attempted from a dirt runway with puddles. After a course of 345 meters, the pilot-in-command started the rotation and the nose gear left the ground. 150 meters further, the right main gear struck two…
- July 20, 1992Hull loss
28 fatalities
During the takeoff roll on runway 31R at Tbilisi-Novo Alekseyevka Airport, after V1 speed, the pilot-in-command started the rotation. The nose gear lifted off and the aircraft nosed up to an angle of 6-7°. Both main…
- July 20, 1960Hull loss
23 fatalities
The flight was performed at 3,000 meters under VFR mode above clouds. But while approaching Syktyvkar, weather conditions worsened with thunderstorm activity. The crew elected to modify his route to avoid this poor…
- July 20, 1999
16 fatalities
The single engine aircraft departed Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport in the morning on a flight to Bluefields, carrying two pilots and 14 passengers, most of them members of a development aid organization. While…
- July 20, 1935
1935 San Giacomo Douglas DC-2 crash
13 fatalities
- July 20, 1983
6 fatalities
WHILE TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING RAPIDLY IN A STEEP BANK. WITNESSES REPORTED SMOKE WAS TRAILING FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT CRASHED IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. AN EXAM OF THE RIGHT ENG…
- July 20, 1974
6 fatalities
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See all 791 events for July 20:
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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