On this day in aviation — July 23

Every year on July 23, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 814 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• July 23, 2014Hull loss

  ATR 72-500

  Transasia

  58 fatalities

• July 23, 1993

  British Aerospace BAe-146-300

  China Northwest Airlines

  56 fatalities

• July 23, 1993

  BAe 146

  China Northwest Airlines · China

  55 fatalities

  During the takeoff roll on runway 36 at Yinchuan Airport, at Vr speed, the pilot-in-command pull up the control column to rotate but the aircraft failed to respond. Following a lack of crew coordination and…

• July 23, 2014Hull loss

  Avions De Transport Regional/ATR72

  LIFT · Taiwan

  48 fatalities

  Aviation Occurrence Report 23 July, 2014, Trans Asia Airways Flight GE222 ATR72-212A, B-22810 Impacted Terrain and Collided with a Residential Area Northeast of the Threshold of Runway 20 at Magong Airport ISBN…

• July 23, 1989

  Antonov AN-26

  Angola Air Force - Força Aérea Nacional Angolana

  42 fatalities

  While descending to Cazombo on a flight from Luena, the aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile shot by UNITA rebels. The missile struck one of the engine and the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the…

• July 23, 1950Hull loss

  Curtiss C-46 Commando

  United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947)

  39 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height between 1,000 and 2,000 feet, the aircraft became unstable, lost height and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located two miles from the airfield. The aircraft was…

• July 23, 1973

  FH-227B

  Ozark Air Lines,inc. · United States

  38 fatalities

  Improper In-Flight Decisions Or Planning; Downdraft,Updrafts; Thunderstorm Activity. Factors: Other; Other; Squall Line; Rain; Lightning Strike

• July 23, 1957

  Lockheed P-2 Neptune

  United States Navy - USN

  10 fatalities

  The crew was completing a local training sortie out from NAS Barbers Point. On final approach, the airplane lost height and crashed into the sea about 1,1 mile short of runway. The aircraft was lost and all ten crew…

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