On this day in aviation — August 3
756 notable aviation events on August 3 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 3, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 756 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 3, 1975Hull loss
188 fatalities
On behalf of Royal Air Maroc, the aircraft was completing a charter flight from Paris-Le Bourget to Agadir, carrying 181 Moroccan workers and their family members back for holidays. Following an uneventful flight, the…
- August 3, 1969Hull loss
55 fatalities
The airplane departed Dnepropetrovsk Airport at 1547LT and its crew was cleared to climb to the assigned altitude of 5,100 meters. At 1558LT, the crew reported at 3,600 meters still climbing. Shortly later, while flying…
- August 3, 1989Hull loss
34 fatalities
The crew started the approach to Samos Airport runway 09 in poor weather conditions. While flying under VFR mode in IMC conditions, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Kerkis (1,430 meters high) located 25 km northwest…
- August 3, 1975
21 fatalities
The airplane was completing a charter flight from Veracruz to Managua with an intermediate stop in San Salvador, carrying 18 Mexican actors. While descending to San Salvador-Ilopango Airport, the crew was forced to make…
- August 3, 2006Hull loss
17 fatalities
While descending to Bukavu-Kamembe Airport, the crew encountered stormy weather with limited visibility due to rain falls. Too low, the twin engine aircraft impacted trees and crashed on hilly and wooded terrain located…
- August 3, 1968
14 fatalities
While approaching Psebai on a flight from Krasnodar, the crew encountered below-minima weather conditions (low visibility due to rain falls) and decided to return but it was too late. At a height of 1,050 metres, the…
- August 3, 1986
13 fatalities
- August 3, 2010
12 fatalities
The aircraft departed Krasnoyarsk on a night schedule flight to Igarka, carrying 11 passengers and 4 crew members. On approach to Igarka Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a visibility below…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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