On this day

On this day in aviation — August 7

830 notable aviation events on August 7 across history, drawn from official investigation records.

Every year on August 7, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 830 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

  • August 7, 1943

    Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)

    United States Army Air Force - USAAF

    27 fatalities

  • August 7, 2020Hull loss

    AIR INDIA EXPRESS LIMITED B737-800 800

    Air India Express · India

    21 fatalities

    FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT ACCIDENT INVOLVING M/S AIR INDIA EXPRESS LIMITED B737-800 800 AIRCRAFT VT VT-AXH AXH ON 07 AUGUST 2020 AT KOZHIKODE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BUREAU MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION GOVERNMENT…

  • August 7, 1999Hull loss

    Dornier DO228

    Guarda Costeira de Cabo Verde - Airwing · Cape Verde

    18 fatalities

    The schedule service from São Pedro to Ponta do Sol was normally operated by a Twin Otter from TACV - Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde. As the aircraft was unserviceable due to technical problems, TACV leased the…

  • August 7, 1940

    Lisunov PS-84

    Aeroflot

    18 fatalities

  • August 7, 1989Hull loss

    De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

    RRC Air Service · Ethiopia

    16 fatalities

    The twin engine aircraft was on its way from Addis Ababa to a refugee camp in Funyido on a humanitarian mission (food program in Ethiopia). About an hour and thirty minutes into the flight, the aircraft entered an area…

  • August 7, 1952

    Martin PBM Mariner

    United States Navy - USN

    13 fatalities

    The seaplane left Sangley Point AFB in the day on a maritime patrol flight. En route, following an engine failure, the crew contacted his base, cancelled the mission and elected to return to Sangley Point AFB. While…

  • August 7, 1984

    Cessna 402

    Kenya

    11 fatalities

    MIN DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BRANCH. CAV/ACG/5/84 ‘ OIVIL_ALRCRAFT ACCIDENT THE ACCIDENT TO CESSNA 402, RAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER 5Y-AMS, CH OCCURRED ON TRE 7TH apGusT, 1984 MARWA HILL NEAR…

  • August 7, 2002Hull loss

    Lockheed C-130 Hercules

    United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947)

    10 fatalities

    The crew departed Roosevelt Roads NAS on a local training flight. In the evening, while returning the to NAS, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, limited visibility and rain falls. While…

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

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