On this day in aviation — August 14

Every year on August 14, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 992 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• August 14, 1972Hull loss

  Ilyushin II-62

  Interflug · Germany

  156 fatalities

  The four engine aircraft departed Berlin-Schönefeld Airport at 1630LT on a charter flight to Burgas, carrying 148 passengers (144 East German citizens, three Austrians and one unknown nationality) and eight East-German…

• August 14, 2005Hull loss

  Airplane Large

  Helios Airways · Greece

  121 fatalities

  Hellenic republic ministry of transport & communications air accident investigation & aviation safety board (aaiasb) aircraft accident report helios airways flight hcy522 boeing 737-31s at grammatiko, hellas on 14…

• August 14, 1958

  Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij · Netherlands

  99 fatalities

  While cruising at an altitude of 4,000 meters by night, the crew contacted ATC to report his position and all was ok on board. About ten minutes later, the airplane disappeared from radar screens and crashed into the…

• August 14, 1986

  Lockheed C-130 Hercules

  Honduran Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Hondureña · France

  52 fatalities

  On approach to Mocorón-Durzona Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility due to rain falls. Too low, the aircraft struck a hilly terrain and crashed few km from the airfield. All 52 occupants were killed.

• August 14, 1974

  Vickers Viscount

  Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV · Venezuela

  48 fatalities

  While descending to Porlamar-Del Caribe-General en Jefe Santiago Mariño Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility and heavy rain falls. In accordance with ATC, the crew decided to divert…

• August 14, 1941

  Consolidated LB-30 Liberator

  Royal Air Force - RAF

  22 fatalities

  The pilot started the take off procedure from runway 06. The aircraft failed to rotate, overran and impacted an embankment, bounced then crashed in a huge explosion on a second embankment. All 22 occupants were killed.…

• August 14, 1968Hull loss

  Sikorsky S-61L

  Los Angeles Airways,inc. · United States

  21 fatalities

  Other; Fatigue Fracture; Inadequate Maintenance And Inspection. Factors: Separation In Flight

• August 14, 1982

  IAI Arava 201

  Nicaraguayan Air Force - Fuerza Aérea - Ejercito de Nicaragua

  20 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino Airport runay 10, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane banked left and crashed 150 meters to the left of the runway. Two passengers were seriously…

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