On this day in aviation — August 15
985 notable aviation events on August 15 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 15, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 985 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 15, 1958Hull loss
64 fatalities
The aircraft departed Khabarovsk Airport with a delay of 3 hours and 35 minutes due to poor weather conditions. En route, while cruising at an assigned altitude of 11,000 meters, the crew encountered poor weather…
- August 15, 1976
59 fatalities
The airplane departed Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport at 0806LT on a regular schedule flight EH232 to Cuenca, carrying four crew members and 55 passengers. At 0827LT, while cruising at 18,000 feet, the crew reported over…
- August 15, 1988
39 fatalities
While approaching Kunduz Airport, the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and crashed few km from the airfield. All 39 occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by a…
- August 15, 1989
34 fatalities
After takeoff from runway 36 at Shanghai-Hongqiao Airport, while in initial climb, the right engine failed. The aircraft lost height and crashed in a river located near the runway end. Six passengers were rescued while…
- August 15, 1958Hull loss
25 fatalities
The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was "the deficient judgment and technique of the pilot during an instrument approach in adverse weather conditions in failing to abandon the approach when a…
- August 15, 1975
23 fatalities
On approach to Krasnovodsk Airport by night, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and at an approximate altitude of 300 meters while on a distance of 5 km from the airfield, the aircraft's speed dropped from…
- August 15, 1957
23 fatalities
While descending to Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, fog and a limited visibility. At 0617LT, the airplane passed over the Kastrup Airfield at an altitude of…
- August 15, 1942
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)
17 fatalities
See all 985 events for August 15:
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
Primary source: https://himaxym.com/history/on-this-day
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