On this day in aviation — August 23
914 notable aviation events on August 23 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on August 23, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 914 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- August 23, 2000Hull loss
143 fatalities
On 23 August 2000, at about 1930 local time, Gulf Air flight GF072, an Airbus A320-212, a Sultanate of Oman registered aircraft A4O-EK, crashed at sea at about 3 miles north-east of Bahrain International Airport. GF072…
- August 23, 1944
61 fatalities
The crew was performing a circular test flight at RAF Warton after the plane had been refurbished. Following an uneventful flight, the crew started the approach to runway 08 and received the authorization to land. At…
- August 23, 2005Hull loss
40 fatalities
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- August 23, 1954
21 fatalities
While approaching Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport after an uneventful flight from New York via Shannon, the crew received the permission to descend to 5,500 feet and then 4,500 feet and 3,500 feet respectively. At 1130LT,…
- August 23, 1962
19 fatalities
The DC-3 took off from Barrancabermeja runway 03 at 15:57. After 250 m the aircraft began veering to the left of the centreline and then swerved to the right. At 490 m into the takeoff, the DC-3 left the runway,…
- August 23, 1951
17 fatalities
- August 23, 1962
12 fatalities
- August 23, 1942
12 fatalities
The crew was performing a personnel transport from Prestwick to RAF Atcham on behalf of the 64th Transport Group. While flying northeast of Denbigh, the pilot encountered clouds and the visibility was poor. Flying too…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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