On this day in aviation — September 6

Every year on September 6, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 870 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• September 6, 1985Hull loss

  Douglas DC-9-14

  Midwest Express Airlines · United States

  31 fatalities

• September 6, 1952

  1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash

  31 fatalities

• September 6, 1945

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947)

  30 fatalities

  Lost without trace while conducting a troop transfer from Tacloban to Nichols AFB. The aircraft may have crash into sea somewhere in The Philippines. No trace was ever found. Crew: Pfc Manuel S. Alderette, Cpl John C.…

• September 6, 1945Hull loss

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  Royal Air Force - RAF

  26 fatalities

  The aircraft left Hmwabi Air base located north of Yangon at 0606LT bound for Bangkok. About 34 minutes later, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Duyinzeik, in a zone controlled by the Japanese forces.…

• September 6, 1971Hull loss

  BAc 111

  Paninternational · Germany

  22 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from runway 34 at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 1,000 feet, both engine stopped almost simultaneously (the right engine failed immediately after the left engine).…

• September 6, 1977Hull loss

  Dehavilland DHC-6

  Alaska Aeronautical Industries · United States

  13 fatalities

  Improper Ifr Operation

• September 6, 1948

  Consolidated PBY Catalina

  Royal Norwegian Air Force - Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret

  13 fatalities

  The plane took off from Stavanger-Sola Airport and flew on contact along the coastline northwards in the direction of Herdla island, north of Bergen. The altitude was about 100 meters just below the clouds. When passing…

• September 6, 1950

  Douglas C-54 Skymaster

  United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947)

  11 fatalities

  Two minutes after takeoff from Osaka-Itami Airport, while in initial climb, the four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed 7 km from the airport. All 11 occupants were killed, among them three journalists from…

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