On this day

On this day in aviation — September 7

913 notable aviation events on September 7 across history, drawn from official investigation records.

Every year on September 7, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 913 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

  • September 7, 1943

    Consolidated B-24 Liberator

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

    70 fatalities

    The four engine airplane departed 7 Mile Drome in Port Moresby in the early morning on a surveillance mission, carrying 11 crew members. Shortly after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed into a truck convoy…

  • September 7, 2011Hull loss

    Yak-42D

    a/k "Yak Servis" s khokkeynoy komandoy · Russia

    44 fatalities

    The aircraft was chartered by the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team to carry his staff to Minsk to take part to the first game of the Russian 2011-2012 championship. During the takeoff roll from runway 23 at…

  • September 7, 2011

    2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster

    43 fatalities

  • September 7, 1974

    Fokker F27 Friendship

    Garuda Indonesian Airways · Indonesia

    33 fatalities

    While descending to Bandar Lampung-Branti Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. On final, the airplane passed below the glide when it struck a building and crashed in flames. Three passengers were…

  • September 7, 1960Hull loss

    Douglas DC-6

    Aerolineas Argentinas · Argentina

    31 fatalities

    While in cruising altitude on a flight from Asunción to Buenos Aires, the airplane christened 'Mariano Moreno' suffered a major issue on engine number three. Shortly later, the airplane disintegrated in the air, dove…

  • September 7, 1958

    Il-14P

    Kirgizskoy OAG GVF · Russia

    27 fatalities

    Enroute from Aktyubinsk to Uralsk, while cruising at an altitude of 1,500 meters in marginal weather conditions, the aircraft was hit by lightning. The crew lost control of the aircraft which dove into the ground and…

  • September 7, 1946Hull loss

    Avro 685 York

    British South American Airways - BSAA · United Kingdom

    24 fatalities

    The aircraft arrived in Bathurst at 0243LT from Lisbon and the crew was changed. The departure was performed at 0408LT in fair weather conditions. Two minutes later, while in initial climb, the aircraft failed to gain…

  • September 7, 1945

    Douglas DC-3

    Eastern Airlines · United States

    22 fatalities

    Flight 42 departed Miami for New York City at 2122LT, September 6, 1945, with routine stops at Jacksonville and Savannah. Having obtained an instrument clearance from Airway Traffic Control to cruise at 5,000 feet to…

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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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