On this day in aviation — September 8
806 notable aviation events on September 8 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 8, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 806 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 8, 1994Hull loss
132 fatalities
A loss of control of the airplane resulting from the movement of the rudder surface to its blowdown limit. The rudder surface most likely deflected in a direction opposite to that commanded by the pilots as a result of…
- September 8, 1974
89 fatalities
- September 8, 1974Hull loss
88 fatalities
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was "the detonation of an explosive device within the aft cargo compartment of the aircraft which rendered the aircraft…
- September 8, 1989
55 fatalities
On September 8, 1989, LN-PAA was on a charter flight to Hamburg. The flight was due to depart at 1500 hrs. The call sign was Partnair (PAR) 394. The departure was delayed by almost an hour due to the Civil Aviation…
- September 8, 1945
41 fatalities
Few minutes after takeoff from Hmwabi Airbase, while climbing, the aircraft flew through cumulonimbus, went out of control and crashed in a field. All 41 occupants, among them 37 wounded soldiers transferred back home…
- September 8, 1969Hull loss
35 fatalities
On the last leg of the trip NSE742 that originated from Bogotá, the crew started the descent when he encountered stormy weather (heavy rain falls, low clouds and turbulences). While approaching from the east, the…
- September 8, 1977
25 fatalities
On approach to Keng Tung Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Loi Hsam Hsao located few km from the airport.…
- September 8, 1951
16 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, while in initial climb, the pilot-in-command encountered problems and lost control of the aircraft that crashed onto several houses located in the Jabaquara…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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