On this day in aviation — September 16
824 notable aviation events on September 16 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 16, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 824 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 16, 2007
90 fatalities
On 16 September 2007 at approximately 14:30 hours, One Two Go Airlines' McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 airplane with nationality and registration mark HS-OMG, departed on a scheduled passenger flight number OG269 from Don…
- September 16, 1971
49 fatalities
On approach to Kiev-Borispol Airport in poor weather conditions, the crew encountered technical problems with the generator that failed and he was forced to switch to auxiliary batteries. Due to limited visibility…
- September 16, 1965
39 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from Quảng Ngãi Airport, while climbing, the airplane was shot down by ground fire and crashed 11 km northeast of the airport. A passenger was seriously injured while 38 other occupants were…
- September 16, 1953Hull loss
28 fatalities
"that during the execution of a contact approach, and while maneuvering for alignment with the runway to be used, descent was made to an altitude below obstructions partially obscured by fog in a local area of…
- September 16, 1946Hull loss
21 fatalities
On final approach to Estevan Airport, the captain decided to make a go around for unknown reason. The undercarriage were raised and the aircraft quickly adopted a nose up attitude. Suddenly, it stalled and crashed few…
- September 16, 2023Hull loss
14 fatalities
On final approach to Barcelos Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with reduced visibility due to heavy rain falls. On short final, the crew decided to initiate a go around procedure when the airplane…
- September 16, 1984
Pomnik katastrofy lotniczej 1984.09.16
12 fatalities
- September 16, 1984Hull loss
11 fatalities
The aircraft was taking part to an airshow at Opole-Polska Nowa Wies Airport, carrying 22 passengers and three crew members. After takeoff, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed nose first. Fourteen occupants…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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