On this day

On this day in aviation — September 17

832 notable aviation events on September 17 across history, drawn from official investigation records.

Every year on September 17, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 832 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

  • September 17, 1961Hull loss

    Lockheed L-188 Electra

    Northwest Airlines · United States

    37 fatalities

    The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was "a mechanical failure in the aileron primary control system due to an improper replacement of the aileron boost assembly, resulting in a loss of lateral…

  • September 17, 1980

    De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo

    Zaire Air Force - Force Aérienne Zaïroise

    36 fatalities

    Crashed in unknown circumstances near Kindu. All 36 occupants were killed.

  • September 17, 1980

    de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo

    Zaire Air Force

    33 fatalities

  • September 17, 1965Hull loss

    Boeing 707 121B

    Pan American World Airways · United States

    30 fatalities

    Became Lost/Disoriented; Written Cause. Factors: Low Ceiling; Thunderstorm Activity

  • September 17, 1961Hull loss

    Douglas DC-6

    Transair Sweden · Sweden

    16 fatalities

    The airplane was conducting a special flight (UNO001) from Léopoldville to Ndola on behalf of the United Nations Organizations, carrying five crew members and a 11 passengers, among them Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations…

  • September 17, 2018

    Ilyushin II-20

    Russian Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii · Russia

    15 fatalities

    The four engine aircraft departed Hmeimim AFB located southeast of Latakia at 2031LT on a maritime patrol and reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean Sea. About an one hour and a half later, while returning to its…

  • September 17, 1991Hull loss

    An-74

    ANTK im Antonova · Russia

    13 fatalities

    The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Kiev with intermediate stops in Lensk and Omsk, carrying seven passengers (among them technicians), six crew members and a load of fish.…

  • September 17, 2006

    Dornier DO228

    Nigerian Air Force · United States

    13 fatalities

    The twin engine aircraft departed Abuja on a flight to Obudu, carrying 15 passengers and a crew of three. The pilots started the descent in poor weather conditions when the aircraft impacted hilly terrain near Vande…

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

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