On this day in aviation — September 19
826 notable aviation events on September 19 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 19, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 826 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 19, 1989Hull loss
170 fatalities
The DC-10 departed N'Djamena Airport at 1313LT bound for Paris-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Forty-six minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 35,000 feet over Niger, the aircraft disappeared from radar…
- September 19, 1976Hull loss
154 fatalities
The airplane departed Istanbul-Yeşilköy Airport at 2245LT on a scheduled flight to Antalya, carrying 146 passengers and a crew of eight. After passing over the Afyon VOR at an altitude of 25,000 feet, the crew requested…
- September 19, 1960
80 fatalities
On September 19, 1960, at approximately 0602 local time, a Douglas DC-6AB, N 90779, operated by World Airways, Inc., as Military Air Transport Flight 830/18, bound for Wake Island and the United States. crashed and…
- September 19, 1944
53 fatalities
- September 19, 1958Hull loss
28 fatalities
Approaching Khabarovsk in limited visibility, the crew lost his orientation and continued to the south. Few minutes later, in poor weather conditions, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low. While cruising at…
- September 19, 1950
26 fatalities
- September 19, 1946
25 fatalities
While flying over Tripolitan on a flight from St Mawgan to Cairo, the crew encountered very poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and turbulence. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and…
- September 19, 1949Hull loss
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VI
18 fatalities
For undetermined reason, the landing at Dakar-Yoff Airport was a little bit rude and the aircraft should be grounded for four days to repair the tail gear. After an uneventful fuel stop in Accra, the crew continued to…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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