On this day in aviation — September 25

Every year on September 25, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 716 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• September 25, 1978

  Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182

  144 fatalities

• September 25, 1978Hull loss

  Boeing 727

  Pacific Southwest · United States

  137 fatalities

  Failed To Follow Approved Procedures,Directives,Etc.. Factors: Other

• September 25, 1998Hull loss

  BAe 146

  Paukn Air · Spain

  38 fatalities

  Following an uneventful flight from Málaga-Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport, the crew initiated the descent to Melilla Airport in marginal weather conditions. After being cleared to descend to 7,000 feet from Sevilla ATC, the…

• September 25, 1996

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  Dutch Dakota Association · Netherlands

  32 fatalities

  The aircraft took off at 14.28 from Texel International Airport for the return flight to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport. Before take-off the airport manager of Texel International Airport requested the crew of PH-DDA to…

• September 25, 2020

  Antonov AN-26

  Ukrainian Air Force - Povitryani Syly Ukrayini

  26 fatalities

  The aircraft was engaged in a local training flight at Chuhuiv AFB, carrying 7 crew members and 20 cadets. On approach to runway 16, the crew apparently encountered engine problems when the aircraft lost height and…

• September 25, 2011Hull loss

  Beechcraft 1900D

  Buddha Air · Nepal

  19 fatalities

  The aircraft was performing a special flight with tourists above the Himalayan mountains and especially a tour of the Everest in the early morning. While returning to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport, the copilot (PIC) was…

• September 25, 1946

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  Royal Air Force - RAF

  19 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from runway 31, while climbing to a height of some 700-800 feet, the aircraft stalled, went into a dive and crashed 3 km northwest of the airfield. All 19 occupants were killed. Crew (110th…

• September 25, 1999Hull loss

  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

  Big Island Air · United States

  10 fatalities

  On September 25, 1999, about 1726 Hawaiian standard time, Big Island Air flight 58, a Piper PA-31-350 (Chieftain), N411WL, crashed on the northeast slope of the Mauna Loa volcano near Volcano, Hawaii. The pilot and all…

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