On this day in aviation — September 28

Every year on September 28, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 753 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• September 28, 1992

  Airbus A300

  Pakistan International Airlines · Pakistan

  167 fatalities

  The ill-fated aircraft departed Karachi Airport Pakistan, at 0613 hours UTC on 28 September 1992 as Pakistan International Airlines Flight Number PK 268, a non-stop service to Kathmandu, Nepal. The accident occurred at…

• September 28, 1968

  Douglas C-54 Skymaster

  Pan African Airlines · United States

  58 fatalities

  The four engine aircraft was performing a charter flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt, carrying 53 passengers, a crew of four and a load of ammunitions. The approach to Port Harcourt Airport was initiated by night and…

• September 28, 1971Hull loss

  Douglas DC-3

  Cruzeiro do Sul · Brazil

  32 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from Sena Madureira Airport, while climbing, the pilot declared an emergency and elected to return following an engine failure. He completed a circuit at low altitude and while completing a turn to…

• September 28, 1953Hull loss

  Resort Airlines C-l6F

  Resort Airlines · United States

  25 fatalities

  structural failure of the left elevator in flight, causing loss of control.

• September 28, 1945

  Curtiss C-46 Commando

  United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947)

  20 fatalities

  Crashed in unknown circumstances about 32 km southeast of Chinkiang, killing all 20 occupants.

• September 28, 2012Hull loss

  Dornier 228-202

  Sita Air

  19 fatalities

• September 28, 1942

  Lockheed 18 LodeStar

  Panair do Brasil · Brazil

  15 fatalities

  The twin engine airplane departed Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport on a regular schedule service to São Paulo-Congonhas, carrying 11 passengers and a crew of four. While descending to Congonhas Airport, the crew was…

• September 28, 1954

  Martin P5M-2 Marlin

  United States Navy - USN

  12 fatalities

  While taking off from the bay adjacent to Sangley Point AFB, the seaplane went out of control and crashed, killing all 12 crew members. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to bad weather conditions…

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