On this day in aviation — September 29
762 notable aviation events on September 29 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on September 29, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 762 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- September 29, 2006Hull loss
154 fatalities
Command of aeronautics
- September 29, 1981
80 fatalities
While descending to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, the four engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Kahrizak, about 20 km south of the airport. All 80 occupants were killed, among them high ranking officers and…
- September 29, 1998Hull loss
55 fatalities
The aircraft departed Palaly Airport at 1340LT on a schedule flight to Colombo, carrying 48 passengers and seven crew members. While climbing to an altitude of 8,000 feet, the captain contacted ATC and reported a cabin…
- September 29, 1959Hull loss
34 fatalities
The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was "structural failure of the left wing resulting from forces generated by undampened propeller whirl mode."
- September 29, 1951
27 fatalities
Crashed shortly after takeoff from La Paz-El Alto Airport, while on a charter flight. All 27 occupants were killed.
- September 29, 1945
26 fatalities
The crew was performing a flight from Italy to the UK, repatriating wounded soldiers and 7 crew members from the 550th Squadron. As the aircraft failed to arrive in England, SAR operations were conducted but eventually…
- September 29, 1960
23 fatalities
The four engine aircraft departed Geneva-Cointrin Airport at 1105LT bound for Rome-Fiumicino Airport. While cruising on airway A3 at an altitude of 21,000 feet, the crew requested permission to ATC to modify his route…
- September 29, 1960
21 fatalities
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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