On this day in aviation — October 1

Every year on October 1, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 717 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• October 1, 1972

  Il-18V

  Moskovskogo TU GA · Краснодарский край, Черное море, близ а/п Адлер, Russia

  109 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from Sochi-Adler Airport, while climbing by night at an altitude of 200 meters, the airplane initiated a right turn according to departure procedures then made a left turn, entered a dive and…

• October 1, 2024Hull loss

  Airbus A320

  EgyptAir · Arabic ., France

  66 fatalities

• October 1, 1957Hull loss

  Ilyushin II-12

  Aeroflot · Aksha, Russia

  27 fatalities

  While cruising by night on the leg from Irkutsk to Chita, the crew lost his orientation and requested ATC assistance, without success. The airplane deviated from the prescribed flight path to the south and due to fuel…

• October 1, 1944

  Douglas C-47A-DK (DC-3)

  United States Army Air Force - USAAF · Humboldt Bay

  24 fatalities

• October 1, 1942Hull loss

  Douglas C-39 (DC-2)

  United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947) · Coamo, Puerto Rico

  22 fatalities

  The airplane departed Juana Díaz-Losey Field on a flight to San Juan-Isla Grande Airport, carrying five crew members and 17 passengers, among them three civilians. While flying in a valley in limited visibility due to…

• October 1, 1966Hull loss

  Douglas DC-9

  West Coast Airlines,inc. · Nwemme,oreg, OREGON, United States

  18 fatalities

  Undetermined

• October 1, 1938

  Junkers JU.52

  Lufthansa · Piz Cengalo, Italy

  13 fatalities

  While overflying the Swiss Alps, the aircraft disappeared. As it failed to arrive in Milan, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few weeks later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 13 occupant was…

• October 1, 1993

  Dinfia IA.50 Guaraní II

  Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina · Crespo, Argentina

  12 fatalities

  Crashed in unknown circumstances 40 km southeast of Crespo. A passenger survived while 12 other occupants were killed.

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