On this day in aviation — October 3
725 notable aviation events on October 3 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 3, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 725 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 3, 1946Hull loss
39 fatalities
The four engine aircraft left New York-La Guardia Airport at 1214LT bound for Berlin, Germany, with intermediate stops in Gander, Shannon and London. While descending over Newfoundland, the crew encountered poor weather…
- October 3, 1957
27 fatalities
Few minutes after takeoff from Beirut Airport, the crew informed ATC about a fire on board and elected to return. More than thirty minutes later, while at altitude of 2,000 meters, the aircraft lost height and crashed…
- October 3, 2013Hull loss
16 fatalities
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT ASSOC/2013/10/03/F Accident Investigation Bureau Report on the Accident involving Associated Airlines Limited Embraer 120 ER aircraft with registration 5NBJY, which occurred at Murtala Muhammed…
- October 3, 1978Hull loss
15 fatalities
Shortly after a night takeoff from Kuopio Airport, while climbing, the right engine failed. The captain elected to return for an emergency landing and initiated a turn to the left when the airplane lost height and…
- October 3, 2013
Associated Aviation Flight 361
15 fatalities
- October 3, 1986Hull loss
13 fatalities
While approaching Manado-Sam Ratulangi Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Takawirang located few km…
- October 3, 1968
13 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from Camp Evans AFB, while climbing to an altitude of 335 meters, the Caribou collided with a USAF Boeing-Vertol CH-47A Chinook registered 66-19041 that was approaching the same airbase with 6…
- October 3, 1942
11 fatalities
The Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the "inadvertent actuation of the wing flaps to the full 35° 'down' position during the take-off run, thereby rendering the aircraft excessively…
See all 725 events for October 3:
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Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for October 3 — Recap.at:
Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
Primary source: https://himaxym.com/history/on-this-day
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