On this day in aviation — October 4

Every year on October 4, 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 4, 2001

  Tu-154M

  a/k 'Sibir · Над Черным морем, в международных водах, в 184 км от аэропорта Сочи (Адлер)

  78 fatalities

  While cruising at an altitude of 36,000 feet over the Black Sea on a weekly schedule service from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk, the aircraft disappeared from radar screens at 1344LT. The crew did not send any distress call.…

• October 4, 1960Hull loss

  Lockheed L-188 Electra

  Eastern Airlines · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  62 fatalities

  The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the unique and critical sequence of the loss and recovery of engine power following bird ingestion, resulting in loss of airspeed and control during…

• October 4, 2007

  2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash

  Democratic Republic of the Congo

  52 fatalities

• October 4, 2007

  Antonov AN-26

  El Sam Airlift · Kinshasa-N'Djili

  49 fatalities

  After takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport, while climbing, the right engine failed. The aircraft stalled, hit tree tops and crashed onto several houses located in Kingasani neighbourhood. A crew member survived while…

• October 4, 1992Hull loss

  Boeing 747-200

  El Al Cargo · Amsterdam, Netherlands

  47 fatalities

  The aircraft was on a flight from John F . Kennedy International Airport, New York, to Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, with an intermediate stop at Schiphol Airport for a crew change and cargo processing.…

• October 4, 1992

  El Al Flight 1862

  Netherlands

  43 fatalities

• October 4, 1945

  Avro 683 Lancaster

  Royal Air Force - RAF · Bastia, France

  25 fatalities

  The aircraft left RAF Conington, Cambridgeshire, at 0030LT bound for Naples, Italy, with a crew of 6 and 19 female passengers, members of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service back to Italy following a leave period…

• October 4, 1966

  De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou

  United States Army · An Khe, Vietnam

  14 fatalities

  While approaching An Khe Airport on a troop transport flight from Hammond, the airplane was too low. The crew was instructed to perform a go-around and the captain increased engine power when the airplane struck trees,…

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