On this day in aviation — October 13
677 notable aviation events on October 13 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 13, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 677 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 13, 1972Hull loss
174 fatalities
The airplane was completing a charter flight from Paris to Moscow with an intermediate stop in Leningrad. It departed Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport at 2059LT bound for Moscow. While descending from the north in marginal…
- October 13, 1973Hull loss
122 fatalities
Following an uneventful flight from Kutaisi, the crew started the descent to Moscow-Domodedovo by night and good weather conditions. On approach at an altitude of 1,300 feet, the airplane banked left to an angle of 75°…
- October 13, 1976Hull loss
113 fatalities
After a long takeoff roll, the airplane took off from runway 32 but encountered serious difficulties to gain sufficient height. After liftoff, the airplane continued at a height of about six metres then struck…
- October 13, 1976
1976 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crash
88 fatalities
- October 13, 1945Hull loss
31 fatalities
Following a long takeoff roll, the aircraft rotated but failed to gain sufficient height. At the end of the runway, the four engine aircraft hit a mound, nosed down and crashed in a huge explosion. The aircraft was…
- October 13, 1972
31 fatalities
- October 13, 1972
29 fatalities
The airplane departed Montevideo on a charter flight to Santiago de Chile under callsign Uruguay 571, carrying members of the rugby team 'Old Christians', en route to Chile to take part to a tournament. All passengers…
- October 13, 2011
De Havilland DHC-8-100 (Dash-8)
28 fatalities
On the afternoon of 13 October 2011, an Airlines PNG Bombardier DHC-8-103, registered P2-MCJ (MCJ), was conducting a regular public transport flight from Nadzab, Morobe Province, to Madang, Madang Province under the…
See all 677 events for October 13:
https://himaxym.com/history/on-this-day
Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for October 13 — 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
Get this digest by email
The same weekly safety roundup, in your inbox every Monday. No spam, one-click unsubscribe.