On this day in aviation — October 15

Every year on October 15, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 781 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• October 15, 2015

  B747-300

  Mahan Air · Near Mehrabad Airport, Iran

  168 fatalities

  Accident Investigation Final Report

• October 15, 1987Hull loss

  ATR42-300

  Aero Trasporti Italiani - ATI · Mt Crezzo, Italy

  37 fatalities

  15 minutes after takeoff from Milan-Linate Airport, while climbing to the altitude of 14,700 feet, the crew encountered severe icing conditions. At a constant speed of 133 knots, the aircraft first rolled to the right…

• October 15, 1944

  Lisunov LI-2

  Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP · Mt Gerlachovský, Slovakia

  24 fatalities

  While cruising at an altitude of some 2,580 meters, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Gerlachovský (2,655 meters high) located in the Tatras mountain range. All 24 occupants were killed.

• October 15, 1945

  Short S.25 Sunderland

  Royal Air Force - RAF · Tuas, Singapore

  22 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from Singapore, while climbing, the seaplane hit a hill in Tuas and was destroyed. All 22 occupants were killed, among them 17 wounded soldiers flying back home.

• October 15, 1958

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  TAM Bolivia - Transporte Aéreo Militar Boliviano · Villamontes, Bolivia

  20 fatalities

  Enroute from Fortín Campero to Tarija, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and apparently modified his route when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the region of Villamontes. The wreckage…

• October 15, 1951Hull loss

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  South African Airways -SAA - Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens - SAL · Mt Ingeli, South Africa

  17 fatalities

  While cruising in clouds, the airplane crashed on Mt Ingeli (2,500 meters high) located about 17 km southeast of Kokstad. The aircraft christened 'Paardeberg' was destroyed and all 17 occupants were killed. It is…

• October 15, 1945

  Martin B-26 Marauder

  French Air Force - Armée de l'Air · Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or, France

  16 fatalities

  Shortly after takeoff from Lyon-Bron Airport, while climbing, the crew encountered an unexpected technical failure and lost control of the aircraft that crashed onto a hill located in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or, north of…

• October 15, 1951

  Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter

  United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947) · Atlantic Ocean

  12 fatalities

  The four engine aircraft left Frankfurt-Main Airport at 0936LT on October 14 bound for Lajes where it landed at 1603LT. After refueling, the airplane left Lajes at 1851LT bound for Westover AFB, Massachusetts. About an…

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