On this day in aviation — October 16
699 notable aviation events on October 16 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 16, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 699 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 16, 1945
59 fatalities
On approach to Nanyuan AFB located south of Beijing, the crew encountered poor visibility with low clouds down to 300 feet. About 25 km northwest of the airport, the aircraft hit a radio antenna (about 300 meters high)…
- October 16, 2013
49 fatalities
A first approach procedure to runway 15 was aborted by the crew due to insufficient visibility. On the circuit to complete a second approach in bad weather conditions, the ATR72-600 crashed some 8 km short of runway and…
- October 16, 1947
42 fatalities
While flying along the Spanish coast, the radio operator informed ground by radio: 'one engine stopped, are forced to ditch the aircraft'. Shortly later, the aircraft crashed into the sea some 25 km southeast off Cabo…
- October 16, 1947
41 fatalities
- October 16, 1952
25 fatalities
Shortly after takeoff from runway 08, while in initial climb, the Commando went out of control and crashed into the sea few km off shore. SAR operations were immediately dispatched on the scene but two dead bodies were…
- October 16, 1944
15 fatalities
The three engine aircraft christened 'Herman Stache' left Copenhagen Airport at 1750LT bound for Oslo. After passing Skagen, the aircraft entered over Skagerrak and the weather conditions deteriorated. Due to poor…
- October 16, 1964
13 fatalities
- October 16, 1945
12 fatalities
Enroute, the left engine caught fire. The crew was unable to extinguish the fire and shortly later, the engine detached. All 17 occupants decided to abandon the aircraft and to bail out when the aircraft went out of…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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