On this day in aviation — October 23
667 notable aviation events on October 23 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on October 23, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 667 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- October 23, 1959Hull loss
28 fatalities
On approach to Moscow-Vnukovo, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with clouds and limited visibility. By night, the aircraft passed below the glide until it struck tree tops and crashed in flames in a…
- October 23, 1972
27 fatalities
- October 23, 1978Hull loss
26 fatalities
En route from Stavropol to Simferopol, while cruising at an altitude of 2,400 meters in icing conditions, the left engine failed, followed 14 seconds later by the failure of the right engine. The crew informed ATC about…
- October 23, 1971
22 fatalities
On final approach to Qui Nhơn Airport in heavy rain falls, the airplane crashed few km short of runway. A passenger was seriously injured while 22 other occupants were killed.
- October 23, 1972
20 fatalities
The four engine airplane was completing a flight from Sestsha Airbase located in Bryansk, carrying 14 passengers and a crew of six. On approach to Tula Airport in poor weather conditions, the airplane collided with a…
- October 23, 2025Hull loss
19 fatalities
Upon landing at night on runway 04 at Nyala Airport, the airplane was shot down by Sudan Armed Forces. The airplane veered off runway to the left and crashed in a ditch located 900 metres past the runway threshold,…
- October 23, 1945Hull loss
14 fatalities
While cruising at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the aircraft went through a cumulonimbus area. It became uncontrollable, partially disintegrated in the air and crashed near Thanchi. All 14 occupants were killed. Probable…
- October 23, 1986Hull loss
13 fatalities
The descent to Peshawar Airport was completed in limited visibility caused by night. The copilot was in command when on final approach to runway 35, he descended below the MDA until the aircraft struck a dyke and…
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Contemporaneous coverage and timeline for October 23 — 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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