On this day in aviation — October 24

Every year on October 24, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 669 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• October 24, 1947

  Douglas DC-6

  United Airlines · Bryce Canyon, Utah, United States

  52 fatalities

  "the combustion of gasoline which had entered the cabin heater air intake scoop from the No.

• October 24, 1954Hull loss

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  United States Air Force - USAF (since 1947) · Limone Piemonte, Italy

  21 fatalities

  The aircraft left Rome-Ciampino Airport in the afternoon on a flight to Manston, Kent, with an intermediate stop at Lyon-Bron Airport. While cruising at an altitude of 8,500 feet over the Italian Alps, the crew…

• October 24, 1967

  Douglas DC-3

  China Airlines · Vietnam

  16 fatalities

  Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Vietnam while completing a flight from Phan Rang to Pleiku. All 16 occupants were killed.

• October 24, 1990

  Yakovlev Yak-40

  Cubana de Aviacion · Santiago de Cuba

  11 fatalities

  The descent to Santiago de Cuba-Antonio Maceo Airport was started by night and poor weather conditions. As the crew was unable to locate the airport, he decided to abandon the approach and initiated a go-around. Few…

• October 24, 2004Hull loss

  Beech 200

  Hendrick Motorsports · Stuart, VA, United States

  10 fatalities

  The flight crew's failure to properly execute the published instrument approach procedure, including the published missed approach procedure, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the cause…

• October 24, 2003

  2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash

  United States

  10 fatalities

• October 24, 1945Hull loss

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC · Luqa, Malta

  9 fatalities

  Just after liftoff from Luqa Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane suffered an engine failure. It stalled and crashed by the runway, bursting into flames. Nine passengers were killed while seven other occupants…

• October 24, 1942

  Avro 683 Lancaster

  Royal Air Force - RAF · Blainville-sur-Mer, France

  9 fatalities

  The airplane departed RAF Langar at 1241LT on an operation to Milan. While cruising along the French coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Blainville-sur-Mer and about 30 km southeast of Jersey.…

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