On this day in aviation — November 1

Every year on November 1, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 592 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.

Notable events

• November 1, 1949

  Douglas C-54 Skymaster

  Eastern Airlines · Washington DC, United States

  55 fatalities

  On November 1, 1949, Eastern's Flight 537 was flying from Boston via intermediate points to Washington. Over Beltsville, 15 miles northeast of the Washington National airport, it contacted the Washington Control Tower…

• November 1, 1961Hull loss

  Douglas DC-7

  Panair do Brasil · Recife-Guararapes, Brazil

  45 fatalities

  The aircraft, coming from Lisbon, Portugal with a stop at Ilha do Sal, contacted Recife Control Tower at 0505Z. While flying at night in good visibility the flight received instructions for landing and was to call again…

• November 1, 1955Hull loss

  Douglas DC-6B

  United Airlines · Longmont, Colorado, United States

  44 fatalities

  The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the disintegrating force of a dynamite bomb explosion which occurred in the number 4 baggage compartment.

• November 1, 1974

  1974 Surgut mid-air collision

  38 fatalities

• November 1, 1945

  Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

  United States Army Air Forces - USAAF (1941-1947) · Bad Herrenalb, Germany

  26 fatalities

  The crew was flying on autopilot under the cloud layer when the weather conditions worsened. The captain decided to gain height and increased engine power to do so. Shortly later, while climbing in clouds, the aircraft…

• November 1, 1946

  Amiot AAC.1 Toucan

  Compagnie de Transports Aériens du Languedoc-Roussillon - CTALR · Saint-Léger-la-Montagne, France

  24 fatalities

  While approaching Limoges, the crew requested to ATC if there was any icing conditions in the area, and it was reported that icing could be encountered between the altitude of 1,000 and 1,200 meters. Few minutes later,…

• November 1, 1944

  Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3)

  United States Army Air Force - USAAF · Cambrai-Niergnies Advanced Landing Ground A-74

  24 fatalities

• November 1, 1946

  Amiot AAC.1 (Junkers Ju-52)

  Compagnie de Transports Aérien Languedoc-Roussillon · Saint-Léger-la-Montagne

  23 fatalities

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