On this day in aviation — November 4
624 notable aviation events on November 4 across history, drawn from official investigation records.
Every year on November 4, aviation history records accidents and incidents worldwide. FlightFinder surfaces 624 deduplicated entries for this calendar date from NTSB, EASA, and 70+ other official sources.
Notable events
- November 4, 2010
68 fatalities
The twin engine aircraft departed Port-au-Prince on a schedule service to Havana with an intermediate stop in Santiago de Cuba, carrying 61 passengers and 7 crew members. The airplane departed Santiago de Cuba-Antonio…
- November 4, 2015
41 fatalities
After takeoff from Juba Airport Runway 13, the four engine aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height. After a distance of some 800 metres, the aircraft impacted a hill and crashed on the shore of the White Nile.…
- November 4, 1967Hull loss
37 fatalities
Iberia flight IB062 left Málaga, Spain, at 19:30 UTC on a flight to London-Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom. The weather at the time was slightly misty with intermittent drizzle but there was reasonable visibility. The…
- November 4, 1972
35 fatalities
During the preflight briefing, the crew was informed about poor weather conditions in Sofia and that the visibility was below minima. The airplane departed Burgas Airport at 1901LT and en route, the captain decided to…
- November 4, 1976
29 fatalities
On final approach to runway 28, the position of the aircraft was incorrect so the captain decided to initiate a go around and increased engine power. The right engine went into auto-feather position so the aircraft lost…
- November 4, 1973
de Havilland Canada C-7A Caribou (DHC-4)
29 fatalities
- November 4, 1944
24 fatalities
Flight 8 took off at 1600 and proceeded according to plan to a cruising altitude of 10,000 feet for Burbank on an instrument clearance. It reported over Fresno on schedule cruising at 10,000 feet and estimated…
- November 4, 1948
17 fatalities
At approximately 2226, November 3, 1948. the flight departed Anchorage for Seattle, Washington, via Homer, Yakutat, and Annette Island, Alaska, with a crew consisting of A R. Kinnear, pilot, and R A Wilson, copilot. The…
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Data is aggregated from public investigation records and may be revised as sources are reconciled.
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