The French airship (civil hull number Zeppelin LZ 114, planned for the German Navy as L 72) disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea during a flight from Toulon to Algiers. Parts of the wreck and the commander's body were later found.
The US rigid airship got into a storm and crashed into the sea. With 73 dead and 3 survivors, it is the most casualty accident in airship travel to date (as of 2020). During the rescue operation, the two crew members of a smaller airship died when it crashed.
A Polikarpov I-5 collided with the ANT-20 airliner during a formation flight. Both planes crashed.
1938
August 27th - During the CFIT of 4 of the 5 Fokker CV-E of a formation of the Ticino Fl Kp 10 on the way to the Giornata Internazionale Aviatora in Lugano, seven out of eight occupants were killed in the cloud-shrouded Muotathaler Heubergen (see flight accident at the Muotathaler Heubergen ) .
(T) On November 17, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-5-DK of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) (RCAF KG310) touched the ground with a wing in poor visibility when approaching Vienna International Airport crashed just before the runway. All inmates survived.
(T) On November 30, 1945, a Douglas DC-3 of the British Royal Air Force (RAF KN432) crashed during a night landing at Cairo-Almaza Airport . The plane touched down before the start of the runway, collided with a wall and caught fire. 8 people were killed.
(T) On December 29, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW134) crashed while attempting to take off with only 3 engines running. The machine turned sideways, there was a loss of control and it crashed 3 kilometers from the RAF Holmsley South take-off airport near Bashley ( Great Britain ). One of the crew members was killed.
1946
(T) On April 11th, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 ( aircraft registration number MW252 ) rolled over the runway end at RAF Woodbridge Air Force Base ( UK ) and sped into trees. Of the 6 occupants, one crew member was killed, the other and the 4 passengers survived.
(T) Also on April 11, the landing gear of another Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW180) collapsed during landing at RAF Station Lyneham ( Wiltshire ). All inmates survived. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
(T) On October 6, on the flight from Calcutta to Penang, a Royal Air Force Avro York (MW125) crashed about 160 km west of the destination airport in the Bay of Bengal . All 21 inmates were killed.
(T) On October 20, an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW208) failed when taking off from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport ( India ). The engine no. 2 failed crashed down. Of the 15 occupants, 3 passengers were killed.
(T) On November 20 was an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW205) 64 kilometers south of Suez ( Egypt flown) in hilly terrain. In this CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain , 6 inmates were killed.
(T) On November 28, 1946, the pilots of a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW168) lost directional control when taking off from RAF Brize Norton Air Force Base ( Great Britain ). The plane hit a railway embankment, causing the landing gear to collapse. All occupants survived the accident. The machine was damaged beyond repair.
(T) On December 19, 1946, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW241 ) caught fire at RAF Honington Air Force Base ( United Kingdom ) while the fuel tanks were being drained. The plane was destroyed.
(T) On December 2, 1946, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW268) touched down at Malta-Luqa airport in front of the runway and was irreparably damaged. All inmates survived.
1947
(T) On January 14, a 21-person Lockheed Lodestar of the Mexican Air Force crashed after the failure of the right engine not far from the Puebla- Huejotzingo airport . All 4 crew members and 17 passengers were killed.
(T) On February 19, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A of the United States Air Force had an accident while landing at Neubiberg Airfield (Bavaria) in changing winds. The machine (registration number 42-93723) was destroyed. The only passenger was killed, the crew of three survived.
(T) On March 14, the landing gear of an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW202) could not be locked when approaching the RAF station Lyneham ( Wiltshire ). It then collapsed on landing, causing irreparable damage to the aircraft. All occupants survived the accident.
(T) On March 18, an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW198) crashed shortly after take-off from RAF Station Negombo (today Bandaranaike International Airport) ( Ceylon ). Shortly after take off, an engine failed. The machine could not maintain the altitude, grazed trees and crashed three kilometers north of the air force base. Of the 15 occupants, 11 were killed, 4 crew members and 7 passengers.
(T) came on 24 May 1947 Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW190) while approaching the Malta-Luqa airport in a Fallbö , sat in front of the runway and was damaged beyond repair. All occupants survived the accident.
(T) On July 1, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW224) crashed at RAF Oakington Air Force Base ( Great Britain ) while attempting to take off with only 3 engines running. It came to a stall and the machine crashed almost vertically. All 5 crew members were killed.
(T) On November 5, 1947, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW207) failed on landing at RAF Lyneham Station. The plane came off the runway and only came to a standstill on a hedge. All occupants, crew members and passengers survived. The machine was damaged beyond repair.
(T) on 17 November 1947, came at a Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW284) at the RAF station Dishforth ( United Kingdom ) during the go-around with only three engines running at a stall . The machine belly landed and caught fire. Still, all of the inmates survived.
1948
(T) On September 19, 1948, an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW288) crashed during a night take-off at the Wunstorf RAF station ( Lower Saxony ). When an engine failure occurred and the cargo plane went off the runway, the pilots tried to avoid the collision with a radar vehicle. The machine was stalled, it stalled and crashed at Klein Heidorn . The aircraft was in use for the Berlin Airlift . All five crew members were killed.
(T) On September 23, 1948, an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW245) crashed while aborting take-off at the RAF station in Wunstorf ( Germany ). The commander retracted the landing gear in order to bring the machine to a standstill in time. All inmates survived. The aircraft that was used within the Berlin Airlift was damaged beyond repair.
(T) On October 10, 1948, a Royal Air Force Avro York C.1 (MW305) rolled over the end of the runway while landing at Berlin-Gatow airfield. In order to prevent further rolling, the landing gear was retracted so that it landed on its stomach . This damaged the aircraft beyond repair. All occupants, crew members and passengers survived.
(T) On November 10, 1948, the airspeed indicator failed in an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW270) when taking off from RAF station Wunstorf (Germany). When the takeoff was aborted, the commander retracted the landing gear in order to bring the machine to a standstill in time. All inmates survived. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
(T) On December 2, 1948, an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW246) was landed at too high a speed at Berlin-Gatow airfield . To prevent the end of the runway from rolling over, the commander initiated a ringelpiez , during which the landing gear collapsed. All occupants, crew members and passengers survived the accident. The machine was damaged beyond repair.
(T) On December 14, 1948, the pilots of an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW300) lost control of the aircraft when it took off from Berlin-Gatow airfield, whereupon the landing gear collapsed. All occupants, crew members and passengers survived. The machine was damaged beyond repair.
(T) Also on December 14, 1948, a very similar accident occurred at the Berlin-Gatow airfield. The pilots of an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW238) lost directional control of the machine during take-off. It came off the runway, fell onto the aircraft's nose in soft ground and was destroyed. All occupants, crew members and passengers survived.
(T) also came with the December 14, 1948 82 C-Fairchild of the United States Air Force (Code 45-57785 ) to a landing accident due to mechanical during the Berlin Airlift at the airport Berlin-Tempelhof failure. The crew survived the accident, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
1949
(T) March 22 - A Douglas DC-3 / C-47B of the Royal Air Force (KJ970) was flown into the ground three kilometers southeast during an instrument approach ("Blind Approach Beacon System") to Lübeck Airport . All three crew members of the machine coming from Berlin-Gatow were killed.
(T) On April 6, caught a Handley Page Hastings C.1 of the Royal Air Force (TG534) on the military airfield Schleswig country when starting the engines fire. The machine was used for the Berlin Airlift . A fuel leak was found to be the cause. The crew remained uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.
(T) On April 21, a tire burst on an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW188) at take-off from the Gütersloh military airfield ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The pilots returned for an emergency landing. The aircraft came off the runway, the landing gear collapsed and the machine was irreparably damaged. All occupants survived the accident.
(T) On July 30, there was a loss of power in an engine of an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (MW145) during the night take-off from RAF station Wunstorf ( Lower Saxony ). Directional control was lost, and the pilots retracted the landing gear to bring the machine to a standstill in time. The plane was destroyed. All inmates survived.
(T) On November 28, a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW160 ) experienced a partial engine failure when taking off from RAF Station Deversoir near Ismailia ( Egypt ). The pilots could not keep the take-off direction, the aircraft rolled into a radio direction finder station. All inmates survived, but one person was killed on the ground.
(T) Dec. 20 - During the flight broke a propeller blade of a Handley Page Hastings of the Royal Air Force (TG574) and intersected multiple control cables in the fuselage. The engine came loose due to the imbalance. During the emergency landing in Benghazi ( Libya ) the machine overturned. 5 of the 34 inmates were killed.
January 2 - Bahau , Malaysia . A Royal Air Force Taylorcraft Auster AOP.6 (registration number VF648 ) with two occupants skidded during takeoff and overturned , destroying the aircraft. Both inmates survived.
January 2 - USA . A North American F-51H Mustang of the United States Air Force (registration number 44-64403 ) had an accident. The pilot was able to save himself with the parachute. The aircraft was in irreparable condition after the accident.
January 2nd - location unknown, Korea. A Douglas B-26 Invader fighter aircraft (registration unknown) was totaled, the cause unknown.
January 3 - Six kilometers west of K-2 military airfield, South Korea. A Douglas B-26B Invader of the United States Air Force (Code 44-34266 ) with three people on board crashed near the airfield, possibly due to lack of fuel. All three occupants were killed and the aircraft destroyed.
(T) January 4 - Wonju Airfield (K-38), South Korea . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force (registration number 49-2617 ) skidded on landing and was steered from the side of the runway by the pilot, whereby the undercarriage and one wing end were destroyed. All occupants survived, but the machine had to be written off.
January 5 - K-2 Air Base, South Korea. A Douglas B-26C Invader of the United States Air Force (Code 44-35630 ) crashed thirty seconds from after the start. All four inmates were killed.
(T) January 8 - Chungju Airfield (K-41), South Korea . A United States Air Force Curtiss C-46 D-20-CU Commando (license number 44-78505 ) had an accident on landing and collided with two empty C-46Ds (license numbers 44-78270 and 44-78462 ) parked at the airport . Two of the three crew members of the landing machine died. The reason were chassis problems on this machine.
(T) January 10 - Near Winslow, Arizona , USA . When one of the two engines failed on a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-15-DK of the United States Air Force (registration number 43-49384 ), the three-man crew jumped off with the parachute and survived.
(T) February 7 - Near Chesapeake Bay near Eastville, Virginia, USA . A United States Marine Corps Fairchild C-119 C / R4Q-1 boxcar (license plate Bu 128725 ) crashed due to structural failure of the hull in poor weather conditions. All nine (according to other information seven) inmates died.
February 16 - Beja , Tunisia . A Royal Air Force Short Sunderland GR.5 (registration number SZ598 ) en route to Gibraltar was flown into a mountain. The machine flew 520 meters below the prescribed minimum safety altitude and 26 km from the specified course. All eight crew members died.
(T) On February 18, engine 2 (right) of a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VX514) failed . There was also smoke coming from the aft cabin floor and the main radio stopped working. The pilots made an emergency landing at Stockholm / Bromma Airport ( Sweden ). During the prevailing snow storm one tried to take off . This failed due to poor climbing performance, and a belly landing was carried out in a clearing, colliding with trees and cables. One crew member was killed; the other 21 inmates survived.
(T) March 15 - Resolute Bay Airport , Nunavut , Canada . A Canadair DC-4M1 North Star of the Royal Canadian Air Force (registration number RCAF 17523 ) had an accident during takeoff with a crosswind. After the machine began to roll during take-off, the commander called out to the flying co-pilot: “Pull it off!” (“Pull it up!”) . The flight engineer then pulled all the throttle to idle. All inmates survived the momentous misunderstanding; the machine was a total write-off.
(T) March 23 - Approximately 720 km west of Shannon , Ireland . A Douglas C-124 A Globemaster II of the United States Air Force (registration number 49-0244 ) had an accident in the North Atlantic. All 53 people on board died, 9 crew members and 44 passengers.
(T) March 23 - South Korea . A Fairchild C-119 C-15-FA Flying Boxcar of the United States Air Force (registration number 49-0168 ) had an accident due to fire on board. Two of the eight inmates survived.
(T) March 25 - Pusan East (K-9) Air Base, South Korea . A Douglas DC-4 / C-54D-10-DC of the United States Air Force (registration number 42-72663 ) had an accident on landing in bad weather and was irreparably damaged.
(T) March 29 - Entebbe Airport , Uganda . A Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (registration number VW187) broke off the take-off due to an engine failure and rolled over the end of the runway. There were no fatalities; the plane was irreparably damaged.
(T) April 8 - 8 miles northeast of Charleston Airport , West Virginia , USA . A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-1-DK (license number 43-48298 ) was approaching a wooded mountain and caught fire. All three crew members and 18 passengers were killed.
(T) April 10 - A Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW833) had to be landed in a dry river bed near Zalingei ( Sudan ) after all fuel was used. None of the six inmates was killed; the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
(T) April 15 - 6 miles north of Solano, California , USA . A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47D (registration number 43-49527 ) had an accident on a flight within California and was subsequently in irreparable condition. One of the three crew members was seriously injured, the other two were uninjured.
(T) April 26th - location unknown. A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47D (registration number 43-49764 ) was irreparably damaged in an accident.
(T) April 30 - 80 km south of Wonsan , North Korea . A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47D (license number 44-77261 ) was shot down while dropping leaflets along the Seoul – Wonsan highway. All six inmates died.
(T) May 1st - location unknown. A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-75-DL (registration number 42-101001 ) had an accident.
(T) May 2 - A Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW156) crashed near Fayed ( Egypt ab) when the parachute of a discarded container in the horizontal tail entangled. All 8 occupants, two crew members and six passengers were killed.
(T) May 4 - A Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta C.1 (VW828) was wrecked during a night landing at RAF Dishforth Air Force Base ( United Kingdom ) when it struck a lighting pole in front of the runway. All inmates survived.
May 6 - Kirtland Air Force Base , Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA . When a Convair B-36 D of the United States Air Force (registration number 49-2660 ) landed in a stormy wind, the right wing with the two outer motors hit the runway. While trying to take off, the plane fell to the ground and exploded. Of the 25 crew members, 23 died.
(T) May 11 - Near Spokane-Felts Field, Washington, State , USA . A Douglas DC-3 / VC-47D of the United States Air Force (registration number 43-49266 ) flew 27 km northeast of the destination airfield into a mountain at an altitude of 1060 m. The two crew members died.
(T) May 23 - Near New Lisbon (Indiana) , USA . A United States Air Force Douglas C-124 A Globemaster II (registration number 49-0232 ) collided with a tree during an attempted emergency landing, fell into a field and caught fire. Seven of the twelve crew members died.
(T) May 30 - Aqaba Airport , Jordan . When a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VX544) landed very hard , the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair; nobody was killed.
(T) June 3 - Approximately 4.5 kilometers northeast of Inje, South Korea . A United States Air Force Fairchild C- 119C Flying Boxcar (registration number 49-0123 ) and a C-119B (48-0350) collided after one of the aircraft was hit in the rear by a US Army artillery shell , causing the aircraft became uncontrollable. All 10 aircraft occupants died.
(T) June 4 - 15 miles southwest of Jackson, Tennessee , United States . A United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 C-17-FA Flying Boxcar (registration number 49-0192 ) crashed in a rainstorm. Four of the seven crew members died, three were able to save themselves by parachute.
(T) June 6 - Kelly Air Force Base , San Antonio , Texas . A United States Air Force Boeing C-97 A Stratofreighter (registration number 48-0398 ) crashed on a street shortly after take-off and burned out. All nine crew members died. The cause was probably asymmetrically extended landing flaps.
(T) June 17 - Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska , USA . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-85-DL of the United States Air Force (code 43-15600 ) crash-landed after an engine failure . The machine rolled over the end of the runway and down an embankment. All 20 inmates survived. The plane was destroyed.
(T) June 24 - A Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VX 498) had to make an emergency landing at Choma Airport ( Zambia ) due to an engine failure. The aircraft overshot the runway end and collided with a hill. All inmates survived; the machine was destroyed.
(T) July 12 - A motor of a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW194) began shortly after the start of the air base RAF Lyneham ( United Kingdom ) fire. The pilots wanted to return to the airfield, but turned off the still functioning engine, whereupon the machine flew into the ground near the air force base. All three crew members and seven passengers on board were killed.
(T) July 12 - Dakar-Yoff Airport , Senegal . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-35-DK of the French Air Force (registration number 980 / F-RAMM ) had an accident during take-off. Eight of the 17 inmates were killed, the other nine survived seriously injured.
(T) July 15 - 8 miles west of El Paso , Texas , United States . A Fairchild C-119 B Flying Boxcar of the United States Air Force (registration number 48-0342 ) performed a belly landing in open terrain after an engine failure . The machine was then ready for scrap.
(T) July 17 - In a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW824) , shortly after take-off from the RAF Fayed air base in Fayed (Egypt), the control of the variable pitch propeller failed , causing it to over-rev. When an emergency landing was made with a belly landing , the aircraft was irreparably damaged. However, all inmates survived.
(T) July 23rd - location unknown. A Douglas DC-3 of the Royal Canadian Air Force (registration number RCAF 985 ), which was used as a target display towing machine, disappeared without a trace. She is still missing today.
(T) July 27 - About three km south of the island of Palmaria , Liguria , Italy . A CRDA Cant Z.506 S Airone of the rescue service of the Italian Air Force (registration number MM45497 ) crashed after the failure of the right engine. All six inmates were saved; the plane was destroyed.
(T) August 2nd (or August 9th?) - Vietnam . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-20-DK of the French Air Force (registration number 349667 / F-RBFL ) crashed shortly after take-off from Tân Sơn Nhứt airport and was destroyed. 6 of the 13 inmates were killed.
(T) August 7 - Guaratiba , Brazil . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-DK of Força Aérea Brasileira (registration number FAB 2028 ) flew into a mountain during the approach, possibly as a result of an engine failure. All four crew members died.
(T) August 11 - location unknown. A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47D (registration number 43-49561 ) had an accident and was subsequently in irreparable condition.
August 12th - Near Gibraltar Airport , Gibraltar . On approach for landing, the landing gear of an Avro Shackleton MR.1 of the Royal Air Force (registration VP283 ) hit the step at the beginning of the runway. Both main landing gears were demolished. The pilots took off. Since a landing was not possible in this condition, a ditching was carried out. All inmates survived.
(T) August 27 - Wular Lake , India . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47 of the Indian Air Force (registration number HJ913 ) had an accident. Both crew members survived and the aircraft could no longer be repaired.
(T) September 14th - location unknown. A Bristol 170 Freighter 21E of the Pakistan Air Force (registration number G780 ) had an accident. The machine was then in an irreparable condition.
(T) September 17 - A Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW813) lost an outer wing near Loka ( Sudan ) in turbulence. The plane crashed about 90 km southwest of Juba , all four crew members were killed.
(T) September 22nd - location unknown. A Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-10-DK of the French Air Force (registration number 349145 / F-RBFF ) was destroyed in French Indochina in the area of northern Vietnam.
(T) October 9 - Puerto Leguízamo , Colombia . A Consolidated PBY- 5A Catalina of the Colombian Air Force (registration number FAC-616 ) took off on a flight from the Puerto Leguizamo Seaplane Base on the border with Peru to Leticia . At takeoff, it brushed against a sandbar . One of the two crew members died, the other and the eight passengers survived.
(T) October 27 - Near Flores Airport , Guatemala . A Douglas DC-3 / C-47 of the Air Force Guatemala (registration number FAG 0961 ) crashed while climbing. Of the 28 inmates, 26 were killed. The reason was a fire in the cabin.
(T) October 30 - A United States Air Force Douglas DC-3 / C-47A (license number 43-15109 ) crashed on a flight from Amarillo, Texas to Norton Air Force Base near San Bernardino in mountainous terrain near Riverside, California ex. All six inmates were killed.
(T) On August 19, a Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta C.1 (VX559) flew into the ground three kilometers north of it after a night take-off from RAF Benson Air Force Base ( Great Britain ) and caught fire. All 3 crew members were killed.
(T) On the same day, August 19, 1952, another Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta C.1 (VL266) broke on a test flight eight miles west of Farnborough airfield and crashed near Hook, Hampshire, UK . First the fin released , then the left wing, followed by the right. The two pilots were killed.
(T) Nov. 22 - A transport aircraft of the type Douglas C-124 A Globemaster II of the US Air Force (51-0107) the city fell about 90 km east Anchorage ( Alaska ) in the mountains from. All 52 inmates were killed. Rescuers who were only able to get near the crash site at the end of 1952 found nothing. The wreck sank in a glacier; The first parts came to light around 20 kilometers away from the accident site in 2012. In 2014, 17 bodies were recovered and identified using forensic methods.
(T) Dec. 20 - A Douglas C-124A Globemaster II the United States Air Force (50-0100) rolled over at the start of the Larson Air Force Base , ( Moses Lake ( Washington , USA )), and caught fire. The rudder locks on the elevator and rudder had not been deactivated before take-off, so that the machine could not be steered. Of the 115 people on board, 87 died and only 28 survived.
(T) December 22 - A Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force (registration number 49-2616 ) rolled onto the active runway without clearance at Suwon Airfield (K-13, South Korea ) and was taken off by a Lockheed F. -80 Shooting Star (registration number 49-0722 ) rammed. The fully loaded F-80 exploded with the DC-3. All five crew members and eight passengers (six wounded US soldiers and two nurses) were killed, as was the pilot of the F-80. The cause was determined to be that the Greek pilots did not understand the standard English instructions from the tower correctly. As a result, an order was issued that all Greek pilots must understand English well enough to understand the air traffic control instructions.
(T) December 26 - A Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force (registration number 49-2632 ) failed shortly after take-off from Chinhae Airfield (K-10, South Korea ) at a height of 50 m Engine. The left wing of the machine collided with a tree top and the plane crashed into the snow-covered hills 2 km south of the airfield. All four crew members and ten passengers were killed.
1953
On February 17, a Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor of the French Air Force ( aircraft registration F-RAEG ) crashed into the Jungfernheide forest shortly after taking off from Berlin-Tegel Airport when an attempt was made to return to the airport due to an engine failure. It caught fire and all seven inmates died. Two attempts to start had previously been canceled.
(T) On January 15, a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VX562) collided 46 kilometers southwest of Agrigento ( Italy ) at an altitude of 1500 meters in heavy rain with an Avro Lancaster GR.3, also of the Royal Air Force ( TX270) . Both machines crashed into the Mediterranean. The Valetta started at Malta-Luqa Airport . All 19 occupants, 3 crew members and 16 passengers were killed. In addition, the 7 inmates of the Lancaster were killed. It was the second worst accident involving a Valetta.
(T) On May 7, a Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta T.3 (WG258) crashed into the sea for reasons unknown while on a training flight 40 kilometers from Hartland Point in southwestern Great Britain . All 10 inmates were killed.
(T) On June 18, a US Air Force (51-0137) Douglas C-124 A Globemaster II had an accident shortly after take-off from Tachikawa Air Base near Tokyo (Japan), caused by an engine failure . Incorrect operation of the landing flaps then led to a loss of speed, the plane got out of control, crashed into a watermelon field and immediately caught fire. She was supposed to fly to Seoul-Gimpo with 122 passengers . All 129 people on board died in the worst accident of a C-124.
1954
(T) On January 6, a Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta T.3 (registration number WJ474 ) lost altitude four minutes after taking off from RAF Bovingdon (Hemel Hempstead) ( Great Britain ) during a snow storm and collided with a tree. Of the 17 occupants, 16 were killed, all 4 crew members and 12 of the passengers.
(T) March 22nd - Near Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. A Douglas DC-6 of the US Navy (Bu 131612) flew on approach into a mountain. All 66 people on board died.
June 10th - Teckberg near Kirchheim unter Teck , Germany. A Boeing B-29 A of the US Air Force (registration number 44-61780 ) was flown in thick fog around 11.30 p.m. local time below the “Yellow Rock” against the Teckberg and crashed into pieces. All 10 crew members were killed in the crash. The machine was on the flight from Molesworth (UK) to Fürstenfeldbruck .
(T) August 10 - Edelweiler , Germany. On August 10, 1955, two American Fairchild C-119 G transport aircraft (license plates 53-3222, 53-7841 ) collided during a paratrooper exercise . When crashing in a cornfield or forest area near Edelweiler, all 66 US soldiers on board both machines were killed.
1956
(T) On June 15, it came with a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VX521) at low speed during the shedding of supplies to a stall . The machine crashed into the jungle near Ipoh ( Malaya ). All 9 inmates were killed.
(A) On August 16, became a target drone of the type Grumman F6F -5K Hellcat of the US Navy shortly after the start in Palmdale ( California , USA ) out of control. The attempt toshoot them downwith the missiles of two Northrop F-89 Dinterceptorsfailed. The missiles caused property damage and fires in and around Palmdale; the event is known as the Battle of Palmdale . The former fighter plane crashed into a field 18 kilometers east of Palmdale.
(T) February 22 - Seoul-Gimpo , South Korea. From a Douglas C-124 A Globemaster II of the US Air Force (Code 51-0141 ) broke away at the start from the airport Seoul-Gimpo one propeller blade pierced the fuselage tore while the control cables of the ailerons and rudder , killing four passengers. Another propeller blade hit the neighboring engine and put it out of operation. The only option was the emergency landing on a sandbank of the Han River, with the upper deck breaking through below. The plane was to fly to Tachikawa Air Base near Tokyo with 149 passengers ; 21 of the 159 people on board were killed.
(T) March 5 - Sutton Wick, England . A Blackburn Beverley of the Royal Air Force (XH117) fell some 4 kilometers away from the airbase Abingdon (England). The plane had started 18 minutes earlier for the flight to Akrotiri (Cyprus). A fuel valve was installed upside down, which led to the failure of two engines. On the approach to the emergency landing in Abingdon, the machine hit power lines, fell into a house and caught fire. Of the 22 inmates, 18 (according to other information 15) and two people were killed on the ground.
(T) On April 17, the left wing of a Vickers Valetta C.1 of the Royal Air Force (VW832) broke off five minutes after take-off from Aqaba Airport ( Jordan ) after the aircraft had got into turbulence. The machine crashed near Queria. All 27 occupants, 3 crew members and 24 passengers were killed. In terms of the number of fatalities, this was the worst accident involving a Valetta.
On January 8, two US military jets of the type F-100D Super Saber flew into the mountain in thick fog on the northwest slope of the Boßler near Weilheim-Teck in Baden-Württemberg. Both pilots died, also two forest workers and a forester who were busy there with forest work. Another forester was seriously injured.
(T) On February 4, two engines failed on a Blackburn Beverley owned by the Royal Air Force (XH118) , presumably after the fuel supply was disrupted . During the emergency landing near Baihan ( Yemen ), which was carried out with a tailwind , the aircraft got off the runway and overturned in a sand dune. One member of the ten-man crew was killed.
(T) On September 19, 1958, a Lockheed C-130A Hercules of the US Air Force (56-0526) collided with a Dassault Mystère IV of the French Air Force near Triel-sur-Seine ( France ) All 6 occupants and the pilot of the Mystère came about life.
(T) On July 24, 1959, a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Air Force (GA + 243) flew on a mission flight in Turkey into a 550 meter high mountain, 18 kilometers northwest of the Bandırma Air Base . All six crew members were killed. The machine belonged to the LTG 61.
(T) On September 16, 1959, a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with the registration GC + 106 (work number: D062) crashed during a factory test flight near Oederquart (Lower Saxony), almost 50 kilometers from the start and destination airport Hamburg-Finkenwerder . The four crew members were members of HFB Finkenwerder and perished.
1960
January 8 - A Hawker Hunter F.Mk 6 of the Royal Air Force (registration XJ675 ) suffered engine damage due to poor fuel management by the pilot (squadron leader). The pilot was able to save himself with the ejector seat . The plane crashed into a house 8 kilometers northeast of Aurich ( Lower Saxony ), injuring two people. The machine was destroyed in the crash.
(T) On July 19, 1960, a Fairchild C-119 G of the Belgian Air Force (CP-36 / OT-CBP) had an accident in mountainous terrain near Rushengo ( Republic of the Congo ). Of the 43 occupants, 39 were killed, all 3 crew members and 36 passengers.
(T) October 11 - A Blackburn Beverley of the Royal Air Force (XL151) has been searching for a missing 45 carbon Beechcraft Expeditor used the Somali Air Force, on a flight from Berbera was lost (Somalia) to Aden. During the night the Beverley flew 35 km north of the RAF base Aden / Khormaksar ( Yemen ) into a sand dune and exploded. None of the seven occupants survived the accident.
(T) January 9 - A US Air Force Douglas C-124 C Globemaster II (registration number 52-0969 ) flew too low on the approach to Spangdahlem Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate , collided with trees and crashed onto the airfield. The cause was an incorrect setting of the altimeter by the pilots . All 15 occupants survived, but the aircraft was ready for scrap.
(T) On January 23, a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with the registration number GB + 119 was flown on a training flight between Overath and Vilkerath , 15 kilometers northeast of the departure airport Cologne / Bonn , in power lines and masts (CFIT, Controlled flight into terrain ) . The machine belonged to Air Transport Wing 62 . It is assumed that the pilots lost their orientation in poor visibility and believed they were closer to the airport. All four crew members were killed.
(T) May 19 - A United States Air Force (43-15277) Douglas DC-3 / SC-47A crashed shortly after taking off from Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Airfield . Both crew members were killed.
(T) May 24 - In the United States, a US Air Force Douglas C-124A Globemaster II (51-0174) with 16 soldiers as passengers, a truck, jeep and two trailers on board, crashed shortly after take-off from McChord Air Force Base off. 18 of the 22 occupants were killed, including the entire six-person crew. The plane was destroyed.
June 3 - A US Air Force Convair B-58 Hustler bomber with registration number 59-2451 crashed from low altitude while performing aerobatic maneuvers at Le Bourget Airport, France. All three crew members were killed.
(T) October 10 - A Royal Air Force Handley Page Hastings C.2 (WD498) got into a very steep climb shortly after taking off from RAF El Adem Air Force Base ( Libya ) as the commander's seat slid backwards and this clung to the height control. There was stall , crash and explosion. Of the 37 inmates, 17 were killed.
(T) On December 12th, two Fairchild C-119 Gs of the Belgian Air Force (registration numbers CP-25 / OT-CBE and CP-23 / OT-CBC) collided during the flight near Montignies-lez-Lens (Belgium). All 13 crew members of both machines (8 + 5) were killed.
1962
(T) May 17 - On board a Blackburn Beverley of the Royal Air Force (XL132) a non-extinguishable engine fire broke out, during which engine number 3 fell off and the machine became partially uncontrollable. The cause of the fire was defective cylinder bolts, which tended to break, which led to the cylinder explosion. The plane struck near Thorney Island , England in the waters of the port of Chichester , killing two people.
On February 1, 1963, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-80-DL (CBK-28) operated by the Turkish Air Force collided with a Vickers 754D Viscount operated by Middle East Airlines (MEA) (OD-ADE) over the city of Ankara . The Viscount was approaching Ankara-Esenboğa Airport . The planes crashed into various parts of the city, including a very busy market square. In addition to all 17 people on board the two aircraft (14 in the Viscount, 3 in the DC-3), 87 people died on the ground.
(T) April 13 - A Blackburn Beverley of the Royal Air Force (XB268) collided during a night approach near El Adem Libya with the ground and was destroyed. Two of the four crew members were killed.
(T) June 26 - A Belgian Air Force Fairchild C-119 G (license plate BAF CP 45 ) was hit by British mortar shells over the Sennelager military training area . Nine paratroopers were able to jump out of the downed machine before it crashed near Detmold. All other 33 paratroopers and the 5 crew members were killed.
August 21 - A French jet fighter crashed near Grafenhausen for unknown reasons. The pilot was able to save himself with the ejector seat.
1964
(T) May 11 - Philippines . A transport aircraft of the type C-135B Strato lift the US Air Force (61-0332) sat on approach to the Clark Air Base in front of the runway. All 74 passengers, five out of ten crew members and one person on the ground died.
On August 22nd, a twin-engine Czechoslovak military aircraft Ilyushin crashed on the Hůrka hill near Hůrka . The crew was supposed to take the machine to Ostrava airfield after repairs . In rain and fog, the pilot reduced the flight altitude so that the machine collided with the trees and crashed at the edge of the forest. All ten crew members died.
(T) On September 3, 1964, a Lockheed C-130B Hercules of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU A-1307) disappeared in the Karimata Strait . Triggered by the Indonesian attacks on the newly founded Malaysia, there were confrontations, in the course of which the machine was either shot down or hit the water while flying extremely low. All 55 occupants, 8 crew members and 47 passengers were killed.
(T) On November 24, 1964, a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with registration GB + 104 (serial number: D055) crashed on its approach from Bourges (France) to Ahlhorn . All four crew members of the LTG 62 were killed.
1965
(T) On January 16, a tank type aircraft came KC-135A Stratotanker the US Air Force (Code 57-1442) shortly after taking off from the McConnell Air Force Base out of control and crashed into a residential area of Wichita (USA). All seven crew members and 22 people on the ground perished.
(T) On June 14, 1965, after a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe ( GB + 235 , serial number: D171) took off from Ahlhorn airfield, the right engine failed . A "belly landing" followed. The crew remained uninjured, but the machine was totaled.
On June 15, a Convair B-58 Hustler bomber of the US Air Force (registration number 59-2443 ) hit the runway above the maximum permitted landing weight while attempting to land at Le Bourget Airport (France). The pilot was killed, the plane destroyed.
(T) July 6 - A Royal Air Force Handley Page Hastings C.1A (registration number TG577 ) entered a very steep climb shortly after taking off from RAF Abingdon Air Force Base . There was a stall and loss of control; the machine crashed into a field. Apparently two elevator bolts were overstressed and the other two bolts broke due to material fatigue. All 41 people on board were killed, 6 crew members and 35 paratroopers.
(T) On July 7, an Antonov An-12 of the Soviet Union Air Force (license plate unknown) crashed shortly after take-off from Cairo-Almaza Airport. The plane was on its way to Sanaa Airport (Yemen). Of the 31 occupants, only one crew member survived. All other 30 occupants were killed, the other 8 crew members and all 22 passengers. Apparently the landing flaps were retracted too early after take-off, so that the plane sank again, hit the road from Cairo to Suez and went up in flames.
(T) On October 22nd, a Fairchild C-119 of the Belgian Air Force (registration number CP-19 / OT-CAS ) flew into a wooded mountain in Reinhardswald , 2.7 kilometers west-northwest of Reinhardshagen- Verckerhagen. All eight inmates were killed. The machine was supposed to deliver supplies for a maneuver in the North Hessian-East Westphalian area.
1966
(T) January 4 - A Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-25-DK of the Luftwaffe ( aircraft registration number XA + 118 ) was irreparably damaged at Hopsten Air Base . The crew was unharmed.
January 17th - Palomares (Spain). A U.S. Air Force B-52G bomber (license plate 58-0256 ) carrying four atomic bombs (H-bombs) crashed after the machine collided with a KC-135 tanker aircraft while refueling in midair , which also crashed. Three of the bombs fell on the mainland and contaminated 220 hectares of fields, the fourth fell in the Mediterranean and was later recovered.
January 28 - Near Tây Ninh City, Vietnam . A United States Air Force Douglas A-1 E Skyraider (registration number 52-132412 ) was shot down from the ground. The pilot died.
April 6 - Berlin. A Russian Yakovlev Jak-28 fell into the Stößensee in a controlled manner , thus avoiding a crash in an inhabited area. Both pilots died.
(T) Sept. 7 - Maintenance technicians shorted a partially depleted fuel tank on a Lockheed C-141A Starlifter (license number 65-0281 ) at McChord Air Force Base . In the resulting explosion, three people were killed and the almost brand-new aircraft was destroyed.
1967
(T) June 21 - A Blackburn Beverley of the Royal Air Force (XM106) rolled on the airfield Habilayn-Thumier (Habilayne, Habulaya?), District Radfan, Yemen over a mine, the right main landing gear was destroyed and thereby the right wing hit the ground. There were no fatalities. Repairing the machine was rejected as impractical; the wreck was towed to the edge of the airfield, usable parts removed and the rest left there.
(T) On July 17, 1967, the landing of the Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with the registration number AS + 581 (serial number: D143) at the Ahlhorn airfield suffered a total loss. The crew was unharmed.
(T) December 15 - A Royal Air Force Blackburn Beverley (XL150) collided while flying in clouds about 140 km north of Singapore Seletar Airport with hilly terrain. The machine was on a training flight to drop supplies. All six people on board were killed.
(T) On May 12, 1968, a Lockheed C-130 B Hercules of the US Air Force (60-0297) was supposed to evacuate as many people as possible from the besieged Camp Kham Duc, present-day Qung Nam Province ( South Vietnam ). The heavily loaded machine took off from the dirt track, swayed abruptly, got out of control and crashed about 1,600 meters behind the runway. It is not known whether this was due to the overload or enemy fire. All 155 occupants, 6 crew members and 149 passengers were killed. In terms of the number of fatalities, it was the second worst accident involving a Lockheed Hercules.
(T) February 12 - A Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with the registration number 52 + 57 (serial number: D066) crashed into a farmhouse after taking off from the Erding air base . Of the 14 inmates (including the co-pilot and a child in the house) 10 were killed. Among the survivors were three crew members ( LTG 61 ). There was heavy snow drift at the start.
(T) June 23 - An Antonov An-12 of the Air Force of the Soviet Union with 91 paratroopers on board was rammed by an Ilyushin Il-14 of Aeroflot (CCCP-52018) at an altitude of 3000 m near Juchnow , Kaluga Oblast (Soviet Union) , which, contrary to air traffic control instructions, had risen to the same height. Both machines crashed. All 96 occupants of the An-12 and the 24 on board the Il-14 died.
1970
(T) January 12 - A Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force ( registration number 49-2624 ) crashed in the Kithairon Mountains , around 50 km northwest of Athens . All 5 crew members and 21 of the 25 passengers perished; according to other reports, no one survived the accident.
(T) 6 February - During cruise ripped the hull of a Douglas C-133 Cargo Master of the United States Air Force (59-0530) , followed by Cancel large cover parts. None of the five inmates survived the following crash at Palisade, Nebraska (USA).
(T) On November 19, 1970, a Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Luftwaffe with the registration number 52 + 79 (serial number: D095) crashed on the flight from Neubiberg to Kaufbeuren near Wolfratshausen. All five crew members of LTG 61 perished, including the commander, who survived the February 12, 1969 crash.
1971
(T) On June 5, 1971, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force ( registration number 49-2614 ) had a landing accident at Preveza Airport when one of the tires burst and the aircraft was thrown off the runway. The fire that broke out destroyed the aircraft. All inmates survived, but several injured.
(A) (T) On July 11, a DHC-6-100 of the Norwegian Air Force (67-056) , with a domestic flight from Bardufoss Airport to Bodø Airport with a stopover at the airport Stokmarknes, Skagen should be performed,flownagainst a mountain on the island of Grytøya . There were no survivors among the 14 passengers and three crew members. The accident investigations revealed that the master of the aircraft was heavily drunk at the time of the accident and that the Norwegian Air Force had known about his alcohol problem for a long time (see also the Grytøya aircraft accident ) .
(T) On September 12, a Lockheed C-130 K Hercules of the British Royal Air Force (registration number XV194 ) fell off the runway while landing at Tromsø Airport and crashed into a ditch. All inmates survived; the machine has been irreparably damaged.
On December 20 - During " Operation Linebacker II " , the heaviest bombing raids by the US Air Force since the end of World War II were flown with B-52 bombers on North Vietnam , mostly on civilian targets. The attacks lasted from December 18th to 28th and were therefore also known as "Christmas Bombings" . 15 B-52s were shot down, 9 of which crashed over North Vietnam. Among them was the B-52G 58-0169 , five of the six crew members were killed.
1973
(T) February 28 - near Goleniów (Poland). An Antonov An-24 B of the 36th Transport Regiment of the Polish Air Force crashed into pieces and exploded on the route from Warsaw to Stettin when approaching in fog and sleet in a forest. All 18 people on board were killed, including the Polish Interior Minister Wiesław Ociepka and his Czechoslovakian counterpart Radko Kasko, who were responsible for the domestic intelligence services of their countries.
(T) November 16 - Eight kilometers from Souda Air Force Base , Crete . A supported transport aircraft Grumman C-2 greyhound the US Navy crashed after power loss of two engines into the sea. Seven of the ten people on board were killed.
(T) July 22nd - A Nord Noratlas 2501D of the Greek Air Force (registration number 52-133) was hit by heavy anti-aircraft fire while approaching Nicosia airport during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and crashed almost 4 kilometers from the runway. Of the 32 inmates, 31 were killed.
(T) April 4 - A Lockheed C-5 A Galaxy of the United States Air Force (registration number 68-0218 ) crashed shortly after take-off due to loss of control due to a technical defect. Of 328 people on board, mainly Vietnamese adoptive children and their carers, 155 died. The plane crashed into a rice field near Saigon (now: Ho Chi Minh City ) ( Vietnam ), with the abdominal area of the machine Water filled. By the time help arrived about two days later, the plane occupants had drowned in the lower part of the fuselage.
September 25 - Four Lockheed F-104 G Starfighters of the Italian Air Force (registration numbers MM6516, MM6575, MM6508, MM6523 ) crashed into a mountain near Ralingen (Germany) shortly after take-off from Bitburg. All four pilots died.
(T) On December 25, 1979, the first day of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , all 43 people were on board in the accident of an Ilyushin Il-76 M of the Soviet Air Forces (CCCP-86036) near a mountain near Kanzak (northeast of Kabul ) killed (the nine-man crew and 37 paratroopers). The aircraft coming from Tashkent- Yuzhny airport was flown into a mountain 36 km away during this CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ) approaching the Bagram military airfield . There were no navigation aids (radio beacons) and the crew were not familiar with the destination airfield and the terrain.
1980
(T) On March 14, the left fuel tank of a United States Air Force Lockheed C-130 H Hercules (license number 74-2064 ) exploded as it approached Incirlik Air Base , Turkey . The machine crashed 15 kilometers west of the air force base. All 18 occupants, 6 crew members and 12 passengers were killed.
(T) May 27, an Alouette III helicopter of the Swiss Air Force crashed at Château-d'Oex after colliding with a transport cable, killing the pilot and three passengers on board.
↑ a b James J. Halley: Broken Wings. Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents . Air-Britain (Historians), Tunbridge Wells, 1999, ISBN 0-85130-290-4 , p. 206.
