26
Mar
Ilyushin Il-18D – LZ-BED
An Ilyushin 18D passenger plane was destroyed when it crashed near Zrich-Kloten Airport (ZRH), Switzerland. Seven crew members and 38 ...
26
Mar
Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B – G-AWZA
A Comet aircraft, XP915, operated by the Blind Landing Experimental Unit (BLEU) of RAE Bedford, was about to make a training flight fro...
26
Mar
Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander – N400CP
On January 27, 1971, about 1955 eastern standard time, an Aero Commander 1121 airplane, N400CP, was destroyed when it impacted Lake Cha...
26
Mar
Steward-Davis Super Catalina (PBY-5A) – N5584V
The Catalina's undercarriage collapsed on landing. The upper end of the left main gear hydraulic actuator had failed. It been overdue f...
26
Mar
Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander – N100RC
The aircraft impacted terrain at a steep angle during a runway 04 missed approach procedure. Probable spatial disorientation. PROBABLE...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 – N97S
Southern Airways flight 932, a DC-9-30, crashed while on approach to Huntington-Tri-State Airport, West Virginia, USA, killing all 75 o...
26
Mar
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF – N4909C
A Capitol Airways DC-8-60, crashed during takeoff from Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, USA, with locked brakes, killing 47 occ...
26
Mar
Boeing 707-373C – N790TW
During the takeoff roll on runway 30, an empty and unlit Israeli Air Force Stratocruiser was towed across the active runway. The crew t...
26
Mar
Boeing 727-2A7 – N8790R
The aircraft bounced twice on landing and touched down a third time at 2700 feet past the runway 09 (4650 feet long) threshold. The rig...
26
Mar
de Havilland DH-125-1A – N36MK
Improper instrument approach to runway 10L caused the plane to fly into the slope of a mountain. Misreading of the altimeter was a caus...