nateraw/airplane-crashes-and-fatalities · Datasets at Hugging Face

index int64 0 5.27k	Date stringlengths 10 10	Time stringlengths 4 7 ⌀	Location stringlengths 5 60 ⌀	Operator stringlengths 3 65 ⌀	Flight # stringlengths 1 10 ⌀	Route stringlengths 4 59 ⌀	Type stringlengths 4 40 ⌀	Registration stringlengths 1 15 ⌀	cn/In stringlengths 1 20 ⌀	Aboard float64 0 644 ⌀	Fatalities float64 0 583 ⌀	Ground float64 0 2.75k ⌀	Summary stringlengths 6 1.95k ⌀
400	07/31/1936	null	Off Channel Islands, Jersey	Guernsey Airways	null	Guernsey - Jersey	Saro Cloud	G-ABXW	A-19/4	7	7	0	Crashed into the sea.
401	08/02/1936	06:00	Mazamet, France	Air France	null	null	Wibault 280	null	null	3	3	0	The mail plane crashed into mountains 50 miles from Toulouse in fog.
402	08/03/1936	null	Mexico	Mexicana	null	null	Lockheed Orion	XA-BAY	null	1	1	0	null
403	08/05/1936	22:00	St. Louis, Missouri	Chicago Southern Airlines	4	New Orleans - Chicago	Lockheed 10B Electra	NC16022	null	8	8	0	Crashed while attempting to take off from Lambert Field. The making of a turn at an extremely low altitude, for reasons unknown, in which the wing of the airplane unintentionally contacted the ground.
404	08/06/1936	null	Choco, Colombia	SCADTA	null	null	Junkers F-13	C-40	null	2	2	0	null
405	08/12/1936	null	Altenkirchen, Germany	British Airways	null	null	De Havilland DH-86	G-ADEB	null	2	2	0	null
406	08/22/1936	null	Mirabella, Greece	Imperial Airways	null	null	Short Kent	G-ABFA	null	11	2	0	null
407	09/25/1936	null	English Channel	Imperial Airways	null	null	Boulton and Paul P-71	G-ACOX	null	2	2	0	null
408	09/28/1936	null	Walsenberg, Colorado	Varney Air Lines	null	El Paso, TX - Pueblo, CO	Lockheed Vega	NC176W	null	3	3	0	Crashed in a snowstorm after the pilot cut the motor and the plane crashed into a hill.
409	09/29/1936	null	Napierville, Illinois	Blue Bird Air Service	null	null	Lockheed Vega 5C	NC959Y	170	4	4	0	A half-hour after taking off, the engine failed and the plane crashed into a fence and burst into flames while making a forced landing.
410	10/06/1936	null	Mexico	Mexicana	null	null	Lockheed Orion	XA-BDH	null	1	1	0	null
411	10/09/1936	null	null	North Sea Aerial and General Transport	null	null	Blackburn B-2	G-ABWI	null	1	1	0	null
412	11/01/1936	null	Near Tabarz, Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	Frankfurt - Erfurt	Junkers JU-52	D-APOO	5506	15	11	0	Caught fire as the airliner struck the side of a hill.
413	11/06/1936	null	Near Moscow	Deruluft	null	null	Antonov AN-9	CCCP-D311	null	9	9	0	Pilot error.
414	11/17/1936	null	Nurnberg, Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Junkers JU-52/3m	D-ASUI	5498	16	4	0	Pilot error.
415	11/19/1936	null	London, England	British Airways	null	null	Fokker F-XII	G-AEOT	null	4	2	0	null
416	12/04/1936	null	Near Grenoble, France	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Junkers JU-52/3m	D-ASIH	5078	6	6	0	Crashed into the French Alps in high winds.
417	12/07/1936	10:47	Off Dakar, French West Africa	Air France	null	null	Latécoère 300	F-AKGF	1	5	5	0	Aviator Jean Mermoz killed. The last message from the aviator was 'we have switched off the rear engine.' The plane and crew of four were never found.
418	12/09/1936	10:30	Croydon, England	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	null	Croydon - Amsterdam	Douglas DC-2-115E	PH-AKL	1358	17	15	0	The aircraft crashed into houses while attempting to take off in heavy fog. A stewardess and the radio operator survived. Aircraft designer Juan de la Cieva killed.
419	12/15/1936	03:14	Near Salt Lake City, Utah	Western Air Express	6	Burbank - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City	Boeing 247D	NC13370	1957	7	7	0	Crashed into Lone Peak while attempting to land at Salt Lake. Inability of the pilots to identify the south leg of the Salt Lake radio range due to a local staticondition which rendered both range receivers in the airplane inoperative.
420	12/18/1936	03:20	Kellogg, Idaho	Northwest Orient Airlines	null	null	Lockheed 10 Electra	NC14935	null	2	2	0	The mail plane crashed into Early Creek Ridge, 15 miles south of Kellogg, in a blizzard.
421	12/19/1936	20:47	Near Milford, Pennsylvania	Eastern Air Lines	14	Miami, FL - Charleston, SC - Newark, NJ	Douglas DC-2-112	NC13732	1258	14	14	0	Crashed into trees in poor weather while attempting to land at Newark. Error on the part of the pilot for attempting to get down under the overcast without first definitely proving his position. Improper dispatching for clearing the flight into an area of predicted bad weather, particularly when the area cleared through did not permit a safe return, and staticonditions encountered which rendered reception of the radio range signals over the airplane's range receivers unintelligible.
422	12/23/1936	null	Near Dallas, Texas	Braniff Airways	null	Test flight	Lockheed 10 Electra	NC14905	1018	6	6	0	After an attempted go-around the right engine failed and the plane crashed and burst into flames into a corn field..
423	12/26/1936	null	Nanking, China	China National Aviation Corporation	null	null	Douglas DC-2	NC14269	null	null	null	null	null
424	12/27/1936	19:38	Newhall, California	United Air Lines	34	Oakland - San Francisco - Los Angeles	Boeing 247-D	NC13355	1737	12	12	0	While on approach to Burbank Airport, the airliner crashed into Rice Canyon, just south of Newhall. It was raining with poor visibility. The aircraft flew into a hill loosing its wings, continued without wings across Rice Canyon and struck against a rocky wall of a bluff and dropped over a hundred feet to the bottom of the canyon. Error on the part of the pilot in attempting to fly through the Newhall pass at an altitude lower than the surrounding mountains without first determining by radio, the existing weather.
425	01/12/1937	11:07	Near Newhall, California	Western Air Express	7	Salt Lake City - Burbank	Boeing 247B	NC13315	1696	13	5	0	The aircraft crashed into Pinetos Peak, 4 miles southeast of Newhall while attempting to land at Burbank Airport in fog and rain. The pilot descended to a dangerously low altitude without positive knowledge of his position. African explorer, Martin Johnson, 52, killed. Johnson suffered a fractured skull in the crash and died the next day in a hospital.
426	01/26/1937	null	Oran, Algeria	Sabena	null	Belgian Congo - Brussels	Sabca S-73	OO-AGR	null	12	12	0	The mail plane crashed while en route.
427	02/09/1937	20:50	Off San Francisco, California	United Air Lines	23	Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland	Douglas DC-3A	NC16073	1913	11	11	0	The aircraft crashed into San Francisco Bay, approximately 2 miles offshore, while on approach. The accidental jamming of the elevator controls as the result of the co-pilot's microphone being inadvertently dropped and lodged between the elevator control column and the seat rail in such a way that the crew was unable to prevent rapid descent of the airplane. First accident involving a DC-3.
428	02/19/1937	13:40	McPherson Ranges, Queensland, Australia	Airlines of Australia	null	Brisbane - Sidney	Stinson Model A	VH-UHH	1926	7	5	0	null
429	03/12/1937	null	Bathurst, Gambia	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	Las Palmas, Canary Islands - Bathhurst, Gambia	Heinkel He-111V2	D-ALIX	715	4	4	0	The German mail plane crashed into a swamp.
430	03/24/1937	null	Near Ouroux, France	Imperial Airways	null	Southhampton, England - Alexandria, Egypt	Short S-23 (flying boat)	G-ADVA	S-818	6	5	0	Crashed into a mountainside in a snowstorm.
431	03/25/1937	18:40	Clifton, Pennsylvania	Trans Continental and Western Air	15A	Newark - Camden - Pittsburg	Douglas DC-2-112	NC13730	1256	13	13	0	Crashed while attempting to land. Heavy icing which rendered the plane uncontrollable.
432	03/26/1937	null	Wetnum, Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Junkers JU-52/3m	D-UPOZ	4207	6	2	0	Engine failure.
433	05/06/1937	19:25	Lakehurst, New Jersey	Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei	LZ 129	Frankfurt - Lakehurst N.J.	Zeppelin LZ-129	D-LZ-129	D-LZ129	97	35	1	The airship Hindenburg caught fire and burned while being moored at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Possible causes were statidischarge which ignited leaking hydrogen or sabotage. It has been theorized that a sudden turn just before landing caused a steel cable to snap which punctured one of the hydrogen airbags. Thereafter, when mooring ropes were dropped to the ground, the cage was discharged setting up a statidischarge between the Hindenburg's outer skin and frame causing the hydrogen to ignite.
434	05/20/1937	null	Stuttgart, Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Heinkel He-70	D-UXUV	916	4	4	0	Crashed on takeoff.
435	07/02/1937	null	Off Lae, New Guinea	Private - Purdue Reasearch Foundation	null	Lae - Howland Island	Lockheed 10E Electra	NR16020	1055	2	2	0	The plane disappeared while en route from Lae to Howland Island. The aircraft had to be flown higher than expected due to storms which used extra fuel. In addition, strong head winds were encountered. The aircraft most likely ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean 50 to 100 miles northwest of Howland Island. Amelia Earhart, 40, and navigator Fred Noonan, killed.
436	07/28/1937	null	Hal, Belgium	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	null	Amsterdam - Paris	Douglas DC-2-115L	PH-ALF	1585	15	15	0	The aircraft crashed into a potato field after possibly being struck by lightning and after an in-flight fire.
437	08/02/1937	null	Wadi Halfa, Sudan	Ala Littoria	null	Rome, Italy - Kartoum	Savoia-Marchetti SM73	I-SUSA	30014	9	9	0	Crashed into a building on takeoff.
438	08/03/1937	null	Off Cristobal, Panama	Pan American Grace Airways	null	Santiago, Chili - Cristobal, Panama	Sikorsky S-43	NC15065	4305	14	14	0	The flying boat plunged into the ocean 20 miles off of Cristobal. The plane probably struck the water at high speed and was destroyed by an immediate explosion and fire.
439	08/08/1937	10:50	Chilang Point, Bias Bay, China	China National Aviation Corporation	null	Canton - Shanghi	Sikorsky S-43	null	null	11	3	0	Forced to ditch into the sea due to bad weather. One wing broke off due to high waves and 8 passengers hung on to the remaining wing until rescued.
440	08/10/1937	04:40	Daytona Beach, Florida	Eastern Air Lines	7	Chicago - Daytona	Douglas DC-2	NC-13739	1289	9	4	0	The plane struck a power pole while taking off from Daytona and crashed to the ground 600 feet from the first point of impact. The absence of reasonable notice to those operating and navigating the aircraft that an object had been erected which constituted a hazard to the aircraft taking off.
441	08/23/1937	null	San Luis, Argentina	Pan American Grace Airways	null	Mendosa - Cordoba	Douglas DC-2	NC14298	null	3	3	0	Crashed and burned in dense fog while enroute.
442	08/27/1937	null	Wau, Australia	Guinea Airways	null	null	Stinson SR-7 Reliant	VH-URC	null	2	1	0	null
443	03/23/1938	null	Corsavy, France	Air France	null	null	Dewoitine D-338	F-AQBB	02	8	8	0	The mail plane crashed into the Pyrenees mountains while en route.
444	10/01/1937	null	Phaleron Bay, Greece	Imperial Airways	null	Alexandria, Egypt - Athens, Greece	Short Empire Flying Boat	G-ADVC	null	14	2	0	Crashed as it landed in Phaleron Bay. Two passengers drowned. Poor visibility was blamed for the accident.
445	10/06/1937	null	Palembang, Netherlands Indies	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	null	null	Douglas DC-3	PH-ALS	null	5	4	0	Bronislaw Hubermann, celibrated Polish violinist was sightly injured.
446	10/17/1937	21:00	Haydens Peak, Wyoming	United Air Lines	1	Cheyenne - Salt Lake City	Douglas DC-3	NC16074	1914	19	19	0	The plane crashed into the side of a mountain (Humpy Ridge) in level flight at 10,000 ft. under adverse weather conditions. Staticonditions encountered in the last portion of the flight which rendered the reception of radio range signals unintelligible. The continuation of the flight into mountainous country at an altitude below of higher mountains without the aid of ground visibility or radio signals to definitely identify position. A change in the weather caused by the approach of an unpredicted cold front.
447	11/12/1937	null	Mannheim, Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	Berlin - Mannheim	Heinkel He-111	D-AXAV	1830	12	10	0	Hit the ground prematurely while attempting to land.
448	11/16/1937	null	Ostende, Belgium	Sabena	null	Cologne - Brussels - London	Junkers JU-52/3m	OO-AUB	5827	11	11	0	null
449	11/26/1937	null	Croydon, London	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Junkers JU-52	D-AGAV	null	3	3	0	null
450	12/05/1937	09:00	Brindisi Harbor, Italy	Imperial Airways	null	India - London	Short Empire Flying Boat	G-ADUZ	null	19	2	0	The flying boat crashed while attempting to take off. The aircraft was named Cygnus.
451	12/08/1937	null	Saint Sauveur, France	Air France	null	null	Potez 621	F-AOTZ	4213	7	2	0	Crashed in poor weather conditions.
452	12/24/1937	17:30	Kasperske Hory, Czechoslovakia	Air France	null	Bucharest - Vienna - Prague - Paris	Wibault 283-T12	F-AMYD	11	3	3	0	The plane was 10 minutes from landing at Vienna when it was told to change course by the Prague airport controller. The change took the plane into mountainous terrain in snowy conditions. The plane impacted Hutska Hora mountain at an alitiude of 3,300 feet. The cause was never determined. Possibly a naviational error or for political reasons.
453	01/04/1938	null	Frankfurt, Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	Milan, Italy - Frankfurt, Germany	Junkers JU-52/3m	D-ABUR	5777	6	6	0	Icing on the wing caused the plane to crash close to the plane's destination.
454	01/10/1938	15:07	Bozeman, Montana	Northwest Orient Airlines	2	Seattle - Billings - Chicago	Lockheed 14H Super Electra	NC-17388	1407	10	10	0	The aircraft crashed 12 miles northeast of Bozeman after experiencing structural failure of the tail. There was severe turbulence reported in the area at the time of the accident. The structural failure of the upper vertical fins and rudders due to flutter 'natural resonance, or period of vibration' which resulted in the separation of the rudder and fins and loss of control of the aircraft.
455	01/11/1938	19:40	Pago Pago, U.S. Samoa	Pan American World Airways	1	Honolulu - Pago Pago - Auckland	Sikorsky S-42 (flying boat)	NC16734	4207	7	7	0	The aircraft exploded in mid-air as the crew attempted to dump fuel for an emergency landing at Pago Pago. Neither the plane or six crew members were ever found. The aircraft was named 'Samoan Clipper.' Pan American's first pilot, Captain Edwin C. Musick, killed.
456	01/12/1938	null	North Pine, Ontario, Canada	General Airways	null	Sioux Lookout - Hudson	Stinson Reliant	CF-BEI	null	1	1	0	Crashed in rugged terrain while en route.
457	02/02/1938	20:40	Off San Clemente Island, California	Military - U.S. Navy / Military - U.S. Navy	null	null	Consolidated PBY-2 / Consolidated PBY-2	04062 / 0463	null	14	11	0	The two aircraft crashed in mid-air in heavy rain and darkness and crashed into the sea.
458	02/05/1938	null	Kandalaksha, Russia	TsAGI	null	Moscow - Murmansk	V6 (airship)	CCCP-V6	null	19	13	0	The airship crashed while on a trial flight in preparation of rescuing Russian scientists on an ice floe in Greenland. The airship crashed into the side of a mountain.
459	02/09/1938	null	Marseille, France	Air France	null	Marseille, France - Ajaccio, Corsica	Lioré-et-Olivier H-242	F-ANPB	05	12	8	0	The flying boat struck the breakwater at 60 miles an hour and burst into flames while attempting to take off.
460	02/09/1938	null	Guadalupe, Mexico	Mexicana	null	Test flight	Lockheed 10 Electra	XA-BAS	null	2	2	0	Crashed on a second test flight.
461	02/22/1938	null	Pontoise, France	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	Berlin, Germany - Paris, France	Junkers JU.52	D-APAR	null	3	3	0	Crashed in fog within a few miles of it's destination near Bourget Airport.
462	03/01/1938	21:30	Near Wawona, Cailifornia	Trans Continental and Western Air	8	San Francisco - Burbank	Douglas DC-2-112	NC13789	1299	9	9	0	Crashed into the high Sierra after encountering a severe weather front while en route. The pilot radioed that ice was forming on the DC-2's wings as it neared the Tehachapi Mountains near Bakersfield and that he was turning back towards the north to land at Fresno. The aircraft sheared off the tops of pine trees and crashed 200 feet below a summit. The wreckage was not found until 6/12/38.
463	03/07/1938	null	Datia, India	Air France	null	Hanoi, Vietnam - Paris, France	Potez 621	F-ANQR	4031/12	7	7	0	Crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Dum Dum.
464	03/08/1938	null	Somerton, Australia	Australian National Airways	null	null	De Havilland DH-60	VH-UNU	null	1	1	0	null
465	04/12/1938	null	Near Formia, Italy	Ala Littoria	null	null	Junkers JU-52	I-BAUS	4063	19	19	0	Crashed into mountains.
466	05/05/1938	null	Balbuena, Mexico	Lineas Aéreas Mineras	null	Mexico City - Juarez	Lockheed Vega 5B	XA-BFR	124	6	1	0	Crashed en route
467	05/10/1938	null	Mangere, New Zealand	United Airways of New Zealand	null	null	Lockheed 10 Electra	ZK-AFC	null	2	2	0	null
468	05/16/1938	02:07	Near Saugus, California	Northwest Orient Airlines	null	Burbank,- St. Paul	Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra	NC17394	1439	9	9	0	Struck Stroh peak at 3,300 feet in Mint Canyon, 27 minutes after taking off from Burbank Airport. The aircraft struck a ridge, bounded over a ravine and struck a second ridge, broke up and burst into flames.
469	05/22/1938	13:40	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cruzeiro do Sul	null	null	Junkers JU-52/3m	PP-CBC	5453	17	2	0	The mail plane crashed while taking off.
470	05/24/1938	22:17	Cleveland, Ohio	United Air Lines	9	Newark - Cleveland - Chicago	Douglas DST-A-207A	NC18108	1956	10	10	0	An uncontrollable fire developed in the right engine and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing rather than try to reach Cleveland Airport. The plane struck trees in level flight 8.5 miles east of Cleveland Airport. A fire in the right engine accessory section which resulted from the failure of a cylinder barrel and was fed from the right engine oil supply.
471	05/27/1938	null	Germany	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Heinkel 116	D-ATIO	null	3	3	0	null
472	05/27/1938	null	Alberno Canal, BC, Canada	Ginger Coote Airways	null	null	Fairchild 51	CF-AUX	null	1	1	0	null
473	06/08/1938	null	Tanganyika	Wilson Airways	null	null	De Havilland DH-85	VP-KBE	null	3	3	0	null
474	06/19/1938	null	Mount Mercedario, Chile	Pan American Grace Airways	null	null	Douglas DC-2	NC14272	null	4	4	0	An hour after leaving Santiago, radio contact with the flight was lost, as it had crashed in the high Andes. It was not found until February 1941, by indians, who plundered the aircraft and the dead passengers looking for valuables.
475	07/08/1938	02:56	Billings, Montana	Northwest Orient Airlines	4	Seattle - Chicago	Lockheed 14 Super Electra	NC17383	null	10	10	0	While taking off from Billings, the airplane left the ground in a stalled condition from which the pilot attempted to recover by use of full emergency power. Emergency power was not available because of improper adjustment of the stop which had been placed on the quadrant of the propeller pitch control levers, preventing the levers from going to the full low pitch position. As a result of the stalled condition, the airplane fell off on the right wing and crashed at a point 1,100 feet beyond the NE runway, the pilot having cut the switch just prior to the impact.
476	07/14/1938	null	Off Sardinia, Italy	Ala Littoria	null	Cagliari - Rome	Savoia Marchetti S-66	I-VOLO	15013	20	20	0	The flying boat crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea after the collapse of a wing.
477	07/22/1938	null	Stulpica, Romania	LOT Polish Airlines	null	Warsaw, Poland - Bucharest, Romania	Lockheed 14H Super Electra	SP-BNG	1432	14	14	0	Crashed after being struck by lightning.
478	07/24/1938	13:00	Near Bogota Colombia	Military - Colombian Army	null	null	Curtiss-Wright Hawk	null	null	1	1	52	One aircraft from a squadron performing aerobatics before a large crowd crashed into the grandstands. A gust of wind caused the aircraft to lose control during a looping maneuver.
479	07/27/1938	null	Kisumu, Kenya	Imperial Airways	null	Kisumu - Alexandria	Armstrong-Withworth Atlanta	G-ABTG	AW-785	4	4	0	Flew into a hillside soon after takeoff from Kisumu. The ship was named 'Amalthea.'
480	07/29/1938	04:11	PacifiOcean between Manila and Guam	Pan American World Airways	229	Alameda - Manila	Martin M-130 (flying boat)	NC14714	556	15	15	0	The plane crashed into the ocean while en route between Guam and Manilla. The last known position was 12.27 N, 130.40 W or 582 nm east southeast of Manila at 04:00 GCT. Cause unknown. The plane may have been hijacked by the Japanese and flown to Truk Island where the crew and passengers were murdered. The aircraft was named 'Hawaii Clipper.'
481	08/10/1938	null	Shishijima, Japan	Dai Nippon	null	null	Douglas DF-151	J-ANES	null	6	6	0	null
482	08/10/1938	null	Debrecen, Hungary	null	null	null	Ford Tri-motor	null	null	12	12	0	The plane was carrying Hungarian journalists.
483	08/13/1938	null	Kiel, Germany	CSA Czech Airlines	null	Prague - Paris, France	Savoia-Marchetti SM73	OK-BAG	null	17	16	0	Crashed into the Black Forest mountains in poor weather conditions. One stewardess survived.
484	08/15/1938	null	Guanabara, Brazil	Syndicato Condor	null	Guanabara - Victoria	Junkers JU-52/3m	PP-CAT	4024	9	9	0	Flew into a mountain wave after taking off, went into a dive and crashed into Guanabara Bay.
485	08/18/1938	null	Bucharest, Romania	LOT Polish Airlines	null	null	Lockheed 14 Electra	SP-BNJ	1424	7	7	0	Caught fire after a ground looping.
486	08/18/1938	null	Montnago, Italy	Macchi	null	Sightseeing	Macchi C-94	I-NILO	94001	13	13	0	The sea plane crashed shortly after taking off.
487	08/24/1938	08:00	Wangmoon, China	China National Aviation Corporation	null	Hong Kong - Chungking	Douglas DC-2	32	1369	17	14	0	While en route from Hong Kong to Chungking, the aircraft was shot down by Japanese military fighters. The aircraft was named Kweilin.
488	08/29/1938	null	Innisfail, Australia	North Queensland Airways	null	null	De Havilland DH-84	VH-UXK	null	9	5	0	Crashed into a cane field while attempting to land when the pilot swerved to avoid a tractor.
489	10/01/1938	null	Off Bathurst, Gambia	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Dornier DO.18	null	null	4	4	0	null
490	10/01/1938	null	Grisons, Switzerland	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Junkers JU-52/3m	D-AVFB	5928	13	13	0	Missing. One postal bag found in a glacier.
491	10/10/1938	null	Soest, Germany	Sabena	null	Brussells - Berlin	Savbia-Marchetti S-73P	OO-AGT	null	20	20	0	The aircraft broke-up in midair and crashed to the ground.Airport.
492	10/25/1938	null	Mt. Dandenong, Australia	Australian National Airways	null	Adelaide - Melbourne	Douglas DC-2-112	VH-UYC	1566	18	18	0	Crashed into Mt. Daodenong while en route
493	11/02/1938	null	Somerset, England	British Airways	null	null	Lockheed 14 Electra	CF-TCL	null	2	2	0	null
494	11/04/1938	10:50	Channel Islands, Jersey	Jersey Airways	null	Channel Islands - Southhampton	de Havilland DH-86	G-ACZN	2316	14	14	1	Caught fire and crashed into a field two minutes after taking off. A farm worker was crushed to death when the wreckage landed on him.
495	11/14/1938	18:41	Schiphol, Amsterdam	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	null	Berlin-Amsterdam	Douglas DC-3	PH-ARY	2021	19	6	0	The aircraft flew into the ground during approach in poor visibility. The first officer was commander of the military flying school Soesterberg.
496	11/18/1938	00:51	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Trans Canada Air Lines	null	Winnipeg - Regina - Vancouver	Lockheed 14 Electra	CF-TCL	null	2	2	0	The mail plane crashed several minutes after taking off from Regina
497	11/26/1938	null	Bathurst, Gambia	Deutsche Lufthansa	null	null	Junkers JU90V2	D-AIVI	4914	15	11	0	During takeoff the aircraft hit a palm tree and burst into flames due to engine failure.
498	11/27/1938	null	Bagdad, Iraq	Imperial Airways	null	null	Short Empire Flying Boat	G-AETW	null	6	4	0	The flying boat crashed on Lake Ramadi.
499	11/29/1938	05:30	Off Point Reyes, California	United Air Lines	6	Medford - Oakland	Douglas DC 3-A-SB-3-G-14	NC16066	1907	7	7	0	The aircraft ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean. Failure of the pilot to definitely establish the position of the aircraft through standard orientation procedures within a reasonable time after intersecting a leg of the Oakland radio range and of Company flight dispatchers, charged with the responsibilities of directing the operation of the trip, to properly safeguard the flight, resulting in forced landing of the aircraft at sea due to exhausted fuel supply.

400

07/31/1936

null

Off Channel Islands, Jersey

Guernsey Airways

null

Guernsey - Jersey

Saro Cloud

G-ABXW

A-19/4

7

0

Crashed into the sea.

401

08/02/1936

06:00

Mazamet, France

Air France

null

Wibault 280

null

3

0

The mail plane crashed into mountains 50 miles from Toulouse in fog.

402

08/03/1936

null

Mexico

Mexicana

null

Lockheed Orion

XA-BAY

null

1

0

null

403

08/05/1936

22:00

St. Louis, Missouri

Chicago Southern Airlines

4

New Orleans - Chicago

Lockheed 10B Electra

NC16022

null

8

0

Crashed while attempting to take off from Lambert Field. The making of a turn at an extremely low altitude, for reasons unknown, in which the wing of the airplane unintentionally contacted the ground.

404

08/06/1936

null

Choco, Colombia

SCADTA

null

Junkers F-13

C-40

null

2

0

null

405

08/12/1936

null

Altenkirchen, Germany

British Airways

null

De Havilland DH-86

G-ADEB

null

2

0

null

406

08/22/1936

null

Mirabella, Greece

Imperial Airways

null

Short Kent

G-ABFA

null

11

2

0

null

407

09/25/1936

null

English Channel

Imperial Airways

null

Boulton and Paul P-71

G-ACOX

null

2

0

null

408

09/28/1936

null

Walsenberg, Colorado

Varney Air Lines

null

El Paso, TX - Pueblo, CO

Lockheed Vega

NC176W

null

3

0

Crashed in a snowstorm after the pilot cut the motor and the plane crashed into a hill.

409

09/29/1936

null

Napierville, Illinois

Blue Bird Air Service

null

Lockheed Vega 5C

NC959Y

170

4

0

A half-hour after taking off, the engine failed and the plane crashed into a fence and burst into flames while making a forced landing.

410

10/06/1936

null

Mexico

Mexicana

null

Lockheed Orion

XA-BDH

null

1

0

null

411

10/09/1936

null

North Sea Aerial and General Transport

null

Blackburn B-2

G-ABWI

null

1

0

null

412

11/01/1936

null

Near Tabarz, Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Frankfurt - Erfurt

Junkers JU-52

D-APOO

5506

15

11

0

Caught fire as the airliner struck the side of a hill.

413

11/06/1936

null

Near Moscow

Deruluft

null

Antonov AN-9

CCCP-D311

null

9

0

Pilot error.

414

11/17/1936

null

Nurnberg, Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Junkers JU-52/3m

D-ASUI

5498

16

4

0

Pilot error.

415

11/19/1936

null

London, England

British Airways

null

Fokker F-XII

G-AEOT

null

4

2

0

null

416

12/04/1936

null

Near Grenoble, France

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Junkers JU-52/3m

D-ASIH

5078

6

0

Crashed into the French Alps in high winds.

417

12/07/1936

10:47

Off Dakar, French West Africa

Air France

null

Latécoère 300

F-AKGF

1

5

0

Aviator Jean Mermoz killed. The last message from the aviator was 'we have switched off the rear engine.' The plane and crew of four were never found.

418

12/09/1936

10:30

Croydon, England

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

null

Croydon - Amsterdam

Douglas DC-2-115E

PH-AKL

1358

17

15

0

The aircraft crashed into houses while attempting to take off in heavy fog. A stewardess and the radio operator survived. Aircraft designer Juan de la Cieva killed.

419

12/15/1936

03:14

Near Salt Lake City, Utah

Western Air Express

6

Burbank - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City

Boeing 247D

NC13370

1957

7

0

Crashed into Lone Peak while attempting to land at Salt Lake. Inability of the pilots to identify the south leg of the Salt Lake radio range due to a local staticondition which rendered both range receivers in the airplane inoperative.

420

12/18/1936

03:20

Kellogg, Idaho

Northwest Orient Airlines

null

Lockheed 10 Electra

NC14935

null

2

0

The mail plane crashed into Early Creek Ridge, 15 miles south of Kellogg, in a blizzard.

421

12/19/1936

20:47

Near Milford, Pennsylvania

Eastern Air Lines

14

Miami, FL - Charleston, SC - Newark, NJ

Douglas DC-2-112

NC13732

1258

14

0

Crashed into trees in poor weather while attempting to land at Newark. Error on the part of the pilot for attempting to get down under the overcast without first definitely proving his position. Improper dispatching for clearing the flight into an area of predicted bad weather, particularly when the area cleared through did not permit a safe return, and staticonditions encountered which rendered reception of the radio range signals over the airplane's range receivers unintelligible.

422

12/23/1936

null

Near Dallas, Texas

Braniff Airways

null

Test flight

Lockheed 10 Electra

NC14905

1018

6

0

After an attempted go-around the right engine failed and the plane crashed and burst into flames into a corn field..

423

12/26/1936

null

Nanking, China

China National Aviation Corporation

null

Douglas DC-2

NC14269

null

424

12/27/1936

19:38

Newhall, California

United Air Lines

34

Oakland - San Francisco - Los Angeles

Boeing 247-D

NC13355

1737

12

0

While on approach to Burbank Airport, the airliner crashed into Rice Canyon, just south of Newhall. It was raining with poor visibility. The aircraft flew into a hill loosing its wings, continued without wings across Rice Canyon and struck against a rocky wall of a bluff and dropped over a hundred feet to the bottom of the canyon. Error on the part of the pilot in attempting to fly through the Newhall pass at an altitude lower than the surrounding mountains without first determining by radio, the existing weather.

425

01/12/1937

11:07

Near Newhall, California

Western Air Express

7

Salt Lake City - Burbank

Boeing 247B

NC13315

1696

13

5

0

The aircraft crashed into Pinetos Peak, 4 miles southeast of Newhall while attempting to land at Burbank Airport in fog and rain. The pilot descended to a dangerously low altitude without positive knowledge of his position. African explorer, Martin Johnson, 52, killed. Johnson suffered a fractured skull in the crash and died the next day in a hospital.

426

01/26/1937

null

Oran, Algeria

Sabena

null

Belgian Congo - Brussels

Sabca S-73

OO-AGR

null

12

0

The mail plane crashed while en route.

427

02/09/1937

20:50

Off San Francisco, California

United Air Lines

23

Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland

Douglas DC-3A

NC16073

1913

11

0

The aircraft crashed into San Francisco Bay, approximately 2 miles offshore, while on approach. The accidental jamming of the elevator controls as the result of the co-pilot's microphone being inadvertently dropped and lodged between the elevator control column and the seat rail in such a way that the crew was unable to prevent rapid descent of the airplane. First accident involving a DC-3.

428

02/19/1937

13:40

McPherson Ranges, Queensland, Australia

Airlines of Australia

null

Brisbane - Sidney

Stinson Model A

VH-UHH

1926

7

5

0

null

429

03/12/1937

null

Bathurst, Gambia

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Las Palmas, Canary Islands - Bathhurst, Gambia

Heinkel He-111V2

D-ALIX

715

4

0

The German mail plane crashed into a swamp.

430

03/24/1937

null

Near Ouroux, France

Imperial Airways

null

Southhampton, England - Alexandria, Egypt

Short S-23 (flying boat)

G-ADVA

S-818

6

5

0

Crashed into a mountainside in a snowstorm.

431

03/25/1937

18:40

Clifton, Pennsylvania

Trans Continental and Western Air

15A

Newark - Camden - Pittsburg

Douglas DC-2-112

NC13730

1256

13

0

Crashed while attempting to land. Heavy icing which rendered the plane uncontrollable.

432

03/26/1937

null

Wetnum, Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Junkers JU-52/3m

D-UPOZ

4207

6

2

0

Engine failure.

433

05/06/1937

19:25

Lakehurst, New Jersey

Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei

LZ 129

Frankfurt - Lakehurst N.J.

Zeppelin LZ-129

D-LZ-129

D-LZ129

97

35

1

The airship Hindenburg caught fire and burned while being moored at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Possible causes were statidischarge which ignited leaking hydrogen or sabotage. It has been theorized that a sudden turn just before landing caused a steel cable to snap which punctured one of the hydrogen airbags. Thereafter, when mooring ropes were dropped to the ground, the cage was discharged setting up a statidischarge between the Hindenburg's outer skin and frame causing the hydrogen to ignite.

434

05/20/1937

null

Stuttgart, Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Heinkel He-70

D-UXUV

916

4

0

Crashed on takeoff.

435

07/02/1937

null

Off Lae, New Guinea

Private - Purdue Reasearch Foundation

null

Lae - Howland Island

Lockheed 10E Electra

NR16020

1055

2

0

The plane disappeared while en route from Lae to Howland Island. The aircraft had to be flown higher than expected due to storms which used extra fuel. In addition, strong head winds were encountered. The aircraft most likely ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean 50 to 100 miles northwest of Howland Island. Amelia Earhart, 40, and navigator Fred Noonan, killed.

436

07/28/1937

null

Hal, Belgium

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

null

Amsterdam - Paris

Douglas DC-2-115L

PH-ALF

1585

15

0

The aircraft crashed into a potato field after possibly being struck by lightning and after an in-flight fire.

437

08/02/1937

null

Wadi Halfa, Sudan

Ala Littoria

null

Rome, Italy - Kartoum

Savoia-Marchetti SM73

I-SUSA

30014

9

0

Crashed into a building on takeoff.

438

08/03/1937

null

Off Cristobal, Panama

Pan American Grace Airways

null

Santiago, Chili - Cristobal, Panama

Sikorsky S-43

NC15065

4305

14

0

The flying boat plunged into the ocean 20 miles off of Cristobal. The plane probably struck the water at high speed and was destroyed by an immediate explosion and fire.

439

08/08/1937

10:50

Chilang Point, Bias Bay, China

China National Aviation Corporation

null

Canton - Shanghi

Sikorsky S-43

null

11

3

0

Forced to ditch into the sea due to bad weather. One wing broke off due to high waves and 8 passengers hung on to the remaining wing until rescued.

440

08/10/1937

04:40

Daytona Beach, Florida

Eastern Air Lines

7

Chicago - Daytona

Douglas DC-2

NC-13739

1289

9

4

0

The plane struck a power pole while taking off from Daytona and crashed to the ground 600 feet from the first point of impact. The absence of reasonable notice to those operating and navigating the aircraft that an object had been erected which constituted a hazard to the aircraft taking off.

441

08/23/1937

null

San Luis, Argentina

Pan American Grace Airways

null

Mendosa - Cordoba

Douglas DC-2

NC14298

null

3

0

Crashed and burned in dense fog while enroute.

442

08/27/1937

null

Wau, Australia

Guinea Airways

null

Stinson SR-7 Reliant

VH-URC

null

2

1

0

null

443

03/23/1938

null

Corsavy, France

Air France

null

Dewoitine D-338

F-AQBB

02

8

0

The mail plane crashed into the Pyrenees mountains while en route.

444

10/01/1937

null

Phaleron Bay, Greece

Imperial Airways

null

Alexandria, Egypt - Athens, Greece

Short Empire Flying Boat

G-ADVC

null

14

2

0

Crashed as it landed in Phaleron Bay. Two passengers drowned. Poor visibility was blamed for the accident.

445

10/06/1937

null

Palembang, Netherlands Indies

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

null

Douglas DC-3

PH-ALS

null

5

4

0

Bronislaw Hubermann, celibrated Polish violinist was sightly injured.

446

10/17/1937

21:00

Haydens Peak, Wyoming

United Air Lines

1

Cheyenne - Salt Lake City

Douglas DC-3

NC16074

1914

19

0

The plane crashed into the side of a mountain (Humpy Ridge) in level flight at 10,000 ft. under adverse weather conditions. Staticonditions encountered in the last portion of the flight which rendered the reception of radio range signals unintelligible. The continuation of the flight into mountainous country at an altitude below of higher mountains without the aid of ground visibility or radio signals to definitely identify position. A change in the weather caused by the approach of an unpredicted cold front.

447

11/12/1937

null

Mannheim, Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Berlin - Mannheim

Heinkel He-111

D-AXAV

1830

12

10

0

Hit the ground prematurely while attempting to land.

448

11/16/1937

null

Ostende, Belgium

Sabena

null

Cologne - Brussels - London

Junkers JU-52/3m

OO-AUB

5827

11

0

null

449

11/26/1937

null

Croydon, London

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Junkers JU-52

D-AGAV

null

3

0

null

450

12/05/1937

09:00

Brindisi Harbor, Italy

Imperial Airways

null

India - London

Short Empire Flying Boat

G-ADUZ

null

19

2

0

The flying boat crashed while attempting to take off. The aircraft was named Cygnus.

451

12/08/1937

null

Saint Sauveur, France

Air France

null

Potez 621

F-AOTZ

4213

7

2

0

Crashed in poor weather conditions.

452

12/24/1937

17:30

Kasperske Hory, Czechoslovakia

Air France

null

Bucharest - Vienna - Prague - Paris

Wibault 283-T12

F-AMYD

11

3

0

The plane was 10 minutes from landing at Vienna when it was told to change course by the Prague airport controller. The change took the plane into mountainous terrain in snowy conditions. The plane impacted Hutska Hora mountain at an alitiude of 3,300 feet. The cause was never determined. Possibly a naviational error or for political reasons.

453

01/04/1938

null

Frankfurt, Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Milan, Italy - Frankfurt, Germany

Junkers JU-52/3m

D-ABUR

5777

6

0

Icing on the wing caused the plane to crash close to the plane's destination.

454

01/10/1938

15:07

Bozeman, Montana

Northwest Orient Airlines

2

Seattle - Billings - Chicago

Lockheed 14H Super Electra

NC-17388

1407

10

0

The aircraft crashed 12 miles northeast of Bozeman after experiencing structural failure of the tail. There was severe turbulence reported in the area at the time of the accident. The structural failure of the upper vertical fins and rudders due to flutter 'natural resonance, or period of vibration' which resulted in the separation of the rudder and fins and loss of control of the aircraft.

455

01/11/1938

19:40

Pago Pago, U.S. Samoa

Pan American World Airways

1

Honolulu - Pago Pago - Auckland

Sikorsky S-42 (flying boat)

NC16734

4207

7

0

The aircraft exploded in mid-air as the crew attempted to dump fuel for an emergency landing at Pago Pago. Neither the plane or six crew members were ever found. The aircraft was named 'Samoan Clipper.' Pan American's first pilot, Captain Edwin C. Musick, killed.

456

01/12/1938

null

North Pine, Ontario, Canada

General Airways

null

Sioux Lookout - Hudson

Stinson Reliant

CF-BEI

null

1

0

Crashed in rugged terrain while en route.

457

02/02/1938

20:40

Off San Clemente Island, California

Military - U.S. Navy / Military - U.S. Navy

null

Consolidated PBY-2 / Consolidated PBY-2

04062 / 0463

null

14

11

0

The two aircraft crashed in mid-air in heavy rain and darkness and crashed into the sea.

458

02/05/1938

null

Kandalaksha, Russia

TsAGI

null

Moscow - Murmansk

V6 (airship)

CCCP-V6

null

19

13

0

The airship crashed while on a trial flight in preparation of rescuing Russian scientists on an ice floe in Greenland. The airship crashed into the side of a mountain.

459

02/09/1938

null

Marseille, France

Air France

null

Marseille, France - Ajaccio, Corsica

Lioré-et-Olivier H-242

F-ANPB

05

12

8

0

The flying boat struck the breakwater at 60 miles an hour and burst into flames while attempting to take off.

460

02/09/1938

null

Guadalupe, Mexico

Mexicana

null

Test flight

Lockheed 10 Electra

XA-BAS

null

2

0

Crashed on a second test flight.

461

02/22/1938

null

Pontoise, France

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Berlin, Germany - Paris, France

Junkers JU.52

D-APAR

null

3

0

Crashed in fog within a few miles of it's destination near Bourget Airport.

462

03/01/1938

21:30

Near Wawona, Cailifornia

Trans Continental and Western Air

8

San Francisco - Burbank

Douglas DC-2-112

NC13789

1299

9

0

Crashed into the high Sierra after encountering a severe weather front while en route. The pilot radioed that ice was forming on the DC-2's wings as it neared the Tehachapi Mountains near Bakersfield and that he was turning back towards the north to land at Fresno. The aircraft sheared off the tops of pine trees and crashed 200 feet below a summit. The wreckage was not found until 6/12/38.

463

03/07/1938

null

Datia, India

Air France

null

Hanoi, Vietnam - Paris, France

Potez 621

F-ANQR

4031/12

7

0

Crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Dum Dum.

464

03/08/1938

null

Somerton, Australia

Australian National Airways

null

De Havilland DH-60

VH-UNU

null

1

0

null

465

04/12/1938

null

Near Formia, Italy

Ala Littoria

null

Junkers JU-52

I-BAUS

4063

19

0

Crashed into mountains.

466

05/05/1938

null

Balbuena, Mexico

Lineas Aéreas Mineras

null

Mexico City - Juarez

Lockheed Vega 5B

XA-BFR

124

6

1

0

Crashed en route

467

05/10/1938

null

Mangere, New Zealand

United Airways of New Zealand

null

Lockheed 10 Electra

ZK-AFC

null

2

0

null

468

05/16/1938

02:07

Near Saugus, California

Northwest Orient Airlines

null

Burbank,- St. Paul

Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra

NC17394

1439

9

0

Struck Stroh peak at 3,300 feet in Mint Canyon, 27 minutes after taking off from Burbank Airport. The aircraft struck a ridge, bounded over a ravine and struck a second ridge, broke up and burst into flames.

469

05/22/1938

13:40

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cruzeiro do Sul

null

Junkers JU-52/3m

PP-CBC

5453

17

2

0

The mail plane crashed while taking off.

470

05/24/1938

22:17

Cleveland, Ohio

United Air Lines

9

Newark - Cleveland - Chicago

Douglas DST-A-207A

NC18108

1956

10

0

An uncontrollable fire developed in the right engine and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing rather than try to reach Cleveland Airport. The plane struck trees in level flight 8.5 miles east of Cleveland Airport. A fire in the right engine accessory section which resulted from the failure of a cylinder barrel and was fed from the right engine oil supply.

471

05/27/1938

null

Germany

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Heinkel 116

D-ATIO

null

3

0

null

472

05/27/1938

null

Alberno Canal, BC, Canada

Ginger Coote Airways

null

Fairchild 51

CF-AUX

null

1

0

null

473

06/08/1938

null

Tanganyika

Wilson Airways

null

De Havilland DH-85

VP-KBE

null

3

0

null

474

06/19/1938

null

Mount Mercedario, Chile

Pan American Grace Airways

null

Douglas DC-2

NC14272

null

4

0

An hour after leaving Santiago, radio contact with the flight was lost, as it had crashed in the high Andes. It was not found until February 1941, by indians, who plundered the aircraft and the dead passengers looking for valuables.

475

07/08/1938

02:56

Billings, Montana

Northwest Orient Airlines

4

Seattle - Chicago

Lockheed 14 Super Electra

NC17383

null

10

0

While taking off from Billings, the airplane left the ground in a stalled condition from which the pilot attempted to recover by use of full emergency power. Emergency power was not available because of improper adjustment of the stop which had been placed on the quadrant of the propeller pitch control levers, preventing the levers from going to the full low pitch position. As a result of the stalled condition, the airplane fell off on the right wing and crashed at a point 1,100 feet beyond the NE runway, the pilot having cut the switch just prior to the impact.

476

07/14/1938

null

Off Sardinia, Italy

Ala Littoria

null

Cagliari - Rome

Savoia Marchetti S-66

I-VOLO

15013

20

0

The flying boat crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea after the collapse of a wing.

477

07/22/1938

null

Stulpica, Romania

LOT Polish Airlines

null

Warsaw, Poland - Bucharest, Romania

Lockheed 14H Super Electra

SP-BNG

1432

14

0

Crashed after being struck by lightning.

478

07/24/1938

13:00

Near Bogota Colombia

Military - Colombian Army

null

Curtiss-Wright Hawk

null

1

52

One aircraft from a squadron performing aerobatics before a large crowd crashed into the grandstands. A gust of wind caused the aircraft to lose control during a looping maneuver.

479

07/27/1938

null

Kisumu, Kenya

Imperial Airways

null

Kisumu - Alexandria

Armstrong-Withworth Atlanta

G-ABTG

AW-785

4

0

Flew into a hillside soon after takeoff from Kisumu. The ship was named 'Amalthea.'

480

07/29/1938

04:11

PacifiOcean between Manila and Guam

Pan American World Airways

229

Alameda - Manila

Martin M-130 (flying boat)

NC14714

556

15

0

The plane crashed into the ocean while en route between Guam and Manilla. The last known position was 12.27 N, 130.40 W or 582 nm east southeast of Manila at 04:00 GCT. Cause unknown. The plane may have been hijacked by the Japanese and flown to Truk Island where the crew and passengers were murdered. The aircraft was named 'Hawaii Clipper.'

481

08/10/1938

null

Shishijima, Japan

Dai Nippon

null

Douglas DF-151

J-ANES

null

6

0

null

482

08/10/1938

null

Debrecen, Hungary

null

Ford Tri-motor

null

12

0

The plane was carrying Hungarian journalists.

483

08/13/1938

null

Kiel, Germany

CSA Czech Airlines

null

Prague - Paris, France

Savoia-Marchetti SM73

OK-BAG

null

17

16

0

Crashed into the Black Forest mountains in poor weather conditions. One stewardess survived.

484

08/15/1938

null

Guanabara, Brazil

Syndicato Condor

null

Guanabara - Victoria

Junkers JU-52/3m

PP-CAT

4024

9

0

Flew into a mountain wave after taking off, went into a dive and crashed into Guanabara Bay.

485

08/18/1938

null

Bucharest, Romania

LOT Polish Airlines

null

Lockheed 14 Electra

SP-BNJ

1424

7

0

Caught fire after a ground looping.

486

08/18/1938

null

Montnago, Italy

Macchi

null

Sightseeing

Macchi C-94

I-NILO

94001

13

0

The sea plane crashed shortly after taking off.

487

08/24/1938

08:00

Wangmoon, China

China National Aviation Corporation

null

Hong Kong - Chungking

Douglas DC-2

32

1369

17

14

0

While en route from Hong Kong to Chungking, the aircraft was shot down by Japanese military fighters. The aircraft was named Kweilin.

488

08/29/1938

null

Innisfail, Australia

North Queensland Airways

null

De Havilland DH-84

VH-UXK

null

9

5

0

Crashed into a cane field while attempting to land when the pilot swerved to avoid a tractor.

489

10/01/1938

null

Off Bathurst, Gambia

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Dornier DO.18

null

4

0

null

490

10/01/1938

null

Grisons, Switzerland

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Junkers JU-52/3m

D-AVFB

5928

13

0

Missing. One postal bag found in a glacier.

491

10/10/1938

null

Soest, Germany

Sabena

null

Brussells - Berlin

Savbia-Marchetti S-73P

OO-AGT

null

20

0

The aircraft broke-up in midair and crashed to the ground.Airport.

492

10/25/1938

null

Mt. Dandenong, Australia

Australian National Airways

null

Adelaide - Melbourne

Douglas DC-2-112

VH-UYC

1566

18

0

Crashed into Mt. Daodenong while en route

493

11/02/1938

null

Somerset, England

British Airways

null

Lockheed 14 Electra

CF-TCL

null

2

0

null

494

11/04/1938

10:50

Channel Islands, Jersey

Jersey Airways

null

Channel Islands - Southhampton

de Havilland DH-86

G-ACZN

2316

14

1

Caught fire and crashed into a field two minutes after taking off. A farm worker was crushed to death when the wreckage landed on him.

495

11/14/1938

18:41

Schiphol, Amsterdam

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

null

Berlin-Amsterdam

Douglas DC-3

PH-ARY

2021

19

6

0

The aircraft flew into the ground during approach in poor visibility. The first officer was commander of the military flying school Soesterberg.

496

11/18/1938

00:51

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Trans Canada Air Lines

null

Winnipeg - Regina - Vancouver

Lockheed 14 Electra

CF-TCL

null

2

0

The mail plane crashed several minutes after taking off from Regina

497

11/26/1938

null

Bathurst, Gambia

Deutsche Lufthansa

null

Junkers JU90V2

D-AIVI

4914

15

11

0

During takeoff the aircraft hit a palm tree and burst into flames due to engine failure.

498

11/27/1938

null

Bagdad, Iraq

Imperial Airways

null

Short Empire Flying Boat

G-AETW

null

6

4

0

The flying boat crashed on Lake Ramadi.

499

11/29/1938

05:30

Off Point Reyes, California

United Air Lines

6

Medford - Oakland

Douglas DC 3-A-SB-3-G-14

NC16066

1907

7

0

The aircraft ran out of fuel and ditched into the ocean. Failure of the pilot to definitely establish the position of the aircraft through standard orientation procedures within a reasonable time after intersecting a leg of the Oakland radio range and of Company flight dispatchers, charged with the responsibilities of directing the operation of the trip, to properly safeguard the flight, resulting in forced landing of the aircraft at sea due to exhausted fuel supply.