List of aircraft structural failures

1952 International Aviation Exposition:
Northrop F-89 Scorpion wing failure during flypast.

The list of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failures summarizes notable accidents and incidents such as the 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash due to a bombing and a 1964 B-52 test that landed after the vertical stabilizer broke off. Loss of structural integrity during flight can be caused by:

• faulty design
• faulty maintenance
• manufacturing flaws
• pilot error
• weather conditions
• sabotage (e.g., an airliner bombing or takeover by a skyjacker).

See also

• List of building and structure collapses
• List of airliner shootdown incidents

References

Notes

1. Accident aircraft 42-78839 had been built under license by contractor Robertson Aircraft Corporation.

Citations

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Bibliography

• Gero, David B. (2010). Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908. Haynes Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84425-645-7.