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