List of airliner crashes involving loss of control

Loss of control (LOC) is one of the largest contributors to fatal aircraft accidents worldwide and occurs when there is an unintended departure of an aircraft from controlled flight. Contributing factors may include vehicle impairment conditions, external disturbances, vehicle upset conditions, and inappropriate crew actions or responses.

Aircraft experiencing a loss of control depart from normal flight and can reach attitudes or situations from which it is impossible for them to be recovered. Due to the certification and design processes, it is extremely rare for aircraft to experience a loss of control without extreme mishandling or a technical defect.

Contributing factors involving inappropriate pilot actions may include:

Loss of control has been the cause of many air disasters some of which are listed below.

Aeroflot Flight 8641 Metal fatigue in the jackscrew of the horizontal stabilizer caused the component to fail while the plane was en route from Leningrad to Kiev, Ukraine. The crew lost control of the plane and at 10:50 crashed just south of the city of Mozyr in Belarus killing all on board. In the Aftermath of the tragedy, Authorities grounded all Yakovlev Yak-42 jets, and the planes underwent major design changes until they were deemed worthy to fly again in late 1984.

China General Aviation Flight 7552 In July 1992, a Yakovlev 42D took off from Nanjing (Nanking) and climbed to about 180 ft when it lost control and crashed into a pond, 600m past the runway and caught fire.

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 lost control during take-off from Xi'an, China. The aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-154 had had maintenance carried out before its flight, and the autopilot yaw-channel had been erroneously connected to the bank control, and vice versa. Additionally, this incorrect maintenance was not done in a properly approved facility. When the pilot engaged the autopilot, the aircraft began to oscillate violently. Any attempts to rectify matters only made things worse, as the plane shook itself to pieces, breaking up in midair before the crew could react, killing all on board.

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