1958
- August 2 - (Buffalo Niagara International Airport), Buffalo, NY, Blue Angel number 6 made an emergency landing at the airport before sliding into traffic outside the airport after experiencing afterburner trouble while participating in the Clarence, NY Sesquicentennial celebration. Lt. John R. Dewenter was credited with saving many lives by landing at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport despite the runway deemed too short to stop. Flying a Grumman F-11 Tiger he was able to bring the plane down and stop without injury to others.
- September 20 – (RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England) – A Rolls-Royce test pilot flying an Avro Vulcan, VX770, in an air display pulled up too hard after a high-speed flyby and exceeded the airframe's structural limits, collapsing the plane's right wing. The aircraft spiraled out of control and crashed, killing the entire aircrew and 3 people on the ground.
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