List of Airship Accidents - 1930s

1930s

• 5 October 1930: British experimental design R101. Dove into ground during rainstorm in France. 48 killed, 6 survivors. This is the deadliest civilian airship accident.
• 4 April 1933: USS Akron. Lost at sea off coast of New Jersey in severe storm due to instrument error. With 73 dead and 3 survivors, this is the deadliest airship accident.
• 4 April 1933: US Navy airship J-3 A7382 lost in surf off New Jersey coast with two crew killed while looking for USS Akron survivors.
• 12 February 1935: USS Macon crashed off coast of Point Sur, Monterey, California after crosswinds broke an already damaged section. 2 dead, 81 survivors.
• 24 October 1935: Soviet Union's SSSR-V7 hits a powerline near the Finnish border causing a fire, one crew member died while the rest managed to escape.
• 6 May 1937: German Hindenburg burned on landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 35 dead, 1 on ground killed, 62 survivors.
• 5 February 1938: Soviet SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM - 13 out of 19 crew died after crashing into a mountain 300 km south of Murmansk on a practice flight for an arctic rescue mission.
• 6 August 1938: Soviet Union's SSSR-V10 crashes near Beskudnikovo killing six.