Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2016

335 fatal cases in 2016, newest first. Every case.

94,304 NTSB cases since 1962, each on its own page in plain English with the NTSB's probable cause and narrative, linked to the aircraft's registry record and its model. So far in 2026: 1,198 cases, 215 of them fatal, 478 people killed. No one is named on these pages.

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Cases newest first · 335

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2016-11-05	WPR17WA028	Air Tractor AT502 VHLIK	Walgett Australia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-10-30	WPR17WA016	Robinson R44 ZKHTH	Kamo, New Zealand New Zealand	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-10-29	ANC17FA003	Cessna 172 N6353E	Palmer Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-10-29	ANC17FA004	Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC-6 N5308F	Port Alsworth Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-10-28	CEN17FA028	Aviat Aircraft INC A-1C-180 N377MA	Clarksville Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-27	CEN17WA086	Mooney Aircraft CORP. M20K N400MW	Saarbrucken Germany	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-10-26	CEN17FA026	Amateur-built WITTMAN TAILWIND W10 N557CL	Pearland Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-10-25	ERA17WA051	Embraer EMB711 PTNQS	Espumoso Brazil	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-10-25	WPR17FA013	Beech A36 N364RM	Pittsburg California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-23	ERA17WA028	Robinson R44 RA04347	Baleisky Russia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-10-22	CEN17FA024	Beech C23 N20087	Osage Beach Missouri	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-10-21	ERA17FA027	Nanchang CJ6 +1 more N10EB	Blackshear Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-10-17	CEN17WA017	Cessna F150 GBDZC	Cambridge United Kingdom	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-10-17	ERA17WA090	Aerofab INC LAKE LA 250 N724ST	Puerto Plata Dominican Republic	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-10-16	CEN17FA016	Amateur-built RV-4 N2626C	Oregonia Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-16	ERA17FA017	Piper PA28 CGYSN	Austin Pennsylvania	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-16	ERA17WA021	Cessna 172 N5BCLB	Peloponnese Greece	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-10-15	WPR17FA008	Cessna 182D N8718X	South Lake Tahoe California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-14	ANC17WA030	Cessna 500 CGTNG	Kelowna Canada	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-10-14	ERA17LA018	Cessna 208 N208KM	Dunnellon Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-10-11	ERA17FA011	Piper PA 34-200 N15294	East Hartford Connecticut	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-10	ERA17WA009	Cessna 207 OB1936P	Santa Cruz, Cajamarca Peru	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-10-06	ANC17WA002	Amateur-built SKYBOLT CGWBD	Blackfalds Canada	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-10-06	CEN17FA012	Fairchild Hiller FH 1100 N4035G	Lino Lakes Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-04	CEN17FA005	Beech D95A N76S	Hitchcock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-02	ANC17MA001	Cessna 208B N208SD	Togiak Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-10-02	CEN17WA008	North American P-51D GMSTG	East Anglia United Kingdom	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-10-01	ERA17FA001	Culver PQ 14A N4648V	Hickory North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-30	ERA16WA332	Cessna 208 HK3804	San Antonio de Prado Colombia	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-09-27	ERA16FA329	Cessna 172 N52126	Laytonsville Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-25	CEN16WA384	Cessna 206 CFWBQ	Lake Kuashkuapishiu Canada	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-09-25	ERA16FA324	Cessna 120 +1 more N3580V	North Collins New York	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-25	ERA16FA325	Mooney M20J N526AM	Pittstown New Jersey	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-09-24	ANC16RA074	Pitts S2 HL1161	Seoul South Korea	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-09-24	ERA16WA327	Amateur-built AB206-B3 RA01630	Yartsevo Russia	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-09-22	ERA16WA334	Beech Aircraft E55 PRDTA	Campinapolis Brazil	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-09-20	CEN16FA378	Piper PA 28-235 N8983W	Lee'S Summit Missouri	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-09-19	CEN16FA373	Cessna 182 N2012F	Ephraim Wisconsin	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-19	ERA16WA337	Embraer EMB810 PTVKY	Miranda Brazil	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-09-18	CEN16WA377	Piper PA28 +1 more HAAPZ	Gödöllo, Pest, Hungary Hungary	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-09-17	WPR16FA182	Beech 95 B55 (T42A) N413D	Broadus Montana	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-09-16	ERA16FA316	Cessna A188 N3547Q	Alapaha Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-15	ERA16WA317	Piper PA28 +1 more HK1328G	Flanders Colombia	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-09-15	WPR16WA186	Little Eagle LE500 B9246	Shijiazhuang City China	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-09-14	CEN16FA370	Piper PA 11 N4910M	Arcanum Ohio	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-09-12	WPR16FA178	Piper PA 28R-201T N821ET	Reno Nevada	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-11	ANC16FA065	Amateur-built Polar Cub N62905	Anchorage Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-09-11	WPR16WA180	Cessna 172RG VHMKG	Parafield Aerodrome, Australia Australia	1 killed	Preliminary
2016-09-08	CEN16WA365	Robinson R66 OEXHA	Carinthia Austria	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-09-07	CEN16FA361	Piper PA 46-310P N465JM	Chariton Iowa	1 killed substantial damage	Final

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The records come from the NTSB's public aviation accident database, refreshed here every week. Each case has a permanent page at eflight.com/accidents/<case number>; the plain-English summary is built from the NTSB's coded fields, and the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. "Preliminary" means the investigation is still open; the final report usually follows within one to two years, and the page updates when it does. Pilots, passengers and other people involved are not named, the site's policy at this time. Where the aircraft is still on the U.S. register, the page links to its registry record; where the model has a page here, it links to that too.