Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2020

291 fatal cases in 2020, 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 · 291

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2020-10-23	WPR21WA089	Cessna 182 ZYXY	Cheworez Zimbabwe	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-10-21	CEN21FA025	Beech V35 N35DC	Slidell Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-10-20	CEN21FA024	Amateur-built III N713MJ	Ford Heights Illinois	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-16	CEN21LA018	Cessna T182 N707DA	Houma Louisiana	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-15	GAA21WA002	Robinson R44 PRESK	Passa Tres, Rio Claro Brazil	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-10-14	ERA21LA020	Aero Commander 100 N631PF	Citra Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-13	GAA21WA001	Piper PA28RT HK2335G	Ubate-Cundinamarca Colombia	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-10-11	CEN21WA013	Cessna FRA150 GCIIR	Troutbeck United Kingdom	1 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2020-10-10	GAA21WA175	Pioneer 300 +1 more N37AHH	Loches France	5 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2020-10-09	GAA21WA003	Piper PA25 XBOKQ	Juan Jose Rios Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-10-07	ERA21FA010	Czech SPORT CRUISER N251SC	Waterloo Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-06	CEN21LA008	Amateur-built Quicksilver MXL-2 Sp N2942A	Mount Vernon Indiana	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-06	WPR21LA011	Rans S-7 N55893	Spirit Lake Idaho	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-05	CEN21FA007	Beech S35 N4444K	Telluride Colorado	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-05	ERA21WA033	Ang 01 URPNGD	Peremoha Ukraine	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-10-04	ERA21LA004	Cessna 182 N6506M	Beechhurst New York	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-04	WPR21LA003	Evolution Revo N449WB	Hawthorne California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-02	ERA21LA003	Socata TBM700 N965DM	Corfu New York	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-28	CEN20WA426	Cirrus SR22 N918SE	Le Chevillotte France	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-09-27	WPR20LA319	Cessna T182 N157RC	Santa Barbara California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-24	CEN20LA417	Quicksilver MXII N9045Z	Killeen Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-23	ERA20LA330	Piper PA25 N6106Z	Floral City Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-23	WPR20LA315	Air Tractor AT-802A N836MM	Emmett Idaho	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-22	ERA20LA329	Cessna 182 N2601Q	Lincolnton Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-22	GAA20WA139	Cessna 172 N9056K	Riyadh Saudi Arabia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-09-21	ERA20LA324	Amateur-built RV 8 N800PB	Hilliard Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-20	CEN20LA401	Piper PA32 N8213X	Kokomo Indiana	3 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-20	CEN20LA402	Piper PA46 N236KM	Hilltop Lakes Texas	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-20	CEN20WA409	Pitts S1 N25LM	Kulmbach Germany	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-09-19	CEN20LA399	Amateur-built RV9 N94KJ	Zeeland Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-19	CEN20LA400	Amateur-built S N60WD	Red Bud Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-19	CEN20WA408	Raven Aircraft Corppration RAVEN N651RA	Moosburg An Der Isar Germany	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-09-16	CEN21WA036	Cessna TU206G XBLVT	Los Laureles Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-09-13	CEN20LA389	Champion 8KCAB N83DH	Groton South Dakota	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-13	CEN20LA392	Cessna 172 N8488L	Cottage Grove Minnesota	3 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-13	ERA20LA315	Amateur-built RV9 N4889R	Steinhatchee Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-13	GAA20WA137	Rans S6 N62ALK	Lasne Belgium	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-09-13	WPR20LA304	Cessna 172 N3720R	Seeley Lake Montana	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-11	ERA20LA313	Beech A36 N74HS	Jackson Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-11	WPR20LA303	Navion B N37C	Van Nuys California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-10	ERA20LA312	Quad City CHALLENGER N56906	Sweetwater Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-10	ERA20LA314	Amateur-built CH750 CRUZER N656BN	Boaz Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-08	ERA20LA309	Piper PA28 N4166Z	Mcminnville Tennessee	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-05	CEN20LA379	Cirrus SR22 N733CD	Chester Arkansas	4 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-04	WPR20LA295	Beech 35 N818S	Three Rivers California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-09-02	CEN20LA374	Piper PA28 N8957W	Walker Minnesota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-02	CEN20LA375	Titan Mustang T-51 N153JW	Brighton Colorado	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-09-01	CEN20LA373	Piper PA24 N5939P	Midland Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-31	ERA20LA305	Piper PA20 N7323K	Luray Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-30	CEN20LA370	Piper PA24 N7469P	Bryan Texas	3 killed substantial damage	Final

About these pages

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.