Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2023

294 fatal cases in 2023, 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 · 294

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2023-10-21	GAA24WA042	Beech C23 ZSJKE	Bram Fischer International Airpor South Africa	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-10-21	WPR24FA018	Beech A36 N8248K	Covelo California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-10-19	GAA24WA014	Cessna 172 HK2465G	Barrancabermeja Colombia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-10-17	WPR24FA014	Piper PA-28-140 N6192J	Williams Arizona	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-16	GAA24WA011	Cessna 208 V3HIN	Pacencia-Yacma Belize	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-15	GAA24WA013	Cessna 208 FHSLE	Monêtier-Allemont France	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-12	CEN24FA010	Cessna 414 N880A	Patterson Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-10-12	GAA24WA124	Robin DR400-180 FGIKS	Propriano France	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-10	GAA24WA009	Diamond DA20 CO493	Almeria Spain	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-10-10	GAA24WA010	Bell 206 T7HZM	Bondeno Italy	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-10	WPR24FA010	Amateur-built RV8 N75RT	Centerville Utah	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-09	GAA24WA033	Piper PA-24-250 N6518P	San Juan de la Costa Mexico	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-10-08	CEN24LA006	Amateur-built GT-VX2 N557LJ	Saint Peter Minnesota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-08	ERA24FA003	Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 N802JR	Croydon New Hampshire	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-08	GAA24WA015	Cessna 172N VHRSB	Merriton Australia	2 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2023-10-06	GAA24WA006	Cirrus SR22 VHMSF	Canberra Australia	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-06	GAA24WA018	Piper PA 34 CGTYH	Chilliwack Bc Canada	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-04	GAA24WA004	Beech 90 PSJCO	Cuiaba Brazil	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-10-04	WPR24FA004	Piper PA-44-180 N8360K	Newberg Oregon	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-02	WPR24FA002	Piper PA-28-140 N7153R	Moab Utah	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-01	ERA24FA001	Cessna 177RG N545PZ	Lake Placid New York	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-10-01	WPR24FA001	Cubcrafters INC CCK-1865 N56DV	Twisp Washington	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-30	ERA23FA384	Cessna 150K N6312G	Gilford New Hampshire	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-30	GAA23WA273	Cessna 172 DEDDH	Uk Germany	1 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2023-09-29	ERA23FA382	Amateur-built SMITH COZY MARK IV N95SF	Cullman Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-29	GAA23WA282	Cessna 206G ZCAM	Mashava Zimbabwe	5 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-09-28	ERA23FA380	Piper PA28 N3079M	Whitesville Kentucky	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-09-22	GAA23WA271	Robinson R44 LZRAD	Garmen Village Bulgaria	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-09-22	WPR23FA351	Amateur-built T BIRD UNREG	Arlington Washington	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-20	CEN23LA413 incident	Powrachute LLC AIRWOLF N820PP	Erie Colorado	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-19	CEN23FA412	Air Tractor INC AT-502B N502NB	New Rockford North Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-17	GAA23WA259	Cessna 182 DEOLP	Bamberg Germany	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-09-17	WPR23FA345	North American T-6G +1 more N2897G	Reno Nevada	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-15	WPR23FA344	Amateur-built 3000 N57TJ	Bellevue Washington	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-13	ANC23FA074	Piper PA-18-150 N109T	St. Mary'S Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-13	ERA23FA370	Ercoupe 415 N2796H	Fitzgerald Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-12	CEN23FA409	Thrush Aircraft LLC S2R-T660 N710TY	Ardoch North Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-10	CEN23FA410	Sonex Aircraft SONEX N569SX	Dowagiac Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-10	GAA23WA253	North American T28 HARDM	Székesfehérvár Hungary	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-09-10	GAA23WA255	Robinson R44 RA05823	Vologda Oblast Russia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-09-07	GAA23WA250	Bell 212 A6ALD	Um Al Quwain United Arab Emirates	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-09-06	CEN23FA401	Cessna 150K N6059G	Huntsville Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-09-03	ERA23FA358	Cirrus SR20 N420PB	Toms River New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-08-31	CEN23FA391	Schleicher Alexander GMBH & CO ASH 26 E N50FU	Wellington Colorado	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-08-31	ERA23FA357	Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA N2356M	Kingston New Jersey	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-08-31	GAA23WA280	Cessna 172N TFKLO	Mountains Iceland	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-08-29	ENG23WA044	Christen EAGLE II N	Raufoss Norway	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-08-28	ERA23FA352	Eurocopter EC135 N109BC	Pompano Beach Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-08-27	ANC23LA065	Beech B36TC N6709Q	Cape Yakataga Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-08-23	GAA23WA243	Gulfstream 690C YV2915	Las Velas Venezuela	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary

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.