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
2020-08-30	GAA20WA133	Commander 114 DEQCA	Fur Airport Denmark	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-08-29	CEN20LA367	Cirrus SR22 N607SR	Lawrenceville Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-28	ERA20LA297	Rockwell 500 N900DT	Pembroke Park Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-28	GAA20WA134	Beech 35 PTAFN	Teresina Brazil	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-08-27	ANC20LA085	Cessna A185 +1 more N714KH	Fairbanks Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-27	WPR20LA289	Beech A36 N1550G	Redding California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-26	CEN20LA365	Cessna T210 N64EM	Peyton Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-26	CEN20WA435	Schleicher ASH25 GCFST	Gloucestershire United Kingdom	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-08-26	GAA20WA132	Aviamilano FALCO F8L ICAVL	Sibari Italy	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-08-26	WPR20WA292	Cessna 172 ZEOET	Springs South Africa	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-08-25	WPR20LA283	Kaman K 1200 N314	Pine Grove Oregon	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-25	WPR20LA301	Lake LA4 N93AB	Rawlins Wyoming	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-21	CEN20LA354	Amateur-built LANCAIR SUPER ES N997S	Ely Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-21	CEN20LA357	Air Tractor AT802 N759FA	Dell Arkansas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-20	CEN20LA352	Beech 200 N198DM	Rockford Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-19	WPR20LA280	Arrow-Falcon Exporters, Inc. UH-1H N711GH	Coalinga California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-16	CEN20LA336	Cirrus SR22 N949CG	Osage Beach Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-15	WPR20LA270	Piper PA 14 N91449	Susanville California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-08	CEN20LA328	Bell 206 N284S	Marathon Texas	3 killed destroyed	Final
2020-08-08	CEN20WA376	Canadair CL215 1A10 ECHET	Lobios (Ourense) Portugal	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-08-07	WPR20LA257	Sportine Aviacija LAK17 N290MH	Lake Port California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-04	GAA20WA128	Rans S6 GBUWK	Heathfield East Sussex United Kingdom	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-08-03	ERA20LA273	Eurocopter EC130 N55GJ	Knoxville Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-02	WPR20LA249	North American NAVION N225HJ	Cedar City Utah	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-01	ERA20LA271	American Aviation AA 5 N7192L	Dunnellon Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-31	ANC20LA074	Amateur-built DHC-2 +1 more N4982U	Soldotna Alaska	7 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-30	GAA20WA125	Cessna R172 HK2129	Tarapaca-Amazonas Colombia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-07-30	WPR20LA245	Cessna 337 N337V	Ennis Montana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-30	WPR20LA246	Air Tractor AT802 +1 more N8510M	Elgin Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-29	ERA20LA262	Beech F33 N3156W	Malbis Alabama	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-29	WPR20LA244	American Eurocopter AS350 N755AE	Pioche Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-28	ANC20WA073	Cessna 140 CGOFK	Abbotsford Canada	1 killed	Preliminary
2020-07-27	CEN20LA309	Cessna A188 N53163	Corsica South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-25	CEN20LA305	Piper PA28 N716RL	San Antonio Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-25	CEN20LA306	Air Tractor AT502 N502KJ	Grant Nebraska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-25	GAA20WA126	Cessna 172 HBTLF	Blatten - Vs Switzerland	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-07-25	WPR20LA238	Piper PA32R N7677C	West Jordan Utah	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-24	CEN20LA304	Brantly B2B N383ES	Monrovia Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-24	WPR20LA237	Amateur-built VANS RV-8 N138PM	Tehachapi California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	GAA20WA118	Robinson R44 CFPBL	Thorburn Lake Canada	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-19	GAA20WA148	Amateur-built Crossfire 2 UNREG	Juta Hungary	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-17	WPR20LA224	Hiller UH 12D N2297W	Mehama Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-11	CEN20LA272	Golden Circle Air T-Bird N50JH	Grosse Ile Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-11	WPR20LA216	Schleicher ASW27 N167TM	Ely Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-10	CEN20LA271	Cessna T188 N2690J	Dustin Oklahoma	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-10	CEN20LA278	Grumman G164 N6917K	Springfield Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-08	GAA20WA121	Beech 58 PROFI	Sao Paulo Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-07	WPR20LA211	Bell UH1H N623PB	Payson Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-07	WPR20LA212	Cessna 172 N6328D	Lake Tahoe California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-05	WPR20FA206	Cessna TU206 +1 more N6373U	Coeur D'Alene Idaho	8 killed destroyed	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.