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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

DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
2023-08-23 WPR23FA323 Amateur-built CASSUTT
N6291N
West Jordan
Utah
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-22 ERA23FA346 Beech C-99
N55RP
Litchfield
Maine
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-22 GAA23WA245 Supermarine SPITFIRE MK26
GCLHJ
Enstone-
United Kingdom
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-08-21 GAA23WA242 Piper PA28
GAYUH
Holstead Hall, Essex
United Kingdom
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-08-20 ERA23LA342 Beech C23
N9360S
Greer
South Carolina
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-19 CEN23FA369 Piper J5A
N35417
Iola
Wisconsin
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-18 CEN23LA376 Sixchuter SPIRIT XL
N538DR
Hovland
Minnesota
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-17 DCA23WA416 Raytheon Aircraft Company 390
N28JV
Elmina
Malaysia
8 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-08-17 ERA23FA340 Piper PA-28-161
N9855S
Fort Pierce
Florida
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-13 ERA23LA334 Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL LS
N239WD
Hickory
North Carolina
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-12 CEN23FA359 Amateur-built RV14
N6161
Virden
Illinois
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-12 ERA23LA332 Bell 47G-5
N1503L
Mifflinville
Pennsylvania
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-11 GAA24WA051 Diamond DA20-C1
CFRZG
Cooking Lake
Canada
2 killed Preliminary
2023-08-10 ERA23FA330 Cessna P210
N210JT
Junction City
Georgia
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-09 ANC23FA061 Piper PA-18-150
N4481Z
Skwentna
Alaska
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-08 CEN23FA353 Air Tractor INC AT-802
N804AA
Gilman City
Missouri
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-07 CEN23FA352 Cessna 150
N5610E
Caddo Mills
Texas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-07 WPR23FA302 Bell 407 +1 more
N555AS
Cabazon
California
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-06 WPR23LA305 Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N5450
Davis
California
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-05 CEN23FA349 Nanchang China CJ-6A
N4184G
Peyton
Colorado
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-04 ERA23FA323 Cessna 172
N697FL
Pembroke Pines
Florida
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-04 ERA23LA328 Cessna 172
N13384
Charlotte Amalie
CB
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-04 WPR23FA301 Amateur-built Glastar
N617G
Idaho City
Idaho
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-03 ERA23FA321 Kolb FIRESTAR
UNREG
Mcalpin
Florida
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-02 WPR23FA299 Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser
N384SC
Van Nuys
California
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-08-01 ERA23LA320 Amateur-built VELOCITY TWIN
N106VT
Sandersville
Georgia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-31 CEN23FA340 Richards Heavylift Helo INC UH-1H
N567VF
Oakdale
Illinois
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-30 CEN23LA342 Bell 206B
N231RL
Denison
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-30 WPR23FA287 Beech P35
N8572M
Upland
California
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-30 WPR23FA296 Cessna T206H
N918KG
Yellow Pine
Idaho
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-29 CEN23FA332 North American AT-6D
N49961
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-07-29 CEN23FA333 Amateur-built 162F +1 more
N193AZ
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-07-29 ERA23FA317 Bell 206-L4
N652HA
Springfield
Ohio
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-29 GAA23WA231 Hawker Beechcraft G58
PRITE
Vilhena
Brazil
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-07-28 GAA23WA223 Cessna 650
XBVFJ
Veracruz
Mexico
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-07-28 GAA23WA230 Cessna 172
OB1334
Trujillo
Peru
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-07-28 WPR23FA286 Amateur-built 915 iS
N2442
Glendive
Montana
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-07-25 CEN23LA324 Air Tractor INC AT-402B
N291DL
Clara City
Minnesota
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-25 ERA23FA313 Piper PA28R
N34PT
Churchville
Maryland
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-23 CEN23FA315 Cessna 150
N17043
Houston
Texas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-20 ANC23FA056 Bell 206-L4
N311MH
Wainwright
Alaska
4 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-07-20 CEN23FA314 Piper PA-31P
N200RA
Kearney
Missouri
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-07-19 GAA23WA211 Cessna 210
HK5138G
San Luis Gaceno
Colombia
6 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-07-18 WPR23FA275 Cessna T310R
N5251C
Santa Fe
New Mexico
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-17 GAA23WA207 Cessna 210
GTOTN
Bradda Head
United Kingdom
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-07-17 GAA23WA215 Robinson R44
ZSHLG
Swakopmund
Namibia
4 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-07-16 GAA23WA209 Extra 300
OHESS
Selänpää
Finland
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-07-16 GAA23WA213 Cessna FR182
DEEMN
Ferrara di Monte Baldo
Italy
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-07-15 ERA23LA300 Piper PA46
N444RR
Vineyard Haven
Massachusetts
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-13 CEN23FA304 Piper PA28
N8225N
Osage Beach
Missouri
2 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.