Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2018

356 fatal cases in 2018, 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 · 356

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2018-08-01	ANC18WA061	Piper PA-31 CFNCI	Calgary Canada	2 killed	Preliminary
2018-08-01	ANC18WA062	Cessna 180 CFCDQ	Gold Bridge Canada	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-08-01	CEN18WA343	Piper PA25 XBFMA	Namiquipa Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-30	ANC18WA075	Piper PA28 CGVZJ	Black Diamond Canada	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-07-30	CEN18WA304	Quad City CHALLENGER CIGKT	North Bay Canada	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-07-30	ERA18FA206	Piper PA60 CGRRS	Greenville Maine	3 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-29	CEN18FA297	Aeronca 7AC N85506	Alexandria Minnesota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-29	ERA18WA209	Beech 90 PPSZN	Sao Paulo Brazil	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-27	ERA18FA200	Piper PA24 N6427P	Palatka Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-27	ERA18WA219	Cessna 210 PPMMR	Sao Felix Do Xingu Brazil	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-26	ERA18LA199	Cessna 182 N1311S	Cleveland Tennessee	1 killed	Final
2018-07-26	ERA18WA218	Piper PA34 PRDMC	Irineopolis Brazil	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-25	CEN18WA308	Air Tractor AT301 XBOVB	Ascension, Chihuahua Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-07-25	ERA18WA198	Beech 58 ZPBEU	Ayolas Paraguay	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-24	ERA18FA197	Piper PA32R N38523	Lincolnton North Carolina	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-23	ANC18LA057	Aeros Venture 2000 N43865	Bad Axe Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-22	CEN18WA305	Lavia Argentina S.A. PA-25-260 +1 more XBEGL	Namiquipa, Chihuahua Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-07-20	WPR18FA200	Amateur-built DH112 VENOM N747J	Sheboygan Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-19	ANC18FA055	Amateur-built DHC-2 N9878R	Willow Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-19	CEN18FA282	Fisher CELEBRITY N228LC	Patriot Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-18	CEN18WA279	Cessna 150 N66778	Tortola British Virgin Islands	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-07-17	CEN18FA277	Cessna 152 N24515	Fort Rice North Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-17	ERA18FA194	Piper PA34 +1 more N16281	Miami Florida	4 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-17	WPR18FA198	Ryan NAVION N5329K	Truckee California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-15	CEN18FA267	Kolb TWINSTAR N3135J	La Porte Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-14	ERA18WA196	Piper PA28R CCPVR	Santiago Chile	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-07-13	ERA18WA207	Aero Eli Servizi Yo-Yo 222 IC881	Musile del Piave Italy	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-13	WPR18FA195	Cessna 172 N24442	Deer Park Washington	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-12	CEN18FA265	Rose PARRAKEET A-1 N14842	Rhome Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-12	CEN18WA320	Champion 8KCAB CGDLP	Toronto Canada	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-12	ERA18FA189	Amateur-built DEFIANT N17DR	Plainville Connecticut	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-11	CEN18FA263	Air Tractor AT-602 N8508P	Wheatley Arkansas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-11	CEN18WA268	Robinson R44 SPMAP	Domecko Poland	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-10	CEN18FA262	Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GMBH VENTUS 3F N753R	Moriarty New Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-10	CEN18WA264	Cessna 152 CSDGU	Ponte de Sor Portugal	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-09	ERA18LA188	Northwing 17 N959RR	Section Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-08	ERA18FA187	Robinson R44 N616HS	Williamsburg Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-07	CEN18WA261	Robinson R44 Raven I OMTTM	Kanaš Slovakia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-06	CEN18FA258	Bell 47G N96195	Arlington Indiana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-07-05	ERA18LA184	Swearingen SX300 N42SX	Daytona Beach Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-07-04	CEN18WA256	Cessna 172 FHFPL	Bad Voslau Austria	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-07-04	WPR18FA188	Hughes 369 N8648F	Majuro	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-06-30	CEN18FA244	Robinson R22 N787SH	Sterling City Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-06-30	CEN18LA245	Kubicek BB30 N717FN	Ashland Ohio	1 killed minor damage	Final
2018-06-30	ERA18LA183	Bell 206 N10CV	Rio Grande Puerto Rico	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-06-29	CEN18FA242	Champion 7GCAA N9026L	Arthur Nebraska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-06-28	WPR18FA186	Cessna 320 N320MF	Eagle Mountain Utah	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-06-28	WPR18WA185	Beech C90 VTUPZ	Mumbai India	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-06-27	ERA18FA180	Cessna 150J N60111	Manteo North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-06-27	ERA18WA272	Cessna 172 TCGUB	Adiyaman Türkiye	1 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.