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
2020-07-04	WPR20WA210	Robinson R44 VHNBY	Broome Aerodrome Australia	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-03	WPR20LA203	Cessna 172 N6929H	Alpine Utah	4 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-01	CEN20LA256	Cessna 320 N19AS	Round Rock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-01	ERA20LA234	Evektor Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR N820NG	Ocala Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-30	GAA20WA113	Robinson R22 SPHBOG	Strzegom City Poland	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-06-30	WPR20LA201	Avia Stroitel AC-5M N263R	Bend Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-27	CEN20LA248	Piper PA32R N315AM	Zavalla Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-25	WPR20LA196	Amateur-built Sonex Light Sport N620AK	Centerville Utah	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-24	WPR20LA191	Enstrom 280 N280MM	Hayden Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-23	GAA20WA114	Cessna TU206 XBPWE	Balleza, Chihuahua Mexico	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-06-22	GAA20WA112	Piper PA25 HK1042	Vereda Brisas de Guaiquitia Colombia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-06-18	ERA20LA220	Robinson R66 N4QW	Pikeville North Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-17	CEN20WA237	Piper PA34 DGEMZ	Reinsfeld Germany	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-06-17	WPR20WA186	Bell 206 ZTRHC	Gauteng South Africa	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-06-16	ERA20LA217	Air Tractor AT502 N879JA	Atmore Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-13	CEN20LA227	Amateur-built RV8 N836JC	Mandan North Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-10	ERA20LA212	Piper PA32RT N543GS	Selma Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-10	WPR20LA177	Amateur-built CH601 N6402X	Maricopa Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-09	WPR20LA176	Amateur-built RV4 N173CW	Safford Arizona	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-08	CEN20LA219	Flight Design CTLS N257V	Beecher Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-08	WPR20WA182	Cessna 152 VTENF	Bhubaneswar India	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-06-07	CEN20LA215	Mitsubishi MU2B N44MX	Sioux Falls South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-07	WPR20LA170	Amateur-built Kitfox N595KF	Lander Wyoming	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-06	CEN20LA214	Cessna 172 N13520	New Washington Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-05	ERA20LA206	Piper PA 31T N135VE	Eatonton Georgia	5 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-05	ERA20LA207	Quad City CHALLENGER N850RW	Wurtsboro New York	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-05	WPR20LA169	Cessna 175 N9217B	Redlands California	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-02	ERA20LA202	Piper PA23 N14181	San Juan Puerto Rico	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-02	WPR20LA163	Bell 206 N65PJ	Fairfield California	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-01	WPR20LA157	Cub Crafters CCK-1865 N303KP	Valley Center California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-31	CEN20LA199	Piper PA28 N6461J	Pineville Louisiana	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-31	CEN20LA201	Piper PA28 N8991W	Carlinville Illinois	4 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-30	CEN20WA438	Pitts S2 FGIZZ	Carcassonne France	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-05-30	ERA20LA197	Schweizer 269C-1 N9421P	Ozark Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-28	WPR20LA155	Csp Leasing LLC Cavalon N477AG	Roseburg Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-27	CEN20LA197	Beech 35-A33 N123JB	Cambridge Ohio	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-27	CEN20WA198	Cessna 150 DECVT	Blomberg Germany	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-05-25	ERA20WA196	Diamond DA20 IDADL	Rome Italy	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-05-22	DCA20WA108	Airbus A320 APBLD	Karachi Pakistan	97 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-05-20	CEN20LA186	Cessna T206 N51610	Center Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	WPR20LA152	Cirrus SR20 N883PJ	Santa Maria California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-17	WPR21WA018	Amateur-built Amphibian VHWID	Maitland Aerodrome Australia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-05-15	ANC20LA046	Cessna A185 N5454E	Nuiqsut Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	CEN20LA179	Cessna P210 N1JA	Burlington Wisconsin	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	ERA20LA183	Ercoupe 415 N3956H	Rogersville Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-12	ERA20LA177	Piper PA34 N887SP	Pembroke Pines Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-12	ERA20LA179	Beech F33 N711JA	Land O Lakes Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-12	WPR20WA143	Daher Kodiak PKMEC	Papua Indonesia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-05-09	CEN20WA209	Piper PA38 LYATM	Kena Lithuania	2 killed	Preliminary
2020-05-09	WPR20LA141	Bellanca 8GCBC N4116Y	Byron California	1 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.