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
2023-07-09	WPR23FA258	Cessna 172N N4922G	San Rafael California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-07-08	CEN23FA284	Piper PA-30 N4743M	Sherman Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-07-08	WPR23FA257	Cessna 550 N819KR	Murrieta California	6 killed destroyed	Final
2023-07-07	CEN23FA283	Beech A36 N15RP	Rayville Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-07-06	CEN23FA285	Piper PA-60-601P N100PB	Burlington Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-07-06	GAA23WA198	Piper 23 GBKJW	Thirsk United Kingdom	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-07-06	WPR23FA256	Cessna 182N N703Z	St Maries Idaho	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-07-05	GAA23WA194	Lancair 360 PHKER	Habsheim France	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-07-04	GAA23WA193	Bell 47 FGKTR	Sainte-Marthe France	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-07-04	WPR23FA247	Cessna 172N N5243E	Murrieta California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-07-03	GAA23WA188	Cessna 206 HRNCH	Gracias A Dios Honduras	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-07-03	GAA23WA205	Piper PA28R PTJZC	Guaratuba Brazil	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-07-02	ANC23FA045	Piper PA-32-300 N1132Q	Old Harbor Alaska	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-07-02	ERA23FA280	Piper PA-32R-300 N5524F	North Myrtle Beach South Carolina	5 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-30	CEN23FA270	Icon A5 N239BA	Onamia Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-30	GAA23WA184	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB LVHWE	Charata Argentina	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-06-29	GAA23WA217	Gippsaero GA-8 A2MBE	Ghanzi Botswana	3 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2023-06-27	CEN23FA269	Schweizer Aircraft CORP G-164B N7503H	Beltrami Minnesota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-27	GAA23WA180	Robinson R22 VHPSDC	Buchanan Australia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-06-27	WPR23FA244	Curtiss Wright P-40E N4420K	Hamilton Montana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-26	CEN23FA258	Cessna 177 N3138T	Hot Springs Arkansas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-25	ERA23FA273	Mooney M20R N13LV	Southport North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-25	ERA23FA274	Piper PA-30 N7240Y	Claxton Georgia	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-25	GAA23WA182	Robin DR400 DEWLA	Lienz Austria	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-06-25	GAA23WA274	Db 6R GCMFS	Ombersley Court, Worcestershire United Kingdom	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-06-23	CEN23FA257	Amateur-built MAGNUM N103DG	Beaver Island Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-21	CEN23FA248	Aeronca 7CCM N308ED	Duluth Minnesota	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-21	GAA23WA173	Bell 412 XAEHI	Gom Mexico	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-06-21	GAA23WA183	Air Tractor AT802 ZSTFH	Ngodwana South Africa	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-06-18	GAA23WA177	Socata RALLYE 180 HABNS	Arkösund, Norrköping Sweden	2 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2023-06-17	ERA23FA270	Piper PA-30 N7628Y	Ebensburg Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-16	ANC23FA042	Cessna 180 N91361	Shaktoolik Alaska	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-14	CEN23FA239	Mooney M20R N1025C	Watertown Wisconsin	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-12	WPR23FA225	Cessna R182 N3138C	Mccall Idaho	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-11	ERA23FA266	Amateur-built HARMON ROCKET N85TP	Porter New York	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-10	ERA23FA265	Beech B35 N8725A	Orangeburg South Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-10	WPR23FA223	Compagnie Daher TB 30 EPSILON N759F	Apache Junction Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-09	GAA23WA165	Piper PA-32R-301 N9253M	Stella Maris Bahamas	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-06-08	WPR23FA219	Amateur-built SKYBOLT N202GM	Rio Vista California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-07	ERA23FA260	Amateur-built RV6 N835BC	Colonial Beach Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-06	ERA23FA258	Cirrus SR22 CGNMT	Jamestown New York	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-04	ERA23FA256	Cessna 560 N611VG	Montebello Virginia	4 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-03	ERA23FA254	Amateur-built 601XL N601YP	Albertville Alabama	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-06-03	WPR23FA208	Piper PA-31-325 N4077W	Tupelo Mississippi	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-06-02	CEN23FA220	Amateur-built RV7 N977RV	Gibbon Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-05-31	ERA23FA252	Cessna 180 N3178D	Harrisburg Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-05-28	CEN23FA204	Amateur-built Buttercup N18263	Lyndonville New York	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-05-28	ERA23FA249	Cessna 182 N8775X	Plymouth New York	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-05-27	GAA23WA158	Cessna 172 YV179E	Monagas Venezuela	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-05-26	ERA23FA247	Cessna 172 N3KV	Lake Worth Florida	2 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.