Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2021

320 fatal cases in 2021, 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 · 320

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2021-06-15	ERA21FA253	Amateur-built RV6 N74MS	Buckingham Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-06-15	WPR21FA227	Amateur-built Tri Quickie N8054Y	Gila Bend Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-06-15	WPR21FA228	Cirrus Design CORP SR20 N89423	Truckee California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-06-14	CEN21FA263	Piper PA-32-260 N3258W	Madisonville Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-06-08	GAA21WA142	Cessna 310 PTKCH	Rondonópolis Brazil	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-06-07	WPR21FA223	Amateur-built RV6 N94PJ	Porterville California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-06-06	CEN21FA252	Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 NG N853L	Darlington Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-06-06	ERA21FA239	Schweizer SGS 1-35 N2878H	Wurtsboro New York	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-06-01	ERA21FA237	Beech A23 N8780M	Pinnacle North Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-05-31	GAA21WA174	Cessna 172 N5YCFE	Mitungyy-Meru Kenya	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-05-30	GAA21WA130	Cessna 188A HK1477	Inmediaciones Municipio Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Colombia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-05-29	CEN21FA239	Amateur-built PZL-104 N124MS	Pearland Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-05-29	ERA21FA234	Cessna 501 N66BK	Smyrna Tennessee	7 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-29	WPR21FA211	Textron Aviation INC 172S N1727T	Eden Utah	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-28	CEN21FA238	Amateur-built EVOLUTION N515DL	Mcdermott Ohio	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-27	WPR21FA210	Amateur-built EARLY BIRD JENNY N831HC	Stoneville North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-26	GAA21WA133	Robinson R22 VHKLY	Hay South Australia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-05-25	ERA21FA232	Gulfstream American CORP AA-5A N26889	Crossville Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-25	ERA21FA233	Bhi H60 Helicopters LLC UH-60A N9FH	Leesburg Florida	4 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-24	ERA21FA229	Amateur-built RV-8 N284RM	Van Cleve Kentucky	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-24	WPR21FA203	Dassault Aviation MIRAGE F-1 N567EM	Las Vegas Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-23	CEN21FA230	Amateur-built JSX-2 N465JC	Shreveport Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-23	GAA21WA122	Cessna F172 FGCNK	Abzac, France France	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-05-22	ERA21FA225	Flight Design CTSW N708JM	Winterville North Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-21	ERA21FA224	Piper PA-31P N575BC	Myrtle Beach South Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-18	CEN21LA223	Air Tractor INC AT-502A N887LA	Clayton Louisiana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-05-18	CEN21LA225	Bell OH58A N176SJ	Ulysses Kansas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-17	CEN21FA220	Cessna 182 N2430X	St. Louis Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-17	GAA21WA116	Robinson R66 RA06358	Dvina Bay Russia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-05-08	GAA21WA114	Legacy 2000 HBYMS	Oberramsern Switzerland	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-05-08	GAA21WA120	Amateur-built RG ECXSB	Mucia, Spain Spain	1 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2021-05-07	GAA21WA111	Robinson R44 UNK	Estepona Spain	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-05-06	ERA21FA212	Amateur-built Aerostar 600 CFAAZ	La Belle Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-05-05	CEN21FA209	Mitsubishi MU2B N322TA	Hattiesburg Mississippi	3 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-03	GAA21WA104	Robinson R22 ZSHBR	Durban South Africa	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-05-02	CEN21FA207	Cessna T210M N1215M	Oxford Iowa	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-05-02	ERA21FA200	Robinson Helicopter R44 N4528T	Wingate North Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-05-02	GAA21WA100	Bell 206 TGSEN	Rio Bravo Guatemala	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-05-01	ERA21LA201	Beech A36 N125WC	Lakeland Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-04-29	GAA21WA099	Piper PA-32-260 N15349	Monterrey Mexico	6 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-04-28	ERA21FA194	Beech C23 N6009U	Middleburg Florida	3 killed destroyed	Final
2021-04-28	ERA21FA195	Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 N53DE	Eden North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-04-26	CEN21LA204	Piper J3C-65 N26783	Slaughter Louisiana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-04-26	GAA21WA101	Cessna 172 +1 more ZSPXI	Grasmere South Africa	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-04-25	CEN21LA200	Aeropro Cz S R O A240 N417R	Richmond Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-04-25	GAA21WA095	Cessna 182 YV2324	Fundo Venezuela	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-04-24	CEN21FA199	Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N587CD	Port Aransas Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-04-23	CEN21FA198	Piper PA-46-310P N461DK	Danville Arkansas	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-04-23	ERA21LA191	Robinson Helicopter R44 N4055N	Forkston Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-04-23	GAA21WA088	Agusta Spa A119 N119AA	Nuevo Laredo Mexico	1 killed substantial damage	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.