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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
2023-05-24 CEN23FA201 Cessna 182T
N577TZ
Grand Isle
Louisiana
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-21 ERA23FA238 Beech V35
N272S
Rougemont
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-21 ERA23FA239 Commander Aircraft CO 114TC
N6042E
Palm City
Florida
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-21 ERA23LA240 Cessna R182
N182LG
Macon
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-20 GAA23WA152 Cirrus SR20
PHYMC
Mali Makovnik
Croatia
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-05-20 GAA23WA153 Avions Robin DR400
HBEQD
Les Ponts-De-Martel
Switzerland
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-05-20 WPR23LA192 Viking Air Limited DHC-6-400
N153QS
Half Moon Bay
California
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-17 CEN23FA190 Beech E-90
N522MJ
Winslow
Arkansas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-17 ERA23FA234 Piper PA-25-235
N430AB
Hollywood
Florida
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-15 CEN23FA187 Cessna 172
N2946U
Chambers
Nebraska
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-14 CEN23FA183
incident
Robinson R22 Beta
N40506
Brady
Texas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-14 WPR23FA188 Cessna T182T
N665B
Albany
Wyoming
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-10 WPR23FA185 Gates Lear Jet 36A
N56PA
San Clemente Island
California
3 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-08 GAA23WA147 Cessna 182
HCCJL
Shell
Ecuador
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-05-07 ERA23FA219 Cessna 182
N725AS
Reliance
Tennessee
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-06 CEN23FA173 Cessna 310D
N6798T
Ennis
Texas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-06 CEN23FA174 Amateur-built R172
N15188
Victor
Colorado
4 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-05-05 GAA23WA146 Engineering & Research 415-C
N3254B
St. Mary
Jamaica
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-05-02 GAA23WA143 Robinson R-44
B70YA
Shanxi
China
3 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-05-01 GAA23WA140 Cessna 206
HK2803
Chiribiquete National Park
Colombia
7 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-05-01 WPR23FA173 Beech A36
N2038Y
Big Bear
California
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-30 CEN23FA167 Titan TORNADO
N31311
Lewisville
Arkansas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-04-30 GAA23WA148 Cessna 185
PPNIK
Sao Paulo
Brazil
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-04-30 WPR23FA172 Cessna 172S
N575ND
Los Angeles
California
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-26 ERA23FA209 Cessna 177B
N123DS
Watkinsville
Georgia
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-04-26 GAA23WA139 Cessna 206
CP2625
Santa Ana del Yucuma
Bolivia
5 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-04-23 GAA23WA133 Piper PA32
CCPFC
Isla Mocha
Chile
4 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-04-21 GAA23WA129 Lancair 360
LYBRS
Taurages
Lithuania
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-04-18 ERA23FA200 Cessna 172
N734GB
London
Ohio
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-17 GAA23WA131 Cirrus SR22
VHXGR
Bankstown
Australia
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-04-15 ERA23FA194 Amateur-built VELOCITY
N2357
Andrews
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-04-14 GAA23WA125 Embraer EMB203
PTBYA
Tapurah
Brazil
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-04-13 CEN23FA155 Amateur-built Ace
N5545
Mammoth Springs
Arkansas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-11 ERA23FA188 Amateur-built RV-12
N543GM
Climax
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-04-11 WPR23FA153 Amateur-built GLASTAR
N8488
Cal-Nev-Ari
Nevada
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-07 ERA23FA185 Piper PA-32-260
N44588
Sebastian
Florida
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-06 ERA23FA181 Piper PA32R
N635BD
Venice
Florida
4 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-04-06 ERA23FA182 Cirrus Design CORP SR22
N911TK
Jesup
Georgia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-04 GAA23WA141 Robinson R44
VHWLH
Middlemount
Australia
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-04-02 ERA23FA175 Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
N231SH
Chelsea
Alabama
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-04-02 GAA23WA120 Piper PA28
VHPXR
Prosperpine
Australia
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2023-04-02 WPR23FA141 Cirrus Design CORP SR22
N424SW
Oxbow
Oregon
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-04-01 WPR23FA138 Aerotrike Cobra
UNREG
Santa Teresa
New Mexico
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-03-29 CEN23FA144 Amateur-built STOL CH701
N43414
Oxford
Mississippi
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-03-27 GAA23WA108 Grumman G164
CXBTIR
Comercial
Uruguay
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2023-03-26 CEN23FA142 Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II
N441PD
Port Allen
Louisiana
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-03-25 ERA23FA163 Amateur-built AR-1
N47AR
Gainesville
Georgia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-03-25 ERA23FA164 Piper PA-28-161
N21480
Johns Island
South Carolina
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-03-24 ANC23FA031 Bell Helicopter Textron 407
N14Z
Nuevo
California
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-03-21 WPR23FA137 Cessna 182S
N314FR
Alcova
Wyoming
1 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.