Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2016

335 fatal cases in 2016, 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 · 335

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2016-05-02	ERA16WA180	Robinson R22 PRRCA	Sao Paulo Brazil	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-04-30	WPR16FA097	Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/L N330MT	Henderson Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-25	ERA16FA169	Piper PA32 N43576	Boone North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-24	CEN16FA169	Cessna 182L N42411	Carrollton Ohio	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-24	ERA16FA168	Amateur-built ACRODUSTER N380JA	Belton South Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-21	WPR16FA095	Mooney Aircraft CORP. M20K N97119	Woodland Washington	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-20	ANC16FA019	Cessna 172 N63541	Chugiak Alaska	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-20	CEN16FA158	Beech 65 A90 1 N7MC	Slidell Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-20	CEN16WA174	Cessna 150 OKOKA	Strakonice Czechia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-04-19	ERA16FA165	Vans RV12 N276VA	Stevensville Maryland	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-18	CEN16LA154	Air Tractor INC AT 502 N301LA	Kilbourne Louisiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-18	ERA16FA161	Cessna 172 N1863Y	Westmoreland New York	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-18	ERA16WA163	Robinson R66 RA06233	Bely Island Russia	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-04-17	CEN16WA160	Extra Flugzeugbau GMBH EA 300/L N13DK	Cozumel Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-04-13	DCA16WA131	Amateur-built BN2 P2SBC	Kiunga Papua New Guinea	12 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-04-11	ANC16WA018	Rockwell 112 CGQJN	Revelstoke Canada	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-04-09	CEN16FA146	Rockwell 690B N690TH	Taylor Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-09	ERA16FA150	Mooney M20K N96398	Ocala Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-08	ANC16FA017	Cessna 206 N50159	Angoon Alaska	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-08	CEN16FA145	Bellanca 7GCBC N5046N	Midlothian Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-04-04	ERA16FA144	Bell 206 N16760	Pigeon Forge Tennessee	5 killed destroyed	Final
2016-04-01	CEN16WA144	Cessna 208 XAULU	Tayoltita, Dgo, Mexico Mexico	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-03-31	CEN16WA141	Cessna 172 ECJSM	Madrid Spain	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-03-29	CEN16RA136	Mitsubishi MU 2B N246W	Iles-De-La-Madeleine Canada	7 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-03-27	CEN16WA140	Cessna Skyhawk II 172N TGKAM	Vulcan de Fuego, Guatemala Guatemala	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-03-27	ERA16FA143	Robinson R44 N776JM	Canadensis Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-26	ANC16WA016	Mooney M20C JA3788	Yao Japan	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-03-26	ERA16FA140	Eurocopter AS 350 B2 N911GF	Enterprise Alabama	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-03-26	ERA16FA141	Cessna 172N N6238D	Charleston West Virginia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-03-25	WPR16WA089	Bell 206 VHWHU	Carmila West Australia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-03-24	ERA16LA139	Amateur-built HARMON ROCKET II N729PS	Cheraw South Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-03-23	WPR16FA087	North American AT 6A N7055D	Astoria Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-22	ERA16WA138	Bell 206B III HK4674	Angostura Colombia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-03-22	ERA16WA147	Bell 206 HK5049	Riosucio, Choco Colombia	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-03-21	WPR16FA086	Airborne XT 912 N670EM	Hawthorne California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-20	CEN16FA130	Aeronca 7AC N84580	Ellsworth Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-20	CEN16WA142	Amateur-built Laser Z-200 PHLSR	Abbeyshrule Ireland	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-03-19	DCA16RA108	Boeing 737 A6FDN	Rostov-On-Don Russia	62 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-03-19	ERA16WA136	Comp Air CA9 PRZRA	Sao Paulo Brazil	7 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-03-18	ERA16FA133	Cessna 340 N6239X	Tampa Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-13	WPR16FA084	Cessna 182A N2230G	Alpine Wyoming	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-03-12	ERA16FA127	Amateur-built RV-8 N838RV	Clermont Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-03-11	CEN16FA122	Remos Acft GMBH Flugzeugbau REMOS GX N28GX	Española New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-07	ERA16WA339	Piper PA28 ZSEXV	Johannesburg South Africa	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-03-02	CEN16FA116	Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 N6464	Palmer Lake Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-03-01	CEN16FA114	Amateur-built RV 6A N419B	Abilene Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-02-28	ANC16WA015	Cessna 172 HL1153	Seoul South Korea	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-02-28	CEN16FA111	Cirrus Design CORP SR20 N477TC	Navasota Texas	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-02-27	WPR16WA085	Zlin Z242L BLUR	Hong Kong Hong Kong	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-02-24	ENG16WA018	Viking Air Limited DHC-6 N9NAHH	Soli Ghoptevir Nepal	25 killed destroyed	Preliminary

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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.