Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2018

356 fatal cases in 2018, 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.

fatal only Clear

Cases newest first · 356

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2018-05-12	ANC18FA036	Piper PA-28-180 N7061W	Whittier Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-05-12	CEN18FA168	Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N507TX	Lone Tree Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-05-12	CEN18WA191	Mooney M20K DEFTF	Tarragona Portugal	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-05-12	CEN18WA289	Mooney M20K DETFT	Flix Spain	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-05-11	WPR18FA139	Beech 76 N803FC	Julian California	3 killed destroyed	Final
2018-05-09	ERA18WA153	Bell Helicopter 206 PTHKY	Barra da Tijuca Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-05-05	CEN18FA160	Amateur-built RAVEN CFNKZ	Sault Ste Marie Michigan	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-05-05	ERA18FA141	Aeronca 7AC N84396	Middletown New York	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-05-04	ERA18WA143	Cessna U206F N8281Q	Trelawny Jamaica	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-05-02	ERA18FA138	Piper PA32 N4153R	West Milford New Jersey	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-05-02	ERA18WA139	Amateur-built AB206B FHGJL	Cacao French Guiana	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-05-02	WPR18FA131	American Air Racing LTD THUNDER MUSTANG N352BT	Reno Nevada	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-05-01	WPR18WA160	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II ZSMZS	Mabula South Africa	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-04-29	CEN18WA154	Amateur-built VARI EZE HBYCM	Innsbruck Austria	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-04-29	WPR18WA138	Taylorcraft BC12 ZSBLD	Vryheid South Africa	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-04-28	CEN18WA153	Cessna 172 TIBIL	Corozalito, Nandayure Costa Rica	2 killed	Preliminary
2018-04-28	ERA18FA137	Piper PA28R N4363F	Gainesville Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-04-27	CEN18FA149	Eurocopter AS 350 B2 N127LN	Hazelhurst Wisconsin	3 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-27	CEN18LA150	Amateur-built Kitfox V N818TW	Kalkaska Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-25	CEN18FA147	North American SNJ 5 N12377	Kingsville Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-25	WPR18WA126	Amateur-built STARJAMMER N49EW	Henan Province China	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-04-21	ERA18WA274	Piper PA28 SXSEX	Nafpaktos Greece	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-04-20	ERA18LA134	Amateur-built KOLB MARK N9123R	Collegedale Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-19	CEN18FA144	Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N451TD	Williamsburg Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-19	CEN18WA145	Cessna Aircraft Company CESSNA 152 GUFCO	Crumlin Ireland	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-04-17	DCA18MA142	Boeing 737 7H4 N772SW	Philadelphia Pennsylvania	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-04-16	CEN18FA140	Amateur-built CHALLENGER II N635DT	Friona Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-04-16	CEN18FA143	Beech G33 N9345Q	Warsaw Ohio	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-04-16	ERA18FA127	Cessna 525 N525P	Crozet Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-15	CEN18FA139	Amateur-built W10 N625JS	San Antonio Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-15	CEN18WA141	Cirrus SR20 +1 more DEWTG	Adolf Wurth Airport Germany	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-04-14	ERA18FA128	S.Z.D. SZD 48 JANTAR STD 2 N456RM	Labelle Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-04-10	ERA18WA130	Beech 58 N6926Z	Tucuman Argentina	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-04-10	WPR18FA119	Piper PA 24-260 N9456P	Scottsdale Arizona	6 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-08	ERA18FA122	MD Helicopter 600 N602BP	Smethport Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-07	ANC18FA028	Mooney M20J N9133Z	Petaluma California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-05	CEN18WA136	Bell 47G FGGLB	Libourne France	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-04-05	CEN18WA402	Amateur-built EXEC FPFBJ	Crestet France	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2018-04-04	ERA18FA120	Piper PA28R N106ER	Daytona Beach Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-02	CEN18FA132	Cessna 150 +1 more N5614E	Marion Indiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-04-02	CEN18FA266	Cessna 210 N68640	Alma Colorado	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-04-01	ERA18WA123	Robinson R44 PPWVR	Rosario Brazil	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-03-31	ERA18LA119	Amateur-built LNC2 N4ZQ	Atlantic Ocean AO	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-03-31	WPR18FA116	Amateur-built RV6A N820TL	Santa Paula California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-03-28	ERA18FA118	Cessna R182 N3167C	Ashville Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-03-27	WPR18LA113	Schweizer Aircraft CORP G 164B N3629E	Stockton California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-03-26	ERA18FA114	Beech V35 N7019N	Hydro Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-03-26	WPR18FA112	Mooney M20E N213EJ	Marina California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-03-24	CEN18WA130	Maule M 7-235 N561LC	Arosa Switzerland	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2018-03-22	CEN18LA123	Amateur-built S1L N197X	Dewitt Michigan	1 killed substantial damage	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.