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
2023-03-18	GAA23WA100	Diamond DA40 VTFGL	Gondia India	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-03-17	CEN23FA139	Beech 58P N2061K	Lubbock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-03-17	GAA23WA104	Robinson R44 PRPGC	Sao Paulo Brazil	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-03-12	GAA23WA093	Robinson 44 A2HEX	Boro Area, Okavango Delta Botswana	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-03-11	GAA23WA095	Cessna 182 PTFLK	Belo Horizonte Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-03-08	WPR23FA122	Rockwell International S-2R N8424V	Willows California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-03-07	CEN23FA125	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 N494SH	Port O'Connor Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-03-07	ERA23FA142	Piper J3C +1 more N10510	Winter Haven Florida	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-03-07	WPR23FA143	Cessna T182T N24289	Queets Washington	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-03-06	ERA23FA138	Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 N804ER	West Palm Beach Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-03-05	ERA23FA136	Piper PA-22-150 N3410Z	Blue Ridge Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-03-05	ERA23FA137	Piper PA-28-161 N8149R	Lindenhurst New York	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-03-04	GAA23WA096	Pitts S1S LXX768	Trenque Lauquen Argentina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-03-03	ERA23LA135	Bombardier INC BD-100-1A10 N300ER	Windsor Locks Connecticut	1 killed minor damage	Final
2023-03-03	GAA23WA090	Air Tractor AT402 PSJCB	Fazenda Juína, Juína - Mt Brazil	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-03-01	GAA23WA118	Sud Aviation/Eurocopter ALOUETTE II SE313B N45VX	Mangsee Island Philippines	4 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2023-02-28	GAA23WA087	Cessna 208 CGMVB	Nakina Canada	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-02-27	ERA23FA131	Cessna 150G N2991J	Hillsville Virginia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-02-25	WPR23MA113	Pilatus PC-12/45 N273SM	Stagecoach Nevada	5 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-02-24	ERA23FA130	Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N929DR	Duluth Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-02-22	CEN23FA113	Beech B200 N55PC	Little Rock Arkansas	5 killed destroyed	Final
2023-02-19	WPR23FA110	Amateur-built LOREN'S AIRCAM N420PF	Grass Valley California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-02-17	GAA23WA082	Robinson 44 B7683	Xian China	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-02-17	GAA23WA119	Robinson R44 RA04340	Checkhov Russia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-02-16	WPR23LA112	Amateur-built SL1 UNREG	Corning California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-02-13	GAA23WA071	Cessna 172H N8203L	San Francisco Guatemala	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-02-09	GAA23WA072	Robinson R44 PRPLF	Vargem Alta Brazil	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-01-29	CEN23FA095	Cessna 172 N6482B	Hooker Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-24	CEN23LA093	Cirrus Design CORP SR20 N99EC	Indianapolis Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-24	GAA23WA091	Cessna 206 RPC1174	Barangay Ditarum Philippines	6 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-01-19	ERA23FA113	Beech A36 N19MT	North Castle New York	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-01-18	WPR23FA092	Cessna 414 N4765G	Modesto California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-01-17	CEN23FA084	Piper PA46 N963MA	Yoakum Texas	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-01-16	CEN23FA079	Piper PA-32-301T N8266D	Kingfisher Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-13	ERA23FA109	Piper PA-28-180 N4254T	Dawsonville Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-12	CEN23FA077	Cessna 150H N22859	Auburn Nebraska	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-01-11	ERA23FA108	Piper PA-32R-301 N43156	Dayton Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-10	GAA23WA056	Aero Eli Servizi YOYO SPHEYO	Lesna Jania Poland	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2023-01-07	ERA23FA103	Piper PA28 N592FL	Suffolk Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-06	CEN23FA074	Beech M35 N673V	Fayetteville Arkansas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-06	GAA23WA055	Cessna 188 PTBKX	Marabá Paulista Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-01-04	WPR23FA083	Piper Aircraft INC PA-34-220T N814WT	New Harmony Utah	1 killed destroyed	Final
2023-01-02	GAA23WA062	Sling 4 TSI ZUPPA	Meyerton South Africa	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2023-01-02	WPR23FA080	Embraer Executive Aircraft INC EMB-505 N555NR	Provo Utah	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.