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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2012

389 fatal cases in 2012, 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 · 389

DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
2012-04-20 DCA12RA065 Boeing 737
APBKC
Islamabad
Pakistan
127 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2012-04-20 ERA12WA300 Beech C90
PPWCA
Jundiai
Brazil
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-04-20 ERA12WA301 Cessna T206H
PRCRR
Macapá
Brazil
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2012-04-19 ERA12LA290 Cessna 421C
N48DL
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-14 ERA12FA280 Amateur-built MWLANCAIR 235
N235MW
Hudson
Kentucky
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-12 WPR12FA164 Cessna 320D
N32EG
Green River
Wyoming
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2012-04-10 WPR12WA199 Ayres S2R
VHWDD
Moree, Australia
Australia
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-04-08 WPR12FA155 Extra Flugzeugbau GMBH EA-300
N45R
Salinas
California
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-06 CEN12WA679 Robinson R22
OODTZ
Huy
Belgium
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2012-04-06 ERA12FA271 Amateur-built CA8 -SF
N548SF
Everglades City
Florida
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-06 ERA12WA298 Agusta A119
RA01980
Leningradsky
Russia
4 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-04-06 WPR12FA154 Cessna T182
N5201F
Ludlow
California
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-04 CEN12LA227 Grumman F8F-1
N14HP
Breckenridge
Texas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-03 WPR12LA152 Nelson RANS S-12
N586BN
Mesa
Arizona
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-04-01 ERA12FA262 Beech 58
N9448Q
Calhoun
Kentucky
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-31 ANC12FA028 Piper PA-18
N7276D
Sleetmute
Alaska
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-30 CEN12FA217 Amateur-built ZODIAC CH 601XL
N8060J
Belmont
Ohio
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-28 CEN12FA210 Beech E-55
N1567W
Broken Bow
Nebraska
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-28 CEN12LA209 Amateur-built Vans RV-3
N34WC
Larchwood
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-26 ERA12FA256 Amateur-built AVID FLYER MK 4
N61410
Waxhaw
North Carolina
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-25 ERA12WA255 Piper PA-32R-300
N8415C
Treasure Cay
Bahamas
4 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-03-24 CEN12LA203 Amateur-built GY 201 MINICAB
N416FC
Granite Shoals
Texas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-23 CEN12FA199 Cessna 172S +1 more
N10468
Longmont
Colorado
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-22 ERA12WA243 Bell 407
RA01931
Podnovye
Russia
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-03-22 ERA12WA249 Beech 300
CCAEB
Puerto Aguiree
Chile
8 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2012-03-21 CEN12FA196 Beech 35
N3871N
Glencoe
Minnesota
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-18 CEN12FA188 Piper PA-28-161
N158EA
Mexico
Missouri
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-17 ERA12WA240 Cessna 182
HK1441G
Barrancabermeja
Colombia
3 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-03-16 ERA12LA231 Firefly Balloons INC FIREFLY 8
N14643
Fitzgerald
Georgia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-15 DCA12FA051 Convair 440 - NO SERIES
N153JR
San Juan
Puerto Rico
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2012-03-15 ERA12FA225 Cessna 501
N7700T
Franklin
North Carolina
5 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-15 ERA12LA227 Amateur-built CP-301-A
N718PP
Niceville
Florida
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-15 WPR12FA136 Cessna 150L
N18677
Goble
Oregon
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-15 WPR12FA139 Beech B36
N364AB
Panoche
California
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-13 CEN12LA187 Amateur-built GLASTAR SPORTSMAN 2+
N627RM
Kimberling
Missouri
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-06 DCA12PA049 Israel Aircraft Industries F21-C2
N404AX
Fallon
Nevada
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2012-03-06 ERA12WA239 Piper PA28R
PTNKS
Eliseu Martins
Brazil
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2012-03-05 WPR12FA123 Bellanca 7GCBC
N5542K
Brockton
Montana
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-03 CEN12LA179 Amateur-built 1M
N1111V
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-03-03 ERA12WA212 Cessna 172N
YV105E
Miranda
Venezuela
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2012-03-02 ERA12FA205 Cessna Aircraft CO LC42-550FG
N167ZP
Salisburry
North Carolina
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2012-03-02 ERA12WA223 Cessna 188
PRSTO
Querencia Do Norte
Brazil
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-03-01 CEN12FA174 Amateur-built LEGACY 2000
N273TE
Belen
New Mexico
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2012-03-01 DCA12RA047 Cessna 750
N288CX
Egelsbach
Germany
5 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2012-03-01 ERA12FAMS1 Cessna 182P
N1338S
Atlantic Ocean
AO
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-02-29 ERA12FA196 Cirrus Design CORP SR22
N544SR
Melbourne
Florida
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-02-28 ERA12WA202 Cessna 208
PTPTB
Manaus
Brazil
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2012-02-26 CEN12FA170 Mooney M20E
N9224M
San Antonio
Texas
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-02-26 ERA12FA194 Amateur-built AVENTURA II
N1193S
Laceys Spring
Alabama
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2012-02-25 CEN12WA178 Cessna T210N
N6YY
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Mexico
1 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.