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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2004

417 fatal cases in 2004, 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 · 417

DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
2004-01-20 LAX04FA096 Cessna 172K
N99LR
Grass Valley
California
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-19 MIA04FA045 Piper PA-28-181
N298PA
Fort Pierce
Florida
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-18 MIA04FA044 Cessna 150M
N63159
Venice
Florida
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-17 ATL04FA069 Cessna 182A
N4744D
Traphill
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-17 MIA04FA043 Piper PA-30 +1 more
N8735Y
Clearwater
Florida
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2004-01-16 FTW04FA062 Beech B36TC
N7252X
Willow Park
Texas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-16 LAX04FA095 Cessna 180K +1 more
N61691
Tehachapi
California
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-12 DEN04FA038 Beech B95
N9679R
Cedar City
Utah
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-11 CHI04FA055 Cessna 182P
N5787J
Baudette
Minnesota
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-06 FTW04FA057 Cessna 182RG
N9318R
El Dorado
Arkansas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2004-01-03 DEN04FA035 Rockwell 690A
N700SR
Cortez
Colorado
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-03 FTW04FA054 Piper PA-32R-301
N396HP
Beaumont
Texas
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-03 FTW04FA055 Mooney M20C
N6834N
Amarillo
Texas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-02 NYC04WA055 Piper PA-31T
N480CA
Toussus le Nobl
France
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2004-01-02 SEA04FA031 Piper PA-44-180
N53505
Cave Junction
Oregon
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2004-01-02 SEA04FA032 Cessna 182G
N3171S
Glasgow
Montana
4 killed
destroyed
Final
2004-01-01 FTW04FA052 Bellanca 17-30A
N4104B
Dallas
Texas
2 killed
destroyed
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.