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
2016-12-31	CEN17FA063	Piper PA28R +1 more N4407T	Mckinney Texas	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-31	CEN17FA064	Piper PA 28R-200 N2806R	Vienna Illinois	4 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-31	WPR17FAMS2	Cessna 172M N174LL	Open Water Hawaii	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-30	CEN17FA072	Cessna 525 N614SB	Cleveland Ohio	6 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-30	WPR17FA044	Cessna 182 N52388	Dabob Washington	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-28	ERA17WA076	Air Tractor AT802 CCCCJ	Santa Juana Chile	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-27	ERA17FA074	Independent Technologies INC EPIC LT N669WR	Port Orange Florida	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-26	ERA17FA073	Cessna 182 N1839X	Gatlinburg Tennessee	3 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-26	WPR17FA041	Amateur-built S90 N176PA	Fresno California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-23	ERA17FA072	Piper PA28 N31202	Middlebury Vermont	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-23	ERA17WA085	Beech 58 PTICU	Tabatinga Brazil	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-20	DCA17WA044	Boeing 727 HK4544	Puerto Carreno Colombia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-16	ANC17FA012	Piper PA 11 N5028H	Aniak Alaska	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-13	ERA17WA079	Air Tractor AT502 PRAJF	Primavera Do Leste Brazil	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-12	WPR17FA035	Quest Aircraft Company LLC KODIAK 100 N772RT	Moab Utah	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-11	CEN17WA222	Piper PA38 YS332PE	Ingenio la Cabana El Salvador	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-12-11	WPR17WA039	Robinson R44 VTPHB	Juhu India	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-10	CEN17FA053	Aircraft Mfg & Design LLC CH601XL SLSA N4218	Marengo Illinois	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-10	CEN17WA054	Grumman AA1 CFJEX	Pintendre Canada	2 killed	Preliminary
2016-12-07	ANC17FA009	Bellanca 7GCBC N88452	Fairbanks Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-07	ANC17FA010	Piper PA 28-180 N8648N	Port Alsworth Alaska	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-07	CEN17FA050	Cub Crafters PA18 N444GB	Basin Wyoming	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-07	CEN17WA051	Piper PA-34-200T HBLSD	Alsace France	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-07	ERA17WA080	Neiva EMB-721D PTREI	Manaus Brazil	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-06	ERA17FA066	Fairchild SA227 N765FA	Camilla Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-06	WPR17FA033	Airborne Windsports PTY LTD EDGE XT-912-L N188M	Santa Barbara California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-12-04	CEN17WA049	Beech E 90 N79CT	Toledo Spain	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-04	CEN17WA052	Amateur-built SZD51 +1 more GCSFT	Husbands Bosworth United Kingdom	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-04	ERA17WA081	Robinson Helicopter R44 II PRTUN	Sao Lourenco da Serra Brazil	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-12-03	ERA17WA303	Amateur-built VENTUS2C LVEDB	San Carlos de Bolivar Argentina	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-12-02	CEN17FA046	Amateur-built PEGAZAIR P 100 N129LZ	Mt Vernon Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-12-01	CEN17FA045	Cessna 340 N123KK	Fargo North Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-11-28	ERA17WA062	Robinson R44 RA04195	Vinogradny Township Russia	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-11-25	WPR17FA029	Bellanca 7GCAA N88373	Glamis California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-11-24	ERA17WA059	Embraer EMB710 PTNCJ	Novo Progresso Brazil	4 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-11-23	ERA17WA055	Ayres S2R N5532G	Valparaiso Chile	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-11-23	ERA17WA061	Cessna TU206 HK2659	Villavicencio Colombia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2016-11-22	WPR17FA025	Piper PA 28-181 N6912C	Upland California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-11-21	WPR17WA026	Air Tractor AT802 VHNIA	Trangie Australia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-11-20	ERA17FA052	Ryan NAVION N4976K	New Gretna New Jersey	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-11-19	ERA17WA060	Agusta Spa A109A II N109W	Varese Italy	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-11-19	WPR17FA024	Piper PA 31T N779MF	Elko Nevada	4 killed destroyed	Final
2016-11-18	WPR17FA023	Cessna 172N N6610D	Moss Beach California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-11-18	WPR17WA027	Robinson R44 VHZNZ	Mount Windsor Australia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-11-17	ERA17FA050	Curtiss JN4 N1662	Williamson Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-11-16	WPR17FA021	Hughes 369 N81GG	Pukoo Hawaii	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-11-10	ERA17LA042	North American NAVION N8849H	Blairstown New Jersey	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-11-10	ERA17WA049	Cessna 172N N101KA	Kingston Jamaica	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2016-11-09	ERA17FA038	Quad City CHALLENGER N327SH	Crescent City Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-11-05	CEN17FA035	Amateur-built RV-10 N924WY	Dubois Wyoming	1 killed destroyed	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.