Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Fatal aviation accidents in 2020

291 fatal cases in 2020, 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 · 291

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2020-12-30	ANC21WA009	Robinson R66 JA77AR	Ojiro In Shimada-City, Shizuoka Japan	1 killed damage not recorded	Preliminary
2020-12-29	CEN21LA102	Hughes 369D N103SU	Tuckers Crossing Mississippi	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-29	GAA21WA006	Cessna 177 PTKCK	Rancador, Pr Brazil	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-12-21	CEN21LA096	Express CT N772BM	Grand Prairie Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-21	ERA21LA085	Cessna 210L N2246S	Midway Georgia	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-12-19	CEN21LA092	Amateur-built Tailwheel N935EK	Burleson Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-12-17	CEN21LA091	Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/L N102JK	Aledo Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-12-17	ERA21LA080	Socata TB10 N5547Y	Pembroke Pines Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-16	CEN21LA088	Rans S12XL N449JP	Port Isabel Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-12-16	CEN21LA089	Piper PA28 N55168	Bossier City Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-16	WPR21LA070	Silverlight Aviation LLC AR-1 N261MD	Heber City Utah	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-12-12	ERA21LA068	Beech V35A N5470U	Attalla Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-12	ERA21LA071	Amateur-built AR-1 N11TG	San Mateo Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-12-11	ERA21WA086	Bell 206 PPMSA	Mambucaba Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-12-10	CEN21LA084	Robinson R44 N7085Z	Colorado City Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-08	CEN21LA080	Amateur-built RV6 N69HF	Hitchcock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-06	CEN21LA075	Piper PA32 N8178Y	Windom Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-12-02	WPR21WA065	Robinson R44 VHHGU	Tallong Australia	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-30	CEN21LA070	Piper PA38 N9879T	Franklin Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-26	CEN21LA067	Amateur-built RV4 N87LW	Telluride Colorado	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-24	ERA21LA053	Beech V35 N35AW	Deltaville Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-24	WPR21WA063	Grob 120A-1 N4XDGA	Beer-Sheba Israel	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-23	ERA21LA052	Amateur-built LEGACY FG N3UH	Hollywood Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-20	WPR21FA057	Amateur-built Odyssey N562TB	Arlington Washington	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-18	WPR21WA062	Cessna 172 N7834M	Katale Uganda	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-17	GAA21WA173	Piper PA11 LVYNN	Open Door Argentina	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-16	ANC21LA007	Cessna 150L N18666	Colton Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-14	GAA21WA005	Beech 95B55 PTOOQ	Sao Pedro, Sp Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-12	CEN21LA055	Cessna 182R N7306H	Rockwall Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-12	CEN21WA063	Rotorsport Uk Cavalon GCKYT	Avoch United Kingdom	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-12	WPR21FA048	Cessna 182 N939CP	Los Angeles California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-11	CEN21LA053	Trick Trikes STSS N5152E	Holden Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-11	WPR21FA045	Cessna 177 N34633	Langley Washington	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-10	WPR21FA044	Piper PA38 N6380A	Grass Valley California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-09	WPR21LA061	Cessna 172 N1444V	Arch Cape Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-08	CEN21LA044	Piper PA-22-135 N3606A	Dunn Center North Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-08	CEN21WA056	Quest Kodiak 100 TGSMT	Guatemala City Guatemala	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-07	CEN21WA061	Cessna 182 XBQOX	Durango Mexico	3 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-06	CEN21FA043	Beech J35 +1 more N617Q	Fredericksburg Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-06	WPR21WA050	Cirrus SR22 ZSCNM	Nelspruit South Africa	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-03	ANC21LA004	Amateur-built MTO Sport N455WM	Whitewater Kansas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-03	CEN21WA042	Piper PA34 ECHCA	Reus Spain	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-01	ERA21LA035	Grumman GA7 N791GA	Ellicott New York	3 killed destroyed	Final
2020-10-31	WPR21LA032	Cessna 172 N124TW	Billings Montana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-31	WPR21WA036	Piper PA-25-235 ZSMAD	Kirkwood South Africa	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-10-29	WPR21LA030	Cessna 310 N101G	Las Vegas Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-10-26	CEN21LA030	Cessna 210 N9622T	Lubbock Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-10-25	CEN21FA026	Grumman AA5 N26136	Woodbranch Texas	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-10-25	ERA21FA029	Cessna 172 N724BC	Dunnellon Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-10-24	WPR21FA025	Amateur-built 235 N25NL	Cordes Lakes Arizona	2 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.