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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in North Carolina

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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DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
2026-09-19 ERA26LA345 Cirrus Design CORP SR20
N189WM
Asheville
North Carolina
minor injuries Preliminary
2026-09-19 ERA26LA352 Amateur-built RV-8A
N900PP
Sanford
North Carolina
Preliminary
2026-09-18 WPR26LA347 Bell 206B-III
N50141
Plymouth
North Carolina
no injuries Preliminary
2026-09-01 ERA26LA323 Mooney M-20
N3706N
Stanfield
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-08-06 ANC26LA080 Piper PA-32-260
N8791E
Pinetown
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-08-06 ERA26LA339 Cessna 680
N96HE
Statesville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-07-18 ERA26LA281 Cessna 172N
N3462E
Mooresville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-07-14 ERA26LA274 Robinson R22
N30CH
Monroe
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-07-01 ERA26LA256 Embraer Executive Aircraft INC EMB-500
N356N
Morrisville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-06-27 ERA26LA264 Cessna 172
N7764G
Greensboro
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-06-24 ERA26LA247 Piper PA-22-150
N4552A
Morganton
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-05-27 ERA26LA219 Rainbow Aircraft (PTY) LTD CHEETAH XLS
N146RC
Knightdale
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-05-18 ERA26LA213 Cessna 177RG
N177BT
Statesville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-05-15 ERA26LA211 Amateur-built Thorp T-18
N2KP
Hendersonville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-04-24 ERA26LA191 Beech F33A
N85WM
Sanford
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-04-10 ERA26LA169 Amateur-built SW-51
N551EV
Iron Station
North Carolina
serious injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
2026-04-04 CEN26LA162 Amateur-built IV
N94PT
Camden
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-03-22 ERA26LA227 Cessna 172R
N870CP
Maiden
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-03-08 ERA26LA144 Piper PA-28-140
N98360
Indian Trail
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2026-03-05 ERA26LA138 Glasflugel KESTREL
N9919
Little Switzerland
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-03-01 ERA26LA133 Amateur-built ZENITH STOL CH-701
N123XP
Hendersonville
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-03-01 ERA26LA143 Cessna 172
N972WW
Carthage
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-02-23 ERA26LA123 Piper PA-28-180
N9624J
Monroe
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-02-11 ENG26LA018
incident
Airbus A319
N9010R
Charlotte
North Carolina
Preliminary
2025-12-30 ERA26LA081 Cirrus Design CORP SR20
N506SR
Louisburg
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-12-18 WPR26MA063 Cessna 550
N257BW
Statesville
North Carolina
7 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-11-18 ERA26LA050 Cessna 401
N6255Q
Eureka
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-11-09 ERA26LA037 Beech 95-A55
N500CA
Southern Pines
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-10-17 CEN26FA022 Amateur-built II
N8610X
Spruce Pine
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2025-10-07 ERA26LA008 Champion 7ECA
N63BC
East Rockingham
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-09-18 ERA25FA352 Cirrus Design CORP SR22T
N218VB
Franklin
North Carolina
3 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-08-02 ERA25LA289 Jabiru Aircraft PTY LTD J230-D
N784J
Oak Island
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-07-07 ERA25FA260 Cirrus Design CORP SR22T
N5656M
Sanford
North Carolina
4 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-06-20 ERA25FA231 Pitts S2
N79AV
Broadway
North Carolina
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-06-14 ERA25FA228 Beech 58
N82UC
Tabor City
North Carolina
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2025-06-03 CEN25FA194 Universal Stinson 108
N40158
Farmington
North Carolina
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-05-07 ERA25LA198 Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 NG
N499BW
Sanford
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-04-30 ERA25LA196 Amateur-built JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER
N788MP
Brasstown
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-04-23 ERA25LA188 Cessna 172RG
N6386V
Louisburg
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-04-18 ERA25LA183 Amateur-built PIETENPOL
N497AR
Taylorsville
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-04-01 ERA25LA164 Cessna 172N
N79514
Hickory
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-03-14 ERA25FA143 Raytheon Aircraft Company A36
N566C
Greenville
North Carolina
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2025-02-25 ERA25LA126 Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH EC 135 P2+
N930NH
Hampstead
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2025-02-25 ERA25LA157 Beech E33
N7697N
Lenoir
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-02-11 ERA25LA116 Mackey Property Holdings LLC Sparker
N769DM
Asheboro
North Carolina
no injuries
damage not recorded
Preliminary
2025-01-14 ERA25LA099 Socata TBM 700
N417KG
Wilmington
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-12-19 ERA25LA087 Cessna 172K
N7085G
Southport
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-11-28 ERA25LA061 Beech B300
N907EJ
Franklin
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
2024-11-27 ERA25LA062 Amateur-built BOT JOURNEY
N814B
Ocean Isle Beach
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-10-03 ERA25LA007 North American NAVION
N9117R
Rutherfordton
North Carolina
minor injuries
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 never named. 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.