Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in South Dakota

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.

Cases newest first · 467

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2026-08-20	CEN26LA296	Amateur-built VX CIFBY	Westport South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2026-06-06	WPR26LA231	Amateur-built S-7 RANS N4186J	Wessington Springs South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2026-02-13	CEN26LA117	Bellanca 8GCBC N5071K	De Smet South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2025-10-10	CEN26LA019	Bellanca 7GCBC N53853	Bonilla South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2025-09-06	CEN25LA368	Beech 35-C33 N1310A	Brookings South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
2025-07-28	CEN25FA289	Piper PA-22-150 N9642D	New Underwood South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2025-07-26	CEN25LA288	Piper PA-28RT-201T N8423H	Brookings South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2025-07-20	CEN25LA315	Cessna 170B N3443C	Faith South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2025-07-12	CEN25FA248	Piper PA-25 N8186K	Hot Springs South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2025-06-24	CEN25LA221	Air Tractor INC AT-402B N107ML	Pierre South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2025-06-19	CEN25LA218	Piper PA-36-375 N6174A	Huron South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2025-02-27	CEN25LA105	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II N6555C	Edgemont South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
2025-01-04	CEN25LA069	Cirrus Design CORP SF50 N603AP	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2024-09-27	CEN24LA369	Arbc INC DBA Lindstrand 260A N605KD	Custer South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
2024-09-07	CEN24LA341	Taylorcraft BC12-D N95078	Trojan South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2024-07-31	CEN24FA295	Piper PA-28-180 N903US	Irene South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2024-06-13	CEN24LA229	Aero Commander S2R N1746S	White South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2024-02-25	CEN24LA121	Piper PA-28-181 N38696	Watertown South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2023-12-29	CEN24LA076	Piper PA-18A 150 N2774P	Vermillion South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2023-10-23	CEN24LA020	Piper PA 46-350P N92884	Pierre South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2023-07-27	CEN23LA334	Air Tractor AT802 N8503W	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2023-07-12	CEN23LA302	Arbc INC DBA Lindstrand 260A N605KD	Custer South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
2023-06-18	CEN23LA244	Air Tractor INC AT-502 N290LA	Sturgis South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2023-05-04	CEN23LA175	Cessna 172S N1674E	Brookings South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2022-11-06	CEN23LA030	Cessna 182Q N699XM	Murdo South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2022-09-27	CEN22FA433	Amateur-built AG915 N499AG	Yankton South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2022-07-11	CEN22LA313	Piper PA-24-260 N478WT	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2022-06-10	CEN22LA245	Cessna 305 N201FM	Sioux Falls South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2022-06-08	CEN22LA238	Aerostar International INC RX 8 N9158Z	Hot Springs South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
2022-06-05	CEN22LA257	Piper PA-32R-300 N901BW	Gettysburg South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2022-01-31	CEN22FA109	Amateur-built MK1 N3177F	Oral South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-09-10	CEN21LA416	Cessna 175 N9343B	Hot Springs South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-07-11	CEN21LA316	Cessna 172F N5340R	Eagle Butte South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-12-08	CEN21LA082	Piper PA12 N2554M	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-10-18	CEN21LA022	Cessna 182Q N97875	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-09-13	CEN20LA389	Champion 8KCAB N83DH	Groton South Dakota	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-16	CEN20CA344	Beech 35 N6643Y	White Owl South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20LA309	Cessna A188 N53163	Corsica South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-06-07	CEN20LA215	Mitsubishi MU2B N44MX	Sioux Falls South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-02-15	CEN20CA086	Cessna 182 N2019A	Huron South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-11-30	CEN20FA022	Pilatus PC12 N56KJ	Chamberlain South Dakota	9 killed destroyed	Final
2019-10-10	CEN20FA010	Cessna 172 N6483B	Aberdeen South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-09-12	CEN19LA318	Bell 206 N100CK	Hill City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-09-08	CEN19FA307	Cessna 140 N73000	Lakeview South Dakota	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-08-16	GAA19CA502	Air Tractor AT502 N500KA	Onida South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-26	CEN19LA241	Amateur-built GlaStar N98PW	Mitchell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-15	GAA19CA487	Cessna 170 N2946D	Bison South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-04-14	GAA19CA217	Amateur-built VANS RV-12 N277E	Wall South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-03-03	CEN19LA092	Bell 407 N450AM	Union Center South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-02-23	GAA19CA147	Porterfield CP 65 N37716	Aberdeen South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	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 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.