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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Iowa

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
1996-09-04 CHI96FA330 Amateur-built AVID FLYER AEROBAT
N95GC
Oxford
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
1996-08-24 CHI96LA338 Cessna 175
N8217T
Dexter
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-08-19 CHI96TA306 Hughes 269A
N7052A
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-07-25 CHI96LA254 Cessna 150
N6106K
Dubuque
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-07-10 CHI96LA232 Cessna 188
N9542J
Independence
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-05-29 CHI96LA181 Champion 7GCBC
N396BG
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-05-27 CHI96IA173
incident
British Aerospace BAE 146
N608AW
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries Final
1996-04-29 CHI96FA146 Cessna 421
N341DA
Bernard
Iowa
3 killed
destroyed
Final
1996-03-02 CHI96LA100 Cessna 172
N8626B
Ankeny
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-02-25 CHI96LA102 Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N2598H
Brighton
Iowa
serious injuries Final
1996-01-12 CHI96LA077 Piper PA-28-180C
N8221W
West Liberty
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-01-10 CHI96LA068 Piper PA-34-200T
N3679M
Des Moines
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-01-09 CHI96LA080 Cessna 182J
N2916F
Waukon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-11-25 CHI96LA040 Cessna 172G
N6094R
Nora Springs
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-11-11 CHI96LA033 Forney F-1
N7515C
Estherville
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-10-27 CHI96LA020 Cessna 180A
N185F
Goose Lake
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-10-19 CHI96LA013 Cessna 150
N17382
Peosta
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-10-14 CHI96LA011 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31
N945AX
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-09-28 CHI95FA337 Cessna T210R
N650GM
Iowa City
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
1995-07-18 CHI95LA228 Amateur-built RS15 +1 more
N964
Ames
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Final
1995-07-14 CHI95LA220 Cessna 172
N6368E
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1995-07-07 CHI95LA211 Amateur-built BOBCAT
N412LF
Burlington
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
1995-06-21 CHI95IA189
incident
Bell 222UT
N274SM
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
minor damage
Final
1995-01-21 CHI95FA071 Amateur-built QUESTAIR-VENTURE
N4QV
Des Moines
Iowa
2 killed
destroyed
Final
1995-01-12 CHI95LA069 Cessna S550
N287MC
Newton
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-12-22 CHI95LA062 Piper PA-32-260
N7JD
Fort Dodge
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-11-29 CHI95LA048 Piper PA-28R-201T
N1194H
La Porte City
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-09-19 CHI94LA343 Cessna 150
N9135U
North Hedrick
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-09-11 CHI94LA322 Cessna 172N +1 more
N2105E
Boone
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-09-02 CHI94LA309 Balloon Works FIRE FLY 7-15
N2597S
Storm Lake
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-08-27 CHI94LA302 Amateur-built CHALLENGER II
N7051P
Fairfield
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-08-26 CHI94LA299 Amateur-built TIERRA-2
N6161Q
Prole
Iowa
minor injuries
destroyed
Final
1994-08-21 CHI94LA295 Amateur-built SA-3B
N79GJ
Muscatine
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-08-13 CHI94LA293 Snow 600B
N39762
Grundy Center
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-08-09 CHI94LA271 Piper PA-34-200
N234KB
Marion
Iowa
minor injuries
destroyed
Final
1994-07-29 CHI94LA255 Piper PA-32-300
N8144Y
Marshalltown
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-07-09 CHI94LA228 Beech 58
N6404Z
Oelwein
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-05-23 CHI94LA170 Cessna 152
N80812
Harlan
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-05-14 CHI94LA159 Cessna T210M
N6737B
Burlington
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Final
1994-03-25 CHI94LA123 Cessna 152
N89761
Dubuque
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1994-03-20 CHI94LA120 Amateur-built KITFOX III
N596D
Oxford
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-12-21 CHI94LA057 Cessna 182
N4791D
Centerville
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-12-06 CHI94LA044 Beech 23
N6959Q
Denison
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-12-06 CHI94LA045 Cessna 210B
N9684X
Dubuque
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-10-22 CHI94LA022 Hiller UH12E
N4026S
Sioux Rapids
Iowa
no injuries
destroyed
Final
1993-09-27 CHI93LA380 Cessna 177B
N35163
Fayette
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-09-20 CHI93LA375 Piper PA-23-250
N5309Y
Spencer
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-09-11 CHI93LA356 Cessna 150H
N23205
Crescent
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-09-03 CHI93LA348 Bellanca 17-30
N6582V
Blakesburg
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1993-08-31 CHI93LA345 Beech P35
N8527M
Ottumwa
Iowa
no 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.