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.
Cases newest first · 1,759
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-29 | ERA12CA310 | Piper PA-18-150 N91250 |
Burlington North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2012-04-29 | ERA12LA309 | Piper PA-18 N5769D |
Pilot Mountain North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2012-03-26 | ERA12FA256 | Amateur-built AVID FLYER MK 4 N61410 |
Waxhaw North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2012-03-15 | ERA12FA225 | Cessna 501 N7700T |
Franklin North Carolina |
5 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2012-03-06 | ERA12CA215 | Cessna 140A N5693C |
Mooresville North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2012-03-02 | ERA12FA205 | Cessna Aircraft CO LC42-550FG N167ZP |
Salisburry North Carolina |
2 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2012-02-17 | ERA12LA184 | Mooney Airplane CO INC M20TN N118RZ |
Fayetteville North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-12-30 | ERA12CA160 | Piper PA-28-161 N8330S |
Raleigh North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-12-16 | ERA12LA112 | Piper PA-38-112 N9279T |
Merry Hill North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-12-04 | ERA12LA101 | Cessna 172D N2344U |
Belhaven North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-12-02 | ERA12CA094 | Amateur-built F1H ROCKET N295JS |
Caroleen North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-12-01 | ERA12CA095 | Bell 206L-3 N216TV |
Wingate North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-11-20 | ERA12CA078 | Amateur-built KITFOX IV 1200 N6844B |
Bunn North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-10-23 | ERA12FA021 | Amateur-built COZY MK IV N795DB |
Lexington North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-10-17 | ERA12CA043 | Amateur-built AEROSPORT SCAMP WTB1 N25WS |
Grantham North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-10-16 | ERA12CA040 | Engineering & Research 415-C N3760H |
Mebane North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-10-09 | ERA12LA358 | Cessna 182C N8527T |
Efland North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-10-05 | ERA12FA008 | Aviat INC A-1 N11HU |
Moyock North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-09-25 | ERA11FA504 | Amateur-built VELOCITY RG N360TV |
Sanford North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-09-05 | ERA11CA485 | Amateur-built SHA-GLASAIR N334JH |
Beaufort North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-08-17 | ERA11LA459 | Amateur-built PEGAZAIR 100 N523RE |
Maysville North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-08-16 | ERA11LA457 | Piper Aircraft INC PA-32R-301T N492ST |
Graham North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-08-06 | ERA11LA461 | Piper PA-46-310P N469CC |
Elizabethtown North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-07-28 | ERA11FA426 | Taylorcraft BL-65 N24369 |
Winterville North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-07-21 | ERA11FA412 | Cessna 182S N23739 |
Erwin North Carolina |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-06-25 | ERA11CA364 | Helio H-295 N99PM |
Brasstown North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-06-23 | ERA11LA359 | Navion NAVION B N75394 |
Red Oak North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-06-20 | ERA11CA355 | Amateur-built SNGL SEAT HAWK ARROW N4209F |
Carthage North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-06-14 | ERA11LA342 | Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA-5A N8476B |
Linden North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-06-03 | ERA11CA346 | Cessna 177 N3142T |
Boone North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-05-25 | ERA11FA312 | Beech 58 N77AR |
Murphy North Carolina |
4 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-05-23 | DCA11CA060 | Boeing 757 N623DL |
Boone North Carolina |
serious injuries | Final |
| 2011-05-06 | ERA11FA285 | Amateur-built LANCAIR LEGACY N23PH |
Richlands North Carolina |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-05-03 | ERA11CA281 | Luscombe 8E N1902K |
Apex North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-04-23 | ERA11CA260 | Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A N8896H |
Belhaven North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-04-14 | ERA11CA250 | Aviat Aircraft INC A-1B N555XP |
Burgaw North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-04-14 | ERA11LA249 | Beech D-45 (T-34B) N93013 |
Linden North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-03-30 | ERA11FA219 | Beech 58 N569JL |
Greensboro North Carolina |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-03-23 | ERA11CA205 | Cessna 172M N32SF |
Statesville North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-03-05 | ERA11CA181 | Cessna 172K N84867 |
Ocracoke North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-03-03 | ERA11CA177 | Amateur-built Kitfox N788Q |
Indian Trail North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-03-02 | ERA11CA174 | Piper J3C-65 N23249 |
Maysvile North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-02-26 | ERA11CA169 | Liberty Aerospace Incorporated LIBERTY XL-2 N646XL |
Burlington North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2011-01-30 | ERA11CA129 | Kolb Aircraft INC KOLB MARK III N457A |
Rutherfordton North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2010-12-31 | ERA11LA105 | Cessna 172 N4383Q |
Dublin North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2010-12-29 | ERA11LA106 | Eurocopter MBB-BK N854EC |
Cherry Point North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2010-10-28 | ERA11CA040 | Piper PA-28-151 N44078 |
Julian North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2010-10-17 | ERA11LA023 | Amateur-built LOEHLE 5151 N838B |
Southern Pines North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2010-10-01 | ERA11FA001 | Cessna 550 N262Y |
Manteo North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2010-09-15 | ERA10CA480 | Powrachute LLC AIRWOLF 912 N377JA |
Pleasant Garden North Carolina |
serious injuries | 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.
