Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997

2,121 cases in 1997, 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 · 2,121

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1997-09-29	FTW97LA370	Cessna 210L N59217	Albuquerque New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-29	MIA97LA251	Cessna 170 N2554V	Troy North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	ATL97LA143	Piper PA-28-181 N35652	Fulton Mississippi	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	ATL97LA144	Piper PA-22-160 N3402Z	Belleview Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	CHI97LA303	Cessna 172P N52419	Yankton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	FTW97LA367	Beech 58 N365C	Mora New Mexico	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-09-28	NYC97LA189	Cessna 172 N5338E	Kutztown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	SEA97LA218	Piper PA-18-150 N7153Z	Dixie Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	SEA97LA220	Piper PA-32-300 N55629	Stuart Island Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-27	ATL97LA141	Amateur-built POBER SUPER ACE N54JT	Lebanon Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-27	ATL97LA142	Beech 33 N331DP	Winston-Salem North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-27	CHI97LA304	Luscombe 8A N1269K	Brooklyn Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-27	FTW97LA366	Robinson R22 BETA N8316W	Huntsville Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-27	IAD97FA123	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N5045F	Pittsfield Massachusetts	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-27	IAD97LA124	Piper PA-28-140 N6308W	Zanesville Ohio	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-09-27	NYC97LA188	Amateur-built PITTS S-1S N4241Z	Hammondsport New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-27	SEA97IA219 incident	Boeing 737-3T0 N13331	Seattle Washington	no injuries	Final
1997-09-26	ANC97FA155	Cessna 207A N9984M	Twin Hills Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-26	ANC97LA156	Piper PA-12 N7667H	Gustavus Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-26	ATL97LA146	Cessna 172N N75522	Fuquay-Varina North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-26	LAX97FA330	Ryan NAVION B N5241K	Pacoima California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-26	LAX97FA331	Cessna 172K N84621	Sandy Valley Nevada	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-26	NYC97LA187	Airbus Industrie A-300 N14077	Long Island New York	serious injuries	Final
1997-09-26	SEA97LA216	Cessna P210N N6394W	Creswell Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-25	ATL97LA140	Cessna 172N N738SZ	Greenville South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-25	CHI97FA300	Beech T34B N777SU	Fremont Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-25	CHI97LA301	Universal D-16 N110N	Howell Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-25	FTW97IA365 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) N931TW	New Orleans Louisiana	no injuries	Final
1997-09-25	FTW97LA364	Bell 206B2 N59396	Anahuac Texas	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-09-25	SEA97IA217 incident	Piper PA-23-250 CGBUA	Soda Springs Idaho	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-09-24	CHI97LA299	Beech C23 N1851Z	Champaign Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-24	FTW97IA363 incident	Boeing 737-200RS N205AU	Salt Lake City Utah	minor injuries minor damage	Final
1997-09-24	LAX97LA329	Piper PA-18-150 N82259	Hawthorne Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-24	NYC97FA186	Cessna 172 N35405	Normalville Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-24	NYC97LA192	Cessna 150G N4748X	Forest Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-24	NYC97WA191	Bellanca 17-30A N28158	Belgium	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1997-09-24	SEA97FA215	Cessna 172M N6756H	Bremerton Washington	3 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-09-23	ANC97LA154	Cessna 170B N1831C	Lime Village Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-23	FTW97LA360	Schweizer SGS 1-34 N7636	Heber City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-23	FTW97LA361	Bell 206-L4 N9264G	Hurst Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-23	NYC97FA185	Piper PA-28R-200 CGHUE	Glastenbury Vermont	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-23	SEA97LA214	Cessna 172RG N64ML	Monroe Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	ATL97FA135	Cessna 182G N3725U	Lexington Tennessee	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	ATL97LA136	Cessna A188B N53172	Zellwood Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	CHI97LA298	Cessna 172G N4375L	Chicago Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	CHI97LA307	Cessna 182 N7331Q	Dassel Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	FTW97LA355	American General Aircraft AG5B N1194L	Texarkana Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	FTW97LA356	Sikorsky S-76A N517AL	Patterson Louisiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-22	IAD97FA122	Cessna 172P N55221	Airville Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-21	ANC97LA153	Cessna 185E N70122	Wasilla Alaska	no 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 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.