Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in California

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 · 9,069

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2021-10-10	WPR22LA006	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY MKIIH N186JB	Camarillo California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-10-09	WPR22LA005	Beech B36TC N7220B	Los Banos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-10-09	WPR22LA007	Schweizer SGS 2-32 N87R	San Juan Baptista California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-10-04	WPR22LA008	Piper J3C-65 N3453K	Garberville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-09-24	WPR21LA366	Amateur-built ZENITH STOL CH 701 N701SA	Bishop California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-09-21	WPR21LA349	Beech D17S N1196V	San Diego / El Cajon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-09-19	WPR21LA348	Cessna 172N N4977G	Grass Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-09-19	WPR21LA364	Cessna 172 N84068	Auburn California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-09-13	WPR21LA342	Beech 58 N162DF	Palo Alto California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-30	WPR21LA343	Piper PA-24-400 N8501P	Fullerton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-25	WPR21LA329	Cessna 150D N4375U	Chino California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-24	WPR21LA326	Piper PA-32-300 N2843T	Del Mar California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-23	WPR21LA331	Cessna 172N N737GL	Hayward California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-12	WPR21LA317	Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT N643JK	Santa Monica California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-03	WPR21LA312	Lake LA-4 N7615L	Lake Isabell California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-08-01	WPR21FA300	Robinson Helicopter CO R66 N7000J	Colusa California	4 killed destroyed	Final
2021-07-30	WPR21FA298	Cessna 150 N8520G	Banning California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-07-30	WPR21LA299	Schweizer Aircraft CORP G-164B N3629F	Tracy California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-07-26	WPR21FA286	Bombardier INC CL-600-2B16 N605TR	Truckee California	6 killed destroyed	Final
2021-07-25	WPR21LA311	Cessna 172N N728KG	Kernville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-07-16	WPR21FA273	Beech V35 N112TW	Angwin California	3 killed destroyed	Final
2021-07-15	WPR21FA272	Mooney M20J N4474H	Dinsmore California	4 killed destroyed	Final
2021-07-15	WPR21LA271	Amateur-built RV6 N468AC	Riverside California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-07-13	WPR21FA270	Cessna 421C N678SW	Monterey California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-07-10	WPR21LA269	Cessna 172R N996RA	Petaluma California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-07-07	WPR21LA268	Bell 212HP N911KW	Weed California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-06-29	WPR21LA257	Amateur-built LANCAIR 235 N43KC	Borrego Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-06-26	WPR21LA248	Amateur-built ZENAIR CH 701 SP N41XY	Chester California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-06-23	WPR21LA240	Cessna T206 N881HP	Apple Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-06-22	WPR21LA245	Piper PA-28-235 N15381	Big Bear City California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
2021-06-20	WPR21FA232	Amateur-built Series 6 N617Y	Likely California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-06-15	WPR21FA228	Cirrus Design CORP SR20 N89423	Truckee California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-06-11	OPS21LA003 incident	Boeing 737-8H4 +1 more N8674B	San Diego California	no injuries	Final
2021-06-07	WPR21FA223	Amateur-built RV6 N94PJ	Porterville California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-06-05	WPR21LA282	Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft LLC J230-SP N733J	Oceano California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-06-02	WPR21LA224	Cessna 172G N3871L	Washington California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-31	WPR21LA217	Cessna 182 N47UP	Carlsbad California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-26	WPR21LA208	Boeing A75N1(PT17) N75016	Hollister California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-23	WPR21LA205	Boeing A75N1(PT17) N87WF	Ventura California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-18	WPR21LA199	Amateur-built RV-6 N16CX	Byron California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-17	WPR21LA197	Stearman Aircraft 4E N663K	Porterville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-15	WPR21LA194	Cessna 210 N7350E	Lake Arrowhead California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-12	WPR21LA200	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C N6596K	Glenn California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-12	WPR21LA221	Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010 N2010P	Truckee California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-10	WPR21LA253	Cessna T206H +1 more N206DT	Palm Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-09	WPR21LA187	Remos Acft GMBH Flugzeugbau REMOS GX N104GX	Sacramento California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-05-08	WPR21LA188	Cessna 182Q N54PW	San Bernardino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-04-21	WPR21LA171	Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4-200 N2989P	Twentynine Palms California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-03-28	WPR21LA146	Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA N656DF	Watsonville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-03-27	WPR21LA148	Mooney M20J N9146Q	Alturas California	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 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.