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
1997-09-13	NYC97LA182	Bellanca 7GCBC N5272X	Crimora Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-13	SEA97LA209	Amateur-built DHC-1 N6004A	Winlock Washington	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-12	ANC97LA147	Piper PA-12 N2389M	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-12	CHI97FA290	Beech 76 N18562	West Lafayette Indiana	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-12	CHI97FA293	Amateur-built SKYBOLT N79DK	Adeline Illinois	2 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-09-12	FTW97LA347	Hughes MDL-369HS N107CW	Brinkley Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-12	LAX97GA325	Bell 205A-1 N90HJ	Sequim Washington	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-12	LAX97LA322	Cessna 150L N18503	Hilo Hawaii	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-12	LAX97LA323	Amateur-built PL-4A N44PN	Placerville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-12	LAX97LA324	Piper PA28R-180 N69645	Reno Nevada	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-11	FTW97LA344	Stinson 108-3 N800C	Horseshoe Bend Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-11	MIA97FA242	Mooney M20F N6417Q	Coral Springs Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-09-10	FTW97LA343	Grumman G-164A N84PG	Hillsboro Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-10	LAX97LA321	Cessna 152 N65406	Murrieta California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-09	FTW97LA339	Amateur-built MINI-500 N42JR	Idabel Oklahoma	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-09	FTW97LA342	Beech V35 N9453S	Sulphur Springs Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-09	LAX97LA320	Bell 206B N90115	Minden Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-09	NYC97LA180	Piper PA-28-180 N2480R	Leroy Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-09	SEA97FA206	Piper PA-12 N3637M	Horseshoe Bend Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-09	SEA97LA208	Bellanca 7GCBC N5500L	Columbus Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-09	SEA97LA211	Piper PA-18-150 N91019	Mackay Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-08	ANC97LA145	Cessna 402C +1 more N2649Z	Buckland Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-08	FTW97FA340	Cessna 182N N9043G	Montrose Colorado	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-08	LAX97LA317	Bell 206B N770GG	Napa California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-08	LAX97LA318	Beech A23A N2339W	Tucson Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-09-07	ANC97LA134	Cessna 207A N7318U	Bethel Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	CHI97FA283	Cessna 177B N34142	Crump Michigan	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-07	CHI97LA285	British Aerospace BAE-ATP N855AW	Peru Illinois	serious injuries	Final
1997-09-07	CHI97LA288	Beech 35-C33A N5729V	Amana Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	CHI97LA289	Piper PA-28-140 N6391R	Grant Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	FTW97LA359	Amateur-built MARQUART MA-5 N82ND	Pecos Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	LAX97LA316	Cessna 182B N81MK	Madera California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	MIA97LA240	Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 20-A1 N560SS	Concord North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	MIA97LA241	Cessna 182B N2794G	Paris Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	SEA97LA204	Piper J-3 N98833	Jordan Montana	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-07	SEA97LA205	Cessna U206F N7494Q	Stanley Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-07	SEA97LA207	Curtiss-Wright TRAVEL AIR 12-Q N496W	Pendleton Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-06	ANC97FA143	Aero Commander AC-500A N543AN	Ketchikan Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-06	ATL97FA134	North American T-6-SNJ5 N1047C	Camden South Carolina	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-06	ATL97LA133	Cessna 150F N6898F	Kenly North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-06	CHI97LA284	North American-Aero Classics P-51D N6345T	Monroe Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-06	CHI97LA286	Piper PA-22 N9228D	Shields Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-06	CHI97LA287	Amateur-built RANS S-12 XL N7304Q	Tuscola Illinois	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-09-06	CHI97LA291	Cessna 177B N34829	Oxford Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-06	DCA97RA063	Boeing 737-200 HZAG	Saudi Arabia		Preliminary
1997-09-06	FTW97LA341	Amateur-built SKYHOPPER N4186C	Jonesboro Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-06	IAD97FA117	Cessna 182E N3286Y	Smithfield Rhode Island	5 killed destroyed	Final
1997-09-06	IAD97LA118	Amateur-built MARSKE-MONARCH 1997 N5377	Sutton West Virginia	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-09-06	LAX97LA314	Amateur-built RV-6 N93SJ	Woodlake California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-06	NYC97FA178	Cessna U206B N206KY	Gilbertsville Kentucky	2 killed destroyed	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.