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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Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2020-08-19	WPR20LA306	Piper PA-28-181 N79MS	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-15	WPR20LA270	Piper PA 14 N91449	Susanville California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-14	WPR20CA273	Schweizer SGS233 N7547	Warner Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-09	WPR20LA259	Amateur-built VARI EZE N2ZE	Kelso Valley California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
2020-08-08	WPR20CA261	Aviat A1 N327MN	Kernville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-07	WPR20LA257	Sportine Aviacija LAK17 N290MH	Lake Port California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-04	WPR20CA253	Amateur-built Cavalon N635BC	Upper Lake California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-02	WPR20LA256	Cessna 172 N55231	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-01	WPR20CA275	Cessna A185 N60934	Susanville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-31	WPR20LA247	Bell OH58A N901XV	Holtville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-24	WPR20LA237	Amateur-built VANS RV-8 N138PM	Tehachapi California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-23	WPR20LA234	Amateur-built Coyote N125MC	Jamul California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	WPR20LA228	Md Helicopter 600 N745BW	San Andreas California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2020-07-17	WPR20LA225	Amateur-built RV 8 N508CM	Grimes California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	WPR20CA222	Cessna 152 N530CA	Hayward California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-12	WPR20CA219	Cessna 172 N9559D	Concord California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-09	WPR20CA255	Air Creation/Sides Rick A MANTA 503 N980WC	Ramona California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-07	WPR20LA212	Cessna 172 N6328D	Lake Tahoe California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-05	WPR20LA226	Boeing B75 N61445	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-02	WPR20CA204	Cessna A185 N3086W	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-06-24	WPR20LA193	Amateur-built CX4 N274DR	Upland California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-06-09	WPR20CA178	Cessna 172 N75989	Santa Barbara California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-06-05	WPR20CA181	Mooney M20J N201JK	Healdsburg California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-06-05	WPR20LA169	Cessna 175 N9217B	Redlands California	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-04	WPR20LA175	Grumman G164 N8486K	Lincoln California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-06-03	WPR20CA199	Beech D 45 N341MR	Ione California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-06-02	WPR20LA163	Bell 206 N65PJ	Fairfield California	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-06-01	WPR20LA157	Cub Crafters CCK-1865 N303KP	Valley Center California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-29	WPR20CA159	Grumman G164 N9716	Maxwell California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-23	WPR20CA153	Ayres S 2R N5573X	Artois California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	WPR20LA152	Cirrus SR20 N883PJ	Santa Maria California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-19	DCA20LA107	Boeing 737 N820TJ	Victorville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	WPR20LA148	American Aviation AA-1A N12YT	Blythe California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-09	WPR20LA141	Bellanca 8GCBC N4116Y	Byron California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-09	WPR20LA172	Ayres S2R N2245S	Imperial California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-06	WPR20CA146	Cessna 182 N58646	Perris California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-02	WPR20LA136	Cessna 172 N734NW	Fresno California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-04-30	WPR20LA135	Piper PA-23-250 N6521Y	Hemet California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-04-29	WPR20LA133	Cessna 177 N3386T	Lodi California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-04-27	WPR20CA132	Amateur-built SONEX N1222C	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-04-21	WPR20CA127	Flightstar 2 UNREG	Oakdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-04-19	WPR20LA126	Cessna 152 N6306P	Corona California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-04-18	WPR20LA123	Cessna TU206 N756TH	Auburn California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-04-12	WPR20CA174	Extra EA 300 N111XW	Concord California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-04-05	WPR20LA117	Cessna 177RG N98SW	Santa Paula California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-31	WPR20CA120	Piper PA28R N679X	Palm Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-13	WPR20FA108	Mooney M20K N777WP	Sylmar California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	WPR20LA101	Cessna 210 N123CE	Needles California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-29	WPR20CA105	Piper PA 18 N1890A	Santa Barbara California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	WPR20CA103	Amateur-built FX-3 N3XC	Sonoma/Schellville 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.