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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Iowa

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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DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
1989-03-03 MKC89LA071 Cessna 310
N5119C
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-02-25 MKC89LA064 Cessna 172B
N7662X
Unionville
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-02-25 MKC89LA065 Composite Aircraft Mfg CO. COZY
N611CZ
Hudson
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-02-25 MKC89LA066 Cessna 182RG
N4314R
Ft. Madison
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-01-17 MKC89LA054 Beech C-23
N24658
Greenfield
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-01-14 MKC89LA051 Cessna 150
N22997
Clarion
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-01-09 MKC89LA050 Cessna 140
N89867
Audubon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1988-12-07 MKC89LA031 Bellanca 17-30
N198V
Martelle
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-11-22 MKC89LA029 Aerospatiale TB-21
N20GF
Clinton
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-11-09 MKC89LA021 Cessna U206G
N5359U
Montezuma
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-11-06 MKC89LA020 Piper PA-28-235
N9246W
Leon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-10-26 MKC89LA016 Hiller UH-12C
N57FD
Davenport
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-10-15 MKC89LA005 Piper PA-28-151
N5378F
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-09-22 MKC88FA176 Beech C23
N6022C
Belle Plaines
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-09-21 MKC88FA175 Cessna 310R
N36HD
Latimer
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-09-15 MKC88LA174 Beech A23
N6917Q
Davenport
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-09-08 MKC88LA169 Cessna 195
N3040B
Keokuk
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-09-06 MKC88LA168 Cessna 152
N5458P
Burlington
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-08-11 MKC88LA155 Cessna 188B
N4999R
Sumner
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-08-08 MKC88DCD03 Piper PA-25-235
N9612P
Eldora
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-08-07 MKC88DCD02 Amateur-built TIERRA II
N823PF
Prairie City
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-08-02 MKC88LA146 Varga 2150A
N8259J
Washington
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-29 MKC88LA142 Amateur-built E-RACER
N131RD
Dubuque
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-25 MKC88LA136 Cessna 152
N69240
Underwood
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-07-08 MKC88LA130 Beech A-36
N25496
Marion
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-05 MKC88DCD01 Amateur-built TIERRA II
N116LB
Audubon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-05-29 MKC88LA099 Cessna 152
N67360
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-05-24 MKC88LA096 Amateur-built TAYLOR MONOPLANE
N4256B
Marshalltown
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-04-29 MKC88LA084 Raven S-55
N6436U
Burlington
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-04-02 MKC88LA073 Cessna 177
N29325
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-03-15 MKC88LA061 Beech A36
N8136R
Cherokee
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-02-28 MKC88FA058 Cessna 172N
N5816E
Oxford
Iowa
4 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-02-10 MKC88LA049 Piper PA-34-200T
N2230D
Burlington
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-01-19 CHI88IA045
incident
Aerospatiale ATR-42
N421MQ
Waterloo
Iowa
no injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1987-12-31 MKC88LA035 Cessna 182Q
N96934
Davenport
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-11-13 MKC88LA017 Piper PA-24-250
N6644P
Des Moines
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-10-31 MKC88FA012 Amateur-built PITTS S-1S
N76EM
Vinton
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-10-21 MKC88LA014 National Balloon 752
N72711
Ankeny
Iowa
serious injuries Preliminary
1987-10-17 MKC88LA008 Cessna 172F
N8508U
Lamoni
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-10-12 MKC88LA004 Piper PA-28-140
N4477X
Storm Lake
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-09-30 MKC87LA182 Cessna 150K
N6206G
Dubuque
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-09-30 MKC87LA183 Cessna 401
N2UE
Ames
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-08-21 MKC87LA166 Beech B23
N6078N
Creston
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-08-15 MKC87LA164 Rockwell S-2R
N4949X
Mediapolis
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-08-08 MKC87FA159 Piper PA-28-151
N32619
Maquoketa
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-08-03 MKC87LA154 Piper PA-32RT
N36646
Oelwein
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-08-03 MKC87LA155 Piper PA-36-300
N2338Y
Swea City
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-07-27 MKC87FA148 Amateur-built 532 ELITE
N5352
Davenport
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-07-14 MKC87FA138 Aero Commander 500-B
N9391R
Mason City
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-06-28 MKC87LA128 Amateur-built QUICKIE II
N86KL
Iowa City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
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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.