Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2020

1,395 cases in 2020, 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 · 1,395

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2020-08-01	ERA20LA270	Piper PA31 CGXKS	Sumter South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-01	ERA20LA271	American Aviation AA 5 N7192L	Dunnellon Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-08-01	ERA20LA274	Piper PA32RT N3025L	Honesdale Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-08-01	WPR20CA275	Cessna A185 N60934	Susanville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-31	ANC20LA074	Amateur-built DHC-2 +1 more N4982U	Soldotna Alaska	7 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-31	CEN20CA320	Cessna A188 N90834	Memphis Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-31	WPR20LA247	Bell OH58A N901XV	Holtville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-31	WPR20WA248	Robinson R44 VHHNF	Steam Plains Australia	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-30	CEN20CA324	Grob G102 N3981A	Midlothian Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-30	GAA20WA125	Cessna R172 HK2129	Tarapaca-Amazonas Colombia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-07-30	WPR20LA245	Cessna 337 N337V	Ennis Montana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-30	WPR20LA246	Air Tractor AT802 +1 more N8510M	Elgin Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-29	ANC20CA075	Piper PA18 N1049P	Chisana Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-29	CEN20WA319	Rans S12 UNKNOWN	Sergio Perez de Leon Mexico	substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-29	ERA20CA267	Piper PA28 N33JM	Indian Trail North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-29	ERA20CA269	Cessna 172 N6705E	Hudson New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-29	ERA20LA262	Beech F33 N3156W	Malbis Alabama	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-29	WPR20LA244	American Eurocopter AS350 N755AE	Pioche Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-28	ANC20WA073	Cessna 140 CGOFK	Abbotsford Canada	1 killed	Preliminary
2020-07-28	CEN20LA314	Piper PA28R N15302	Houston Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-28	DCA20WA133 incident	Boeing 737 PKYSZ	Wamena Indonesia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
2020-07-28	WPR20CA243	Quest KODIAC 100 N856TC	Hunts Point Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	ANC20CA080	Piper PA 18 N1277A	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20CA311	Air Tractor AT 401 N9190Q	Burlington Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20CA312	Air Tractor AT 602 N602FH	Tiro Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20CA313	Robinson R44 N570WH	Dakota Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20CA316	Robinson R44 N771GB	Hebron Nebraska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20CA331	Cessna A188 N9278G	Hartington Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-27	CEN20LA309	Cessna A188 N53163	Corsica South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-26	CEN20CA308	Maule MXT7 N772TW	Hillsboro Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-26	ERA20CA276	Cessna 177RG N2629V	Lakeland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-26	WPR20LA239	Amateur-built RV7 N514BS	Henefer Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-25	CEN20CA307	Amateur-built VANS RV 6 N327WB	Imperial Nebraska	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-25	CEN20CA310	Champion 7GCBC N86614	Angola Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-25	CEN20LA305	Piper PA28 N716RL	San Antonio Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-25	CEN20LA306	Air Tractor AT502 N502KJ	Grant Nebraska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-25	ERA20CA265	Piper PA28R N31720	Fernandina Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-25	GAA20WA126	Cessna 172 HBTLF	Blatten - Vs Switzerland	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-07-25	GAA20WA130	Cessna 208 XAFTG	Holbox Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-25	WPR20LA238	Piper PA32R N7677C	West Jordan Utah	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-24	CEN20LA304	Brantly B2B N383ES	Monrovia Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-24	ENG20LA043 incident	Bombardier INC CL-600-2D24 N561NN	Charlotte North Carolina	no injuries minor damage	Final
2020-07-24	ERA20CA260	Robinson R44 N350DM	Whitehall Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-24	ERA20LA261	Cessna 177RG N1813Q	Salinas Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-24	WPR20LA237	Amateur-built VANS RV-8 N138PM	Tehachapi California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-07-23	ENG20WA038	Piper PA28RT HBPNP	Basel Switzerland	destroyed	Preliminary
2020-07-23	ENG20WA040 incident	Embraer ERJ190 XAGAI	Chihuahua Mexico		Preliminary
2020-07-23	WPR20LA234	Amateur-built Coyote N125MC	Jamul California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-22	CEN20CA299	Rockwell 112 N1013J	Tomball Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-22	CEN20CA303	Stearman N2S 3 N2158P	Jacksonville Arkansas	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.