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
2020-02-28	WPR20LA104	Piper PA46 N304LA	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-25	WPR20LA094	Ercoupe 415 N3437H	Torrance California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-22	WPR20CA093	Aviat A1 N462	Columbia California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-19	WPR20CA092	Bell OH 58A N288NS	Colexico California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-15	ENG20LA016 incident	Airbus A319 N521NK	Sacramento California	no injuries	Final
2020-02-10	WPR20CA090	Beech 36 N6056Q	Avalon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-06	DCA20IA081 incident	Aerospatiale AS350BA +1 more N611TC	Johnson Valley California	no injuries minor damage	Final
2020-02-06	WPR20CA089	Cessna 208 N24MG	Eureka California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
2020-02-06	WPR20FA086	Cessna 140 N9474A	Sonora California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-02-03	DCA20CA077	Boeing 747 412 N703CK	Los Angeles California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-02	DCA20WA070	Airbus A380 A6EON	Los Angeles California	serious injuries	Preliminary
2020-01-26	DCA20MA059	Sikorsky S76 N72EX	Calabasas California	9 killed destroyed	Final
2020-01-24	WPR20FA077	Stinson V77 N50249	Auburn California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-01-22	WPR20CA073	Stearman B75N1 N14GC	Vacaville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-01-22	WPR20FA072	Beech B36TC N36TT	Corona California	4 killed destroyed	Final
2020-01-13	WPR20CA064	Airborne XT912 N805M	Hawthorne California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-01-12	WPR20CA087	Piper PA28 N8408E	Santa Barbara California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-01-06	WPR20LA062	Cessna 172H N1658F	El Monte California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-01-04	WPR20CA059	Sud Aviation SE 3130 ALOUETTE II N92785	Mokelumne Hills California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-01-04	WPR20CA060	Cessna 150 N45069	Twentynine Palms California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-01-04	WPR20FA057	Amateur-built TM-1 N151WR	Santa Clarita California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-01-02	WPR20CA069	Gulfstream G IV N962SS	Van Nuys California	serious injuries	Final
2019-12-31	WPR20CA055	Cessna 175 N7095M	Elk California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-12-27	WPR20FA051	Cirrus SF50 N52CV	Santa Monica California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-12-17	WPR20CA046	Beech 350 +1 more N160RW	Visalia California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-12-16	WPR20CA045	Cessna 140 N4098N	Lancaster California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-12-13	WPR20LA042	Cessna 182 N182EF	Carlsbad California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-12-05	DCA20IA034 incident	Airbus AS 350 B2 +1 more N71HD	Los Angeles California	no injuries minor damage	Final
2019-11-29	WPR20LA035	Amateur-built STOL CH701 N701WJ	Byron California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-11-26	ANC20FA005	Beech V35 N14UC	Blythe California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-11-25	DCA20CA028	General Atomics MQ-9 N341HK	Palmdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-11-25	WPR20CA058	Aeronca 11AC N9510E	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-11-16	WPR20LA026	Piper PA 18 N8589D	Livermore California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-11-12	GAA20CA074	Cessna 172 N3803S	Fallbrook California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-11-07	WPR20FA019	Cirrus SR22 N220MT	Upland California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-10-31	WPR20FA018	Cessna 150 N7158X	Brawley California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-10-25	WPR20FAMS1	Piper PA28R N4958J	Shelter Cove California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2019-10-18	GAA20CA034	Bell 47G N7060J	King City California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-10-18	WPR20LA009	Cessna 206 N11379	Stockton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-10-17	DCA20CA003	Kitty Hawk Heaviside2 N221HV	Tres Pinos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-10-14	WPR20LA007	Hiller UH 12E N131HA	Susanville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-10-08	WPR20FA005	Bede BD5 N501BD	Camarillo California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-10-04	GAA20CA003	Amateur-built RV9 N192DP	Lake Elsinore California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-10-02	GAA20CA002	Robinson R44 N4050X	Carlsbad California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-09-28	WPR19LA267	Piper PA28 N8353T	Modesto California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2019-09-27	GAA19CA586	Piper PA 12 N3985M	Williams California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-09-19	WPR19FA262	Cessna 177 N2323Y	Torrance California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-09-12	GAA19CA544	Cessna 172F N5229F	Hemet California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-09-11	WPR19LA255	Sikorsky S58 N1168U	Azusa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-09-07	GAA19CA528	Siai-Marchetti SM 1019 N16XC	Lakeport California	minor 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.