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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
1987-06-08 MKC87LA122 Cessna 140
N1990N
Ankeny
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-06-07 MKC87LA120 Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1
N8803S
Mediapolis
Iowa
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-06-07 MKC87LA123 Beech C35
N1931D
Spencer
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-06-05 MKC87LA119 Beech B35
N7973D
Keokuk
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-06-03 MKC87LA116 Cessna 188-B
N21711
Sigourney
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-05-21 MKC87FA106 Piper PA-28R-180
N4982J
Sioux City
Iowa
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-05-19 MKC87LA112 Cessna 150G
N3767J
Forest City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-04-23 MKC87LA089 Cessna 172E
N3777S
Moorhead
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1987-04-22 MKC87FA087 Piper PA-32-300
N44626
Ogden
Iowa
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-04-20 MKC87FA085 Cessna 152
N67751
Marion
Iowa
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-04-12 MKC87FA077 Cessna 150-H
N50223
Council Bluffs
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-04-05 MKC87LA076 Cessna 172
N79179
Muscatine
Iowa
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-03-16 MKC87LA062 Piper PA-32-300
N56285
Mason City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-01-17 MKC87LA040 Beech A-36
N7688N
Corning
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-09-20 MKC86LA191 Barnes AX-7
N2054F
Creston
Iowa
serious injuries Preliminary
1986-09-03 MKC86LA185 Cessna 152
N45986
Onawa
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-08-17 MKC86FCD03 Amateur-built KR-1
N49RW
Waterloo
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-08-12 MKC86LA170 Amateur-built TIERRA 2
N5575Y
Dixon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-27 MKC86LA158 Grumman AA-5A
N9835U
Audubon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-27 MKC86LA159 Cessna T188C
N9975J
Davenport
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-25 MKC86LA160 Amateur-built SEA HAWK
N85CK
Clinton
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-19 MKC86FA151 Amateur-built WD (BIGX)
N31637
Sheldahl
Iowa
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-07-07 MKC86LA145 Cessna 182A
N4773D
Davis City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-05 MKC86LA171 Piper PA-23-150
N1130P
Iowa City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-03 MKC86LA144 Piper PA-24-250
N6FF
Davenport
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-07-02 MKC86LA140 Cessna 152
N64998
Oxford
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-06-26 MKC86LA134 Grumman G-164B
N48532
Wellman
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-06-24 MKC86FCD02 Piper PA18
N243T
Sloan
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-06-04 MKC86LA125 Cessna 150L
N11753
Nevada
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-05-29 MKC86FCD01 Piper PA-25-235
N7029Z
Lenox
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-05-04 MKC86LA100 Cessna 170B
N66F
Monticello
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-04-17 MKC86LA090 Cessna 172D
N2502Y
Garden Grove
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-04-17 MKC86LA091 Rockwell S-2R
N4949X
Salem
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-04-10 MKC86LA084 Piper PA-32R-301T
N8178N
Perry
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-03-29 MKC86LA081 Piper PA-22-150
N6167D
Lytton
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-03-25 MKC86LA074 Beech G18S
N528
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-31 MKC86LA056 Piper PA-38-112
N25735
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-24 MKC86LA054 Cessna 150
N7595U
Bancroft
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-12 MKC86LA050 Cessna 172
N8036B
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-10 MKC86FA048 Cessna 182A
N3948D
Clinton
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-12-30 MKC86LA040 Beech C23
N67248
Dubuque
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-12-27 MKC86LA041 Beech M35
N9730R
Council Bluffs
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-11-25 MKC86MA031 Rockwell 500-S
N81589
Des Moines
Iowa
7 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-10-15 MKC86LA010 Piper PA-32-300
N4KE
Monticello
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-30 MKC85LA224 Bellanca CITABRIA 7ECA
N1008E
Council Bluffs
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-20 MKC85LA220 Cessna 172K
N78227
Kalona
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-16 MKC85FA217 Piper PA-28-181
N8262U
What Cheer
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-08 MKC85FCD02 Cessna 172 M
N20517
Emmetsburg
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-07 MKC85LA208 Piper PA-28-181
N9557K
Oxford
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-02 MKC85LA204 Grumman AA5
N16LB
Boone
Iowa
minor 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.