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
2020-07-22	CEN20LA301	Vans RV4 N54WP	Idabel Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-22	DCA20WA128	Boeing 777 ETARH	Shanghai China	substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-22	ERA20LA259	Beech 400 N425BJ	Montgomery Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-22	WPR20CA254	Cessna 182 N9747H	Clearwater Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-22	WPR20WA241 incident	Cessna 441 VHLBY	Djugun Australia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
2020-07-21	CEN20CA298	Cessna 180 N2943C	Cambridge Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-21	CEN20CA302	Piper PA28 N284M	Grayslake Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-21	ERA20LA258	Cessna 182 N4092D	Pottstown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-21	WPR20LA235	Mcdonnell Douglas 600 N208MP	Thompson Falls Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	CEN20CA296	Cessna 170B N8193A	Bloomington Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	CEN20CA300	Robinson R44 N570WH	Dickeyville Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	CEN20LA294	Rockwell S2R N1662S	Harlan Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	GAA20WA118	Robinson R44 CFPBL	Thorburn Lake Canada	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-20	WPR20CA233	Cessna 180 N2929C	Bear Valley Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-20	WPR20LA228	Md Helicopter 600 N745BW	San Andreas California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2020-07-20	WPR20LA229	Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 Bravo N846JM	College Place Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-19	CEN20LA292	Beech A23-24 N3412C	Burns Flat Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-19	DCA20WA137 incident	Boeing 737 EIEFJ	Palma Spain		Preliminary
2020-07-19	ERA20CA256	Cessna 172 N1655V	Wellington Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-19	GAA20WA148	Amateur-built Crossfire 2 UNREG	Juta Hungary	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-07-18	CEN20LA290	Piper PA22 N4816A	Loveland Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-18	CEN20LA291	Cessna 140 N140AB	Arlington Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-18	ERA20CA264	Mooney M20J N58066	Block Island Rhode Island	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-18	ERA20CA268	Piper PA 12 N4365M	Linconville Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-18	WPR20CA230	Amateur-built XPA-18 N113MX	Reno Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-17	CEN20CA289	Cessna 305 N86WM	Glenwood Springs Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-17	CEN20CA317	Cessna 120 N1926N	Osceola Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-17	WPR20LA224	Hiller UH 12D N2297W	Mehama Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-07-17	WPR20LA225	Amateur-built RV 8 N508CM	Grimes California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-16	ANC20CA070	Bell 206L-1 N1432D	Homer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-16	CEN20LA288	Beech 36 N630JL	Independence Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-16	ENG20WA039 incident	Hawker Siddeley HS125 N5NBOO	Port Harcourt Nigeria		Preliminary
2020-07-16	ERA20CA257	Amateur-built Aventura II N86KD	Astor Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-16	WPR20WA242	MD Helicopter 600 V5HVD	Windhoek Namibia	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
2020-07-15	CEN20CA285	Cessna A185 N2231T	Rochester Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-15	ERA20CA253	Air Tractor AT502 N2038Q	Washington North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-15	WPR20LA223	Piper PA 30 N8488Y	Vaughn New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	ANC20CA071	Cessna A185 N360DC	Palmer Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	ANC20LA069	Air Tractor AT802 N80166	Birch Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	CEN20CA280	Waco YKC N14139	New Carlisle Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	CEN20CA281	Champion 7GCBC N72EB	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	CEN20CA284	Beech 95 55 N1332Z	Spring Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	DCA20WA131	Boeing 737 ZSSJB	Durban South Africa	serious injuries	Preliminary
2020-07-14	ERA20CA251	Piper PA 22 N1520P	Fuquay Varina North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	ERA20CA252	Furlong CA-6 N12LF	Manville New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-14	WPR20CA222	Cessna 152 N530CA	Hayward California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-13	ERA20CA246	Piper PA22 N2716P	Cortland New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-13	ERA20LA247	Cessna 172 +1 more N5280D	Fort Lauderdale Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-13	WPR20CA220	Cessna A185 N185KL	Port Townsend Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-07-12	CEN20CA277	Kitfox KITFOX SPORT N702KS	Rand Colorado	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 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.