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
2019-09-03	GAA19CA523	Cessna A185 N34GE	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-31	WPR19LA247	Cessna 510 N551WH	El Monte California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-30	GAA19CA537	Amateur-built SPORTCRUISER N117BF	Murrieta California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-27	GAA19CA519	Bell 206 N218GH	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-26	WPR19LA242	Lockheed C130 N119TG	Santa Barbara California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-25	WPR19LA240	Scoda Aeronautical Super Petrel N632MM	Lancaster California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-22	GAA19CA508	Piper PA28 N16435	Hemet California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-21	WPR19FA230	Cessna 560XL N91GY	Oroville California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2019-08-21	WPR19LA233	Cessna 120 N4237N	Livermore California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-21	WPR19LA238	Beech 36 N134P	Half Moon Bay California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2019-08-15	WPR19LA222	Amateur-built 601XLB N662WB	Jamul California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-14	GAA19CA494	Rockwell 690 N52PY	Stockton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-10	GAA19CA493	North American AT 6D N6432D	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-09	WPR19LA228	Head AX9-118 N2027S	Galt California	serious injuries minor damage	Final
2019-08-07	WPR19FA212	Amateur-built EXPRESS SERIES 2000 N43FD	Camarillo California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-08-06	DCA19CA192	Boeing 737 +1 more N37437	Sfo International Airport California	no injuries minor damage	Final
2019-08-04	GAA19CA504	Cessna 182 N58628	Oakland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-08-01	WPR19LA231	Cessna P210 N234SB	Novato California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-30	GAA19CA470	Cessna 177 N177CW	Placerville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-23	DCA19CA186	Boeing 757 N57852	San Francisco California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-23	GAA19CA448	Cessna 172 N737DW	Van Nuys California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-21	GAA19CA446	Amateur-built SPORTSTAR N409EV	Tracy California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-21	WPR19LA201	Cessna R182 N3268C	King City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-15	GAA19CA411	Piper J3C N92628	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-15	GAA19CA421	Amateur-built Glastar N345BP	Lompoc California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-15	WPR19FA188	Robinson R44 N144TG	Hayward California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-07-02	GAA19CA390	Cessna 152 N6306P	Tracy California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-07-01	WPR19TA186	Amateur-built SH II N279G	San Bernardino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-30	WPR19LA187	Beech C23 N24580	Ludlow California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-28	GAA19CA436	Amateur-built STARDUSTER TOO N2RG	Lincoln California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-27	WPR19FAMS1	Cessna 172 N3504A	Pescadero California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-06-21	WPR19LA176	Cessna 172 N64460	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-20	GAA19CA426	North American T28 N28CU	Hollister California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-18	WPR19FA175	Robinson R44 N7187D	Two Harbors California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-06-17	GAA19CA485	Stinson 10 N34658	Yuba California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-16	WPR19FA173	Piper PA-11 N209H	Copperopolis California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-06-15	WPR19FA172	Nanchang CJ6 N269AG	Porter Ranch California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-06-15	WPR19LA174	Cessna 182M N777RK	Upland California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-10	WPR19FA163	Piper PA28 N7943C	Antioch California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-06-10	WPR19LA166	Cessna 210 N3997Y	Romona California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-09	GAA19CA324	Amateur-built MURPHY N235DS	South Lake Tahoe California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-09	GAA19CA333	Piper PA22 N6865B	Riverside California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-06-08	WPR19FA161	Amateur-built AIRCAM N123GN	Hemet California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-06-07	WPR19LA160	Cessna 150 N6617F	Davis City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-05-28	GAA19CA108	Amateur-built DHC 2 N501J	Hollister California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-05-26	WPR19LA155	Cessna 150 N8746S	Garberville California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-05-24	GAA19CA284	Schweizer 269C N269P	Riverside California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2019-05-15	WPR19FA145	Grumman G164 +1 more N6787K	Pleasant Grove California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2019-05-15	WPR19FA146	Aviat A1 N236AM	Santa Ynez California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2019-05-06	GAA19CA247	Cessna 172 N734DX	Auburn California	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 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.