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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Massachusetts

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
1986-06-21 NYC86FNA01 Amateur-built UNK
N932JF
Beverly
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-06-15 NYC86LA152 Piper PA-28-140
N1866T
Palmer
Massachusetts
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-06-06 NYC86MA148 Sikorsky S-76B
N5AZ
Sutton
Massachusetts
4 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-05-24 NYC86LA134 Piper PA-28-140
N6848W
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-05-23 NYC86FA216 Bell 206B
N2776V
Noman'S Land
Massachusetts
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-05-05 NYC86LA120 Beech BE-19
N624SK
Plymouth
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-05-04 NYC86LA117 Piper PA-38
N2389B
Marshfield
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-05-04 NYC86LA118 Schweizer SGS 1-26
N1140S
Mt. Graylock
Massachusetts
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-04-14 ATL86MA114 Bell 206L-3 +1 more
N302MC
Holliston
Massachusetts
4 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-03-29 NYC86LA095 Cessna 152
N49107
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-03-27 NYC86IA093
incident
Boeing 727-231
N52311
Boston
Massachusetts
minor injuries Preliminary
1986-03-20 NYC86LA091 Cessna 140
N2643N
Newburyport
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-03-02 NYC86LA082 Cessna 182
N8776T
Pepperell
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-31 NYC86FA068 Beech E55
N6641A
Sunderland
Massachusetts
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-01-31 NYC86LA069 Cessna 402
N4033Q
New Bedford
Massachusetts
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-01-07 NYC86LA058 Piper PA-28R-200
N1468X
Boston
Massachusetts
serious injuries Preliminary
1985-12-15 DCA86AA011 Boeing 747-136
GAWNE
Boston
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-12-08 NYC86FA049 Cessna 340A
N36888
Peru
Massachusetts
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-11-27 NYC86LA042 Israel Aircraft Industries WW-24
N4WG
Worcester
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-11-26 NYC86LA044 Piper AZTEC
N6LQ
North Adams
Massachusetts
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-11-10 NYC86FNE01 Amateur-built BEDE 4/275
N58266
Westfield
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-10-27 NYC86LA024 Piper PA-38-112
N2561P
Norwood
Massachusetts
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-10-18 NYC86LA013 Robinson R22A
N9069G
Sterling
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-10-14 NYC86LA008 Waco UPF-7
N39714
Norwood
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-10-11 NYC86LA007 Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-D
N3191H
Sterling
Massachusetts
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-09-28 NYC85LA249 Grumman AA-5B
N88SJ
Manchester
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-09-18 NYC85LA242 Cessna 172
N738SA
Ware
Massachusetts
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-08-18 NYC85FNA03 Piper PA-28-151
N8371C
Newburyport
Massachusetts
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-08-18 NYC85LA216 Piper PA-32-300
N15805
Provincetown
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-29 NYC85LA199 Piper PA-28-151
N32741
Lawrence
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-24 NYC85LA191 Schweizer SGS 2-33A
N2039T
Plymouth
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-24 NYC85LA193 Piper PA-30
N999RH
Worcester
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-21 NYC85FA185 Bellanca 8KCAB
N5504B
Fall River
Massachusetts
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-07-19 NYC85LA184 Piper PA-28-161
N8247A
Nantucket
Massachusetts
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-07-14 NYC85LA170 Piper PA-32R-301T
N8210H
Provincetown
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-13 NYC85LA167 Piper PA28-151
N5405F
Chatham
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-11 NYC85FA163 Mitsubishi MU-2B-26
N727MA
Southbridge
Massachusetts
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-07-11 NYC85LA194 Maule MX-7-235
N70LB
Savoy
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-02 NYC85FA260
incident
Douglas DC-9
N968BJ
Boston
Massachusetts
serious injuries Preliminary
1985-06-20 NYC85LA066 Cessna 182RG
N2306C
Norfolk
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-06-11 NYC85FNA02 Amateur-built EVANS VP-1
N106JM
Boxborough
Massachusetts
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-06-02 NYC85LA139 Piper PA-28RT-201
N291CC
Newbury
Massachusetts
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-06-01 NYC85FNA01 Gulfstream AA-5B
N4523B
Boxborough
Massachusetts
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-05-10 NYC85LA121 Cessna 150M
N3550V
Hancock
Massachusetts
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-05-07 NYC85LA124 Piper PA-28-181
N82054
Stow
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-05-04 NYC85LA116 Centrair 101A
N4429W
Barre
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-04-17 NYC85LA107 Beech D95A
N348JL
Boston
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-04-13 NYC85LA095 Let L-13
N90862
Mansfield
Massachusetts
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-04-06 NYC85FA099 Piper PA-31-310
N68DD
Nantucket
Massachusetts
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1985-03-31 NYC85LA096 Maule M-5-235C
N386X
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
no 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.