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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Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2018-01-20	WPR18CA072	Cessna 172P N64204	Cloverdale California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-01-17	WPR18LA069	Mooney M20E N5562Q	Skyforest California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-01-14	GAA18CA103	Amateur-built RV 7 N4163B	Death Valley National Park California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-01-13	GAA18CA102	Piper PA 28 N7085R	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-01-12	GAA18CA107	Bell UH 1H N205KS	Van Nuys California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-30	WPR18LA058	Cessna 210 N222AT	San Bernardino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-27	GAA18CA096	Aeropro Cz EUROFOX N3945A	Upper Lake California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-26	WPR18CA059	Cessna 182 N698MC	Santa Ana California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-25	WPR18LA056	Cessna 150L N6627G	Perris California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-17	WPR18LA049	North American NAVION N8884H	El Cajon California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-14	WPR18CA048	Cessna 172P N54873	Valley Springs California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-10	WPR18FA046	Beech A36 N248SB	San Diego California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2017-12-09	GAA18CA077	Czech Sport Aircraft A.S. Sport Cruiser N227US	Sacramento California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2017-12-04	WPR18LA043	Beech A36 N251E	Rio Oso California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-03	GAA18CA079	Boeing A75N1(PT17) N1431C	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-30	GAA18CA076	Cessna 152 N417CB	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-30	WPR18LA041	Robinson Helicopter Company R22 N47WH	Truckee California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-25	WPR18LA036	Amateur-built GT-500 N599RA	Willows California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-20	GAA18CA063	Cessna 172N N172SX	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-20	WPR18FA035	Cessna 152 N24987	Tehachapi California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2017-11-19	DCA18CA074	Boeing 737 7H4 N740SW	Los Angeles California	serious injuries	Final
2017-11-19	GAA18CA048	Cessna 172M N9678Q	Chico California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-19	GAA18CA050	Boeing A75N1(PT17) N69656	Rosamond California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-19	GAA18CA054	Quicksilver MXL SPORT N7712	Point Mugu California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-19	WPR18LA034	Cessna 172P N52492	San Jose California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-17	WPR18LA033	Piper PA 28R-201T N5966V	Nipton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-11-02	WPR18LA039	Cessna 172R N2103T	Redding California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-30	WPR18LA021	Amateur-built VANS RV 6 N88MV	Selma California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-24	WPR18LA015	Schweizer Aircraft CORP G 164B N8494K	Tracy California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-22	GAA18CA018	Aeronca 7DC N83512	Salinas California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-21	WPR18FA013	Flugzeugproduktions-Und Vertri EA 300/L N414MT	Four Corners California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2017-10-21	WPR18LA012	Cirrus Design CORP SR22T N3636E	San Carlos California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-13	WPR18LA004	Western International Avia INC UH 1H N247PV	Arbuckle California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-11	GAA18CA010	Air Tractor INC AT 402B N80060	Brawley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-06	GAA18CA002	Ultralight America SPITFIRE II N2918A	Camarillo California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-05	WPR18LA007	Amateur-built GLASAIR SUPER II RG N248ST	Santa Ynez California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-10-03	WPR18LA018	Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N418CP	Blythe California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-29	GAA17CA581	Cessna 414 N1652T	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-27	GAA17CA559	Cessna 182 N9346G	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-27	GAA17CA562	Eurocopter AS 350 N515ET	Fullerton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-26	WPR17LA217	Piper PA-24-260 N9020P	Los Angeles California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-24	GAA17CA551	Robinson Helicopter R22 N177SR	Santa Barbara California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-23	WPR17LA212	Mooney M20E N34BE	Glendale California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-23	WPR17LA214	Sc Aerostar SA YAK 52W N52KF	El Cajon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-22	GAA17CA573	Cessna 172 N520KS	Chino California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-20	WPR17LA210	Cessna 210 N7330E	Sacramento California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-20	WPR17LA211	Robinson Helicopter R22 N7514S	Long Beach California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-17	WPR17LA206	Bell 47G 5 N3285T	Salinas California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-17	WPR17LA208	Piper PA 28-161 N2587X	El Cajon California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-09-15	WPR17LA204	Cessna T210N N5391A	Watsonville 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.