Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997

2,121 cases in 1997, 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 · 2,121

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1997-07-26	LAX97LA261	Classic Aircraft Corp. WACO YMF N369BP	Sedona Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-26	LAX97LA262	Bell 206B N123WF	Pollock Pines California	serious injuries	Final
1997-07-26	LAX97LA264	Cessna A150L N9903G	Quartzsite Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-26	LAX97LA267	Champion 7GCBC N8333V	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-25	FTW97FA280	Cessna 150D N4228U	Fort Collins Colorado	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-25	LAX97LA258	Centrair ASW20F N120MJ	Minden Nevada	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-25	LAX97LA260	Robinson R22 BETA N4008D	Chandler Arizona	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-25	MIA97FA217	Amateur-built AA-5B N28246	Naples Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-07-25	MIA97FA219	Piper PA-32R-301T N8473P	Gainesville Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-25	NYC97LA153	Cessna 185 N8717Z	Norway Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-25	NYC97LA155	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N831LA	Atlantic Ocean AO	serious injuries	Final
1997-07-25	SEA97LA177	Cessna 182G N3134S	Big Creek Idaho	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-24	ANC97LA111	Cessna 180 N2707X	Umiat Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-24	CHI97LA224	Beech B-23 N9120T	Watertown Wisconsin	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-24	FTW97LA281	Cessna 152 +1 more N94912	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-24	LAX97LA255	Cessna T210L N732DD	Corona California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-24	LAX97LA265	Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS N125DD	Minden Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-24	MIA97LA212	Continental Copters MK5A N62108	Sylacauga Alabama	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-24	MIA97LA215	Beech 65 N816Q	Atlantic Ocean AO	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-23	ANC97LA110	Cessna 185 N9855X	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-23	CHI97LA221	Amateur-built RV-4 N36JG	Rosemount Minnesota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-23	CHI97LA223	Cessna 188B N4926R	Adams Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-23	CHI97LA237	Cessna 182F N3265U	Haviland Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-23	LAX97FA334	Navion G N2429T	Gabbs Nevada	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-23	LAX97LA254	Beech 77 N1848F	Lakeport California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-23	NYC97LA151	Amateur-built DHC-6-200 N491AL	Sussex New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-23	NYC97LA152	Amateur-built MERLIN GT N912AK	Kensington New Hampshire	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	ANC97LA109	Cessna 208 N9481F	Naknek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	ATL97LA110	Cessna 150L N10744	Portland Tennessee	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	FTW97LA279	Cessna 180 N9320C	Carlisle Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	NYC97LA150	Cessna 172E N3553S	Fitchburg Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	SEA97LA174	Bell 47G-3B1 N3069G	Idaho Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	SEA97LA175	Cessna T210H N6922R	Stehekin Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-22	SEA97LA176	Amateur-built RAF 2000 GTX-SE N6281Y	Bandon Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-21	ATL97LA111	Avid Aircraft IV N913R	Memphis Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-21	CHI97LA217	Piper PA-36-285 N268JW	Hill City Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-21	DCA97WA054	Learjet LR-31	Southern Thaila Thailand	destroyed	Preliminary
1997-07-21	FTW97LA276	Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B N8031K	Palestine Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-21	FTW97LA277	Piper PA-25-235 N8784L	Blackwell Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-21	IAD97LA102	Amateur-built RENEGADE SPIRIT N416RS	Boonsboro Maryland	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-21	LAX97LA246	Maule MX-7-180A N600XX	Long Beach California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-21	LAX97LA248	Bell 47G-2 N919SF	Buttonwillow California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-21	LAX97LA250	Amateur-built DHC-6-300 N776BF	Elko Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	ANC97LA107	Piper PA-18-150 N6822L	Wasilla Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-20	ANC97LA108	Amateur-built AVID FLYER MK-IV N4356H	Nikiski Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	ATL97LA107	Piper J3C-65 N98879	Leesburg Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	ATL97LA108	Cessna 152 N152DG	Arcadia Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	ATL97LA109	Cessna 172M N13428	Athens Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	CHI97FA220	Beech B-60 N3359P	Springfield Missouri	4 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-20	CHI97LA215	Cessna 182 N5820B	Chippewa Falls Wisconsin	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 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.