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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in North Carolina

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
2024-09-28 ERA24FA397 Cirrus Design CORP SR22
N1281F
Kill Devil Hills
North Carolina
5 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
2024-09-08 ERA24LA376 Beech 58
N6037M
Raleigh
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-19 ERA24LA354 Beech 300
N600KA
Asheboro
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-18 ERA24LA351 Cessna 680
N680SA
Washington
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-21 ERA24LA311 Champion 7ECA
N9581S
Beaufort
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-12 ERA24LA321 Beech 58
N5VV
Pisgah Forest
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-08 ERA24FA294 Cessna 182
N2198G
Rutherfordton
North Carolina
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-01 ERA24LA307 Beech 95-B55
N9308Q
Greenville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-29 ERA24LA289 Cessna 172
N46118
Lewiston Woodville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-16 ERA24LA319 Cessna 172
N92970
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-16 ERA24LA374 Cessna 170B
N2257D
Smithfield
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-14 ERA24FA261 Piper PA28
N515DH
Siler City
North Carolina
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-06-08 ERA24LA280 Lancair Company LC42-550FG
N65131
Beaufort
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-01 ERA24LA240 Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B
N7650V
Zebulon
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-01 ERA24LA244 Amateur-built Hummingbird
N331PF
New Hill
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-30 ERA24LA260 Cessna 172G
N3687L
Greensboro
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-26 ERA24LA230 Piper PA-28-151
N33563
Hope Mills
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-01 ERA24LA213 Piper J3C-65
N6872H
Apex
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-30 ERA24LA203 Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA
N7535Z
Louisburg
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-24 ERA24LA191 Socata TBM 850
N228CH
Raleigh
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-18 ERA24LA188 Cessna 172
N7921G
Stoneville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-15 ERA24LA179 Cessna R172
N3FR
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-12 ERA24LA186 Cessna 210
N777NT
Concord
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-07 ERA24LA169 Amateur-built CHALLENGER II
N381RS
Hendersonville
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-03 DCA24LA144 Boeing 717-200
N899AT
Cecil
North Carolina
serious injuries Final
2024-03-08 ERA24LA133 Piper PA28
N8455R
Greensboro
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-03-04 ERA24LA151 Palmetto Electronics INC X-AIR H
N3505W
Ellenboro
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-02-01 ERA24LA107 Beech C23
N6015U
Elizabethtown
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-01-14 ERA24LA090 Cessna 172
N512SP
Mooresville
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-12-31 ERA24FA078 Piper Aircraft INC PA46R-350T
N539MA
Mooresville
North Carolina
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-12-15 ERA24LA066 Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 NG
N907L
Asheville
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-10-28 ERA24LA025 Cessna 305
N19YM
Williamston
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-10-22 ERA24LA086 Mooney M20C
N5954Q
Morganton
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-10-15 ERA24LA010 Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER
N72FU
Southport
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-09-18 ERA23LA375 Cessna 172
N1451U
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-23 ERA23LA348 Cessna 150
N8474J
Pink Hill
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-13 ERA23LA334 Scoda Aeronautica Ltda SUPER PETREL LS
N239WD
Hickory
North Carolina
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-08-13 ERA23LA338 Amateur-built JUST AIRCRAFT HIGHLA
N169SM
Edenton
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-27 ERA23LA316 Cessna 152
N6194Q
Maiden
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-24 ERA23LA310 Piper PA-28-140
N98134
New London
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-12 CEN23LA300 Amateur-built II
N827JA
Hertford
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-12 ERA23LA298 Douglas A-4K
N143EM
Mcas Cherry Point
North Carolina
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-07-07 CEN23LA290 Amateur-built AIR CAM
N38HP
Caswell Beach
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-06-28 DCA23FA339 Boeing 717-200
N955AT
Charlotte
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-06-25 ERA23FA273 Mooney M20R
N13LV
Southport
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-06-25 ERA23LA278 Amateur-built 4 Place
N108YZ
Sanford
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-06-16 ERA23LA281 Piper PA-22-150
N3662Z
Indian Trail
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-06-03 CEN23LA230 Champion 7KCAB
N5068X
Rutherfordton
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-31 ERA23LA262 Amateur-built Searey
N2440S
Sherrills Ford
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-05-23 ERA23LA244 Piper PA28
N8992J
Reidsville
North Carolina
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
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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.