Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in South Dakota

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.

Cases newest first · 467

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2019-01-13	CEN19LA053	Piper PA28 N75191	Salem South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2018-12-25	CEN19LA049	Beech 58 N6745V	Sioux Falls South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
2018-11-02	CEN19FA021	Cessna 210 N81KD	Bradley South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2018-08-14	CEN18LA329	Cessna 150 N6341K	Madison South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-08-02	CEN18LA306	Bell 47G 3B N347BH	Custer South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-07-19	GAA18CA429	Cessna 170 N432W	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-04-30	CEN18LA164	Beech 1900C N172GA	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-04-24	CEN18LA146	Cessna T303 N9746C	Pine Ridge South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-03-20	GAA18CA173	Cessna 182 N3024Y	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2018-03-12	GAA18CA166	Cessna 140 N2011N	Madison South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-12-28	GAA18CA094	Piper PA32 N11KX	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-08-30	GAA17CA513	Cessna 172 N2982U	Belle Fourche South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-07-26	CEN17CA294	Air Tractor INC AT 502B N421CA	Harrold South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-07-09	CEN17LA265	Cubcrafters INC CC11-160 N111JW	Milesville South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-06-26	GAA17CA374	Champion 7BCM N3195C	Watertown South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2017-03-16	CEN17FA132	Cessna 210B N9581X	Opal South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2017-01-27	CEN17IA094 incident	Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB BK 117 C-2 N911MK	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries minor damage	Final
2016-09-02	CEN16FA344	Amateur-built RV 6 N676DT	Viborg South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-08-30	CEN16CA364	Beech V35B N23583	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-12	DCA16IA215 incident	Airbus A320 232 N632JB	Wood South Dakota	minor injuries minor damage	Final
2016-07-20	CEN16LA275	Meyers 200 N229RS	Huron South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-08	DCA16IA200 incident	Airbus Industrie A320 211 N333NW	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries	Final
2016-06-07	CEN16FA209	Amateur-built KITFOX IV N921RP	De Smet South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-05-27	CEN16LA201	Cessna 402B N76MD	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-02-12	GAA16LA128	Piper PA24 N6691P	Sturgis South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-10-19	GAA16CA022	Cessna 180H N9780G	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-10-05	CEN16LA006	Robinson Helicopter R44 N442RP	Parkston South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-09-04	GAA15CA251	Air Tractor INC AT 402A N321DA	Fort Pierre South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-07-14	CEN15LA306	Air Creation CLIPPER 582 UNREG	Clark South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-07-02	GAA15CA196	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II N824DK	Forest City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-06-09	GAA15CA117	Air Tractor INC AT 401 N4549E	Wall South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-06-08	CEN15FA264	Bellanca 7GCBC N11698	Kadoka South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2015-05-28	GAA15CA097	Bell 47G 3B 1 N112SH	Fort Pierre South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2015-02-27	CEN15CA160	Zenith Acft CO STOL CH 701 N511QC	Marion South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-10-07	CEN15CA006	Piper PA 31-350 N300VF	Glenham South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-10-01	CEN15CA001	Piper PA 25-235 N6659Z	Yankton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-07-26	CEN14CA392	Bellanca 7GCBC N5530K	Caputa South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-06-19	CEN14CA317	Quicksilver Enterprises INC MXL II SPORT N4474P	Watertown South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-06-11	CEN14LA284	Air Tractor AT-301 N8564S	Winner South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-04-28	CEN14FA224	Piper PA 32R-300 N8700E	Highmore South Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Final
2014-04-19	CEN14CA242	Cessna 170A N9285A	Huron South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-08-10	CEN13CA481	Super 18 LLC S18-STD N230AK	Humboldt South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-07-23	CEN13LA431	Schweizer 269C N7507A	Gary South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-07-02	CEN13LA391	Air Tractor AT-402B N2072D	Ipswich South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-06-26	CEN13LA375	Air Tractor INC AT-301 N3168X	Colome South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-06-21	CEN13LA367	Piper PA-28-140 N589FL	De Smet South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-06-07	CEN13FA324	Weatherly Aviation CO INC 620B N350WR	Ludlow South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2013-04-13	CEN13LA228	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II N424DP	Buffalo South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-04	CEN13LA220	Amateur-built RV-6A N525PW	Spearfish South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-12-11	CEN13CA108	Piper PA-18-150 N3471Z	Okaton South Dakota	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.