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
1997-07-20	CHI97LA216	Schweizer SGS 2-8 N79106	Menominee Falls Wisconsin	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	FTW97FA274	Amateur-built RANS S-9 N1678N	Mckinney Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-20	FTW97LA275	Amateur-built AEROBAT III N17638	Brownsville Texas	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	SEA97LA170	Cessna 172M N1418U	Donnelly Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	SEA97LA171	Hughes 269C N1105B	Yamhill Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-20	SEA97LA172	Grumman G-164A N6550	Pingree Idaho	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-19	ANC97LA106	Amateur-built DHC-2 N68084	Alagnak River Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-19	ATL97LA106	Bellanca 8GCBC N4138Y	Bunnell Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-19	CHI97FA218	Cessna 172P +1 more N5323K	Chicago Illinois	7 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-19	CHI97LA222	Amateur-built MINI-500 N500XM	Ava Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-19	FTW97LA272	Beech C35 N1878D	Chickasha Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-19	IAD97LA101	Piper PA-28R-180 N4530J	Edgartown Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-19	SEA97LA173	Cessna 170 N4292V	Graham Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-18	CHI97LA219	Weatherly 201C N9054W	Stephen Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-18	FTW97LA273	Christen Industries PITTS S-2B N5351N	Englewood Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-18	LAX97FA253	Mooney M20J N405LA	Placerville California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-18	LAX97LA247	Sikorsky S-58T N47B	Page Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-18	LAX97LA252	Cessna 182N N9099G	Sacramento California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-18	LAX97LA257	Amateur-built ROTORWAY EXEC N6323F	Lakeport California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-18	NYC97GA148	Schweizer 269C N6129Q	Baltimore Maryland	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-18	SEA97LA162	Cessna 320E N3425Q	W. Yellowstone Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-17	CHI97LA213	Piper PA-28-151 N41371	Fessenden North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-17	FTW97LA270	Bell 206L-1 N3892R	Amelia Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-17	NYC97LA147	Cessna 120 N2550N	Napoleon Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-17	SEA97LA169	Weatherly 620B N9022H	Newdale Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-16	ANC97LA104	Piper PA-18 N83675	Gakona Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-16	ATL97LA104	Cessna 177RG N52120	Knoxville Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-16	CHI97LA214	Cessna 172 N733FT	Ottumwa Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-16	FTW97LA271	Cessna 152 N4870B	Sherman Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-16	LAX97LA245	Classic Aircraft Corp. WACO YMF-5 N553T	Pahoa Hawaii	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-15	ANC97LA103	Piper PA-22 N4520A	Fairbanks Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-15	ATL97LA105	Cessna 172N N737EV	Lakeland Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-15	FTW97FA269	Mooney M20C N777TU	Sarepta Louisiana	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-07-15	FTW97LA267	Piper PA-31-350 N800SA	Denver Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-15	LAX97FA241	Cessna TR182 N757CF	Panamint Spring California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-15	LAX97IA243 incident	Boeing 737-522 N956UA	Ontario California	no injuries	Final
1997-07-15	LAX97LA242	Cessna 180K N2914K	Lake Mead Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-15	MIA97FA213	Gates Learjet 35A N19LH	Avon Park Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-14	FTW97LA268	Cessna 152 N5238H	Lufkin Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-14	LAX97LA249	Cessna 182G N2164R	Fresno California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-14	NYC97LA138	Hughes 269B N9398F	Paducah Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-14	NYC97LA143	Cessna 172M N9679V	Manville New Jersey	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-14	SEA97LA168	Bell 47G-3B N8494E	Idaho Falls Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-13	ATL97LA103	Hughes 269C N7413F	Johnston South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-13	CHI97LA210	Cessna A188B N9746G	Aitkin Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-13	FTW97LA264	Bell 47G-3B-1 N83701	Crossett Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-13	IAD97LA098	Cessna 182K N2539R	Ellington Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-13	MIA97LA210	Grumman-Schweizer G-164A N7981	Woodeberry Tennessee	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-13	NYC97FA144	Cessna TR182 N737PK	Seaside Heights New Jersey	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-13	NYC97LA142	Piper PA-28-181 N84611	Jersey City New Jersey	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.