Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2020

1,395 cases in 2020, 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 · 1,395

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2020-05-24	ANC20CA054	Cessna 120 N72536	Gulkana Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-23	CEN20CA190	Air Tractor AT502 N571LA	Bunkie Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-23	CEN20CA191	Pietenpol AIRCAMPER N9863Z	Midland Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-23	WPR20CA153	Ayres S 2R N5573X	Artois California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-22	CEN20CA192	Champion 7GCBC N5183X	Carbondale Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-22	CEN20CA193	Cessna 182 N5179D	Ionia Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-22	CEN20LA189	Piper PA28 N7355W	Steele Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-22	DCA20WA108	Airbus A320 APBLD	Karachi Pakistan	97 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-05-22	ERA20LA194	Bellanca 8KCAB N68555	Rainbow City Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-21	CEN20CA195	Cessna 172 N365CP	Houma Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-21	ERA20CA200	Amateur-built RV8 N665HM	Hampton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	CEN20CA188	Cessna R172 N612R	Lino Lakes Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	CEN20LA185	Cessna 501 N501KM	Houston Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	CEN20LA186	Cessna T206 N51610	Center Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	CEN20LA187	Bell OH-58A N153SA	West Branch Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-20	WPR20LA152	Cirrus SR20 N883PJ	Santa Maria California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-19	CEN20CA184	Amateur-built Sopwith Baby N41LR	Lee'S Summit Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-19	DCA20LA107	Boeing 737 N820TJ	Victorville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-18	ERA20LA192	Beech F90 N960V	Knoxville Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-17	WPR20CA149	Cessna 185 N185	Winifred Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-17	WPR20LA161	Beech 35 N8359D	Cascade Locks Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-17	WPR21WA018	Amateur-built Amphibian VHWID	Maitland Aerodrome Australia	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-05-16	ANC20CA047	Piper PA 18 N5478H	Mcgrath Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-16	ANC20CA048	Piper PA18 N323DH	Skwentna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-16	CEN20CA180	Rotorway EXEC N311RM	Rochester Indiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-16	ERA20CA189	Amateur-built ZODIAC CH 650 N149WF	Carthage North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-16	ERA20CA190	Cessna 305 N60537	Oxford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-16	ERA20LA188	Vaughn Challenger N97KV	Clarksville Tennessee	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-16	WPR20CA150	Air Creation TANARG N837TB	Buckeye Arizona	serious injuries	Final
2020-05-15	ANC20LA046	Cessna A185 N5454E	Nuiqsut Alaska	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	CEN20CA178	General Atomics MQ-9B CBP213	San Angelo Texas	destroyed	Final
2020-05-15	CEN20CA181	Cessna 172 N92036	Colchester Illinois	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	CEN20CA182	Cessna 120 N120MZ	Chatham Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	CEN20LA179	Cessna P210 N1JA	Burlington Wisconsin	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	ERA20CA187	Aviat A1B N990HP	Guntersville Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-15	ERA20LA183	Ercoupe 415 N3956H	Rogersville Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-15	WPR20LA148	American Aviation AA-1A N12YT	Blythe California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-14	ERA20CA184	Bell OH-58C N183MP	Livingston New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-14	WPR20LA147	Cessna 172 N63931	Tucson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-13	WPR20LA144	Mooney M20J N201HH	Phoenix Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-12	ERA20LA177	Piper PA34 N887SP	Pembroke Pines Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-12	ERA20LA179	Beech F33 N711JA	Land O Lakes Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-05-12	WPR20WA143	Daher Kodiak PKMEC	Papua Indonesia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-05-11	ERA20CA178	Amateur-built VENTUS 2CT N514TW	Stuarts Draft Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-11	ERA20CA185	Piper PA22 N4454A	Fayetteville Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-11	WPR20CA151	Let L 33 SOLO N355BA	Arlington Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-10	ERA20CA191	Bell UH 1N N12328	Baghdad Iraq	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-09	CEN20LA173	Titan TITAN TORNADO S N318WH	Haskell Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-09	CEN20LA175	Beech 1900 N31704	San Antonio Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-05-09	CEN20WA209	Piper PA38 LYATM	Kena Lithuania	2 killed	Preliminary

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.