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
1997-07-12	ANC97LA102	Piper PA-18 N1961P	Talkeetna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	CHI97FA208	Cessna 150F N8197S	Gary Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-12	CHI97IA212 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15 N9348	Memphis Tennessee	no injuries	Final
1997-07-12	CHI97LA211	Waco UPF-7 N30136	Springfield Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	FTW97LA263	Amateur-built STEEN SKYBOLT N773HD	Brazoria Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	IAD97LA099	Beech BE-35 N2738V	Wadsworth Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	LAX97LA240	Cessna 152 N4594B	Gila Bend Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	LAX97LA244	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601 N7435S	Boulder City Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	MIA97LA211	Schweizer SGS-1-26B N9927J	Eustis Florida	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-12	NYC97LA145	Slingsby Aviation Plc T65A N111XX	Bethel Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-12	SEA97LA167	Cessna 140 N4275N	Arlington Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-11	ANC97LA101	Boeing D75N1 N60821	Eagle Alaska	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-11	FTW97FA262	Ryan NAVION B N5401K	Garfield Colorado	4 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-11	SEA97LA166	Cessna 172I N35436	Naches Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-10	ATL97LA100	Beech 55 N45CW	Murfreesboro Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-10	CHI97LA209	Piper PA-25-235A N7050Z	O'Neil Nebraska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-10	FTW97IA261 incident	Boeing 757-223 N660AM	Dickinson North Dakota	minor injuries minor damage	Final
1997-07-10	FTW97LA278	Amateur-built RAF 2000 GYROPLANE N6826Z	Conroe Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-10	MIA97LA209	Amateur-built AA-1B N1493R	New Albany Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-10	MIA97WA214	Cessna 402C N2717Y	Gt. Harbour Cay Burkina Faso	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1997-07-10	NYC97LA141	Cessna 182 N8568T	Springfield Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-09	CHI97IA205 incident	Boeing B-727-200 N770AT	Indianapolis Indiana	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-07-09	FTW97LA260	Bellanca 7ECA N2583F	Sonora Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-09	LAX97LA236	Amateur-built AA-5B N28299	Susanville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-09	SEA97LA165	Amateur-built TURBO CRUISER N6626W	Milford Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-08	ANC97LA100	Piper PA-18-160 N3952Z	Cantwell Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-08	FTW97LA258	Aero Commander 500-B N802TC	Dallas Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-08	MIA97LA207	Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A N82019	Clewiston Florida	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-08	MIA97LA208	Air Tractor AT-401 N1509C	Altha Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-08	NYC97FA139	Amateur-built AA-5B N28535	Jones Beach New York	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-08	NYC97LA140	Cessna 182A N4951D	Hayfield Twnshp Pennsylvania	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-08	SEA97LA164	Piper PA-18-135 N3253B	Biddle Montana	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-07	ANC97TA098	Cessna U206G N756ZV	Platinum Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-07	CHI97LA203	Piper PA-17 N4594H	Cadillac Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-07	CHI97LA204	Grumman-Schweizer G-164B N6633K	Donnelly Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-07	FTW97LA266	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) ERCOUPE 415-C N99739	Huntsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-07	LAX97GA235	Bell BHT-206L-1 N27591	Highland California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-07	LAX97LA234	Cessna 150G N458AE	Barstow California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-07	LAX97LA237	Cessna 172N N738ET	Joshua Tree California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-07	LAX97LA251	Cessna 150M N8168U	Chico California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	ATL97LA097	Ryan NAVION N91519	Cross City Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	ATL97LA099	Cessna P210N N222WE	Destin Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	ATL97LA101	Piper PA-34-200 N4515T	Fajardo Puerto Rico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	CHI97FA196	Mooney M20A N8394E	White Bear Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-06	CHI97LA197	Piper PA-18 N183DP	Middleville Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-07-06	CHI97TA198	Cessna 182R N661SP	Peoria Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	FTW97FA255	Boeing 727-247 N2809W	Albuquerque New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	IAD97LA100	Cessna 182H N1858X	Pedrictown New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-07-06	NYC97LA135	Cessna 182B N166KM	Medford New Jersey	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-07-06	NYC97LA136	Cessna 172P N97011	Wildwood 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.