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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983

3,514 cases in 1983, 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 · 3,514

DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
1983-08-31 MKC83LA207 Hiller UH-12E
N173HA
Corwith
Iowa
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-31 SEA83FA189 Piper PA-28-140
N6874J
Everett
Washington
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-31 SEA83LA192 Cessna P210N
N5249W
Wenatchee
Washington
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 ANC83LA155 Bell B-206B
N87TA
Bettles
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 ATL83LA344 Piper PA-32-300
N8987N
Blairsville
Georgia
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 ATL83LA345 Cessna 172E
N5331T
Middlebourne
West Virginia
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 ATL83LA356 Cessna 172C
N8338X
Portsmouth Isl.
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 CHI83FA402 Beech 58P
N88AX
Cassopolis
Michigan
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-30 CHI83LA398 Amateur-built HEADWIND
N64MF
New Douglas
Illinois
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 CHI83LA399 Cessna 172E
N3540S
Columbia Sta.
Ohio
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-30 DEN83LU004 Starflight STARFIRE
UNREG
Grand Junction
Colorado
serious injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 FTW83LA390 Piper PA-28-140
N9762W
Buffalo
Oklahoma
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-30 FTW83LA404 Aero Commander S2R
N3696X
Katy
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 LAX83LA417 Cessna C-177RG
N1845Q
Sedona
Arizona
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 MIA83FA216 Piper PA-28-161
N30533
Marathon
Florida
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-30 MIA83LA215 Cessna 150H
N6479S
Dorado
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 MKC83LA208 Cessna TU206G
N9583Z
Indianola
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-30 NYC83LA231 Cessna 172F
N8399U
Ebensburg
Pennsylvania
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 ATL83FKG11 Cessna A188A
N5633J
Jesup
Georgia
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 ATL83LA343 Smith, Ted Aerostar 600-A
N139TS
Florala
Alabama
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-29 ATL83LA346 Piper PA-25-235
N4633Y
Falkland
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 DEN83LA202 Piper PA-11-90
CFGNB
Babb
Montana
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 FTW83LA403 Cessna 140
N3625V
Hitchcock
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 LAX83LA412 Cessna 182A
N6055B
South Dos Palos
California
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 LAX83LA413 Amateur-built ACRO X
N83AX
Jackson
California
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-29 MKC83FA205 Piper PA-24-151
N7993C
Chesterfield
Missouri
2 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 MKC83LA204 Grumman AMERICAN AA-B
N9620L
Bucklin
Kansas
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 NYC83FGM05 Cessna 152
N4793Q
Butler
Pennsylvania
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-29 NYC83LA229 Burkhart Grob FLUGZEUGBAU G103
N906BG
Julian
Pennsylvania
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 NYC83LA230 Piper PA-22
N5185Z
West Bloomfield
New York
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-29 SEA83LA188 Grumman G-164
N48719
Quincy
Washington
serious injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 CHI83LA394 Piper PA-32-260
N9346C
Watertown
Wisconsin
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 CHI83LA395 Cessna 150H
N6996S
Allegan
Michigan
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 CHI83LA396 Cessna 172
N12862
Princeton
Illinois
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 CHI83LA397 Amateur-built MONNETT-MONI
N3944C
Port Huron
Michigan
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 CHI83LA400 Piper PA-28-181
N3576R
Blair
Wisconsin
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 DCA83AA037 Swearingen SA226TC
N503SS
Hot Springs
Arkansas
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 DCA84RA003 Lockheed 382G
N17ST
Angola/Dundo
Angola
7 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-28 DEN83FU003 Amateur-built UNKNOWN
UNREG
Powell
Wyoming
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 FTW83LA401 Cessna 195
N6894D
Sheridan
Arkansas
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 FTW83LA423 Cessna 152
N89575
Opelousas
Louisiana
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-28 LAX83FU014 Davis HOMEBUILT
UNREG
Byron
California
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 LAX83LA411 Piper PA-28-161
N47980
Upland
California
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 LAX83LA418 Cessna 172P
N62038
Glendale
Arizona
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 MKC83LA206 Amateur-built QUICKIE
N69KP
Waldron
Missouri
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-28 NYC83FA228 Beech 58PA
N158JB
Danbury
Connecticut
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-28 SEA83FA187 Cessna 182C
N8807T
Near Elk River
Idaho
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-28 SEA83LA184 Cessna 180
N3239D
Colburn
Idaho
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-27 ANC83FA154 Cessna 180
N2145Z
Fairbanks
Alaska
3 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-27 ANC83FAG09 Cessna 140
N77191
Kotlik
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
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.