Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in California

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 · 9,069

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2016-09-17	GAA16CA509	Grumman G44 N111W	Lakeport California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-09-09	GAA16CA489	Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G109 N909G	Emigrant Gap California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-09-05	GAA16CA465	Cessna TR182 N738GK	South Lake Tahoe California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-09-03	GAA16CA464	North American SNJ N7296C	Perris California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-25	WPR16LA167	Siai-Marchetti SF260 N16FD	Fullerton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-24	GAA16CA449	Cessna 182 N4810N	Fallbrook California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-14	GAA16CA430	Pzl-Swidnik PW 6U N212EC	Llano California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-10	GAA16CA425	American Legend Aircraft CO AL3 N35451	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-08	WPR16LA163	Cessna TR182 N756FZ	Torrance California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-03	GAA16CA416	Cessna 172 N5203H	Palm Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-08-02	WPR16FA157	Arion Aircraft LLC LIGHTNING LS-1 N341AL	Van Nuys California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-08-01	GAA16CA411	Beech F33 N6728X	Blythe California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-30	GAA16CA408	Bell Helicopter Textron 206 N206LW	Modesto California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-29	WPR16FA153	Piper PA-31T N661TC	Mckinleyville California	4 killed destroyed	Final
2016-07-27	WPR16FA152	Cessna 310B N6605B	Columbia California	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-07-24	WPR16LA150	Beech 65 A90 N256TA	Byron California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-23	WPR16FA148	Air Tractor INC AT 502B +1 more N502WC	Zamora California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2016-07-23	WPR16LA149	Amateur-built TITAN T 51 MUSTANG N5103	Lancaster California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-08	GAA16CA371	Cessna 172 N9488G	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-08	WPR16LA139	Cessna 140 N89965	Salinas California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-03	GAA16CA356	Cessna 182 N1642T	Llano California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
2016-07-02	WPR16LA134	Bell OH 58A N6251G	Brawley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-07-01	WPR16LA136	Rans S6 N2181K	Bridgeport California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-29	WPR16LA137	Rockwell International S 2R N4952X	Brawley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-28	WPR16LA132	Robinson Helicopter R44 N8325X	El Centro California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-25	WPR16CA147	Stinson L 5G N2581B	Beckwourth California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-22	GAA16CA330	Cessna 152 N67889	Clearlake Oaks California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-21	DCA16WA194 incident	Boeing 747 VHOJS	Los Angeles California	minor damage	Preliminary
2016-06-21	GAA16CA339	Hughes 269B N941BD	Princeton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-19	WPR16FA126	Piper PA 23-150 N1270P	Hayward California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-06-14	WPR16LA125	Bell 206 N1076Y	Bishop California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-11	WPR16FA124	Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA 1B N4SU	Hawthorne California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-06-05	GAA16CA289	American Aviation AA 1A N6391L	Lone Pine California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-06-01	GAA16CA303	Air Tractor INC AT 502 N5091N	Nicolaus California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-28	WPR16FA118	Amateur-built VARIEZE N80681	Santa Paula California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-05-28	WPR16FAMS1	Cessna 172N N739ZE	Avalon California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2016-05-27	GAA16CA311	Champion AERONCA 7AC N2675E	Groveland California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-23	WPR16LA122	Rans S 5 N481TJ	Lodi California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-22	WPR16FA115	Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER N1111X	Santa Monica California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-20	GAA16CA249	Boeing B75 N61445	El Cajon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-19	GAA16CA247	Cessna 182 N7610S	Redding California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-17	GAA16CA242	Amateur-built ZODIAC N99SZ	Grass Valley California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
2016-05-15	WPR16FA111	Cessna R182 N133BW	Altadena California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2016-05-14	WPR16LA113	Beech C23 N3724Y	Delano California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-13	WPR16LA108	Cessna 180 N9370C	California City California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-13	WPR16LA110	Seguin Quickie N68TQ	Mojave California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
2016-05-12	WPR16LA107	Cessna 208B N1114A	Acampo California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-10	WPR16LA105	Beech B24R N2052L	Groveland California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-08	WPR16FA103	Piper PA28 N5046W	Pomona California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2016-05-07	GAA16CA228	Beech C23 N6566R	Yucca Valley California	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.