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
2020-03-12	CEN20LA442	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II N4386W	Sterling City Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-12	ERA20CA141	Cessna 172 N52232	Ocean City Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-12	ERA20LA126	Piper PA28 N656ST	Beverly Massachusetts	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-11	CEN20CA120	Aeronca 7AC N83032	Ankeny Iowa	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-11	CEN20LA118	Piper PA32R N599ST	Rensselaer Indiana	serious injuries destroyed	Final
2020-03-11	ERA20FA124	Cessna 177RG N1572H	Sterling Massachusetts	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-03-11	WPR20WA107	Cessna 404 VHOZO	Lockhart River Australia	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-03-10	ANC20CA032	Cessna 172 N52168	Big Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-10	ERA20CA131	American Legand Aircraft AL18 N23TN	Social Circle Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-08	CEN20CA117	Piper PA28-180 N7525W	Eolia Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-08	DCA20WA093	Boeing 767 N477AX	Shannon Ireland	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-03-08	ERA20LA122	Beech V35 N581U	Destin Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-07	CEN20CA115	Mooney M20K N3928H	New Orleans Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-07	CEN20CA116	Cub Crafters CC11-160 N78BK	Mack Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-07	ERA20CA128	Amateur-built ACRODUSTER II SA750 N529FM	Senoia Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-07	ERA20LA123	Mooney M20C N9281M	Mcintyre Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-06	ERA20FA119	American Aviation AA 1 N5757L	Boynton Beach Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-03-06	WPR20CA100	Piper PA28R N41429	Twin Falls Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-06	WPR20CA112	Amateur-built DHC6 N72GC	Boulder City Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	ANC20LA028	Eurocopter EC130 N11QK	Kalapana Hawaii	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	CEN20CA119	Cessna 208 N706FX	Rhinelander Wisconsin	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	CEN20LA113	Bell 206 N32AE	Clark Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	DCA20WA096 incident	Embraer ERJ170-200LR N250NN	Apodaca Mexico	no injuries	Preliminary
2020-03-05	ERA20LA127	Piper PA23 N335W	Albemarle North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	WPR20LA099	Cessna 182 N4031D	Moab Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-05	WPR20LA101	Cessna 210 N123CE	Needles California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-04	CEN20CA114	Amateur-built RV8 N878DZ	Harrison Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-04	WPR20LA098	Flight Design CTLS N505MA	Encino New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-03	ANC20CA029	Champion 7GCAA N9632S	Sterling Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-03	CEN20CA111	Cessna P206 N206JF	Hill City Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-03	CEN20CA112	Cessna 172 N5815E	Madison Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-03-03	CEN20FA110	Cessna 172 N157SF	Lincoln Illinois	3 killed destroyed	Final
2020-03-03	ERA20FA118	Piper PA46 N43368	Bishop Georgia	3 killed destroyed	Final
2020-03-01	DCA20WA089 incident	Boeing 737 CNRNK	Brazzaville Congo (Democratic Republic)		Preliminary
2020-03-01	ERA20CA116	Let L 23 SUPER BLANIK N296BA	Huntsville Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-29	ANC20CA030	Piper PA18 N7384D	Big Lake Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-29	CEN20FA108	Cessna 150 N407WJ	Port Isabel Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-02-29	CEN20LA107	Amateur-built CH601 N601ND	Cabool Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-29	ERA20CA117	Piper PA28 N228JS	Wilmington Delaware	serious injuries	Final
2020-02-29	ERA20CA120	Learjet 35 N721EC	Altoona Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-29	WPR20CA105	Piper PA 18 N1890A	Santa Barbara California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	ANC20WA031	Robinson R44 RA04246	Astrakhan Russia	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-02-28	CEN20CA106	Kitfox 57 Super Sport N92MH	Kosciusko Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	DCA20WA099 incident	Boeing 737 CNRGJ	Crawley United Kingdom		Preliminary
2020-02-28	ERA20CA115	Cessna 152 N25474	Tampa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	ERA20CA147	Zenair CH 2000 N677NA	Ocala Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	ERA20LA121	Piper PA28 N79HA	Mount Pleasant Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	WPR20CA103	Amateur-built FX-3 N3XC	Sonoma/Schellville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-28	WPR20LA104	Piper PA46 N304LA	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-02-27	CEN20CA104	Champion 7ECA N2987Z	Athens Texas	minor 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.