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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
1983-08-20 MIA83LA211 Cessna 188
N9261G
Jay
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-20 MKC83LA197 Arrow Aircraft Co. ARROW SPORT
N853H
Red Oak
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-20 NYC83LA217 Cessna 172M
N444FS
Somerville
New Jersey
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-20 NYC83LA218 Cessna 150L
N19049
Farmingdale
New Jersey
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-20 NYC83LA219 Taylorcraft BC12-D
N96755
Wakefield
New Hampshire
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-20 SEA83LA181 Beech 35
N3038V
Decatur Island
Washington
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-19 ANC83LA149 Cessna T-207A
N73789
Atmautluak
Alaska
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-19 ATL83LA329 Cessna A 152
N47281
Lynchburg
Virginia
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-19 ATL83LA331 Piper PA-28-180
N6439J
Mt. Airy
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1983-08-19 LAX83LA383 Cessna 182Q
N735DZ
Trinity Center
California
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-19 LAX83LA404 Cessna P21O
N4818K
Goldfield
Nevada
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-19 MIA83FA208 Condor II
N103HL
Perrine
Florida
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 ANC83LA148 Piper J-5
N28144
Fairbanks
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 ATL83FIG06 Cessna 150
N7368G
Petersburg
West Virginia
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 ATL83LA330 Amateur-built BABY ACE
N6381T
Lexington
Kentucky
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 DEN83LA192 Cessna 152
N4877P
Akron
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 FTW83FA384 Piper PA-28-161
N8193Q
El Paso
Texas
4 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-18 LAX83FA393 Hughes 369HS
N90958
San Pedro
California
1 killed
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 MIA83LA204 Piper PA-38-112
N213SP
Sarasota
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-18 MKC83FA196 Bell 47G-3B
N73248
Paxton
Nebraska
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-18 NYC83LA216 Stinson 108-1
N8470K
Tully
New York
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-17 CHI83LA385 Cessna 150
N11279
Savanna
Illinois
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-17 CHI83LA386 Cessna 182
N1388S
Joliet
Illinois
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-17 DCA83AA034 Piper PA-31-350
N88LV
Peach Springs
Arizona
10 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-17 LAX83FA390 Piper PA-28-181
N5698V
Santa Rosa
California
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-17 LAX83LA391 Cessna 172
N3926F
Herndon
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-17 LAX83LA394 Piper PA-28-161
N81287
San Jose
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-17 MIA83FA203 Amateur-built COUGAR-1
N3538
Lantana
Florida
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-17 MIA83FA207 Beech A100
N129D
Vieques
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-17 MKC83LA195 Cessna 150L
N1911F
S. Sioux City
Nebraska
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-17 NYC83FA214 Gates Learjet 25B
N108PA
Wilmington
Delaware
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 ATL83FIA04 Cessna 152
N6171Q
Front Royal
Virginia
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-16 ATL83FU005 Amateur-built JC-24
UNREG
Wiggins
Mississippi
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-16 ATL83LA327 Piper PA-28AT-201T
N8242L
Basye
Virginia
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 ATL83LA335 Piper PA-25-235
N6953Z
Baxley
Georgia
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 CHI83FA383 Cessna 421C
N386G
Centerto
Indiana
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-16 FTW83LA379 Cessna 150
N3051S
Humble
Texas
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 FTW83LA382 Grumman G-164C
N6677K
Newport
Arkansas
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-16 FTW83LA386 Rockwell S2-R
N110JS
Jonesboro
Arkansas
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 LAX83FA388 Cessna P206B
N4738F
Kernville
California
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-16 LAX83LA389 Piper PA25-235
N7104Z
Somerton
Arizona
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-16 MIA83IA206
incident
Casa 212-200 (CASA 212)
N429CA
St. Thomas no injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 NYC83LA215 Cessna 152
N5333B
Medina
New York
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-16 SEA83FA179 Mooney M20E
N79833
Nampa
Idaho
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-15 ANC83FA146 Cessna C-206
N70531
Anchorage
Alaska
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-15 ATL83LA326 Grumman G-164A
N7904
Hatley
Georgia
minor injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-15 CHI83LA380 Cessna C-152
N67374
Hamtramck
Michigan
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1983-08-15 CHI83LA384 Piper PA-38-112
N2527N
Blue Island
Illinois
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-15 DEN83LTM06 Amateur-built D11S
N722E
Bountiful
Utah
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1983-08-15 FTW83LA380 Mooney M-20C
N6869U
Midland
Texas
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.