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
2014-03-27	WPR14TA149	Bell OH-58A N497E	Tehachapi California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-21	WPR14LA146	Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42 550FG N112FP	Truckee California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-20	WPR14LA141	Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR N817EV	Porterville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-19	WPR14CA139	Amateur-built STARDUSTER SA300 N490B	San Luis Obispo California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-15	WPR14CA138	Dg Flugzeugbau GMBH DG 1000S N624RM	Wrightwood California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-07	WPR14LA134	Cessna 170B N2252D	San Luis Obispo California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-06	WPR14LA153	Zenair CH2T N285AM	Woodland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-03-05	DCA14CA090	Boeing 737 - 932ER N809DN	San Diego California	serious injuries	Final
2014-03-03	WPR14FA127	Piper PA 46 350P N9281F	Truckee California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2014-02-28	WPR14LA130	Grumman G164 - A N72ES	Caruthers California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-02-25	WPR14CA122	Cessna 172M N91712	Ramona California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-02-25	WPR14LA123	Lake LA 4 200 N1040L	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-02-22	WPR14LA117	Beech A45 N666	Hollister California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-02-18	WPR14CA115	Bell 47G 5A N715BH	Greenfield California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-01-28	WPR14LA105	Piper PA 23-250 N5977Y	Camarillo California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-01-27	DCA14CA043	General Atomics MQ-9 CBP159	Point Loma California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2014-01-27	WPR14LA102	Beech C90 N350WA	Columbia California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-01-18	WPR14LA099	Piper PA 24-250 +1 more N6570P	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-01-14	WPR14LA096	Morrisey 2150 N5102V	Pismo Beach California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2014-01-12	WPR14CA095	Amateur-built RV 6 N6888	Sacramento California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2014-01-04	WPR14CA087	Amateur-built TEXAS SPRT CUB TX11J N114DE	Avalon California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2013-12-31	WPR14CA083	Cessna 195A N369JJ	Salinas California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-29	WPR14CA097	Cameron Balloons US A-400 N65298	Napa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-29	WPR14LA080	Cessna 172N N4936D	Pacoima California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-27	WPR14FA078	Cessna 172K N251JM	Fresno California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2013-12-27	WPR14LA079	Stinson 108 1 N8848K	Lodi California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-23	WPR14CA074	Cessna 172M N80238	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-18	WPR14LA071	Piper PA 32-301 N8169C	Los Angeles California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-15	WPR14CA070	Bellanca 7ECA N53893	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-09	WPR14LA062	Hiller UH 12E N36MV	Chowchilla California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-08	WPR14CA063	Burkhart Grob G 103 TWIN II N3981C	Bryon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-08	WPR14CA064	Piper PA 16 N6913	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-05	WPR14LA061	Piper PA 24-250 N6595P	Fair Oaks California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-12-02	WPR14CA060	Beech G35 N145WP	Placerville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-11-17	WPR14LA056	Cessna T210 - F N6186R	Oceanside California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-11-13	WPR14CA053	Cessna 152 N821EB	Livermore California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-11-11	WPR14CA048	Maule MX 7-235 N88CR	San Ynez California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-11-09	WPR14LA049	Firefly Balloons, INC FIREFLY 10 N1623L	Temecula California	serious injuries	Final
2013-11-03	WPR14CA043	Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA 5B N1550R	Avalon California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-11-01	WPR14CA039	Yuneec YUNEEC N400XW	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-24	WPR14LA031	Piper PA 28-180 N30865	Big Creek California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-23	WPR14CA026	Cessna T210 - H N6942R	Lodi California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-22	WPR14CA033	Tecnam P92 N137LM	Watsonville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-20	WPR14LA025	Aviat S2 +1 more N15TA	Livermore California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-14	WPR14CA017	Beller QUICKSILVER MXLII N75556	Orland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-12	WPR14CA016	Champion 7ECA N9599S	Willows California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-12	WPR14LA051	Piper PA 31P N14TG	Calexico California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-10-11	WPR14LA014	Bell Helicopter Textron 206L 1 N206KK	Seeley California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2013-10-09	WPR14FA012	Mooney M20E N7145U	Julian California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2013-09-30	WPR13FA430	Cessna 525A N194SJ	Santa Monica California	4 killed destroyed	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.