Aviation accidents and incidents in North Carolina
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.
Cases newest first · 1,759
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-21 | ERA23FA238 | Beech V35 N272S |
Rougemont North Carolina |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2023-05-21 | ERA23LA240 | Cessna R182 N182LG |
Macon North Carolina |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2023-05-17 | ERA23LA241 | Amateur-built BDB001 N191CK |
Wadesboro North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-05-05 | DCA23LA278 | Airbus A321-231 N921US |
Charlotte North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-05-05 | ERA23LA218 | Piper PA-28-180 N180LR |
Greenville North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-04-15 | ERA23FA194 | Amateur-built VELOCITY N2357 |
Andrews North Carolina |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2023-04-15 | ERA23LA207 | Schweizer SGS 1-26E N33873 |
Wake Forest North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-04-11 | ERA23FA188 | Amateur-built RV-12 N543GM |
Climax North Carolina |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2023-03-19 | ERA23LA155 | Piper PA-28-181 N565TF |
Sanford North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-03-09 | ERA23LA147 | Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH EC 135 P2+ N558MT |
Franklin North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-03-05 | ERA23LA152 | Cessna 172 N2527L |
Kinston North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-02-06 | ERA23LA125 | Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA20-C1 N116CL |
Pikeville North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2023-01-23 | ERA23LA118 | Piper PA28 N747PK |
Raleigh/Durham North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-12-13 | ERA23LA089 | Piper PA-38-112 N498DS |
Rockingham North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-11-27 | ERA23LA076 | Phantom Aeronautics X1 N5205A |
Trinity North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-11-22 | ERA23FA070 | Robinson Helicopter R44 N7094J |
Charlotte North Carolina |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-11-19 | ERA23FA067 | Piper PA-30 N7295Y |
Winston-Salem North Carolina |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-10-06 | ERA23LA009 | Amateur-built Fisher Celebrity N655WP |
Greensboro North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-09-28 | ERA22LA432 | Cessna 140 N2509N |
Winterville North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-09-21 | ERA22LA427 | Northwing Design APACHE SPORT N3283N |
Southern Shores North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-09-05 | ERA22LA406 | Cessna 177B N35243 |
Ivanhoe North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-08-04 | ERA22LA356 | Cessna 182C N8865T |
Holly Ridge North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-29 | ERA22LA348 | Casa C212 N497CA |
Raeford North Carolina |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-29 | ERA22LA366 | Piper PA-32RT N4321M |
Wilmington North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-23 | ERA22LA290 | Schweizer 300 C N2158T |
Boonville North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-20 | ERA22LA276 | Piper PA-28-180 N9676J |
Laurinburg North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-20 | ERA22LA277 | Hawker HUNTER N337AX |
Wilmington North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-16 | ERA22LA274 | Cessna 172 N5064H |
Brevard North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-11 | ERA22LA313 | Amateur-built Twinstarr N298RW |
Indian Trail North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-03 | ERA22LA258 | Taylorcraft BC12-D1 N44374 |
Pittsboro North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-09 | ERA22LA232 | Amateur-built VANS RV-6A N7FJ |
Hendersonville North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-09 | ERA22LA268 | Amateur-built ESCAPADE N86RD |
Brasstown North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-16 | ERA22LA196 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A N7784S |
Zebulon North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-10 | ERA22LA184 | Piper J3C-65 N4693S |
Bald Head Island North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-02 | ERA22LA177 | Cessna 170 N2656V |
Stoney Point North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-03-25 | ERA22LA169 | Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 NG N471BL |
Smithfield North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-02-16 | ERA22FA126 | Beech 58 N58LF |
Lexington North Carolina |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-02-16 | ERA22LA130 | Piper PA32R N114BR |
Washington North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-02-13 | ERA22LA120 | Pilatus Aircraft LTD PC-12/47E N79NX |
Beaufort North Carolina |
8 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-02-11 | ERA22LA132 | Cessna 140 N2509N |
New Bern North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-02-09 | ERA22LA125 | Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N987AA |
Pinehurst North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-02-06 | ERA22LA124 | Cessna 172RG N9382D |
Rocky Mount North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-01-18 | ERA22LA110 | Amateur-built THATCHER CX4 N254RM |
Angier North Carolina |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2021-11-14 | ERA22LA059 | Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N633CD |
Burnsville North Carolina |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2021-11-13 | ERA22LA063 | Aeronca 7AC N3063E |
Denver North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2021-11-04 | ERA22LA046 | Cessna 150M N704HQ |
Margarettsville North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2021-10-21 | ERA22FA024 | Mooney M20J N3933H |
Holly Ridge North Carolina |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2021-10-03 | ERA22FA001 | Beech S35 N876T |
Andrews North Carolina |
2 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2021-10-03 | ERA22LA002 | Cessna 150 N7333A |
Oxford North Carolina |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2021-09-29 | ERA21LA390 | Eurocopter AS 350 B3 N370NC |
Kinston North Carolina |
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.
