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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

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.

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DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
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
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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.