Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in South Dakota

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 · 467

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2012-09-25	CEN12CA658	Cessna 175A N6979E	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-09-14	CEN12LA634	North Wing Design APACHE SPORT N850GB	Vermillion South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2012-08-28	CEN12FA579	Amateur-built SQ 2000 N416	Pierre South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-08-25	CEN12LA580	Cessna 140 N140XX	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-08-14	CEN12LA557	Bell 47G-2 N444EH	Flandreau South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-15	CEN12CA375	Air Tractor INC AT-502 N45379	Ipswich South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-07	CEN12LA346	Beech 77 N18012	Clark South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-23	CEN12CA313	Ayres Corporation S2R-R1340 N30951	Clear Lake South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-23	CEN12LA357	Rockwell International S-2R N8421V	Howard South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-24	CEN12LA283	Beech 58 N8121R	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-14	CEN12LA242	Bell 407 N509MT	Aberdeen South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-05	CEN12LA230	Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA N104MH	Isabel South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-24	CEN12LA175	Piper PA-28-161 N20GG	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-08	CEN12CA159	Maule MX-7-235 N5664N	Tea South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-09	CEN12FA100	Cessna 421C N421SY	Sioux Falls South Dakota	4 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-12-09	CEN12LA103	Beech C23 N6717K	Watertown South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-11-11	CEN12LA059	Cessna 172M N13584	Sturgis South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-10-18	CEN12CA028	Piper PA-18-150 N8485D	Brookings South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-10-01	CEN12FA001	Robinson Helicopter CO R66 N266CY	Philip South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2011-08-20	CEN11LA581	Piper PA-25-235 N7051Z	Whitewood South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-08-10	CEN11LA563	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A N127FC	Mansfield South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-07-03	CEN11FA437	American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC N711AT	Hayti South Dakota	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-06-28	CEN11LA452	Cessna A188A N1588M	Estelline South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-06-18	CEN11LA405	Piper PA-25-235 N7018Z	Faith South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-06-17	CEN11LA399	Piper PA-36-300 N57885	Highmore South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-04-25	CEN11CA301	Ayres Corporation S2R-R1340 N3104S	Estelline South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-03-23	CEN11LA273	Cessna 414A N4057C	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2010-11-08	CEN11CA060	Piper PA-22-160 N3029Z	Watertown South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2010-09-24	CEN10LA573	Cessna 152 N5364H	Tea South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2010-07-24	CEN10LA429	Amateur-built Classic Sport S-18 N216TB	Tea South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2010-07-24	CEN10LA430	Piper PA-28-151 N1158X	Spearfish South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2010-07-07	CEN10CA415	Skykits CORP SAVANNAH VGW N391EU	Bison South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2010-06-05	CEN10CA305	Cessna 337 N2267X	Custer South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2010-05-29	CEN10LA275	Bellanca 7GCBC N88399	Watertown South Dakota	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2010-05-08	CEN10CA244	Piper J3L N24502	Kyle South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2009-09-29	CEN09CA608	Piper J3C-65 N3260N	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2009-08-16	CEN09LA523	From Here To There Pdq INC RV-8 N98AW	Tea South Dakota	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2009-07-31	CEN09CA519	Cessna 182A N2131G	Watertown South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2009-06-15	CEN09LA388	Beech B100 N4490M	Rapid City South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
2009-06-12	CEN09CA616	Piper PA-36-285 N57625	Clark South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2009-05-13	CEN09CA305	Flight Design GMBH CT2K N433CT	Mitchell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2009-03-10	CEN09LA206	Cessna 402B N402BP	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2009-03-06	CEN09CA194	Air Tractor INC AT-502B N648LA	Harrold South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-12-24	CEN09CA112	Cessna 140 N89418	Highmore South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-10-10	CEN09CA026	Amateur-built Rotorway 162F N162NJ	Rutland South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-09-27	CHI08CA296	Piper PA28 N6266J	Gann Valley South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-08-10	CHI08CA246	Air Tractor AT-802A N9078G	Turton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-08-05	CHI08CA245	Air Tractor 301 N3161A	Herreid South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-08-04	CHI08CA235	Cessna 150L N16235	Watertown South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2008-08-03	CHI08CA232	Piper PA-18-150 N5951Z	Wall South Dakota	serious 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.