Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997

2,121 cases in 1997, 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 · 2,121

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1997-12-09	CHI98LA062	Piper PA-28-140 N55259	Dawson North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-09	LAX98LA056	Johnson BUSHROD N6232F	Corona California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-09	NYC98LA038	Cessna TR182 N4701S	Owenton Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-09	NYC98LA039	Cessna 172M N12219	New Salem Massachusetts	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-12-08	CHI98LA059	Bellanca 17-30 N4854V	Independence Kansas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-08	NYC98LA040	Cessna 172P N99510	Mitchellville Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-07	CHI98LA058	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-50 N774NC	Memphis Tennessee	serious injuries	Final
1997-12-07	FTW98FA063	Pitts S-2B +1 more N693SB	Bozeman Montana	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-07	LAX98FA052	Cessna 172N N3548E	Lytle Creek California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-06	ATL98LA018	Amateur-built CHALLENGER II N11644	Rainbow City Alabama	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-06	ATL98LA019	Amateur-built D-4 FASCINATION DMSMV	Leesburg Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-06	ATL98LA020	Cessna 172B N172MT	Henderson North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-06	CHI98LA055	Piper PA-24 N8452P	Cairo Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-06	FTW98LA064	Adams A55S N1063V	Gallup New Mexico	fatal	Final
1997-12-06	FTW98LA065	Artic Aircraft Corp. S-1B2 N71AT	Worland Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-06	LAX98LA053	Mcdonnell Douglas 369HS N9068F	Saipan India	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-06	MIA98WA042	Socata TB-20 N52CJ	Little Cayman CJ	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-12-06	SEA98LA021	Enstrom F-28F N171HH	John Day Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-05	ANC98TA011	Bell 206B N83146	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-05	CHI98LA054	Piper PA-34-200T N8189P	Lee'S Summit Missouri	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-05	MIA98WA056 incident	Boeing 707-320 CXBSB	Montevideo Uruguay	no injuries	Preliminary
1997-12-05	SEA98LA020	Amateur-built HELICYCLE N3275Q	Big Timber Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-04	MIA98WA041	Piper PA-31-350 N116PM	Walker Cay Burkina Faso	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-12-04	SEA98LA019	Amateur-built KITFOX MODEL 3 N89DD	Caldwell Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-03	LAX98FA050	Mooney M20J N301JL	Sedona Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-03	MIA98FAMS1	Beech G35 N4404D	Missing	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-02	CHI98LA052	Piper PA-46-350P N6295Z	Vicksburg Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-02	DCA98WA017 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD83-2 GHEI	Paris France	minor damage	Preliminary
1997-12-02	LAX98LA049	Cessna T210N N1396U	Union City California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-02	LAX98LA051	Luscombe 8 N2591K	Grass Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-02	MIA98FA039	Christen Industries A-1 N9613P	Lansing North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-02	NYC98LA037	Cessna A152 N758YR	Moriches New York	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-01	FTW98LA060	Piper PA-24-250 N6661P	Lubbock Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-01	MIA98FA038	Cessna C-182E N9033Y	Townsend Tennessee	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-01	MIA98LA037	Cessna FR-172J N14493	Marietta Georgia	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-01	SEA98LA018	Aero Commander 112 N1054J	Kettle Falls Washington	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-11-30	MIA98FA040	Commander 114B N302RS	Cross City Florida	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-11-30	NYC98LA036	Cessna 310R N2641F	Hartford Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-29	CHI98LA050	Cessna 402B N22NC	Spencer Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-28	LAX98LA055	Cessna 172N N739HE	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-28	MIA98LA036	Cessna 172G N3908L	Hazel Green Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-28	NYC98FA035	Cessna 310R N6923	St Mary'S Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-11-27	FTW98LA059	Mooney M20F N2954L	Stuttgart Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-27	IAD98LA013	Cessna 150L N11350	Center Village Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-27	IAD98LA014	Amateur-built MINI 500 N8015E	Bluefield West Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-27	LAX98FA048	Piper PA-23-250 N6933Y	Carson City Nevada	4 killed destroyed	Final
1997-11-27	NYC98FA034	Beech BE-S35 N5667K	Chatham Massachusetts	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-11-26	ATL98FA017	Amateur-built VELOCITY STANDARD RG N907ME	Florence South Carolina	4 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-11-26	ATL98LA016	Mooney M20J N201LY	Summerland Key Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-11-26	CHI98LA049	Amateur-built AVID FLYER C N931AC	Minneapolis Minnesota	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 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.