Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2020

1,395 cases in 2020, 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 · 1,395

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2020-11-25	ERA21LA056	Cessna 172 +1 more N8125U	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-24	ERA21LA053	Beech V35 N35AW	Deltaville Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-24	ERA21LA054	Piper PA32 N5566J	Greenville South Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-24	ERA21LA055	Cessna 172 N23NJ	Manville New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-24	WPR21WA063	Grob 120A-1 N4XDGA	Beer-Sheba Israel	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-23	CEN21LA087	Piper PA12 N2569M	Gilliam Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-23	ERA21LA052	Amateur-built LEGACY FG N3UH	Hollywood Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-22	DCA21WA033 incident	Boeing 737 ZSOAF	Capetown South Africa		Preliminary
2020-11-22	ERA21LA051	J&J Ultralights Sea-Wing N947RC	Placida Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-21	WPR21LA059	Cessna TU206 N878AH	Twentynine Palms California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-20	CEN21LA065	Piper PA32R N4187H	Canon City Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-20	CEN21LA066	Cessna 172 N99HV	Lawrence Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-20	ERA21LA049	Piper PA28 N9086W	Lititz Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-20	WPR21FA057	Amateur-built Odyssey N562TB	Arlington Washington	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-19	CEN21LA064	Cessna 172 N5XY	El Paso Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-19	ERA21LA050	Cessna 172 N6203F	Cynthiana Kentucky	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-18	ERA21LA045	Cessna 172 N734JF	Manville New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-18	ERA21LA046	Robinson R44 N442JP	Austell Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-18	WPR21WA062	Cessna 172 N7834M	Katale Uganda	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-17	CEN21LA062	Cessna 120 N2376N	Johnson City Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-17	GAA21WA173	Piper PA11 LVYNN	Open Door Argentina	2 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-17	WPR21LA071	CO Z COZY N82V	Compton California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-16	ANC21LA007	Cessna 150L N18666	Colton Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-16	ERA21LA042	Republic RC3 N451E	Advance North Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-16	ERA21LA047	American Legend AL3 N30BX	Greenville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-15	CEN21LA074	Zlin Aviation Savage Cub-S N9111	Francis Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-15	ERA21WA064	Cessna 188 HI923	Esperanza Dominican Republic	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-15	WPR21LA058	Air Creation Tanarg N912U	Pahrump Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-14	DCA21LA024	Bombardier CL600 2C10 N778SK	Phoenix Arizona	serious injuries	Final
2020-11-14	ERA21LA043	Aerospatiale AS355 N712CA	Hammonton New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-14	ERA21LA044	Cessna 305 N5179G	Ellenville New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-14	ERA21LA048	Amateur-built RV4 N311SV	Milton Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-14	GAA21WA005	Beech 95B55 PTOOQ	Sao Pedro, Sp Brazil	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-14	WPR21LA055	Cessna 152 N757PY	San Bernardino California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-14	WPR21LA056	Cessna 172 N8278B	Howe Idaho	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-13	WPR21LA053	Air Creation Buggy N2764N	Benson Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-13	WPR21LA054	General Atomics MQ-9 CBP233	Sierra Vista Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Final
2020-11-12	CEN21LA055	Cessna 182R N7306H	Rockwall Texas	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-12	CEN21LA060	Piper PA22 N3535A	Salem Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-12	CEN21WA063	Rotorsport Uk Cavalon GCKYT	Avoch United Kingdom	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2020-11-12	WPR21FA048	Cessna 182 N939CP	Los Angeles California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-12	WPR21LA051	Maule MX7 N721P	Moab Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-11	CEN21LA053	Trick Trikes STSS N5152E	Holden Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Final
2020-11-11	WPR21FA045	Cessna 177 N34633	Langley Washington	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-11	WPR21LA052	Bellanca 7GCBC N57517	Fallbrook California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-10	WPR21FA044	Piper PA38 N6380A	Grass Valley California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2020-11-10	WPR21WA066	Bell 407 ZSMCC	Kala Tanzania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2020-11-09	ERA21LA041	Mooney M20C N3296F	Laconia New Hampshire	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-09	WPR21LA042	Diamond DA40 N4117H	Mesa Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2020-11-09	WPR21LA061	Cessna 172 N1444V	Arch Cape Oregon	1 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 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.