Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in California

9,069 cases in California, 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 · 9,069

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2013-05-23	WPR13LA251	American AA-1 N5909L	Truckee California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-05-19	WPR13FA236	Cessna 170B N2865C	Auburn California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2013-05-16	WPR13CA232	Cessna 195A N4026A	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-05-16	WPR13FA234	Cessna 421C N421W	Floriston California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2013-05-16	WPR13LA233	Schweizer Aircraft CORP G-164D N83110	Butte City California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-05-09	WPR13LA223	Schweizer Aircraft CORP G-164B N8214S	Biggs California	fatal minor damage	Final
2013-05-08	WPR13LA238	Cessna 310R N6096C	Bakersfield California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-05-04	WPR13LA216	Rans S-17 N6171R	Fontana California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-05-01	WPR13LA214	Cessna 421A N216WA	Oakland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-29	WPR13FA211	Cessna 172RG +1 more N4677V	Calabasas California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2013-04-29	WPR13LA224	Cessna 172M N20800	Lakeport California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-26	WPR13CA207	Waco YKS-7 N17472	Rialto California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-20	WPR13LA212	Boeing A75N1 N985SS	Santa Rosa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-12	WPR13CA218	Schleicher ASW-27 N503CW	Middletown California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-12	WPR13LA189	Beech 95-C55 N153NL	Santa Monica California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-04-06	WPR13LA184	Beech A36TC N36SG	Big Bear City California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-30	WPR13CA172	Waco YMF-3 N14080	Thermal California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-25	WPR13CA160	Hughes 269C N90570	Rialto California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-23	WPR13CA164	Piper PA-30 N7497Y	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-22	WPR13CA163	Cessna 172G N5931R	Temecula California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-21	WPR13CA168	Cessna 170 N3826V	Livermore California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-16	WPR13CA166	Bellanca 7ECA N8564V	Sonoma California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-16	WPR13LA171	Piper PA-38-112 N99DM	Byron California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-13	WPR13CA150	Luscombe 8A N1544K	Madera California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-11	WPR13CA146	Waco UPF-7 N29969	Paso Robles California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-11	WPR13LA145	Cirrus Design CORP SR20 N427GE	Kernville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-10	WPR13CA142	Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR N811EV	San Jose California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-03-05	WPR13IA144 incident	Bombardier DHC-8-402 N417QX	Danville California	no injuries minor damage	Final
2013-03-02	WPR13CA136	Buckeye Dream Machine N7193K	Tracy California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-02-18	WPR13CA126	Bellanca 7ECA N50380	Santa Paula California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-02-16	WPR13LA125	Temco D-16A N716T	Heber California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-02-14	WPR13FA123	Avions Fairey TIPSY NIPPER T-66 N1959N	Winters California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2013-02-12	WPR13LA122	Amateur-built LANCAIR 360 N123ST	Williams California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
2013-02-10	WPR13CA120	Bell 206B N802KA	Shandon California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-02-10	WPR13FA119	Bell 206B N59518	Acton California	3 killed substantial damage	Final
2013-02-02	WPR13LA112	Cessna 305A N342FS	Camarillo California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-27	WPR13LA106	Cessna 152 N68757	Atwater California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-20	WPR13LA096	Quicksilver SPORT IIS N1712	Camarillo California	serious injuries	Final
2013-01-20	WPR13LA098	Cessna 172F N5208F	Marysville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-18	WPR13CA103	Cessna 150J N50690	Porterville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-15	WPR13CA104	Cirrus Design CORP SR22 N5384W	Torrance California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-08	WPR13CA088	Aeronca 7AC N1254E	Rialto California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-08	WPR13CA089	Amateur-built RV4 N70AC	Georgetown California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-08	WPR13LA087	Bell OH-58C N911PT	Riverdale California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-07	WPR13FA086	Beech V35A N35SD	Woody California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2013-01-05	WPR13LA085	Amateur-built Vans RV-10 N262NJ	Julian California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-03	WPR13CA084	Bell 47G N14841	Five Points California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2013-01-03	WPR13FA083	Luscombe 8A N45923	Oceano California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2013-01-02	WPR13FA080	Bell 206 N828AC	Delano California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2012-12-29	WPR13FA076	Amateur-built LANCAIR IV-P TURBINE N5M	Lakeside California	3 killed 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.