Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2021

1,643 cases in 2021, 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 · 1,643

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2021-02-20	GAA21WA027	Piper PA-28-140 N95207	Ilopango El Salvador	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-02-20	GAA21WA032	Piper PA28 PRNEX	Formiga Brazil	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-19	CEN21LA136	Learjet 55 N559RA	Jeffersonville Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-19	WPR21FA114	Piper PA-32-260 N57014	Los Angeles California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-02-19	WPR21LA135	Aviat Aircraft INC A-1C-200 N43LL	Carefree Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-18	CEN21LA132	An amateur-built aircraft	Lubbock Texas	no injuries	Final
2021-02-17	ERA21LA132	Cessna 150G N8428J	Indian Head Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-17	GAA21WA023	Bell 206 ZSHWZ	Wonderboom South Africa	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-16	CEN21FA130	Velocity Vtwin N13VT	Janesville Wisconsin	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-02-16	DCA21WA231	Boeing 737 N5NSYS	Ikeja Nigeria	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-16	WPR21LA113	Amateur-built CCK-1865 N53KK	Quartzite Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-15	ERA21FA130	Bell 206 N13AT	St Thomas CB	4 killed destroyed	Final
2021-02-14	WPR21LA111	Piper Aircraft INC PA46R-350T N40TS	Tehachapi California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2021-02-13	ANC21LA017	Maule M-6-235 N56517	Tyonek Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-13	CEN21LA128	Agustawestland Philadelphia CO AW119MKII N352LL	Alexandria Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-13	DCA21WA087 incident	Boeing 757 GDHKZ	Leipzig Germany	minor damage	Preliminary
2021-02-13	GAA21WA022	Beech A36 PTKQE	Novo Progresso Brazil	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-13	WPR21LA110	Dassault FALCON900EX N823RC	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-12	CEN21LA127	Cessna 172N N3477E	Prairie du Sac Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-12	GAA21WA024	Piper PA36 PRPPJ	Conceição de Alagoas Brazil	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-12	GAA21WA035	Cessna 182 XBLDX	Culiacan Mexico	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-02-11	GAA21WA021	Robinson R22 VHHKC	Hughenden Australia	substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-11	GAA21WA033	Aviat A1C-180 N5YKWL	Nanyuki Kenya	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-02-10	ERA21LA131	Piper PA-18 N8183C	Lake Placid Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-10	GAA21WA034 incident	Cessna 182 N735GX	La Morita Mexico	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
2021-02-09	CEN21LA133	Aero Commander S2R N5679X	Alamo Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-09	ERA21LA127	Amateur-built RV7 N611E	Thonotosassa Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-09	GAA21WA018	Bell 206B FHUBA	Courchevel France	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-02-08	CEN21FA125	Cessna 177RG N8080G	Galt Missouri	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-02-08	DCA21LA082	Airbus A320 N918NK	Fort Lauderdale Florida	serious injuries	Final
2021-02-08	ERA21LA128	Cessna 172 N841SP	Orange Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-08	WPR21LA108	Amateur-built LANCAIR EVOLUTION N7569A	Saratoga Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-08	WPR21LA109	MD Helicopter 369 N7032V	Mesa Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-08	WPR21LA112	Maule M-5-180C N62055	Price Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-07	CEN21LA126	Cessna 172S N348RM	Urbana Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-07	DCA21WA177 incident	Boeing 777 GSTBA	London United Kingdom	no injuries	Preliminary
2021-02-07	ERA21LA124	Cessna 441 N44776	Belvidere Tennessee	2 killed destroyed	Final
2021-02-07	ERA21LA125	Taylorcraft BC-65 N24476	Columbia South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-07	WPR21LA117	Piper PA-44-180 N125MG	Redmond Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-06	ENG21WA017 incident	Boeing 737 N9SAII	Kinshasa Congo (Democratic Republic)	minor damage	Preliminary
2021-02-05	CEN21LA129	Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC42-550FG N115FP	Larned Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-05	GAA21WA016	Cessna 182 DEHQT	Sefferweich Germany	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
2021-02-05	WPR21LA106	Jabiru SP 250 N7850K	Thermal California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-05	WPR21LA107	Hughes OH-6A N6639R	Horseshoe Bend Idaho	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-04	ANC21FA015	Cessna 185 N9725Z	Chitina Alaska	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2021-02-04	ERA21LA126	Bell 206 N820H	Pahokee Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-04	GAA21WA017	Air Tractor AT502 ZSXAT	Letsatsi Game Lodge South Africa	substantial damage	Preliminary
2021-02-04	WPR21LA104	Cessna 150 N8107S	Riverside California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-03	CEN21LA123	Piper J3F-50 N26811	Weidman Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2021-02-03	GAA21WA028 incident	Textron Aviation 172S JA393A	Kitakyushu Japan	no injuries damage not recorded	Preliminary

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.