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
1997-04-29	LAX97LA173	Amateur-built CHRISTEN EAGLE II N61GS	Half Moon Bay California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-28	ATL97LA064	Boeing 737-200 N14245	Atlanta Georgia	serious injuries	Final
1997-04-28	CHI97IA117 incident	Boeing 737-200 N9063U	Chicago Illinois	minor injuries minor damage	Final
1997-04-28	FTW97LA167	Grumman-Schweizer G-164A N7696	Hatch New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-28	FTW97LA168	Globe GC-1B N80737	Gatesville Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-28	LAX97IA170 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82 N470AA	Tucson Arizona	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-04-28	NYC97FA080	Piper PA-60-601P N885JC	Waterford Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-27	CHI97LA114	Amateur-built ACRO SPORT II N52260	Monon Indiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-27	CHI97LA115	Cessna 182P N7355Q	Duluth Minnesota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-27	CHI97LA118	Hughes 269A N1040S	Council Bluffs Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-27	DCA97WA043	Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82 B2135	Jinan Switzerland	substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-04-27	FTW97LA172	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415-C N2326H	Canon City Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-04-27	LAX97LA169	Cameron N-77 N16067	Temecula California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-04-27	MIA97LA150	Piper PA-12 N4141M	Key Largo Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-27	SEA97FA094	Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601P N30LL	Klammath Falls Oregon	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-04-27	SEA97LA095	Cessna 172N N73934	Pullman Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-26	ANC97LA069	Piper PA-31-350 N59985	Selawik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-26	ATL97LA063	Rockwell S-2R N8473V	Lincolnton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-26	CHI97FA116	Piper PA-22-150 N3126Z	Holland Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-26	FTW97FA171	Piper PA-32RT-300T N2225A	Rye Colorado	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-26	LAX97LA168	Cessna T182 N5482N	Hemet California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-04-26	SEA97LA092	Cessna 152 N152TM	Ilwaco Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-26	SEA97LA093	Piper PA-28-140 N6121J	Rawlins Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-25	ATL97LA062	Cessna 140 N2351V	Clearwater Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-25	LAX97LA167	Cessna 172P N63754	San Jose California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-04-24	CHI97LA113	Cessna 185 N4641E	Pella Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-24	LAX97LA166	Cessna 172N N733PM	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-24	MIA97LA148	Piper PA-38-112 N6299A	Tampa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-24	MIA97LA149	Boeing B75N1 N133R	Huntersville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-23	ANC97LA075	Cessna 207A N1785U	Minto Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-23	FTW97FA166	Socata TB-20 N20NK	Pagosa Springs Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-23	FTW97LA178	Rans S-12 UNREG	Goldsby Oklahoma	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-04-23	FTW97TA165	Bell 206-L1 N618DE	Trinidad Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-23	MIA97LA145	Piper PA-32R-300 N1321H	Augusta Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-22	ANC97LA061	Cessna 172 N5407R	Ninilchik Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-22	CHI97LA110	Gulfstream 500B N4918	Mission Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-22	NYC97LA079	Cessna 150 N6717F	Lehighton Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-21	ANC97LA060	Cessna 180K N64337	Soldotna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-21	ATL97IA061 incident	British Aerospace 125-800A N900KC	Chamblee Georgia	no injuries	Final
1997-04-21	CHI97FAMS2	Beech 95-C55 N242BS	Grand Haven Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-21	CHI97LA109	Cessna 421C N283PT	Pierre South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-21	FTW97LA163	Cessna 172P N54153	Mckinney Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-21	FTW97LA164	Cessna 150F N3101X	Norman Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-21	MIA97LA146	Grumman G-164B N6601Q	Ackerman Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-20	CHI97LA108	Aerostar RXS-8 N71493	Sioux Falls South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
1997-04-20	FTW97IA161 incident	Boeing 747-300 PHBUL	Houston Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-04-20	IAD97FA065	Lockheed PV2 N6856C	Blandburg Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-04-20	IAD97LA068	Piper PA-38-112 N2477K	Wellsville New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-20	MIA97FA142	Amateur-built N2S-4 N61S	Apex North Carolina	2 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-04-19	ANC97LA059	Cessna 170 N4217V	Delta Junction Alaska	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.