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
2012-08-12	WPR12CA352	Cessna 180 N2927K	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-08-12	WPR12CA354	Piper PA-22 N3580A	Napa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-08-11	WPR12FA349	Cessna P210N N41KA	Santa Monica California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-08-10	WPR12CA350	Cessna 152 N94185	Eastvale California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-08-06	WPR12CA346	Cessna 208 N9727F	Chula Vista California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-08-02	WPR12CA340	Piper PA-22-160 N3442Z	Mckinleyville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-08-02	WPR12FA339	Piper PA-24-250 N8218P	Truckee California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-07-28	WPR12CA330	Alon A2 N5486E	Compton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-07-21	WPR12FA316	Cessna 182P N640AM	Corona California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-07-20	WPR12LA315	Piper PA-32S-300 N5212S	Adelanto California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-07-17	WPR12CA310	Piper PA-46 N558RW	Delano California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-07-14	WPR12LA321	Amateur-built RV-7A N404JT	Novato California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-07-13	WPR12CA303	Sud Aviation/Eurocopter ALOUETTE II SE313B N45VX	Glenn California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-07-09	WPR12FA298	Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA N7527Y	Murrieta California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-07-05	WPR12FA295	Tl Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT N177N	Piru California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-06-30	WPR12LA281	Tecnam P2002 SIERRA N308TA	Watsonville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-27	WPR12CA278	Schweizer SGS 1-36 N3617U	Bishop California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-24	WPR12LA275	Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A N523R	Fontana California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-24	WPR12LA286	Cessna 182 N55DN	Watsonville California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-21	WPR12CA273	Cessna 170B N1640D	Concord California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-21	WPR12LA272	Cessna 150F N524CC	Jackson California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-17	WPR12CA268	Cessna 182P N7437Q	Woodland California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-17	WPR12CA270	Amateur-built 320 N686KB	Adelanto California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-12	WPR12CA258	Stemme GMBH & CO S10-VT N921BR	Warner Springs California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-09	WPR12CA254	Cessna Aircraft CO 162 N5211Y	Santa Ana California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-09	WPR12LA253	Cessna 172B N7458X	San Andreas California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-09	WPR12LA285	Schweizer SGS233 N2061T	Truckee California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-05	WPR12LA261	Piper Aircraft INC PA46R-350T N488EA	Cameron Park California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-06-01	WPR12LA241	Amateur-built PROWLER JAGUAR N125CW	Salinas California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2012-05-29	WPR12LA264	Luscombe 8 N2435K	Twentynine Palms California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-28	WPR12CA260	Cessna 172P N216AF	Hemet California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-27	WPR12LA233	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A N8380	Wilton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-27	WPR12LA246	Beech B36TC N8234M	Santa Ynez California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-26	WPR12LA227	Cessna 150F N7093F	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-23	WPR12LA228	Cessna 150L N11428	Tulare California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-22	WPR12FA222	Cessna P210N N732JL	Glendale California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-21	WPR12LA220	Grumman G 164D N8267K	Nicolaus California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-05-19	WPR12LA217	Jackson TOP DOG N214AB	Apple Valley California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-18	DCA12FA076	Hawker Aircraft LTD HAWKER HUNTER MK.58A N329AX	Point Mugu California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2012-05-13	WPR12FA203	Amateur-built BREESE N51336	Whitewater California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-05-12	WPR12LA201	Beech 3NM N9540	Pope Valley California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-05-05	WPR12CA210	Piper PA-28RT-201T N2195X	Mariposa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-29	WPR12CA192	Cessna 195B N2194C	Sacramento California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-28	WPR12LA188	Hawker Beech V35B N2841W	Coalinga California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-28	WPR12LA189	Cessna 172D N2559U	Beckwourth California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-27	WPR12LA185	Bellanca 17-30A N80SV	Cloverdale California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-25	WPR12CA183	Bell 206B N969W	Arvin California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-22	WPR12LA182	Amateur-built KITFOX LITE 2 N32122	Cedarville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-20	WPR12CA177	Piper PA-18-150 N8451Y	Sierraville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-17	WPR12CA169	Cessna 182G N3272S	Georgetown California	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 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.