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
2012-04-15	WPR12CA166	Mooney M20B N74518	Rosamond California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-04-08	WPR12FA155	Extra Flugzeugbau GMBH EA-300 N45R	Salinas California	2 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-04-06	WPR12FA154	Cessna T182 N5201F	Ludlow California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-04-03	WPR12CA153	Cessna 172 N6749A	Johnson Valley California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-30	WPR12LA149	Powrachute Sky Rascal UNREG	Indio California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-20	WPR12LA141	Amateur-built RV-9A N629BJ	Santa Maria California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-15	WPR12FA139	Beech B36 N364AB	Panoche California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-03-15	WPR12LA140	Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA N290SH	Palo Alto California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-12	WPR12CA129	Stinson 108-3 N4143C	Santa Clarita California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-11	WPR12LA128	Beech 76 N6697L	Rio Linda California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-08	WPR12LA126	Quicksilver MX SPRINT II N702U	Willits California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-04	WPR12CA132	Cessna 170B N8245A	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-04	WPR12LA122	Bowers Fly Baby 1-A N41017	Fallbrook California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-02	WPR12CA121	Siai-Marchetti SF.260TP N350TP	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-03-01	WPR12TA120	Eurocopter AS 350 B3 N341HP	Napa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-25	WPR12CA118	Eurocopter AS 350 B3 N118MB	Poway California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-22	WPR12LA115	Texas Helicopter CORP OH-13E/M74 N43921	Farmington California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-21	WPR12LA113	Amateur-built SPORT HORNET N72PD	Mariposa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-20	WPR12LA109	Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA +1 more N7508Y	Antioch California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-19	WPR12CA114	Aeronca 7BCM N6451C	Woodland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-17	WPR12CA173	Lindstrand LBL180A N49CD	Temecula California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-17	WPR12LA108	Mooney M20J N367MR	Lewiston California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-14	WPR12LA104	Beech G18 VHNWB	Hollister California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-06	WPR12LA093	Cessna 172N N7582D	Fresno California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2012-02-04	DCA12CA035	Bombardier CL600 2B19 N912SW	San Francisco California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-02-03	WPR12LA090	Cessna 172E N3879S	Dinsmore California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-01-30	WPR12LA085	Piper PA-28R-200 N746R	San Diego California	1 killed	Final
2012-01-26	WPR12CA083	Piper PA-28-181 N4297S	Santa Barbara California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-01-24	WPR12LA081	Amateur-built NEMESIS FWNXT	Camarillo California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-01-21	WPR12LA096	Arrow Falcon Exporters, Inc. OH-58A N902SF	Brawley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-01-14	WPR12CA077	Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR N409EV	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-01-08	WPR12LA097	Beech 58P N580TC	Santa Ana California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2012-01-02	WPR12CA073	Amateur-built CHRISTEN EAGLE II N45WM	Eureka California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-28	WPR12CA072	Schweizer SGS 1-26B N8641R	Murrieta California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-27	WPR12LA070	Ryan NAVION N4398K	Concord California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-10	WPR12CA061	Grumman AA5 N28870	Furnace Creek California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-10	WPR12FA062	Amateur-built VANS RV-8 N948RC	Armistead California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-12-07	WPR12LA055	Piper PA-38-112 N2466D	Davis California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-02	WPR12LA052	Beech 76 N23852	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-12-02	WPR12LA053	Boeing 737-7H4 N261WN	Oakland California	serious injuries	Final
2011-12-01	WPR12LA057	Boeing 757-222 N547UA	Modesto California	serious injuries	Final
2011-11-28	WPR12CA049	Cessna 172K N7952A	Napa California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-11-18	WPR12FA044	Mooney M20M N741SB	Pomona California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2011-11-15	WPR12CA043	American Champion Aircraft 7GCAA N497AC	Baker California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-11-13	WPR12CA035	Cameron Balloons A-315 N65400	Vacaville California	serious injuries	Final
2011-11-08	WPR12LA029	Bell 47D1 N4251A	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-11-08	WPR12LA032	Air Tractor INC AT-602 N325BR	Williams California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-11-06	WPR12LA027	Beech A36 N64Z	Yucca Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-10-27	WPR12LA022	Mcdonnell Douglas 500D N61PJ	Colusa California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2011-10-21	WPR12LA015	Piper PA46R N422HP	Paso Robles California	minor 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.