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
1997-03-29	FTW97LA152	Piper PA-38-112 N194BA	Stillwater Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-29	LAX97LA135	Piper PA-28-161 N2128Q	Little River California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-28	FTW97LA145	Cessna 172K N7273G	Glenwood Spgs Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-28	FTW97LA146	Beech G33 N166B	Bixby Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-28	IAD97LA058	Bellanca 8KCAB N1118E	Warrenton Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-28	LAX97LA134	Bellanca 14-13 N86851	Oroville California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-28	MIA97LA103	Hughes TH-55 N818D	Cullman Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-28	MIA97WA124	Beech E-90 N90DA	Choque Peru	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-03-28	NYC97LA067	Piper PA-12 N2852M	Clayton Lake Maine	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-27	ANC97LA038	Luscombe 8A N1295K	Kake Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	ANC97LA039	Piper PA-18 N4055Z	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	ANC97LA040	Cessna 185 N4855C	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	ANC97LA041	Piper PA-31-350 N4105D	Nome Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	ANC97LA042	Cessna 207 N1747U	Grayling Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	CHI97FA093	Stinson 108 N97120	Greenfield Indiana	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-27	CHI97LA092	Champion 7ECA N11023	South St. Paul Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	CHI97LA094	Cessna 195 N4666T	Cedar Rapids Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	CHI97LA128	Amateur-built RANS S-12 XL N102EY	Hays Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	FTW97IA144 incident	Boeing 767-232 N105DA	Dfw Airport Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-03-27	FTW97LA143	Cessna 180D N6484X	Erie Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	LAX97LA132	Beech 100 N60TJ	San Carlos California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	LAX97LA133	Enstrom F-28C N294SB	Sacaton Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	MIA97LA102	Beech A23-19 N300JL	Bessemer Alabama	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	MIA97LA108	Cessna 172M N5123H	Pompano Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-27	NYC97LA064	Lockheed L-1011 N762DA	Jamaica New York	fatal	Final
1997-03-26	ATL97LA055	Dassault FALCON 900B N332MC	Chamblee Georgia	serious injuries	Final
1997-03-26	CHI97LA091	Cessna 152 N6359M	Ft. Leavenworth Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-26	FTW97LA141	Piper PA-17 N4802H	N Little Rock Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-26	FTW97RA151	Bell UH-1H PN160	Mariquita Colombia	2 killed	Preliminary
1997-03-26	SEA97FA076	Cessna 172P N97527	Burlington Wyoming	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-26	SEA97LA077	Amateur-built DHC-8 N826PH	Wenatchee Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-25	ANC97FA037	Amateur-built SC7 +1 more N451SA	Nunapitchuk Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-25	ATL97FA054	Beech V35 N9049S	Marco Island Florida	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-25	CHI97LA090	Curtiss-Wright P-40E N7205A	Grand Forks North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-25	FTW97LA138	Cessna 172K N686JF	Telluride Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-25	NYC97FA062	Amateur-built G-1159 N117FJ	Flushing New York	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-25	NYC97LA063	Piper PA-32-260 N3604W	Lincoln Park New Jersey	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-23	CHI97LA089	Cessna 150 N8196S	Petersburg Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-23	FTW97LA140	Air Tractor AT-502 N9185G	Watson Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-23	LAX97LA131	Amateur-built 601 N4073T	Penn Valley California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-23	NYC97LA061	Piper PA-24-250 N6561P	Bowling Green Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-23	SEA97FA075	Cessna T210L N22219	Dillon Montana	4 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-23	SEA97LA078	Cessna 177B N35034	Everett Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-22	ANC97LA036	Amateur-built KITFOX N9KF	Wasilla Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-22	ATL97LA051	Maule MXT-7 N97SS	Hampton Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-22	ATL97LA052	Burkhart Grob G-103-TWIN II N54553	Lancaster South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-22	ATL97LA058	Piper PA-38-112 N9221T	Southern Pines North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-22	CHI97IA096 incident	Boeing 747-269B N707CK	Manaus Brazil	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-03-22	FTW97LA136	Grumman G-164A N8922H	Swifton Arkansas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-22	NYC97LA065	Cessna 172 N733LK	Middletown Ohio	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.