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
1997-03-13	LAX97LA122	Columbia XJ-7 N48RW	Camp Pendelton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-12	CHI97LA086	Amateur-built AG5B N125VU	Greencastle Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-12	SEA97IA071 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-71F N830BX	Portland Oregon	no injuries	Final
1997-03-12	SEA97LA069	Amateur-built AA-5A N26848	North Bend Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-11	ATL97LA048	Amateur-built PARSON 2+2 N254WP	Bunnell Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-11	CHI97LA085	Cessna 172 N171AS	Marquette Michigan	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-11	LAX97LA120	Mcdonnell Douglas MD 369HS N95MS	Pacific Ocean PO	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-11	LAX97LA121	Grumman G-164B N36265	Winters California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-11	MIA97LA099	Bell UH-1B N70696	Labelle Florida	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-10	FTW97IA119 incident	Boeing 727-2K5 N909PG	Dfw Airport Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-03-10	FTW97LA116	Cessna 172P N65753	Cleveland Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-10	IAD97LA053	Cessna 175 N9485B	Weirs Cave Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-10	LAX97LA119	Cessna 172N N6375D	Oakland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-09	ANC97LA033	Cessna 337T N922EJ	Fairbanks Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-09	ATL97LA049	Cessna 441 N423TG	Madison Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-09	CHI97LA080	Champion 7GCB N9950Y	Two Harbors Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-09	IAD97LA062	Schweizer SGS-233A N2559H	Woodbine Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-09	LAX97LA115	Ryan NAVION N4969K	Marina California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-08	ANC97LA032	Cessna 170A N1364D	Willow Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-07	ANC97FA031	Amateur-built SX-300 N357SX	Sitka Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-07	ATL97LA047	Convair 240-27 N357T	Hampton Georgia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-07	CHI97LA081	Piper PA-28-181 N8259M	Mosinee Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-07	DCA97WA032	Britten-Norman BN2A-26 N851JA	Paseo Las Palma CS	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1997-03-07	DCA97WA033	Cessna Citation 500 HK3885	Medellin CT		Preliminary
1997-03-07	SEA97FA070	Piper PA-24-250 N7583P	Boise Idaho	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-06	CHI97LA079	Bellanca 17-30A N8782V	Monroe Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-06	FTW97LA117	Grumman G-164 N527Y	Newkirk Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-06	FTW97LA118	Ryan NAVION A N800PS	Hudson Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-06	IAD97FA052	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 N275AA	Cleveland Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-06	MIA97FA095	Cessna T210L N2142S	Meridianville Alabama	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-06	NYC97FA057	Beech E-18S N54BT	Mabie West Virginia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-03-05	ATL97LA045	Bellanca 17-30 N7312V	Aikens South Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-05	ATL97LA046	Cessna 152 N757HA	Fernandina Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-05	NYC97LA058	Aerospatiale AS-355F N101UC	Washington Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-04	FTW97IA120 incident	Swearingen SA227-AC N373PH	Abilene Texas	no injuries	Final
1997-03-04	FTW97LA113	Piper PA-28R-200 N2654T	Thibodaux Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-04	FTW97LA114	Bell 206L-1 N5829D	Jamaica Beach Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-04	MIA97LA093	Beech E35 N3257C	Nashville Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-04	MIA97LA094	Piper PA-28-161 N4345C	Tampa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-04	MIA97LA096	Cessna 182E N3392Y	Huntsville Alabama	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-03	DCA97IA030 incident	Boeing 727F N465FE	Atlanta Georgia	minor damage	Final
1997-03-03	FTW97TA115	Piper PA-18-150 N2320P	Laredo Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-03	LAX97LA116	Beech J35 N39W	Morristown Arizona	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-03-03	LAX97LA117	Bellanca 8KCAB N5027F	Alpine California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-03	MIA97WA092	Cessna 402A YV784	Caracas Venezuela	6 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1997-03-03	SEA97FA067	Beech 200 N117WM	Salt Lake City Utah	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-03-02	CHI97LA076	Piper PA-28-235 N9420W	West Chicago Illinois	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-02	CHI97LA078	Boeing 757-2Q8 N755AT	Chicago Illinois	serious injuries	Final
1997-03-02	FTW97IA112 incident	Boeing 757-2S7 N902AW	Denver Colorado	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-03-02	MIA97LA091	Amateur-built WINDEX 1200C N1201G	Wauchula Florida	1 killed destroyed	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.