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
1997-03-02	NYC97LA059	Beech J35 N88AA	Pittstown New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-01	FTW97LA111	Cessna TR182 N2396S	Pueblo Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-03-01	LAX97LA118	Balloon Works AX-8B N9033H	Parker Arizona	serious injuries	Final
1997-03-01	MIA97LA090	Cessna 172P N98991	Jackson Tennessee	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-28	FTW97FA109	Amateur-built QUICKIE II N89WL	Houston Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-28	FTW97LA110	Cessna 152 N49205	Plaquemine Louisiana	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-27	MIA97LA087	Cessna 310R N72GL	Calhoun Georgia	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-27	MIA97LA088	Learjet LR35 N440HM	Greenville South Carolina	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-26	ANC97LA030	Piper PA-32-300 N32979	Dillingham Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-26	LAX97LA114	Amateur-built DV-20 N194DV	Galt California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-26	SEA97LA066	Cessna 152 N48965	College Place Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-25	ANC97LA029	Cessna 337C N2615S	Golovin Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-25	CHI97LA077	Beech A36 N18DR	Matherville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-25	LAX97LA112	Boeing 767-300 N661UA	San Francisco California	serious injuries	Final
1997-02-24	CHI97IA074 incident	Amateur-built DHC-8-311 N430AW	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries	Final
1997-02-24	FTW97LA108	Cessna R172K N98DE	Brownsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-24	IAD97LA051	Hughes 369HS N340EM	Marion Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-24	LAX97LA110	Bell 206B N42SS	Mountain Spring Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-24	LAX97LA111	Piper PA-28-236 N4341M	Palo Alto California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-24	LAX97LA113	Cessna 172M N20508	Petaluma California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-24	SEA97LA068	Amateur-built VARIEZE N36P	Arlington Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-23	ANC97LA028	Cessna 185F N93189	Delta Junction Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-23	ANC97LA078	Cessna 185F N4471R	Ketchikan Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-23	ATL97LA044	Cessna 150 N714JY	Raleigh North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-23	LAX97LA106	Aeronca 7AC N84486	Rubidoux California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-22	ANC97LA027	Cessna 207 N7389U	Chevak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-22	CHI97LA071	Cessna 152 N46865	Point Lookout Missouri	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-22	LAX97FA108	Beech H18 N7969K	Honolulu Hawaii	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-22	SEA97LA061	Luscombe 8A N77947	Morgan Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-22	SEA97LA062	Hall KITFOX N87TJ	Billings Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-21	LAX97FA107	Hughes 369D N505RM	Milolii Hawaii	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-21	SEA97LA060	Cessna 172N N5552E	Delta Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-21	SEA97LA063	Maule M-5-180 N5652W	Jordan Valley Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-21	SEA97LA065	Hughes 269C N5160N	Hood River Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-20	ATL97LA043	Cessna 172M N9987V	Brooksville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-20	CHI97FAMS1	Cessna T210N N7134J	Chicago Illinois	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-20	CHI97IA072 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15 N93S	Des Moines Iowa	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-02-20	CHI97IA073 incident	Amateur-built DHC-8-102 N828MA	Romulus Michigan	no injuries	Final
1997-02-20	MIA97WA086	Beech B90 N90LG	St. Johns AC	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-02-20	NYC97LA056	Cessna 150 N11438	Clarksville Maryland	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-19	IAD97GA049	Enstrom 280C N51662	Lucasville Ohio	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-19	IAD97LA050	Cessna 150 N7811E	Turner Maine	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-19	MIA97WA085	Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A YV160	Guatemala City Guatemala	5 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1997-02-19	NYC97LA053	Piper PA-38-112 N2558	Nanjemoy Maryland	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-18	FTW97LA105	Piper PA-36-375 N7167E	Danevang Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-18	FTW97LA107	Piper PA-32R-300 N4477F	Salida Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-18	LAX97WA109	Piper PA-28 N75050	Mulege Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-02-17	IAD97IA048 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82 N34838	Newark New Jersey	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-02-17	LAX97GA105	Mcdonnell Douglas 369D N5200Y	Santee California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-02-16	FTW97LA104	Cessna 172M N80814	San Antonio Texas	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 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.