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
1997-02-15	CHI97TA070	Cessna 172 N61914	Oconto Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-15	DCA97WA029 incident	Boeing 737	Panama City Saint Pierre and Miquelon	no injuries	Preliminary
1997-02-15	FTW97FA103	Piper PA-24-250 N6433P	Farmington New Mexico	5 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-15	FTW97LA106	Cessna 172 N1419Y	Rogers Arkansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-15	LAX97LA104	Piper PA-18A N8487D	Livingston California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-15	SEA97LA064	Cessna 150J N5514G	Price Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-14	LAX97LA103	Cessna 172F N3757F	San Pablo Bay California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-14	NYC97LA054	Cessna 208B N922FE	Covington Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-13	ATL97IA042 incident	Boeing 727-232 N416DA	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-02-12	ATL97LA041	Piper PA-28R-200 N15013	Winston Salem North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-11	FTW97LA102	Cessna 210-5 N1866Z	Hobbs New Mexico	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-11	LAX97FAMS2	Piper PA-28-161 N8436X	Avalon California	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-11	LAX97LA102	Amateur-built COZY III N34PC	San Martin California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-11	MIA97WA100	Cessna T210 N470E	Challao Argentina	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1997-02-10	MIA97LA083	Cessna 210L N115WL	Weston Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-09	ATL97LA040	Cessna 150F N6679F	Winter Haven Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-09	LAX97LA100	Piper PA-22-150 N1900F	Madera California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-09	NYC97LA051	Piper PA-44-180T N8457H	Caldwell New Jersey	1 killed	Final
1997-02-08	CHI97LA068	Cessna 172 N13611	West Chicago Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-08	DCA97WA025	Boeing B-737-300 DHTSW	Nurnberg/Gerf Georgia		Preliminary
1997-02-08	LAX97LA097	Cessna 310Q N10ML	Los Angeles California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-08	LAX97LA099	Ayres S2R-T65 N3101K	Firebaugh California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-08	LAX97LA101	Cessna 210H N6137F	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-08	MIA97FA082	Cessna 402C N318AB	St. Thomas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-07	ANC97FA026	Piper PA-18 N121BB	Circle Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-07	ATL97LA039	Cessna 152 N93873	Gulfport Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-07	CHI97FA067	Cessna 150 N714EE	Larchwood Iowa	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-07	MIA97LA084	Hughes 269A N9061R	Homosassa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-07	SEA97LA059	Cessna 172N N5618J	Madras Oregon	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-06	ATL97LA037	Cessna 152 N67544	Key West Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-06	DCA97LA027	Airbus Industrie A-300-600R N41063	St John Antigua AC	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-06	SEA97LA058	Cessna 421C N45MV	Cedar City Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-05	FTW97RA101	Beech 23 N8723M	Santa Catarina Mexico	1 killed	Preliminary
1997-02-04	IAD97LA046	Cessna 172P N62332	Chesapeake Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-03	ATL97LA038	Beech 23 N2379L	Palatka Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-03	FTW97FA099	Aeronca 65-TC N31794	Moriarty New Mexico	2 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-02-03	FTW97FA100	Piper PA-28-200 N33322	Lone Wolf Oklahoma	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-02	CHI97LA063	Beech B200 N66404	Marshall Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-02	LAX97LA096	Beech N35 N61DE	Payson Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-02	MIA97LA081	Cessna A150L N6005J	St. Mary'S Georgia	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-02	NYC97LA050	Amateur-built VANS RV-4 N42BN	York Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-02	NYC97LA052	Piper J3C-65 N30598	Cincinnati Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-02	SEA97LA055	Champion 7ECA N11099	Bandon Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-02	SEA97LA056	Piper PA-18-150 N83347	Moorcroft Wyoming	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	ANC97LA025	Piper PA-22 N7235D	Skwentna Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-01	ATL97FA034	Cessna A150L N50TB	Trinity Alabama	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-02-01	CHI97LA061	Cessna 182K N2898R	El Dorado Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	CHI97LA062	Cessna 172N N4696G	Fort Wayne Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	CHI97LA064	Cessna 150G N4655X	Dowagiac Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	DCA97WA023	Boeing DC-10-30 FGPVA	Fort du France WN	serious injuries	Preliminary

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.