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
1997-02-01	FTW97LA098	Cessna 172E N5598T	Waxahachie Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-02-01	MIA97LA077	Beech 95-B55 N70F	Monroe North Carolina	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	MIA97LA078	Amateur-built VELOCITY 173 RG N525V	Valkaria Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	MIA97LA079	Beech V35 N599T	Orlando Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	MIA97LA080	Piper PA-30 N64TD	Sarasota Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-01	MIA97WA089	Piper PA-18 N2414P	Valparaiso Côte d'Ivoire	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-01-31	ATL97IA035 incident	Boeing 757-232 N611DL	Atlanta Georgia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-01-31	ATL97LA036	Robinson R22 N8319T	Wiggins Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-31	FTW97FA097	Cessna 152 N5366B	Guthrie Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-31	LAX97LA098	Bellanca 17-30A N6638V	Scottsdale Arizona	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-30	ANC97FA024	Amateur-built DHC-4A N702SC	Sparrevohn Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-30	FTW97LA094	Enstrom F-28C N51774	Lake Jackson Texas	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-30	FTW97LA095	Piper PA-38-112 N2493A	Boswell Oklahoma	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-29	NYC97LA049	Cessna 152 N67898	North Andover Massachusetts	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-28	CHI97LA060	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 N414EA	Cape Girardeau Missouri	serious injuries	Final
1997-01-28	FTW97FA092	Beech 95-B55 N47SM	Mayhill New Mexico	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-28	LAX97LA095	Cessna 172RG N80138	Corona California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-27	CHI97LA066	Cessna 414 N414AM	Springfield Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-27	FTW97LA090	Piper PA-28-151 N8478F	Brownsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-27	MIA97LA076	Cessna U206D N72074	Tampa Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-26	FTW97LA089	Piper PA-38-112 N2422N	Brownsville Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-26	SEA97LA052	Piper PA-28RT-201 N344LC	Chehalis Washington	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-26	SEA97LA053	Cessna 170B N4590C	Toledo Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-25	FTW97LA091	Cessna 182A N4723D	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-25	IAD97IA045 incident	Cessna 402C N121PB	Provincetown Massachusetts	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-01-25	LAX97LA092	Amateur-built THORP T-18 N40918	San Diego California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-25	MIA97LA074	Schweizer SGS-2-33A N233HH	Clermont Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-25	MIA97LA075	Aerospatiale SA315B N707EX	Whiteville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-25	NYC97FA048	Cessna 172F N8835U	Conrad Pennsylvania	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-24	FTW97LA088	Beech B90 N76GM	Longmont Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-24	MIA97LA072	Navion G N2417T	Indiantown Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-24	MIA97LA073	Amateur-built CRESS B-8-M (BENSEN) N3495	Williston Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-24	NYC97LA047	Cessna 650 N777LF	Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-23	FTW97LA087	Piper PA-28-140 N15754	Sulphur Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-23	MIA97FA070	Bell 206-B3 N2047R	Fort Lauderdale Florida	4 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-22	CHI97FA059	Cessna 401 N5AS	Crystal Minnesota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-22	CHI97IA075 incident	Amateur-built DHC-8-102 N852MA	Charleston West Virginia	no injuries	Final
1997-01-22	FTW97IA084 incident	Boeing 727-100 N198FE	Oklahoma City Oklahoma	no injuries	Final
1997-01-22	FTW97LA093	Cessna 180K N19694	Valentine Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-22	LAX97FA093	Cessna R172K N736WZ	Bagdad Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-22	MIA97LA071	Socata TB-9 N121ER	Daytona Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-21	CHI97FA056	Cessna 210N N29WW	Highland Michigan	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-21	CHI97FA058	Mooney M20J N1160G	Cottage Grove Minnesota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-21	CHI97LA057	Beech 300 N404EW	Bloomington Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-21	CHI97LA065	Cessna 182J N3128F	Gaylord Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-21	SEA97IA051 incident	Beech 1900D N75ZV	Seattle Washington	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-01-20	MIA97LA068	Stinson 108 N97108	Winter Haven Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-20	SEA97LA050	Cessna 180J N42376	Lopez Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-19	FTW97LA086	Amateur-built STARDUSTER II N45227	Atlanta Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-19	MIA97LA066	Cessna 172P N136FR	Fort Lauderdale Florida	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.