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
1997-01-19	MIA97LA067	Amateur-built AA-5B N81307	Salisbury North Carolina	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-19	NYC97LA044	Mooney 20F N7112V	Jaffrey New Hampshire	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-19	SEA97FA049	Champion 7-GCBC N9677S	Creswell Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-18	ANC97LA023	Maule M-5 N5654N	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-18	IAD97LA044	Aerospatiale TB-20 N2803A	University Park Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-18	LAX97FA091	Mcdonnell Douglas MD600N N9202L	Flagstaff Arizona	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-18	MIA97WA069	Boeing 737-400 EICNF	Aruba AA	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1997-01-18	NYC97LA046	Piper PA-28R-200 N57010	Thorndale Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-17	ANC97LA022	Cessna 207A N9603M	Tununak Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-17	CHI97LA055	Beech D95A N44BP	Olathe Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-17	FTW97LA085	Cessna 172N N739QE	Steamboat Spgs Colorado	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-17	IAD97FA043	Piper PA-28-236 N8263Y	Alton New Hampshire	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-17	IAD97LA042	Cessna 310F N1761G	Bridgeport Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-17	MIA97LA065	Piper PA-32-300 N2816M	Boca Raton Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-16	CHI97LA053	Learjet 24 N991TD	Muscatine Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-16	CHI97LA054	Cessna 172P N51448	Bloomington Indiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-16	MIA97FA063	Piper PA-28-235 N712DB	Okeechobee Florida	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-16	MIA97LA064	Cessna 152 N69219	Boca Raton Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-15	ANC97LA021	Amateur-built POLAR CUB N62905	Anchorage Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-15	FTW97LA083	Bellanca 8KCAB N5062P	Laporte Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-15	LAX97LA090	Piper PA-18-150 N4101E	Chandler Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-14	FTW97LA082	Amateur-built BABY GREAT LAKES N1030G	El Paso Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-14	MIA97LA061	Beech C23 N2236L	Lincolnton North Carolina	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-14	MIA97LA062	Waco UPF-7 N29986	Sanibel Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-13	ANC97LA019	Piper PA-34 N2491U	Dillingham Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-13	ANC97LA020	Cessna 140 N2400N	Gustavus Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-13	CHI97LA051	Piper PA-32-260 N33797	St. Ignace Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-13	CHI97LA052	Piper PA-24-250 N6495P	Franklin Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-13	LAX97FA089	Beech F33A N31706	Mt San Jacinto California	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-12	FTW97LA080	Piper PA-28-180 N33037	Baton Rouge Louisiana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-12	LAX97FA086	Enstrom F28A N9087	Saipan Island CQ	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-12	LAX97LA088	Mcdonnell Douglas 369D N7012G	Kamuela Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-12	NYC97FA043	Cessna 150L N10809	Collegeville Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-12	NYC97LA042	Cessna 152 N48693	Marlboro New Jersey	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-12	SEA97LA048	Piper PA-28-161 N8414B	Sun River Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-11	ANC97LA018	Cessna 182 N8591T	Skwentna Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-10	LAX97LA087	Beech C24R N18892	Santa Cruz Is. California	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-10	NYC97FA045	Beech 1900D N139ZV	Bangor Maine	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-09	ATL97LA033	Piper PA-28R-200 N1434X	Lebanon Tennessee	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-09	DCA97MA017	Embraer EMB-120RT N265CA	Monroe Michigan	29 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-09	IAD97LA041	Cessna 152 N68304	Blue Bell Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-09	LAX97LA084	Beech N35 N7HB	Holbrook Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-09	LAX97LA085	Mooney M20K N305NH	Van Nuys California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-09	SEA97LA047	Amateur-built RV-6 N812AB	The Dalles Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-08	FTW97LA081	Aerospatiale ATR-42-320 N14829	Houston Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-01-07	FTW97LA079	Hughes 369HS N9089F	Wellington Colorado	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-01-07	MIA97GA059	Ayres S2RHG-T65 N3100U	Guaviare Colombia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-07	NYC97LA040	Airbus Industrie A-300B4-605R N50051	Atlantic Ocean AO	serious injuries minor damage	Final
1997-01-07	SEA97FA044	Piper PA-24-260 N9080P	Winston Montana	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-01-07	SEA97LA046	Cessna TU-206 N717CM	Cascade Idaho	serious 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.