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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Puerto Rico

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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DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
1989-08-23 MIA89LA229 Bell 47G
N955B
Ponce
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-07-16 MIA89LA200 Piper PA-32-300
N999MA
Luquillo
Puerto Rico
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-07-12 MIA89FA194 Airbus Industrie A-300
N7062A
San Juan
Puerto Rico
fatal Final
1989-05-23 MIA89IA153
incident
Boeing 727-100
N97891
Guantanamo
Puerto Rico
no injuries
minor damage
Final
1989-03-01 MIA89FA096 Douglas DC-3
N28PR
Isla Verde
Puerto Rico
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-02-11 MIA89LA084 Cessna 172M
N303CR
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1989-01-16 MIA89FA065 Britten-Norman BN-2A
N457SA
Carolina
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1988-11-28 MIA89IA043
incident
Airbus Industrie A-300-600
N80057
San Juan
Puerto Rico
minor injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1988-11-18 MIA89LA037 Cessna 150J
N61317
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-11-11 MIA89LA029 Piper PA-28-151
N4815F
Lajas
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-10-29 MIA89LA019 Piper PA-23-250
N5237Y
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-10-24 MIA89IA016
incident
Airbus Industrie A-300-600R
N70054
San Juan
Puerto Rico
minor injuries Preliminary
1988-08-19 MIA88LA259 Piper PA-32-300E
N8671N
San Juan
Puerto Rico
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-06-20 MIA88FA201 Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600
N90360
Catano
Puerto Rico
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1988-05-23 MIA88IA176
incident
Airbus Industrie A-300 +1 more
N209PA
Near San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries Preliminary
1988-03-31 MIA88LA143 Cessna 152
N89224
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1988-03-14 MIA88LA126 Piper PA-22-108
N5611Z
Dorado
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1988-01-18 MIA88LA089 Piper PA-32-260
N4818S
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-12-26 MIA88LA075 Boeing 727-200 +1 more
N705AA
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-12-19 MIA88LA065 Cessna 172
N5123G
Guvate
Puerto Rico
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-11-20 MIA88LA043 North American 500
N4111P
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-10-30 MIA88FA023 Cessna 150E
N4081U
Aguadilla
Puerto Rico
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-10-15 MIA88IA011
incident
Casa C-212-200
N436CA
Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
no injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1987-09-30 MIA87LA265 Casa 212-200
N436CA
San Juan
Puerto Rico
serious injuries Preliminary
1987-09-30 MIA87LA266 Aero Commander 720
N4100S
50 NW San Juan
Puerto Rico
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-08-23 MIA87LA230 Amateur-built AA-5
N100UA
Vega Baja
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-05-08 DCA87MA030 Casa C-212-CC
N432CA
Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-05-08 MIA87LA158 Cessna 337E
N1253M
San Juan
Puerto Rico
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-05-06 MIA87FA157 Cessna 150M
N202CR
San Juan
Puerto Rico
serious injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1987-03-27 MIA87LA120 Cessna 210C
N3643Y
Ponch
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-02-19 MIA87LA087 Cessna 172 M
N20350
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1987-01-16 MIA87FA074 Cessna 150L
N10103
Naranjito
Puerto Rico
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-11-29 MIA87FA040 Amateur-built DHC-6
N930MA
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-11-25 MIA87LA036 Piper PA-34-200T
N888MD
Isabela
Puerto Rico
2 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-10-29 MIA87FA015 Amateur-built DHC-3
N778L
San Juan
Puerto Rico
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-09-27 MIA86LA256 Cessna 152
N757EQ
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-08-03 MIA86LA226 Cessna 152
N914DF
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-07-22 MIA86MA217 Douglas DC-3
N27PR
Isla Verde
Puerto Rico
1 killed
destroyed
Preliminary
1986-07-05 MIA86FA200 Grumman G-164B
N6915K
Vega Baja
Puerto Rico
1 killed Preliminary
1986-04-22 MIA86LA127 Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200
N6155V
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-04-16 MIA86LA122 Cessna 172M
N9194H
Borinquen
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-03-27 MIA86OA106 Cessna 172F
N5111F
Santo Domingo
Puerto Rico
minor injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-31 MIA86LA068 Aerospatiale 350-B
N513HC
Las Piedras
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1986-01-30 MIA86LA067 Cessna 152
N68223
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-11-27 MIA86LA036 Piper PA-23-160
N4444P
Dorado
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-08-12 MIA85LA230 Cessna 177
N30232
Vieques
Puerto Rico
no injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-07-18 MIA85FA215 Piper PA-32-260
N3714W
San Juan
Puerto Rico
fatal
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-06-27 DCA85AA027 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10
N129AA
San Juan
Puerto Rico
serious injuries
substantial damage
Preliminary
1985-06-24 MIA85IA203
incident
Mitsubishi MU-2K
N7DD
San Juan
Puerto Rico
no injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
1985-01-25 MIA85IA086
incident
Casa 212
N436CA
Arecibo
Puerto Rico
no injuries
minor damage
Preliminary
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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 never named. 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.