Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in South Dakota

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.

Cases newest first · 467

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2003-05-19	CHI03LA133	Air & Space 18A N6155S	South Shore South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2003-04-21	CHI03LA109	Cessna 152 N93564	Red Owl South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2002-12-24	CHI03LA075	Cessna 172S N692SP	Tea South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2002-11-11	CHI03LA042	Champion 7ECA N2557F	Faulkton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2002-09-10	CHI02FA288	Bell 206L-1 N400SL	Doland South Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Final
2002-07-27	CHI02LA216	Aerostar International S-77A N2867W	Custer South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
2002-07-18	CHI02CA211	Cessna 172N N1373E	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2002-06-15	CHI02LA178	Cessna 182Q N4833N	Vermillion South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2002-06-11	CHI02LA159	Amateur-built Piel Emeraude N71PE	Hot Springs South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2002-05-03	CHI02LA125	Cessna 172 N6422E	Redfield South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-09-02	CHI01LA306	Bellanca 7GCBC N4215Y	Pierre South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-08-06	CHI01LA262	Amateur-built Avid Flyer N312GR	Belle Fourche South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-07-31	CHI01LA251	Aero Commander S2R N5551X	Pierre South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Final
2001-07-27	CHI01LA254	Taylorcraft BC12-D N39971	Wall South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-07-26	CHI01LA253	Cessna 150M N714GF	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-07-14	CHI01LA210	Cessna 140 N2005V	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-06-03	CHI01LA151	Air Tractor AT-402B N484WB	Mount Vernon South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2001-02-19	CHI01FA113	Beech 95-B55 N9927S	Norris South Dakota	3 killed destroyed	Final
2001-02-08	CHI01LA082	Beech 65-B80 N107BA	Sioux Falls South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-02-07	CHI01LA086	Cessna 310Q N10ET	Mitchell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2001-01-04	CHI01LA060	Cessna 172S N727SP	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-12-26	CHI01LA053	Cessna 150M N63067	New Underwood South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-12-19	CHI01LA051	Cessna 172M N13584	Sturgis South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-11-09	CHI01LA033	Saab 340-B N402XJ	Aberdeen South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-10-03	CHI01FA001	Piper PA-44-180 N294ND	Rapid City South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2000-09-12	CHI00LA295	Aerostar S-81A N9174Z	Custer South Dakota	serious injuries minor damage	Final
2000-09-08	CHI00FA288	Piper PA-22-108 N4730Z	Custer South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
2000-08-23	CHI00FA265	Cessna 340A N34DD	Mission South Dakota	3 killed destroyed	Final
2000-07-04	CHI00LA192	Amateur-built LANCAIR 235 N235RC	Hot Springs South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-05-03	CHI00LA131	Hughes 269C N456EM	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-04-27	CHI00FA123	Cessna 177RG N1978Q	Watertown South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
2000-03-31	CHI00LA108	Champion 7GCAA N8371V	Arlington South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2000-03-30	CHI00LA100	Piper J-3C N71060	Eureka South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1999-12-31	CHI00LA054	Aerostar S49A N6316U	Flandreau South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1999-10-25	DCA00MA005	Learjet 35 N47BA	Aberdeen South Dakota	6 killed destroyed	Final
1999-10-20	CHI00LA013	Piper PA-32-300 N2XT	Custer South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1999-09-30	CHI99LA355	Piper PA-28-181 N3889F	Hermosa South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1999-08-10	CHI99FA285	Bell 206B N67JJ	Custer South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1999-07-06	CHI99LA214	Weatherly 620B N350WR	Timber Lake South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1999-06-24	CHI99LA193	Air Tractor AT-301 N3159M	Veblen South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1999-02-06	CHI99FA089	Piper PA-18-150 N8075D	Belle Fourche South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1998-08-09	CHI98LA307	Cessna 150L N5413Q	Philip South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-08-04	MIA98FA219	Socata TBM-700 N69BS	Spearfish South Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Final
1998-07-26	CHI98LA368	Amateur-built AA-5B N4535P	Deadwood South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1998-07-01	CHI98LA235	Piper PA-22-108 N5181Z	Spearfish South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1998-06-25	CHI98LA217	Air Tractor AT-301 N31677	Ipswich South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-06-25	CHI98LA219	Piper PA-36-300 N3760E	Mobridge South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-06-13	CHI98LA199	Cessna 150F N3596L	Gregory South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-05-11	CHI98TA145	Piper PA-18-150 N83679	Artesian South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-04-11	CHI98LA120	Amateur-built RAVEN N17JR	Brandt South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	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 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.