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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Iowa

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
2009-12-18 CEN10CA077 Cessna 172P
N99930
Ames
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-09-21 CEN09CA599 Piper PA-28-180
N57354
Sibley
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-18 CEN09LA534 Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A
N2065B
Audubon
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-17 CEN09CA533 Air Tractor INC AT-502B
N5003C
Whittemore
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-16 CEN09CA532 Piper PA-28-161
N47539
Washington
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-15 CEN09LA527 Air Tractor INC AT-802A
N802LL
Corning
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2009-08-10 CEN09CA516 Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N4598
Harlan
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-04 CEN09LA503 Air Tractor AT401
N60747
Waterloo
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-03 CEN09CA483 Piper PA-25-235
N6701Z
Royal
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-08-01 CEN09LA492 Amateur-built STARDUSTER
N1XY
Earlham
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-07-31 CEN09LA491 Cessna 182J +1 more
N989TP
Iowa Falls
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-07-22 CEN09CA455 Amateur-built SA-300
N7BT
Iowa City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-07-10 CEN09LA451 Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B
N6683K
Beaman
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-07-03 CEN09LA409 Cessna 172
N8138B
Latimer
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2009-07-01 CEN09LA403 Ayres S2R-G6
N60015
Ainsworth
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2009-06-23 CEN09FA377 Piper PA-28-180
N7795N
Sanborn
Iowa
3 killed
substantial damage
Final
2009-06-06 CEN09CA344 Taylorcraft BC12-D
N43524
Murray
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-12-31 CEN09CA121 Cessna 150M
N899CB
Greene
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-10-26 CEN09CA044 Cessna 172M
N333AE
Carroll
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-10-07 CEN09CA021 Cessna 150M
N533JR
Iowa City
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-09-17 CHI08CA290 Amateur-built Supercat
UNREG
Redding
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-08-21 CHI08CA261 Amateur-built Wag Aero Sport
N141ST
Oxford
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-08-20 CHI08CA260 Cessna A188B
N53243
Camanche
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-08-13 CHI08CA251 Air Tractor AT-301B
N3161D
Monticello
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-08-12 CHI08CA213 Air Tractor AT-401
N45029
Ida Grove
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-08-08 CHI08CA242 Schweizer G-164A
N73PB
Jefferson
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-08-07 CHI08CA240 Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
N48412
Salem
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-07-28 CHI08CA218 Cessna T188C
N3419J
Marion
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-07-26 CHI08CA220 Air Tractor AT-401
N9193F
Lake View
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-07-23 CHI08CA205 Amateur-built FW2C80TR
N92FW
Washington
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-07-19 CHI08CA204 Indy Aircraft LTD T-Bird II
N95172
Independence
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-07-03 CHI08LA189 Amateur-built Curtis Hawk P6E
N386PE
Iowa City
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-06-03 CHI08FA150 Socata TBM 700 (850)
N849MA
Iowa City
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2008-04-21 CHI08LA108 Cessna 172L
N9832G
Fairfax
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2008-02-05 CHI08CA074 Swearingen SA-226AT
N120SC
Ankeny
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-11-16 CHI08LA037 Amateur-built PG37-1
N4448Y
Hampton
Iowa
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2007-09-30 CHI07LA312 Beech B35
N55GW
Waterloo
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-09-16 CHI07CA300 Cameron Balloons O-77
N9539G
Creston
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-08-30 CHI07CA285 Navion NAVION H
N2540T
Atlantic
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-08-09 CHI07CA259 Air Tractor AT-502
N9195G
Creston
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-08-05 CHI07CA250 Grumman G-164A
N48558
Vinton
Iowa
minor injuries
destroyed
Final
2007-08-01 CHI07LA246 Air Tractor AT-502B
N50877
Hampton
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-07-20 CHI07CA220 Schweizer G-164B
N8490K
West Liberty
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-07-16 CHI07LA213 Air Tractor AT-402A
N203DM
Laurel
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2007-07-14 CHI07CA210 Boeing A-75N1
N7034Y
Oelwein
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-07-10 CHI07CA212 Bell 47G-5
N8140J
Jesup
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-07-03 CHI07LA203 Piper PA-36-285
N57600
Belle Plaine
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-06-29 CHI07CA196 Amateur-built Glasair FT II
N123JA
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-05-10 CHI07CA136 Cessna 182P
N52621
Traer
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2007-03-13 CHI07CA088 Piper PA-24-400
N400VL
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
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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.