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.
Cases newest first · 869
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
