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
1998-04-05	CHI98LA117	Taylorcraft BC12-65 N34066	Vernillion South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-04-03	CHI98LA118	Air Tractor AT-401 N1008T	Highmore South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-03-28	CHI98LA109	Cessna 180 N9140C	Whitewood South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-03-26	CHI98LA113	Cessna 310R N3700G	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1998-03-10	CHI98LA104	Mooney M20C N6235U	White River South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-31	CHI98LA073	Cessna 402B N5087Q	Watertown South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-18	CHI98LA018	Bellanca 7GCBC N88119	Rapid City South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-28	CHI97LA303	Cessna 172P N52419	Yankton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-09-01	CHI97LA279	Piper PA-22 N2743P	Castlewood South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-08-11	CHI97LA254	Cessna A188B N91919	Britton South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-08-10	CHI97FAMS3	Amateur-built AA-5 N7148L	Lower Brule South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-21	CHI97LA174	Piper PA-25-235 N7378Z	Faulkton South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-05-07	CHI97LA124	Air Tractor AT-301 N23640	Huron South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-21	CHI97LA109	Cessna 421C N283PT	Pierre South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-04-20	CHI97LA108	Aerostar RXS-8 N71493	Sioux Falls South Dakota	serious injuries	Final
1997-04-18	CHI97LA106	Air Tractor AT-401 N1008P	Highmore South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-02-24	CHI97IA074 incident	Amateur-built DHC-8-311 N430AW	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries	Final
1996-11-05	CHI97FA024	Cessna 177B N34994	Chancellor South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1996-10-06	CHI97LA004	Bell 47G-5 N7925J	Nunda South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-08-15	CHI96LA295	Beech V35 N2055V	Custer South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1996-08-11	CHI96LA285	Amateur-built CH701 N4053G	N. Sioux City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-08-03	CHI96LA274	Beech 35 N3392V	Yankton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-07-13	CHI96LA240	Amateur-built AVID FLYER HH N399S	Stoneville South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-07-12	CHI96LA241	Cessna 150 N50104	Parker South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Final
1996-07-04	CHI96LA229	Amateur-built CASSUTT 3M N290E	Vermillion South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-06-08	CHI96LA197	Amateur-built AA-1C N39048	Custer South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-05-20	CHI96LA167	Air Tractor AT401 N1019X	Letcher South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-03-22	CHI96FA133	Beech F-33A N5563X	Prairie City South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1995-12-29	CHI96LA069	Taylorcraft BC-12 N39244	Winner South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-12-17	CHI96LA056	Maule M-4 N12010	Hot Springs South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-11-23	CHI96FA038	Piper PA-28-201T N3966M	Belvidere South Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Final
1995-10-20	CHI96LA018	Cessna 180G N5466E	Belle Fourche South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-09-05	CHI95LA306	Piper PA-11 N70613	Badger South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1995-08-08	CHI95LA262	Aerostar S-81-A N9174Z	Custer South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-07-02	CHI95LA206	Beech 23A N2397Q	Spearfish South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1995-06-07	CHI95LA193	Piper PA-34-200 N55362	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-05-27	CHI95LA164	Cessna 337B N2385S	Lemmon South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-05-24	CHI95LA158	Air Tractor AT301 N4353S	Clark South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-01-21	CHI95LA077	Cessna 150F N8981S	Castlewood South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1995-01-08	CHI95DTK01	Amateur-built RV-4 N29PG	Lennox South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1994-10-16	CHI95LA014	Mooney M-20J CGJRA	Aberdeen South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1994-08-18	CHI94LA287	Hughes 369HS N74AW	Custer South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1994-08-02	CHI94LA261	Cessna 172 N35790	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1994-06-23	CHI94LA191	Hiller HU-12E N330CW	Watertown South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1994-06-22	CHI94DTK02	Ayres S2R N3102E	Letcher South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Final
1994-05-24	CHI94DTK01	Weatherly 620 N5296W	Ridgeview South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1994-05-02	CHI94FA155	Maule M-7-235 N525GS	Mcintosh South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Final
1994-04-20	CHI94LA139	Cessna 172K N46474	Howes South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1994-03-11	CHI94LA108	Piper PA-18-150 N14395	Ottumwa South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1994-01-23	CHI94LA070	Cessna 150L N10449	Waubay South Dakota	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.