Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in California

9,069 cases in California, newest first. Every case.

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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Cases newest first · 9,069

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2004-09-14	LAX04LA318	Boeing 737-3H4 N601WN	Los Angeles California	serious injuries	Final
2004-09-12	LAX04CA316	Smith S-51D N51VS	Lancaster California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-09-11	LAX04LA334	British Aerospace BAE 125-1000A N520QS	San Francisco California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-09-03	LAX04LA312	Beech F33A N1854N	Fresno California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-09-02	LAX04CA309	Cessna 172S N897TW	Willits California	minor injuries destroyed	Final
2004-08-31	LAX04LA308	Rockwell 112TCA N44MH	San Rafael California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-08-30	LAX04IA311 incident	Sikorsky S-70A N160LA	Pacoima California	no injuries minor damage	Final
2004-08-29	LAX04CA306	Quicksilver MXL II N4358Z	Rio Vista California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-08-23	LAX04FA301	Bellanca 7ECA +1 more N53879	Malibu California	3 killed destroyed	Final
2004-08-22	LAX04LA325	Piper PA-30 N8475Y	Auburn California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-08-21	LAX04FA300	Consolidated Aeronautics, Inc Lake LA-4-200 N1238L	Oroville California	2 killed destroyed	Final
2004-08-21	LAX04LA299	Cessna 182G N2059R	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-08-20	LAX04CA298	Amateur-built Hatz CB-1 N592DJ	Upland California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-08-19	LAX04IA302 incident	Boeing 737-7H4 N461WN	Los Angeles California	no injuries	Final
2004-08-15	LAX04FA291	Cessna 172M CGTKX	Yuba City California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2004-08-15	LAX04LA292	American Champion (Acac) 7ECA N11037	Manchester California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-08-06	LAX04LA287	Cessna TR182 N4657S	Torrance California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-29	LAX04LA284	Cessna 206 N8622Z	Truckee California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-27	LAX04CA282	Cessna 172P N65615	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-26	LAX04LA281	Bell 206B N549W	Little Valley California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
2004-07-25	LAX04LA280	Piper PA-32RT-300 N5GC	Ontario California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-24	LAX04CA278	Cessna A185F N93DM	Gridley California	no injuries destroyed	Final
2004-07-24	LAX04LA277	Cessna 172RG N5167R	San Diego California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-23	LAX04LA275	Air Tractor AT-502B N5010E	Mendota California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-21	LAX04LA274	Amateur-built Rotorway Exec 162F N103RW	Cameron Park California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2004-07-19	LAX04LA273	Agusta A119 N928KR	Big Bear City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-18	LAX04CA270	Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-50-3 N19SZ	Lone Pine California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-17	LAX04FA271	Beech 58 N807Q	Bishop California	3 killed destroyed	Final
2004-07-16	LAX04LA269	Amateur-built RV-6A N16TN	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-13	LAX04CA262	Amateur-built Lancair 360 MKII N360MA	Pacoima California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-13	LAX04LA265	Ercoupe 415-D N3837H	Santa Clarita California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-11	LAX04CA258	Boeing A 75N1 N56416	Auburn California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-11	LAX04CA263	Cessna R182 N9108C	California City California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-11	LAX04LA259	North American T28B N5832X	Apple Valley California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-11	LAX04LA260	Piper PA-28-161 N6106H	Bridgeport California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-11	LAX04LA283	Cessna 182A N4094D	Petaluma California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-10	LAX04LA257	Ercoupe 415-C N2542H	Castaic California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-07	LAX04CA255	Cessna 172N N734PW	Chemehuevi California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-07-07	LAX04LA253	Amateur-built Harmon Rocket II N28BE	Seal Beach California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2004-06-28	LAX04LA251	Socata TB-20 N110U	Perris California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-23	LAX04TA248	Bell 206B N305FD	Lancaster California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-19	LAX04CA244	Fairchild 24R-40 N232E	Lincoln California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-17	LAX04CA242	Vans Aircraft RV-9A N93AZ	The Sea Ranch California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-13	LAX04CA238	Piper PA-28-180 N9009J	Anza California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-12	LAX04LA239	Champion 7AC N81471	La Porte California	1 killed substantial damage	Final
2004-06-09	LAX04LA235	Amateur-built RV-6 N621BP	Cloverdale California	1 killed destroyed	Final
2004-06-07	LAX04LA267	Schweizer Aircraft Corp. G-164B N3626T	Richvale California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-05	LAX04CA233	Schweizer 269C-1 N9421K	Brentwood California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-02	LAX04CA236	Piper PA-28-181 N39678	Dunsmuir California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
2004-06-01	LAX04LA245	Cessna 170B N2915D	Auburn California	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 not named, the site's policy at this time. 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.