Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983

3,514 cases in 1983, 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 · 3,514

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1983-01-17	CHI83LA085	Bell 206B N59426	Cincinnati Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-17	SEA83LA043	Bellanca 17-30A N28163	Pocatello Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	ANC83FA033	Champion 7HC N8974R	Anchorage Alaska	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	CHI83LA083	Cessna 150 N9218U	Campbell Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	CHI83LA084	Cessna 182 N3318F	Wheaton Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	FTW83FA088	Cessna 172N N737VQ	Carrollton Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	FTW83LA089	Cessna A185F N1071F	Loreauville Louisiana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	FTW83LA091	Amateur-built AA-5B N45344	Nacogdoches Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	FTW83LA093	Douglas DC-3 TGSAB	Bay City Texas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	LAX83FVM07	Pitts S1S N15HR	San Jose California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	LAX83IA073 incident	Boeing 747-123 N9664	Los Angeles California	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	MIA83LA060	Cessna 336 N1737Z	Key Largo Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-16	NYC83FHA03	Piper PA-22-135 N8604C	New Hope Pennsylvania	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-15	CHI83LA082	Maule M4-180C N2062U	Brainerd Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-15	DEN83FA049	Robinson R22 N9079B	Sisseton South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-15	DEN83FTI03	Piper PA-18-150 N4610Y	Galen Montana	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-15	FTW83FA092	Cessna 150 N45528	Midland Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-15	LAX83LA071	Piper PA-24-250 N5730P	El Cajon California	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-15	LAX83LA072	Piper PA-38-112 N2422A	Barstow California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-14	CHI83IA097 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC10-10 N115AA	Chicago Illinois	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1983-01-14	CHI83LA081	Cessna 172 RG N9916B	Green Bay Wisconsin	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-14	FTW83LA090	Piper PA-31-350 N3533U	Belle Chase Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-14	LAX83LA077	Cessna R172K N9927V	San Martin California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-14	SEA83FA042	Bellanca 8KCAB N29757	Sunriver Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-13	ANC83FA032	Bell 206B N74PR	Cordova Alaska	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-13	ANC83IA034 incident	Cessna 185 N2660S	Near Cordova Alaska	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1983-01-13	ATL83LA090	Piper PA-30 N7737Y	Greenville South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-13	CHI83FA080	Piper PA-28-140 N6347W	Glenview Illinois	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-12	CHI83LA079	Piper PA-38-112 N25353	Springfield Ohio	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-12	SEA83FA040	Bell 206B N644PH	Newport Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-12	SEA83FA041	Beech 35-B33 N9751Y	Redmond Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-11	ATL83FA086	Champion 7ECA N5175X	Quinton Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-11	ATL83LA087	Lockheed 18-56 N520R	Madison Georgia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-11	DCA83AA014	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-54F N8053U	Detroit Michigan	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-11	FTW83IA084 incident	Bell 222 N23021	Houston Texas	no injuries	Preliminary
1983-01-11	FTW83LA081	Cessna 170A N1781D	Temple Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-11	LAX83LA070	Cessna 150L N19304	Palo Alto California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-11	MIA83LA070	Piper PA-32-260 N20FH	Culebra Puerto Rico	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-10	ANC83LA031	Piper PA-32R-301 N3575A	Wainwright Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-10	DCA83AA013	Convair 580-11-A N8444H	Brainerd Minnesota	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-10	LAX83LJA04	Piper PA-28-151 N32658	Near Honolulu Hawaii	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-10	MIA83LA059	Enstrom F-28A N278Q	New Smyrna Bch Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-10	MKC83IA054 incident	Cessna 402B N8200Q	St. Louis Missouri	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1983-01-10	MKC83LA052	Beech 200 N1847A	Springfield Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-09	ANC83FAG02	Amateur-built 2 N37875	Chugiak Alaska	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-09	ATL83MA084	Beech D55 +1 more N7142N	Cherry Point North Carolina	7 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-09	CHI83LA077	Amateur-built VARIEZE N441EZ	Youngstown Ohio	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-09	CHI83LA078	Mooney M20A N8343E	Ashkum Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-01-09	FTW83FA079	Mooney M20E N7778M	Cushing Oklahoma	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-09	FTW83LA083	Piper PA-28R-200 N32978	Bandera Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary

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.