Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997

2,121 cases in 1997, 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 · 2,121

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1997-10-24	LAX98LA023	Cessna 182Q N759TA	Hamburg California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-24	MIA98FA015	Cessna 172M N1499U	Rabun Gap Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-24	NYC98FA018	Enstrom F-28C N1944J	Fairview Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-24	NYC98LA019	Piper PA-34-220T N8371H	Philadelphia Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-24	NYC98LA023	Hiller UH-12D N62316	Farmingdale New Jersey	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-23	ANC98FA006	Piper PA-32-300 N30505	Juneau Alaska	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-23	FTW98LA029	Cessna 185C N725	Farmington New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-23	LAX98LA018	Cessna 152 N89257	Torrance California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-23	LAX98LA019	Piper PA-24-250 N8203P	Fullerton California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-23	SEA98LA007	Cessna 185A N714	Damascus Oregon	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-22	FTW98FA028	Weatherly 620B N46278	Cee Vee Texas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-21	ANC98LA005	Piper PA-20 N7049K	Naknek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-21	ATL98LA006	Diamond Aircraft Industries DA20-A1 N534SS	West Palm Beach Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-21	NYC98FA017	Extra Flugzeugbau EA-200 N11EX	Radnor Ohio	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-20	ANC98IA004 incident	Cessna 208B N9304F	Kasigluk Alaska	no injuries	Final
1997-10-20	ATL98LA004	Piper PA-25-235C N9567P	Blakley Georgia	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-10-20	ATL98LA005	Mooney M20C N3426X	Hendersonville North Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-20	CHI98LA020	Mooney M20C N9449V	St Charles Missouri	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-20	FTW98FA024	Cessna 150M N6206K	Deming New Mexico	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-20	FTW98LA027	Helio H-800 N40013	Ogden Utah	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-20	LAX98LA015	Beech D17S N67736	Chino California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-20	NYC98FA016	Cessna 182P N9388G	Morgantown West Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-20	NYC98LA015	Piper PA-32RT-300 N2200J	Scottsville Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	ATL98LA003	Cessna 150M N7814U	Miami Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	FTW98LA018	Mooney M20F N7433V	College Station Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	FTW98LA022	Cessna 150G +1 more N3916J	Tyler Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-10-19	FTW98LA025	Beech A36TC N42AM	Stratford Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	FTW98LA026	Cessna 182P N10DG	Thompsons Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	IAD98LA006	Aviat A-1 N9614B	Duxbury Massachusetts	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	LAX98LA014	Stinson AT-19 +1 more N88793	North Las Vegas Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	SEA98LA005	Piper PA-28-151 N5987F	Vashon Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-19	SEA98LA006	Bell 47-G3B N47AH	Winston Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-18	CHI98LA018	Bellanca 7GCBC N88119	Rapid City South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-18	CHI98LA019	Piper J3L-65 N33252	Reeseville Wisconsin	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-18	FTW98LA023	Cessna 152 N93116	Norman Oklahoma	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-18	LAX98LA017	Schweizer 126-D N7583	Peoria Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-18	SEA98LA004	Beech V-35 N5482U	Medford Oregon	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-17	CHI98LA079	Cessna 152 N68299	Quincy Illinois	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-10-17	MIA98LA012	Robinson R22 BETA N333PH	Pompano Beach Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-17	MIA98LA013	Cessna 172G N4690L	Panacea Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-17	SEA98LA003	Champion 7EC CFOJT	Galata Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-16	FTW98IA019 incident	Boeing 757-222 N581UA	Seattle Washington	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-10-16	FTW98LA020	Cessna 180J N7527K	Chama New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-16	FTW98LA030	Bell 47G-4A N7104J	Welsh Louisiana	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-16	LAX98LA012	Amateur-built MIG 15UTI N17KM	Reno Nevada	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-16	SEA98LA002	Piper PA-22-150 N7507D	Challis Idaho	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-15	ANC98LA003	Bell 206-B2 N86TA	Sutton Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-15	ATL98FA002	Beech 95-B55 N315K	Kennesaw Georgia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-10-15	CHI98LA021	Schweizer 269C N557DC	Grand Forks North Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-10-15	FTW98LA015	Amateur-built HAWK H2X N4412X	Tooele Utah	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.