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
1989-07-23	DEN89LA176	Cessna 170B N8102A	Kyle South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-05-23	DEN89DTK01	Piper PA-36-300 N82644	Agar South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1989-04-14	DEN89LA108	Piper PA-28-180 N8272W	Milbank South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1989-03-07	DEN89LA082	Stinson 108-2 N150C	Custer South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-20	DEN88LA208	Cessna 421B N44HV	Winner South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-18	DEN88FA186	Luscombe 8A N71572	Dimock South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-08-14	DEN88LA183	Piper PA-22-108 N5301Z	Hoven South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-08-11	DEN88LA180	Bell 206B N49727	Sturgis South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-25	DEN88LA166	Amateur-built DRAGONFLY N42JK	Mitchell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-11	DEN88LA153	Piper PA-22-150 CGCCF	Spearfish South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-05	DEN88LA145	Sikorsky S-58J N62243	Sioux Falls South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-04	DEN88DTK01	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8802Z	Ferney South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-02	DEN88LA118	Cessna 180 N2123Z	Gettysburg South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-04-21	DEN88FA100	Cessna 182J N2720F	Rapid City South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-04-09	DEN88LA094	Agusta A109A N33SV	Sioux Falls South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-12-06	DEN88LA035	Bellanca 7GCBC N2562Z	Newell South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-11-25	DEN88LA028	Cessna 150L N1380Q	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-10-26	DEN88FA016	Beech A-36 N1257E	Mitchell South Dakota	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-21	DEN87DTK01	Amateur-built MUSTANG II N44TA	Aberdeen South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-26	DEN87LA194	Cessna 172D N2346U	Custer South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-07-26	DEN87LA195	Cessna 182L N3371R	Aberdeen South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-07-04	DEN87FA167	Mooney M20F N6933V	Mitchell South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-05-26	DEN87LA133	Piper PA-22-108 N5448Z	Milbank South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-04-24	DEN87LA100	Aero Commander A-9B N2755V	Wood South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1987-04-21	DEN87LA108	Cessna 182C N9069T	Conde South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1987-02-11	DEN87LA053	Mooney M20C N3451X	Eureka South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-11-29	DEN87FA024	Piper PA-28-181 N2161B	Stugis South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1986-08-07	DEN86FTK04	Piper PA-25-235 N7121Z	Clear Lake South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-07-22	DEN86LA204	Piper PA-25-260 N8629L	Sisseton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-27	DEN86LA176	Cessna T188 N2507J	Kimball South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-19	DEN86LA166	Piper PA-36 N3856E	Onida South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-06-17	DEN86FTK03	Piper PA-25 N6120Z	Badger South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-12	DEN86LA162	Grumman G-164 N751Y	Wessington South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-06-05	DEN86LA152	Aeronca 7AC N84693	Sisseton South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1986-05-20	DEN86FTK02	Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B N7757V	Dell Rapids South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-17	DEN86LA138	Cessna 172 N3559E	Pierre South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-16	DEN86FTK01	Bellanca 7GCBC N53756	Huron South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-05-02	DEN86LA124	Piper J-3 N92283	Britton South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-04-13	DEN86LA116	Beech A-36 N4479W	Wall South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1986-02-25	DEN86LA085	Piper PA-22-150 N5721D	Estelline South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-11-27	DEN86LA043	Piper PA-18-150 N6884B	Hayes South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-11-10	DEN86LA021	Piper PA-18-150 N6854P	Buffalo South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-10-03	DEN86FA002	Piper PA-18-150 N40359	Chamberlain South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-09-06	DEN85FTK03	Cessna 152 N69125	Tea South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-08-24	DEN85LTK02	Piper PA-25-235 N9748P	Yankton South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-15	DEN85FA189	Cessna 320F N90HC	Rapid City South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-06	DEN85FA180	Hughes 369HS N5410W	Keystone South Dakota	4 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1985-07-01	DEN85LA177	Grumman G-164 N6674K	Platte South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-29	DEN85LA144	Continental Copters TOMCAT MARK 5A/OH13H N9081T	Freeman South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-26	DEN85FTK01	Boeing A75 N555	Tea South Dakota	serious 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 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.