Aviation accidents and incidents in California
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 · 9,069
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-09 | CEN22FA375 | Sonex Aircraft WAIEX N51YX |
Maxwell California |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-08-09 | WPR22LA296 | Piper PA-32-300 N841AD |
Corona California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-08-04 | WPR22LA291 | Airbus Helicopters INC AS350B3 N833SB |
Chino California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-30 | WPR22LA287 | Cessna 177RG N2591V |
Livermore California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-27 | WPR22LA284 | Bombardier INC BD-100-1A10 N557XJ |
San Francisco California |
serious injuries | Final |
| 2022-07-27 | WPR22LA292 | Piper PA-28-181 N41757 |
San Diego California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-23 | WPR22FA265 | North American T-28B N787AS |
Fallbrook California |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-23 | WPR22LA271 | Piper PA-32-301 N300BH |
San Jose California |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-22 | WPR22LA268 | Piper J3C-65 N3666K |
Huntington Beach California |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-17 | WPR22LA258 | Evolution Aircraft INC REVOLT N258MH |
Walter Springs California |
2 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-07-17 | WPR22LA259 | Socata TB21 N718TB |
San Marcos California |
minor injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-14 | WPR22LA252 | Cessna 182P N9802E |
San Martin California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-10 | WPR22LA243 | Mooney M20C N6416U |
Oxnard California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-04 | WPR22LA241 | Cessna 182H N8414S |
Petaluma California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-07-02 | DCA22LA151 | Boeing 737-700 N480WN |
Santa Ana California |
serious injuries | Final |
| 2022-06-28 | WPR22LA242 | Cessna 120 N2056V |
San Carlos California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-24 | WPR22LA226 | Cessna TR182 N738JZ |
Santa Barbara California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-24 | WPR22LA236 | Bell 206B N915B |
Merced California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-22 | WPR22LA327 | Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4-200 N6150V |
Lodi California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-20 | WPR22LA225 | Rolladen-Schneider LS-6 N536LS |
Tahoe Vista California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-20 | WPR22LA249 | Piper PA-32R-301T N4383D |
Red Bluff California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-18 | WPR22FA216 | Cessna 336 N3835U |
Porterville California |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-06-17 | WPR22LA221 | Bell 206B N90326 |
Stockton California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-16 | WPR22LA219 | Cessna TR182 N756EG |
Davis California |
minor injuries destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-06-11 | WPR22LA232 | Maule MX-7-235 N13ZF |
Copperopolis California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-10 | WPR22FA210 | Mooney Aircraft CORP. M20K N305L |
Camarillo California |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-06-07 | WPR22FA198 | Beech 77 N18244 |
Hemet California |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-07 | WPR22LA201 | Bombardier BD100 1A10 +1 more N694PD |
Hawthorne California |
no injuries minor damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-04 | WPR22LA228 | Cessna P210N N4752K |
Palm Springs California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-03 | WPR22FA197 | Cessna 208B N7581F |
Oceanside California |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-02 | WPR22FA195 | Amateur-built HORNET N6366M |
Lucerne Valley California |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-06-02 | WPR22FA196 | Beech 19A N7641R |
Oroville California |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-30 | WPR22LA191 | Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 N722PA |
Carlsbad California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-30 | WPR22LA192 | Maule MX-7-180C N1043B |
Willits California |
1 killed destroyed |
Final |
| 2022-05-21 | WPR21LA368 | Air Tractor INC AT-602 N8521V |
Sacramento California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-14 | WPR22LA183 | Pyka INC PELICAN N605PK |
Winters California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-12 | WPR22LA181 | Cessna 185 N23FG |
Franklin California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-11 | WPR22LA174 | Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 N999GH |
Livermore California |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-05-06 | WPR22FA172 | Amateur-built RV10 N54MG |
Sausalito California |
2 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-25 | WPR22LA167 | Cessna 172R N9572W |
Redding California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-21 | WPR22LA163 | Textron Aviation INC T206H N20617 |
Santa Barbara California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-20 | WPR22FA160 | Cessna 337 N143JB |
Sylmar California |
1 killed substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-19 | WPR22LA159 | Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 42 N822SA |
Long Beach California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-16 | WPR22LA153 | Amateur-built GLASAIR SUPER II N90YY |
Oxnard California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-08 | WPR22LA149 | Amateur-built S-4 COYOTE 1 N3156D |
Chula Vista California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-08 | WPR22LA150 | Alexander Schleicher GMBH & CO ASK 21 N212NM |
Valyermo California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-06 | WPR22LA145 | Cessna Aircraft CO 162 N6076C |
Palo Alto California |
serious injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-02 | WPR22LA141 | Amateur-built GLASAIR II S-FT N727DF |
Saline Valley California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-02 | WPR22LA143 | Cessna 172G +1 more N3901L |
Van Nuys California |
no injuries substantial damage |
Final |
| 2022-04-01 | WPR22LA140 | Bell OH-58A N9287U |
Merced California |
minor 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.