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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in Iowa

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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DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
1999-06-08 CHI99LA179 Piper PA-28-140
N4525R
Traer
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1999-05-09 CHI99FA147 Taylorcraft BC-12D
N96876
Newton
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
1999-05-09 CHI99LA150 Beech A-36
N53LE
Buffalo Center
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1999-04-09 CHI99IA136
incident
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32
N205ME
Dubuque
Iowa
no injuries Final
1999-03-28 CHI99LA119 Piper PA-28-161
N82164
Ankeny
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1999-03-24 CHI99LA114 Piper PA-31-350
N812TB
Waterloo
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-12-17 CHI99FA052 Cessna 152
N5314B
Sherrill
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
1998-12-03 CHI99LA045 Beech 58
N7278R
Ankeny
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-11-22 CHI99LA032 Piper PA-28-180
N2691T
Iowa Falls
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-11-22 CHI99LA034 Piper PA-12
N92585
Carrol
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-10-24 CHI99LA012 Hiller UH-12C
N9739C
Clinton
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-09-27 CHI98LA362 Piper PA-28-140
N7353J
Iowa City
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-08-30 CHI98LA346 Amateur-built GLASTAR
N37JN
Allison
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-08-23 CHI98LA328 Beech B35
N5210C
Iowa City
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-08-21 CHI98FA323 Bell 222
N30SV
Spencer
Iowa
3 killed
destroyed
Final
1998-08-10 CHI98FA309 Piper PA-28R-200
N9350N
New Hampton
Iowa
3 killed
destroyed
Final
1998-07-15 CHI98LA252 Piper PA28-151
N1473X
Anthon
Iowa
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-07-14 CHI98LA250 Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV
N5101W
Dyersville
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-07-12 CHI98FA244 Amateur-built CLASSIC +1 more
N494S
Traer
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
1998-06-17 CHI98LA203 Piper PA28-151
N6771F
Jefferson
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-06-02 CHI98LA186 Amateur-built KITFOX II
N487JS
Greenfield
Iowa
minor injuries
destroyed
Final
1998-05-30 CHI98LA184 Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15
N25491
Waterloo
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-05-07 CHI98LA142 Amateur-built RANS S-9
N5360D
Waukee
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
1998-03-16 CHI98LA103 Cessna 310Q
N1521T
Council Bluffs
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-02-27 CHI98LA098 Cessna 402B
N108RS
Mason City
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1998-01-02 CHI98LA077 Piper PA-34-220T
N8350Z
Winterset
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-12-31 CHI98LA075 Piper PA-28-161
N8465F
Boone
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-11-29 CHI98LA050 Cessna 402B
N22NC
Spencer
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-10-05 CHI98LA015 Amateur-built TAYLOR BIRD
N12121
Humboldt
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-09-07 CHI97LA288 Beech 35-C33A
N5729V
Amana
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-09-06 CHI97LA291 Cessna 177B
N34829
Oxford
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-09-01 CHI97LA275 Bucker Flugzeugbau JUNGMANN
N131G
Blakesburg
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-09-01 CHI97LA280 Piper PA-28
N6566W
Monona
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-08-31 CHI97LA277 Hughes 269A
N7058T
Council Bluffs
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Final
1997-08-20 CHI97LA266 Swearingen SA226TC
N224AM
Des Moines
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-08-06 CHI97LA250 Cessna 172M
N13353
Keokuk
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-07-26 CHI97LA229 Piper PA-28-140
N1690J
Mapleton
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-07-16 CHI97LA214 Cessna 172
N733FT
Ottumwa
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-06-12 CHI97GA166 Hughes 269A-1
N1020U
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
serious injuries
destroyed
Final
1997-05-31 CHI97LA155 Cessna 150
N60971
Woodbine
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-05-11 CHI97LA132 Piper PA-24-250
N7729P
Correctionville
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-04-27 CHI97LA118 Hughes 269A
N1040S
Council Bluffs
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-04-24 CHI97LA113 Cessna 185
N4641E
Pella
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-04-02 CHI97LA097 Piper PA-28-235
N9004W
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-03-27 CHI97LA094 Cessna 195
N4666T
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1997-02-20 CHI97IA072
incident
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-15
N93S
Des Moines
Iowa
no injuries
minor damage
Final
1997-02-07 CHI97FA067 Cessna 150
N714EE
Larchwood
Iowa
1 killed
destroyed
Final
1997-01-16 CHI97LA053 Learjet 24
N991TD
Muscatine
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-12-19 CHI97LA050 Piper PA-46
N446RD
Red Oak
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
1996-09-22 CHI96LA344 Amateur-built SMITH INNOVATION
N2982
Hampton
Iowa
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
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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.