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
1985-05-21	DEN85LA137	Piper PA-36 N2382Y	Claire City South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-05-19	DEN85LA136	Cessna 182 N5180D	Plankinton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-03-19	DEN85LA100	Cessna 172 N7979B	Wesbter South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1985-02-16	DEN85LA083	Piper PA-28-140 N4513R	Hot Springs South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-02-01	DEN85LA073	Cessna 180A CFCBT	Sioux South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-11-24	DEN85LA032	Piper PA-28 N43530	Alexandria South Dakota	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1984-10-05	DEN85FA002	Hamburger Flugzeugbau (Hfb) HANSA HFB-320 N127MW	Aberdeen South Dakota	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1984-09-15	DEN84LA280	Piper PA-25-235 N7236Z	Canton South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-08-08	DEN84LA256	Piper PA-36-285 N56687	Kennebec South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-07-25	DEN84LA235	Grumman G-164A N4593	Chamerlain South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-07-25	DEN84LA237	Grumman G-164 N751Y	Wessington South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-07-22	DEN84LA233	Cessna A188B N9108R	Stratford South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-07-22	DEN84LA234	Piper PA-36 N44162	Redfield South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1984-07-10	DEN84LA217	Weatherly 201 N86686	Watertown South Dakota	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1984-06-25	DEN84LA197	Cessna T188C N9952J	Philip South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-06-25	DEN84LA215	Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 N8802R	Marion South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-06-23	DEN84LA192	Grumman G-164A N8974H	Murdo South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-06-18	DEN84LA186	Cessna 188 N9261R	Groton South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1984-06-18	DEN84LA200	Piper PA-38-112 N9389T	Stratford South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-05-29	DEN84FU006	Amateur-built B UNREG	Beresford South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1984-05-23	DEN84FA159	Amateur-built AA-1C N9803U	Rapid City South Dakota	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-05-10	DEN84LA146	Maule M-4-220C N40352	Winner South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-04-19	DEN84LA131	Cessna 140 N89740	Miller South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-04-06	DEN84LA125	Piper PA-18 N7594K	Barnard South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-01-27	DEN84LA099	Champion 7EC N7406B	Wall South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-01-09	DEN84LA068	Cessna 172 N64253	Custer South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-01-05	DEN84FA064	Piper J3C-65 N98322	Elm Springs South Dakota	1 killed substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-12-20	DCA84AA012	Douglas DC-9-31 N994Z	Sioux Falls South Dakota	fatal substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-12-01	DEN84LA053	Piper PA-18A 150 N3401W	Herreid South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-11-17	DEN84LA033	Cessna 172 N52419	Yankton South Dakota	serious injuries	Preliminary
1983-11-07	DEN84FA021	Convair 580 N7517U	Sioux Falls South Dakota	serious injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1983-10-29	DEN84FTK01	Amateur-built DUCE N6769	Rapid City South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-10-20	DEN84FA008	Convair 340/440 N199CF	Pierre South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-10-20	DEN84FA010	Cessna 182F N3375U	Burke South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-09-24	DEN83LU005	Amateur-built (MODIFIED) UNREG	Sioux Falls South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1983-08-27	DEN83FTK05	Piper PA28-180C N8426W	Sturgis Muni. South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-08-26	DEN83LA199	Piper PA-25B-235 N4473Y	Montrose South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-08-21	DEN83FTK04	Piper PA-28-181 N8422U	Box Elder South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-08-20	DEN83LA195	Grumman AMERICAN AA-1C N9634U	Tea South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-08-08	DEN83LA187	Piper PA-11 N4573M	Wagner South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-07-14	DEN83LA164	Cessna T188C N2060J	Carthage South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-07-14	DEN83LA165	Bell 47J-2A N8545F	Interior South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-07-02	DEN83LA159	Cessna 188B N8965G	Pierre South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-07-01	DEN83LA155	Piper PA-25-235 N7121Z	Brandt South Dakota	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-06-18	DEN83LA147	Cessna 150 N6418F	Red Owl South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-06-16	DEN83LA141	Cessna A188 N8181V	Leola South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-02-18	DEN83LA065	Swearingen SA-26T N737EF	Madison South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1983-02-16	DEN83FTK03	Beech V35A N8478N	Sioux Falls South Dakota	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1983-01-15	DEN83FA049	Robinson R22 N9079B	Sisseton South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1982-12-01	DEN83FA027	Cessna P210 N4721P	Sioux Falls South Dakota	2 killed destroyed	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.