Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in District of Columbia

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 · 43

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
2026-08-04	OPS26LA063 incident	Sikorsky VH3D +1 more MILITARY	Washington District of Columbia		Preliminary
2025-05-01	OPS25LA034 incident	An amateur-built aircraft +1 more	Washington District of Columbia		Preliminary
2025-01-30	DCA25MA108	Bombardier INC CL-600-2C10 +1 more N709PS	Washington District of Columbia	67 killed destroyed	Final
2017-06-03	ENG17IA027 incident	Boeing 737 7H4 N765SW	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
2008-02-17	DCA08CA041	Embraer ERJ170 +1 more N828MD	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
2007-09-13	OPS07IA010 incident	Learjet 35 N66NJ	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Final
2006-05-30	NYC06MA131	Eurocopter EC-135P1 N601FH	Washington District of Columbia	1 killed destroyed	Final
2005-06-07	DCA05MA070	Embraer 170 N803MD	Washington District of Columbia	fatal minor damage	Final
2004-06-07	DCA04IA052 incident	Airbus Industrie A340-311 GVFLY	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Final
2002-06-17	NYC02IA117 incident	Dornier 328 N439JS	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries	Final
2001-08-05	DCA01MA056	Amateur-built Dash 8-100 N935HA	Washington District of Columbia	fatal minor damage	Final
1999-08-23	IAD99IA059 incident	Boeing 727-200 N926TS	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1998-11-29	DCA99IA023 incident	Boeing 757 UNK	Washington District of Columbia		Final
1998-04-11	CHI98IA167 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD82 N951U	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Final
1997-05-02	IAD97LA071	Piper PA-23 N1044P	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-04-24	IAD96LA066	Cessna 208 N776FE	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1996-02-20	IAD96IA044 incident	Boeing 737-130 N33202	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1995-04-27	CHI95IA138 incident	Airbus Industrie A320-211 N331NW	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Final
1994-08-01	NYC94LA144	Amateur-built DHC-8-311 N433AW	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1990-05-11	BFO90LA043	Boeing B-737 N990UA	Washington District of Columbia	serious injuries	Final
1990-02-17	BFO90IA028 incident	Boeing B-727-29 N902TS	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1989-05-15	BFO89IA036 incident	Northrop T-38A +1 more N920NS	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Final
1988-11-30	BFO89LA013	Swearingen SA-226T N263CM	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-09-15	BFO88LA083	Cessna 310R N87297	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-07-02	BFO88IA065 incident	Cessna T210R N6286U	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1987-08-21	BFO87FA057	Bell 206B N83080	Washington District of Columbia	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1987-08-11	BFO87FA053	Boeing 747-200B JA182	Washington District of Columbia	1 killed	Preliminary
1987-07-11	MIA87IA204 incident	Boeing 727-225 N8892Z	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1986-11-06	CHI87IA026 incident	Boeing 757-251 N516US	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Preliminary
1986-05-17	BFO86LA025	Cessna 340A N6828P	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1985-09-08	BFO85IA074 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1842U	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-04-16	BFO85IA036 incident	Boeing 727-200 N400DL	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1985-01-17	BFO85FA013	Aerospatiale SA 360C N42CP	Washington District of Columbia	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-10-27	BFO85FA003	Piper PA-23-250 N6235Y	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1984-09-08	FTW84IA389 incident	Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON N460MC	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Preliminary
1984-09-03	BFO84IA005 incident	Boeing 727-22 +1 more N7078U	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1984-08-31	BFO84IA004 incident	Beech 58 N72TM	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1983-10-17	ATL84IA024 incident	British Aircraft Corp. (Bac) 1-11/204/AF N2111J	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1982-12-28	ATL83IA085 incident	Boeing 737-222 N752N	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries	Preliminary
1982-12-05	ATL83IA053 incident	Piper PA-23-250 N501BC	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1982-09-03	DCA82IA031 incident	Boeing 727 N288WA	Washington District of Columbia	serious injuries	Preliminary
1982-01-20	ATL82IA038 incident	Amateur-built DHC-6-300 N9240N	Washington District of Columbia	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1982-01-13	DCA82AA011	Boeing 737-222 N62AF	Washington District of Columbia	74 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.