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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents where the NTSB named the cabin, seats and restraints

125 cases since 2008 in which the NTSB's findings named the cabin, seats and restraints as a cause or a contributing factor. The NTSB has coded its findings this way since 2008; earlier cases are not included. The finding is the NTSB's; the grouping into systems is this site's.

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
2026-04-13 WPR26LA159 Cirrus Design CORP SR22T
N285AH
Fullerton
California
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-08-31 DCA25LA308 Airbus Canada BD500
CGYLQ
Denver
Colorado
serious injuries Final
2024-11-15 CEN25LA046 Amateur-built Dominator
UNREG
Gilbert
Minnesota
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-15 ERA24LA357 Cessna 172
N8400X
Elkwood
Virginia
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-07 CEN24FA312 Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C
N3093H
Elkhart
Illinois
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-07-11 CEN24LA315 Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA-5B
N23JK
Camdenton
Missouri
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-08 CEN24LA259 Bell 206L-3
N206WX
Thorntown
Indiana
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-20 CEN24LA318 Ayres Corporation S2R
N4004K
Stanwood
Michigan
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-01-25 ERA24LA098 Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G103 TWIN ASTIR
N1202Z
Zephyrhills
Florida
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-09-15 WPR23FA344 Amateur-built 3000
N57TJ
Bellevue
Washington
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2022-12-28 WPR23LA078 Airbus Helicopters EC 130 T2
N835GC
Boulder City
Nevada
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2022-10-29 ERA23FA045 Amateur-built Patrol
N964RS
Hanover Township
Pennsylvania
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2022-09-01 CEN22FA405 Cirrus Aircraft SR22
N420SS
Tomball
Texas
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2022-05-28 CEN22FA215 Grumman American Avn. CORP G-164
N178LB
Whiskerville
Arkansas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2022-03-29 CEN22LA166 Beech B200
N469SL
Odessa
Texas
serious injuries Final
2021-10-11 CEN22FA011 Beech 58TC
N6748V
Mesa
Colorado
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2021-07-31 CEN21FA345 Piper J3C-65
N42522
Hartford
Wisconsin
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2021-07-26 ANC21FA065 Cessna 172P
N65698
Eagle River
Alaska
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2021-06-24 CEN21FA290 American Aviation AA-1A
N9261L
Cleburne
Texas
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2021-03-28 WPR21LA145 Cirrus Design CORP SR22
N644SR
Marana
Arizona
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2021-02-16 CEN21FA130 Velocity Vtwin
N13VT
Janesville
Wisconsin
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2020-08-05 ANC20LA077 Cessna 180
N9712G
Kenai
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2020-07-10 CEN20LA278 Grumman G164
N6917K
Springfield
Colorado
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2019-12-27 WPR20FA051 Cirrus SF50
N52CV
Santa Monica
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2019-10-25 WPR20FA016 Enstrom 280F
N280F
Jordan Valley
Oregon
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2019-08-22 GAA19CA506 Grob G103
N901BG
San Antonio
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2019-06-09 GAA19CA324 Amateur-built MURPHY
N235DS
South Lake Tahoe
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2019-03-30 ERA19LA141 Flight Design CTLS
N81KK
Palatka
Florida
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2019-03-09 ERA19LA194 Cessna 172
N7367G
Mount Holly
New Jersey
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2018-10-22 GAA19CA037 Amateur-built CH601
N105JT
Junction City
Kansas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2018-10-05 GAA19CA011 Beech 55
N6674Y
San Antonio
Texas
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2018-06-09 ANC18FA044 Piper PA18
N1203A
Sitka
Alaska
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2018-04-17 GAA18CA251 Beech 95 B55
N4464S
Suffolk
Virginia
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2018-03-11 ERA18MA099 American Eurocopter CORP AS350B2
N350LH
New York
New York
5 killed
substantial damage
Final
2018-01-13 GAA18CA108 Piper J3L
N35226
Astoria
Oregon
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2017-07-08 WPR17FA146 Amateur-built QUICKSILVER SPORT II
N2812
Point Mugu
California
1 killed Final
2017-06-17 ANC17LA033 Piper PA 12
N4018H
Skwentna
Alaska
no injuries
destroyed
Final
2017-05-24 CEN17FA196 Piper J3C
N35132
Chetek
Wisconsin
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2017-03-14 CEN17FA127 Mcdonnell Douglas Heli CO 369FF
N530KD
Chalmers
Indiana
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2017-03-08 DCA17FA076 Mcdonnell Douglas MD80
N786TW
Ypsilanti
Michigan
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-11-23 CEN17LA043 Beech 200
N80RT
Moorhead
Minnesota
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-07-11 ERA16LA253 Bell 429
N1SP
Georgetown
Delaware
1 killed Final
2016-06-18 CEN16LA223 Cirrus Design CORP SR22
N678Z
Colorado Springs
Colorado
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-06-01 ERA16LA200 Aeronca 7AC
N83547
Toughkenamon
Pennsylvania
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-05-24 ERA16FA194 Jihlavan Airplanes Sro KP 5 ASA
N440JM
Rhoadesville
Virginia
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-05-16 ERA16FA186 Piper PA28
N7031R
Homestead
Florida
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-05-05 ANC16LA022 Airbus AS350
N194EH
Juneau
Alaska
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-04-21 WPR16FA095 Mooney Aircraft CORP. M20K
N97119
Woodland
Washington
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2016-04-06 GAA16CA179 Bell 206
N73AW
Supai
Arizona
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-02-19 ERA16FA108 Beech A36
N61WB
Marshville
North Carolina
1 killed
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 not named, the site's policy at this time. 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.