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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents where the NTSB named the flight controls

495 cases since 2008 in which the NTSB's findings named the flight controls 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
2026-03-02 WPR26LA115 Mightyfly INC MF-100
N258MF
Atwater
California
no injuries
destroyed
Final
2026-02-27 ERA26LA130 Textron Aviation INC 680A
N519QS
Miami
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-01-07 CEN26LA092 Cessna 172
N5136E
San Marcos
Texas
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-11-23 ENG26LA011
incident
Bombardier INC CL-600-2C11
N707EV
Hibbing
Minnesota
no injuries Final
2025-10-30 CEN26LA033 Cessna 182H
N2040X
Lakeview
Arkansas
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-10-23 ERA26LA023 Cessna 152
N95005
St. Augustine
Florida
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-10-18 WPR26LA029 Amateur-built KITFOX S7 SUPERSPORT
N98RW
Kilgore
Idaho
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-10-04 ERA26LA009 Cessna 182H
N1998X
Smithfield
Rhode Island
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-09-17 WPR25LA283 Cessna 150F
N8047F
Rigby
Idaho
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-08-23 CEN25LA337 Bell OH-58A
N707EE
Caseville
Michigan
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-08-19 ERA25LA322 Cessna 182
N691DM
Edgartown
Massachusetts
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-08-16 ERA25LA303 Centrair 101A
N99KG
Springfield
Vermont
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-07-24 ERA25LA287 Grob-Werke TWIN ASTIR
N103GV
Franconia
New Hampshire
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-07-17 ANC25LA076 Cessna 180H
N91393
Gulkana
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-07-15 CEN25LA267 Air Tractor INC AT-402B
N647RA
Wyoming
Illinois
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-04-24 ERA25FA185 Mx Aircraft Tech PTY LTD MXS
N530RH
Hampton
Virginia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2025-03-28 DCA25LA174 Pyka INC PELICAN
N939NP
Dixon
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-12-20 ERA25FA082 Cessna 172
N22088
Cintrona
Puerto Rico
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-11-20 ENG25LA009
incident
Bombardier INC CL-600-2C11
N501GJ
Dulles
Virginia
no injuries Final
2024-11-17 CEN25LA043 Pitts S1E
N52B
Seguin
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-11-02 ANC25LA008 Cub Crafters INC CC18-180
N55PK
Anchorage
Alaska
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-10-27 CEN25LA029 Cub Crafters CARBON CUB
N257ST
Ogallala
Nebraska
minor injuries
destroyed
Final
2024-09-27 WPR24LA322 Vans Aircraft INC RV-12
N916PH
Paris
Idaho
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-09-08 ERA24FA371 Piper PA28R
N3757T
Vergennes
Vermont
4 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-07 CEN24LA380 XAG P100 PRO
N268MQ
Francesville
Indiana
serious injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-07-27 DCA24LA245 Boeing 737 +1 more
N853DN
Salt Lake City
Utah
no injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-07-26 WPR24FA257 Pilatus Aircraft LTD PC-12/47E
N357HE
Recluse
Wyoming
7 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-07-20 CEN24LA328 Hawker Beechcraft CORP HAWKER 900XP
N526FC
Telluride
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-02 WPR24LA228 Vans Aircraft INC RV-12IS
N725FA
Scappoose
Oregon
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-15 WPR24FA196 Lockheed 12A
N93R
Chino
California
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-08 ERA24LA251 Amateur-built JA30 SUPERSTOL
N719LN
Tennille
Georgia
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-06 WPR24FA182 Vans Aircraft INC RV-12
N412JN
Auburn
Washington
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-04 WPR24LA175 Dennis T Kirby/Michael B Kirby MURPHY REBEL
N79ZT
Edgewood
New Mexico
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-01 CEN24LA207 Cirrus SR20
N275RS
Aitkin
Minnesota
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-17 ERA24LA224 Cirrus Design CORP SR20
N462PW
Lagrangeville
New York
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-10 WPR24LA152 Cessna 182H
N2388X
Three Forks
Montana
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-08 CEN24LA178 Cessna 172M
N69PW
Midland
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-23 WPR24LA134 Bell 206L-3
N17592
Tracy
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-22 CEN24FA164 Amateur-built LEGACY FG
N550NL
Spicewood
Texas
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-04-14 WPR24FA124 Gulfstream Corporation 695A
N965BC
San Bernardino
California
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-03-07 CEN24LA128 Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2
N191LL
West Lafayette
Indiana
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-03-01 ERA24LA126 Cirrus Design CORP SR20
N1108T
Key Largo
Florida
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-03-01 ERA24LA128 Cub Crafters PA18-150
N143CC
Edgewater
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-02-14 CEN24LA115 Beech 400
N95GK
Bentonville
Arkansas
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-01-14 WPR24FA072 Kubicek BB85Z
N4961D
Eloy
Arizona
4 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-10-13 WPR24LA017 Piper Aircraft INC PA 46-350P
N509Z
Eastsound
Washington
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-10-12 CEN24FA010 Cessna 414
N880A
Patterson
Louisiana
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-10-08 ERA24FA003 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
N802JR
Croydon
New Hampshire
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2023-09-28 CEN23LA424 Powrachute PEGASUS
N31520
Caddo Mills
Texas
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-09-28 CEN23LA425 Air Tractor INC AT-802
N445HA
Herington
Kansas
no 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 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.