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.
Cases newest first · 495
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
