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Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents where the NTSB named the airframe structure

646 cases since 2008 in which the NTSB's findings named the airframe structure 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
2026-05-23 WPR26LA203 Pzl-Swidnik PW-5
N157AJ
Soap Lake
Washington
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-05-13 CEN26LA205 Amateur-built RV4
N292M
Conroe
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-02-28 CEN26LA131 Quad City CHALLENGER
UNREG
Van Burensburg
Illinois
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-02-27 DCA26LA142 Boeing 787
JA873A
Houston
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2026-02-09 DCA26LA115 Airbus A321-271NX
N2188J
San Francisco
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-11-26 ERA26LA085 Burkhart Grob Luft Und Raumfah G103 TWIN ASTIR TRAI
N103T
Brownsboro
Alabama
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-09-05 ERA25LA337 Amateur-built ERACER MK II
N382RB
Mount Pleasant
South Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-08-18 ANC25LA096 Cessna A185F
N9BB
Haines
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-07-11 WPR25LA209 Pipistrel ALPHA TRAINER
N209ZM
Colorado City
Arizona
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-05-10 ERA25FA201 Piper PA32RT
N30689
Yulee
Florida
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2025-02-27 CEN25LA105 Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II
N6555C
Edgemont
South Dakota
serious injuries Final
2025-02-03 ERA25LA114 Cessna 172P
N62112
Clarksville
Tennessee
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-02-01 CEN25LA090 Amateur-built Long-EZ
N88LE
Sparta
Illinois
no injuries
destroyed
Final
2025-01-20 ERA25LA102 Amateur-built HIGH 6 BERKUT 540
N976DR
Orlando
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2025-01-10 DCA25LA085 Boeing 767
N324UP
San Bernardino
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-12-19 ERA25LA087 Cessna 172K
N7085G
Southport
North Carolina
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-12-18 DCA25LA061 Lockheed 382G-44K-30
N403LC
St. Mary'S
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-12-07 ERA25LA070 Amateur-built CLAPP-SABERWING
N100SW
Valdosta
Georgia
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-11-20 ERA25LA063 Amateur-built CHALLENGER II
N1666R
Concord
New Hampshire
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-11-05 ERA25LA040 Hughes 369D
N11AS
Waycross
Georgia
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-10-24 DCA25LA025 Boeing 737-9
N27515
Houston
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-09-26 WPR24LA319 Bell 206L
N9984K
Fern Prairie
Washington
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-09-25 ERA24FA395 Evolution Aircraft INC REVO
N889HT
Zephyrhills
Florida
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-09-05 CEN24LA342 Piper PA-28R
N4081S
Crystal
Minnesota
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-31 DCA24LA295 Airbus A330-323 +1 more
N808NW
Atlanta
Georgia
no injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-08-31 WPR24LA300 Pacific Aerospace CORP LTD 750XL
N902ST
Mulino
Oregon
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-17 DCA24LA293 Boeing 747-4HQF
N782CK
Istanbul
Türkiye
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-08-15 CEN24LA317 Amateur-built RV8
N184DC
Guthrie
Oklahoma
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-07-27 DCA24LA245 Boeing 737 +1 more
N853DN
Salt Lake City
Utah
no injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-07-06 CEN24LA270
incident
Cessna R172E
N23788
Hillrose
Colorado
no injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-06-30 ERA24FA283 Piper PA46
N85PG
Trout Creek
New York
5 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-06-19 WPR24LA211 Beech 58P
N9NS
Escalante
Utah
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-06-07 ERA24LA250 Piper PA28R
N287ND
Vero Beach
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-05-25 CEN24LA197 Cessna U206
N29173
Butler
Missouri
serious injuries
destroyed
Final
2024-05-15 ERA24FA217 Beech V35
N47WT
Franklin
Tennessee
3 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-05-13 CEN24FA179 Piper PA46-500TP
N241PM
Marianna
Arkansas
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-23 ANC24FA029 Douglas C54D
N3054V
Fairbanks
Alaska
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-04-19 ERA24LA185 Amateur-built Dragonfly
UNREG
Groveland
Florida
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-16 CEN24FA160 Piper Aircraft INC PA 46-350P
N451MA
Hartsburg
Missouri
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2024-04-12 CEN24LA162 American Champion Aircraft 7ECA
N793L
Longview
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-04-04 WPR24LA122 Cessna 180A
N5281D
Nordman
Idaho
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-03-25 ERA24FA154 Mooney M20K
N4387W
St. Augustine
Florida
2 killed
substantial damage
Final
2024-03-01 ENG24LA012
incident
British Aerospace BAE 146 SERIES 200A +1 more
N474NA
Missoula
Montana
no injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-02-01 ERA24LA109 Piper PA23
N1317P
Louisville
Kentucky
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-01-26 ERA24FA097 Beech C99
N53RP
Londonderry
New Hampshire
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2024-01-19 ERA24LA094
incident
Cessna 208
N1983X
Dulles
Virginia
no injuries
minor damage
Final
2024-01-06 DCA24MA063 Boeing 737-9
N704AL
Portland
Oregon
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-12-08 ANC24FA008 Piper PA-18-150
N1880P
Anchor Point
Alaska
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2023-12-06 WPR24FA052 Remos Aircraft Gmbh Remos GX
N449RA
Taylor
Arizona
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2023-11-18 WPR24LA038 Beech 95
N2024C
Yuma
Arizona
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.