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Accidents · NTSB records through October 28, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2016 where the NTSB named the airframe structure

39 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.

94,454 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: 1,347 cases, 236 of them fatal, 525 people killed. No one is named on these pages.

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DateCaseAircraftWhereOutcomeReport
2016-12-12 ERA17CA068 Beech A36
N776WM
New Smyrna Beach
Florida
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-12-05 WPR17LA031 Piper PA 31T
N909PW
Missoula
Montana
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-12-04 WPR17LA034 Bell OH 58A
N916PD
Sacramento
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-12-01 CEN17FA045 Cessna 340
N123KK
Fargo
North Dakota
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-11-09 ERA17FA038 Quad City CHALLENGER
N327SH
Crescent City
Florida
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-11-05 CEN17FA035 Amateur-built RV-10
N924WY
Dubois
Wyoming
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-10-23 GAA17CA046 Cirrus SR22
N528HB
Kirksville
Missouri
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-10-02 GAA17CA004 Airborne Windsports PTY LTD EDGE XT 912 L
N53AW
Fort Valley
Georgia
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-09-23 ERA16LA322 Aero Vodochody L 39
N139AJ
Norfolk
Virginia
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-09-18 GAA16LA525 Cessna 120
N76284
Davis
California
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-09-18 WPR16FA183 Cessna 182P
N20844
Gilbert
Arizona
serious injuries
destroyed
Final
2016-09-16 ANC16LA068 Amateur-built BDK Carbon Concepts
N8008Z
Wasilla
Alaska
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-09-07 CEN16FA361 Piper PA 46-310P
N465JM
Chariton
Iowa
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2016-08-30 CEN16LA342 Fairchild M 62A-3
N47164
Madison
Ohio
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-08-27 DCA16FA217 Boeing 737-700
N766SW
Pensacola
Florida
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-08-18 CEN16LA329 Amateur-built RV6A
N576RV
Pekin
Illinois
serious injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-08-14 GAA16CA430 Pzl-Swidnik PW 6U
N212EC
Llano
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-08-02 GAA16CA419 Cessna 172
N734GM
Lewiston
Montana
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-07-24 ERA16LA274 Alisport SRL SILENT 2 TARGA
N602SL
London
Kentucky
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-07-22 CEN16LA281 Amateur-built RV9
N807LK
Springfield
Ohio
2 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-07-21 CEN16FA276 Piper PA 30
N7409Y
Plainfield
Illinois
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-07-11 GAA16CA374 Cessna 150
N23483
Cleveland
Georgia
minor injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-07-08 CEN16FA261 Piper PA 32R-300
N32KK
Houston
Texas
4 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-07-08 WPR16LA139 Cessna 140
N89965
Salinas
California
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-07-03 CEN16LA244 Pollack QUICKSILVER SPRINT2S
N250AB
Bullard
Texas
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-06-28 DCA16CA197 Facebook Uk LTD AQUILA
N565AQ
Yuma
Arizona
substantial damage
Final
2016-06-24 ERA16LA234 Piper PA28
N3024C
Poughkeepsie
New York
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-06-19 ANC16LA034 Amateur-built DHC3
N104BM
Homer
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-06-17 GAA16LA325 MD Helicopter 369E
N155NR
Brainerd
Minnesota
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-06-10 ERA16LA209 Wsk Pzl Mielec M 18A
N2283M
Brunswick
North Carolina
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-06-05 GAA16CA308 Cessna 208
N750Z
Fort Dodge
Iowa
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-04-26 ERA16LA265 Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH MBB BK 117 C-2
N145HN
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-04-18 CEN16LA154 Air Tractor INC AT 502
N301LA
Kilbourne
Louisiana
1 killed
destroyed
Final
2016-03-26 ERA16FA141 Cessna 172N
N6238D
Charleston
West Virginia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final
2016-03-20 GAA16CA157 Cessna 172
N118ET
Nashville
Tennessee
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-02-24 CEN16LA108 Cessna LC41-550FG
N10580
Grand Junction
Colorado
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-02-12 DCA16LA096 Lockheed 382G
N401LC
Iliamna
Alaska
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-01-29 ERA16LA098 Eurocopter France EC 130 B4
N133HN
Shoals
West Virginia
no injuries
substantial damage
Final
2016-01-14 ERA16FA089 Amateur-built FLIGHTSTAR II
N82652
Wake
Virginia
1 killed
substantial damage
Final

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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.