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.
Cases newest first · 39
| Date | Case | Aircraft | Where | Outcome | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
