Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997

2,121 cases in 1997, newest first. Every case.

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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Cases newest first · 2,121

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1997-12-31	CHI98LA073	Cessna 402B N5087Q	Watertown South Dakota	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-31	CHI98LA075	Piper PA-28-161 N8465F	Boone Iowa	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-31	CHI98LA076	Beech 35-33 N627V	Chesterfield Missouri	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-31	FTW98LA083	Cessna R172K N736VQ	Lakeview Arkansas	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-31	MIA98WA049	Britten-Norman ISLANDER HP986	Rio Sidra Saint Pierre and Miquelon	10 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1997-12-31	NYC98LA058	Aerospatiale AS-355 N355DS	New York New York	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-30	CHI98FA074	Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 N999WB	Wayne Illinois	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-30	FTW98LA080	Beech E18S +1 more N4980V	Dfw Airport Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-12-30	FTW98LA081	Cessna 310R N87358	Grants New Mexico	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-30	LAX98FA064	Piper PA-11 N5532H	Willow Beach Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-30	LAX98LA065	Cessna 172RG N5404V	Van Nuys California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-29	CHI98LA126	Cessna 177 N30255	Ft. Leonardwood Missouri	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-29	MIA98FA047	Cessna 414A N414MT	Guyton Georgia	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-28	DCA98MA015	Boeing 747-122 N4723U	Pacific Ocean PO	1 killed minor damage	Final
1997-12-28	FTW98LA077	Cessna 180J N121KS	Fort Worth Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-28	FTW98LA078	Beech 35 N2815V	Springdale Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-28	MIA98WA075	Rockwell 690A N60B	Villavicencio Colombia	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-12-28	NYC98LA051	Piper J-3C-65 N1469N	Albany Ohio	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-28	NYC98LA055	Cessna 172 N9604H	Mansfield Massachusetts	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-28	NYC98LA056	Mooney M20F N9717M	Ferncliff Virginia	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-28	NYC98LA057	Cessna 421C N1348T	Elkins West Virginia	minor injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-27	CHI98LA067	Beech 35-B33 N512WM	Troy Michigan	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-27	FTW98LA079	Beech 35-B33 N5743K	Englewood Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-27	FTW98LA090	Piper PA-28-140 N2343T	Ruidoso New Mexico	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-26	MIA98LA046	Piper PA-28-151 N9514K	Columbia South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-26	NYC98LA053	Robinson R-22 BETA N8015V	Riverside Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-26	NYC98LA054	Amateur-built SEA REY N100RZ	Gloucester Virginia	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-26	SEA98IA027 incident	Boeing 737-522 N918UA	Eugene Oregon	no injuries	Final
1997-12-25	MIA98FA045	Cessna 172M N12172	Raleigh-Durham North Carolina	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-24	CHI98LA072	Piper PA-30/A N9WG	Hastings Nebraska	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-24	DCA98WA025	Boeing 757 PHTKC	Amsterdam Netherlands	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1997-12-24	FTW98LA075	Cessna 172M N1596V	Monticello Utah	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-12-24	LAX98LA054	Piper J3C-65 N91915	Stoil California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-12-24	NYC98LA052	Beech BE-33A N4133S	Lancaster Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-24	SEA98LA026	Cessna 172P N9566L	Kenmore Washington	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-23	ATL98FA030	Piper PA-28-181 N8074Z	Tallahassee Florida	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-23	CHI98FA070	Piper PA-32-301 N2586Y	Hampshire Illinois	4 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-23	NYC98LA050	Beech 1900D N140ZV	Windsor Locks Connecticut	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-22	ATL98LA028	Aeronca 7AC N83589	Eustis Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-22	ATL98LA029	Amateur-built EAA BIPLANE P-2 N913AM	Wellington Florida	1 killed substantial damage	Final
1997-12-22	DCA98WA019	Bell UH-1H UNK	Columbia Colombia		Preliminary
1997-12-22	MIA98LA044	Piper PA-28-180 N9640J	Everglades City Florida	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-21	FTW98FA074	Beech A100 N100BE	Colo Springs Colorado	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-21	FTW98LA071	Amateur-built QUICKSILVER GT-500 UNREG	San Antonio Texas	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-21	LAX98LA062	Piper PA-24-260 N8805P	Healdsburg California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-21	NYC98FA048	Cessna 152 N22LU	Spring City Pennsylvania	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-20	ATL98LA026	Piper PA-22-108 N5258Z	Jacksonville North Carolina	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-12-20	DCA98WA014	Sikorsky S-76B HKHB	North Sea Netherlands	destroyed	Preliminary
1997-12-20	FTW98FA073	Swearingen SA226-T N950TT	Byers Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-12-20	IAD98FA018	Beech A 36 N5050G	Findlay Ohio	3 killed destroyed	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.