Cessna 140 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,576 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 140, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 99 of them were fatal (6%), and 138 people died.

The deadliest year was 1964, with 14 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (618 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Europe.

1,163 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,576

Records

Fatal

138

Deaths

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 413 of 1,576 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 640

1970s 430

1980s 171

1990s 138

2000s 74

2010s 72

2020s 51

Where these happened

United States 1,565 Mexico 3 Europe 2 Brazil 2 Chile 1 Other-Foreign Countries 1

Operators involved

Aero Agricola Santos Dumont Ltda 2 Mutual Air SER 2 Donovan Tree S 2 University ENG 2 Chandelle Flyi 2 Sacramento AER 2

All 1,576 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
18 Jul 1995	Cessna 140 N72546	Danielsville, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	1
23 Mar 1994	Cessna 140 N76342	Celina, Tennessee, United States	Vassilev, James H.	Fatal	1
18 Jan 1994	Cessna 140 N77190	Lopez, Washington, United States	Cote, Gilles B.	Fatal	1
7 Apr 1993	Cessna 140 N46TM	Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States	Richard E. Farley	Fatal	1
3 Jan 1991	Cessna 140 N77179	Port Orchard, Washington, United States	Rudolph Spadoni	Fatal	1
4 Jun 1985	Cessna 140 N3180N	Tioga, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
11 Apr 1985	Cessna 140 N140MC	Petaluma, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
3 Mar 1983	Cessna 140 N89050	Moses Lake, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Jul 1979	Cessna 140 N1607V	Basile, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Dec 1978	Cessna 140A N777RN	Ferndale, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Mar 1978	Cessna 140 N90119	Buckeye, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Civil Air Patr	Fatal	1
12 Jan 1977	Cessna 140 N2155V	Riverside, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Jul 1976	Cessna 140 N89103	Lake Mills, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
28 Sep 1974	Cessna 140 N77339	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1974	Cessna 140 N72537	Virginia Dle, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Nov 1973	Cessna 140A N3787V	Scotia, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Oct 1973	Cessna 140 N89304	Divide, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Jun 1973	Cessna 140A N3798V	Burkville, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Oct 1972	Cessna 140 N89593	Gilmore, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Sep 1972	Cessna 140 N2218N	Gaffney, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Jul 1972	Cessna 140A N9609A	Rialto, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Dec 1970	Cessna 140 N2035N	Vergennes, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 May 1970	Cessna 140 N89874	Waldron, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Feb 1970	Cessna 140A N9657A	Mexico, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Nov 1969	Cessna 140 N2050N	Lester, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
26 Oct 1969	Cessna 140 N2389V	Middleport, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Aug 1969	Cessna 140 N2225N	Newport, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
13 May 1969	Cessna 140 N1950N	Temecula, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Aug 1968	Cessna 140 N2278V	Busby, Montana, United States no coordinates	Columbus Flyin	Fatal	1
5 Aug 1968	Cessna 140 N2033N	Mammoth Lakes, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 Jun 1968	Cessna 140 N76263	Woodstock, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 May 1968	Cessna 140 N2058V	Volcano, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 Feb 1968	Cessna 140 N72667	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 May 1967	Cessna 140 N2725N	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Dec 1966	Cessna 140 N77213	Chatsworth, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Jul 1966	Cessna 140 N2412N	Mt.bethel Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jul 1966	Cessna 140 N2378N	Freaser Mich, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Jun 1966	Cessna 140 N72276	Broomfield Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 Apr 1966	Cessna 140 N3576V	Savannah Mo, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
28 Oct 1965	Cessna 140 N77103	Ryegate, Montana, United States no coordinates	T and H Cattle	Fatal	1
24 Oct 1965	Cessna 140 N2853N	Napakiah Alaska, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 May 1965	Cessna 140A N5653C	Ava Mo, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Nov 1964	Cessna 140A N5379C	Tulsa Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1964	Cessna 140 N76246	Darien Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Jun 1964	Cessna 140A N9490A	Fort Worth Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 May 1964	Cessna 140A N9424A	Gateway Col, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Mar 1964	Cessna 140 N76660	Westboro Mass, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Feb 1964	Cessna 140A N9686A	Shafter Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Jun 2026	Cessna 140 N4179N	Pasco, Washington, United States	-	No injuries	-
20 May 2026	Cessna 140 N2307V	Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States	-	No injuries	-