Cessna 152 accidents

The NTSB database holds 3,030 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 152, recorded between 1966 to 2026. 316 of them were fatal (10%), and 477 people died.

The deadliest year was 1980, with 33 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (284 records).

Most of these records are from United States, India and Portugal.

64 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 960 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

3,030

Records

316

Fatal

477

Deaths

10%

Share fatal

1966 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 2,966 of 3,030 can be placed (960 approximate)

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 280

1980s 1,406

1990s 771

2000s 334

2010s 157

2020s 81

Where these happened

United States 2,962 India 6 Portugal 5 Kenya 3 Argentina 3 Poland 3

Operators involved

Dean International, Inc. 10 US Aviation Group LLC. 9 St. Charles Flying Service 8 Kent State University 8 University of North Dakota 6 Comair Aviation Academy 4

All 3,030 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
23 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N757ZQ	Owosso, Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N6470P	Brookwood, Alabama, United States	Astron Enterprises, Inc	No injuries	-
14 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N89712	Colts Neck, New Jersey, United States approximate position	Gibson Air Academy Inc.	Minor injuries	-
14 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N757SG	Mount Snow, Vermont, United States approximate position	Richill Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N6182P	Belmont, New Hampshire, United States approximate position	Sky Bright, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N757XX	Mobile, Alabama, United States approximate position	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N47183	Venice, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
3 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N46874	Sedona, Arizona, United States	Scottsdale Flyers	Minor injuries	-
22 Jan 1995	Cessna 152 N6605P	Seattle, Washington, United States	Galvin Flying Service	No injuries	-
5 Jan 1995	Cessna 152 N25953	San Jose, California, United States	Yuzo Wakita	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1995	Cessna 152 N24457	New Smyrna Bch., Florida, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
29 Dec 1994	Cessna 152 N24741	Lehi, Utah, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
27 Dec 1994	Cessna 152 N93042	Stevensville, Maryland, United States	Clifford L Shultz	Minor injuries	-
18 Dec 1994	Cessna 152 N89515	Opa-Locka, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
11 Dec 1994	Cessna 152 N24350	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	OKC Flight Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Dec 1994	Cessna 152 N6445P	Mankato, Minnesota, United States	North Star Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Nov 1994	Cessna 152 N67390	Indiantown, Florida, United States	Wyman Aviation	No injuries	-
16 Nov 1994	Cessna 152 N6386L	Boulder, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
10 Nov 1994	Cessna 152 N160UU	Bucyrus, Ohio, United States	Detray Avaition Inc.	Minor injuries	-
2 Nov 1994	Cessna 152 N48720	Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States	-	No injuries	-
27 Oct 1994	Cessna 152 N64851	La Verne, California, United States	Cable Air	No injuries	-
15 Oct 1994	Cessna 152 N67358	Atherton, California, United States	Eric K. Waxman	Serious injuries	-
10 Oct 1994	Cessna 152 N69187	Bloomington, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1994	Cessna 152 N65454	Greenwood, Mississippi, United States approximate position	Air Venture Corp.	No injuries	-
30 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N46872	Fort Worth, Texas, United States	Bourland Flight Academy	No injuries	-
24 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N89546	Fallbrook, California, United States	Four Winds Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N6208B	Petaluma, California, United States	Dick Hodge	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N5525P	Linden, Tennessee, United States	-	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N67324	Plainwell, Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
14 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N89897	Decatur, Indiana, United States	-	No injuries	-
14 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N6517M	Gainesville, Florida, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Sep 1994	Cessna 152 N48938	Osteen, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1994	Cessna 152-II N80235	Enfield, New York, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
31 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N64903	Headland, Alabama, United States	-	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N44687	Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States	Henderson State University	No injuries	-
27 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N94194	W. Columbia, South Carolina, United States	N. American Inst. of Aviation	No injuries	-
23 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N6088H	Osteen, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N6332P	Aguadilla approximate position	Houk Corporation	Minor injuries	-
19 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N757WM	Arcadia, Florida, United States approximate position	Professional Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N6115Q	Clearwater, Florida, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
7 Aug 1994	Cessna 152 N67334	Clearwater, Florida, United States approximate position	-	Serious injuries	-
29 Jul 1994	Cessna 152 N757GD	Palatka, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
27 Jul 1994	Cessna 152 N68165	Bunnell, Florida, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
12 Jul 1994	Cessna 152 N5351L	Livermore, California, United States	Ahart Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jul 1994	Cessna 152 N93839	Thermal, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1994	Cessna 152 N67318	Chamblee, Georgia, United States	-	No injuries	-
3 Jul 1994	Cessna 152 N67524	Chamblee, Georgia, United States	-	No injuries	-
22 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N936JH	Opa-Locka, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
15 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N69227	Springfield, Missouri, United States approximate position	Wright Aero, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N46140	Gainesville, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-