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
8 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N6159Q	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States	Cavair, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N94509	Upper Lake, California, United States	Pacific States Aviation, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 May 1994	Cessna 152 N68186	Spring City, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
26 May 1994	Cessna 152 N757SU	Olathe, Kansas, United States	-	No injuries	-
25 May 1994	Cessna 152 N93069	Los Banos, California, United States	Tradewinds Aviation	No injuries	-
24 May 1994	Cessna 152 N94583	Kenai, Alaska, United States	Dean Eichholz	Minor injuries	-
23 May 1994	Cessna 152 N80812	Harlan, Iowa, United States	Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 May 1994	Cessna 152 N211SP	Andrews, South Carolina, United States	Burke, Joel	No injuries	-
8 May 1994	Cessna 152 N4594B	Chandler, Arizona, United States	Venture Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 May 1994	Cessna 152 N5369H	Ellington, Connecticut, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
30 Apr 1994	Cessna 152 N758ZC	Willmar, Minnesota, United States	Flying Scotchman, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Apr 1994	Cessna 152 N159BC	Auburn, Washington, United States	Crest Airpark	Serious injuries	-
16 Apr 1994	Cessna 152 N6315M	College Station, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Apr 1994	Cessna 152 N24737	Pompano Beach, Florida, United States	Pompano Air Center	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N89761	Dubuque, Iowa, United States	Greenawalt, TOM F., Trustee	No injuries	-
23 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N6460L	Amherst, Massachusetts, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N2MS	Wheeling, Illinois, United States	Sundmacher, Marjorie M.	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N95010	Lebanon, Tennessee, United States	Smyrna Flight Academy	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N5368M	Angwin, California, United States	Pacific Union College FLT CTR	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N93679	Eugene, Missouri, United States	Central Missouri State Univ.	Minor injuries	-
7 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N48239	Panama City, Florida, United States	Richard Henderson	No injuries	-
5 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N6469B	Chugiak, Alaska, United States	GEO Morris, DBA Aviation North	No injuries	-
28 Feb 1994	Cessna 152 N47316	Bath, Ohio, United States approximate position	Chinn Aviation	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1994	Cessna 152 N48819	Eagle Lake, Texas, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
12 Feb 1994	Cessna 152 N89254	Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States	Flight Training Intl.	Serious injuries	-
9 Feb 1994	Cessna 152 N49157	Corona, California, United States approximate position	PDZ Aviation Flight School	Minor injuries	-
7 Feb 1994	Cessna 152 N94269	Sebewaing, Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
22 Jan 1994	Cessna 152 N94963	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1994	Cessna 152 N68411	Osprey, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1994	Cessna 152 N6374M	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States approximate position	Spartan Aeronautics	Minor injuries	-
21 Jan 1994	Cessna 152 N95537	Georgetown, Delaware, United States	Laurel Aero Services	Serious injuries	-
16 Jan 1994	Cessna 152 N69046	Pelion, South Carolina, United States	Eagle Aviation	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1994	Cessna 152 N5329B	Casselton, North Dakota, United States	Aircraft Investments, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Dec 1993	Cessna 152 N25566	Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States	New Charleston Flight Academy	Minor injuries	-
12 Dec 1993	Cessna 152 N757FH	Jackson, Missouri, United States	Carlos P. Jolliff	No injuries	-
11 Dec 1993	Cessna 152 N6124P	C0RNELL, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
9 Dec 1993	Cessna 152 N49215	Christianburg, Virginia, United States	College of West Virginia	No injuries	-
4 Dec 1993	Cessna 152 N5325P	Millbrook, New York, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Nov 1993	Cessna 152 N5312L	Compton, California, United States	Consolidated Aviation	No injuries	-
14 Nov 1993	Cessna 152 N5366M	Seattle, Washington, United States	Galvin Flying Service	No injuries	-
13 Nov 1993	Cessna 152 N46897	Riverhead, New York, United States	Metro Aviation	No injuries	-
6 Oct 1993	Cessna 152 N68108	San Angelo, Texas, United States	Southwest Air Center	No injuries	-
21 Sep 1993	Cessna 152 N757MT	Kokomo, Indiana, United States	Beene, Charles W.	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1993	Cessna 152 N4794B	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States	Flight Services Unlimited	No injuries	-
16 Sep 1993	Cessna 152 N49813	Hesperia, California, United States	Mount San Antonio College	No injuries	-
13 Sep 1993	Cessna 152 N757WT	Yamhill, Oregon, United States	Mt. Hood Aviation	Minor injuries	-
21 Aug 1993	Cessna 152 N6596P	Glendale, Arizona, United States	Sawyer Aviation	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1993	Cessna 152 N4921H	Cleveland, Tennessee, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1993	Cessna 152 N25379	Carr, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1993	Cessna 152-II N47716	Keokuk, Iowa, United States	-	No injuries	-