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
28 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N67492	Durango, Colorado, United States	Durango Air Service, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N60SX	Lineville, Iowa, United States	Hap's Air Service, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N48863	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	Anoka Flight Training Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N24908	Orange, Massachusetts, United States approximate position	Silver Eagle Aviation	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N6379M	Scotia, New York, United States	Richmor Aviation, Incorporated	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N25865	Salisbury, North Carolina, United States	McClure Aircraft, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N64949	Fort Worth, Texas, United States	Bourland Aviation Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N4870B	Wichita Falls, Texas, United States	Qualiflight Training	Minor injuries	-
1 Jan 1993	Cessna 152 N714XN	Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States	Ron's Aircraft Service	Minor injuries	-
17 Dec 1992	Cessna 152 N65479	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Ritchie, Tony W.	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1992	Cessna 152 N46725	Quaker Street, New York, United States approximate position	Theodore S. la Fond	No injuries	-
6 Dec 1992	Cessna 152 N58ND	Alberta, Virginia, United States	Aero Venture Inc.	No injuries	-
28 Nov 1992	Cessna 152 N4948P	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Air Reldan Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1992	Cessna 152 N95825	Tallahassee, Florida, United States	Tidwell, A.c.	No injuries	-
18 Nov 1992	Cessna 152 N4840H	Danville, Kentucky, United States	Aero Tech Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Nov 1992	Cessna 152 N67766	Kechi, Kansas, United States	Sanders, Bill H.	No injuries	-
7 Nov 1992	Cessna 152 N24975	St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States	St. Cloud State University	No injuries	-
2 Nov 1992	Cessna 152 N49180	Fontana, California, United States approximate position	Midfield Aviation	Serious injuries	-
25 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 N49164	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States approximate position	ROY, Tracy D.	No injuries	-
17 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 N6560H	Hollywood, Florida, United States	World Aircraft Sales and Leas.	No injuries	-
13 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 N69223	Hillsdale, Michigan, United States	Branch County Aviation	No injuries	-
9 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 N150G	Quartzsite, Arizona, United States	Arizona Wing & Rotor, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 II N301DW	Milford, New Hampshire, United States approximate position	Daniel Webster College	No injuries	-
4 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 N95031	Skwentna, Alaska, United States	Usaf Elmendorf Aero Club	No injuries	-
27 Sep 1992	Cessna 152 N69225	Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States	Bolivar Aviation	No injuries	-
9 Sep 1992	Cessna 152 N67836	Scotland, Indiana, United States	RAF Flying Services Inc	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1992	Cessna 152 N6480M	Crete, Nebraska, United States	Suburban Air, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1992	Cessna 152 N4792M	Great Barringto, Massachusetts, United States approximate position	Bluebird Aviation	No injuries	-
27 Aug 1992	Cessna 152 N2659Z	Harrisburg, Arkansas, United States	Sharp Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Aug 1992	Cessna 152 N68741	Houghton Lake, Michigan, United States	Oakland Southwest Aviation	No injuries	-
11 Aug 1992	Cessna 152 N69230	Plainville, Connecticut, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
6 Aug 1992	Cessna 152 N6614P	Killeen, Texas, United States	Central Texas College	No injuries	-
5 Aug 1992	Cessna 152 N757FW	Xenia, Illinois, United States	Tolbert, Steven L.	No injuries	-
26 Jul 1992	Cessna 152 N25502	Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States	Rons Aircraft Svcs of Raleigh	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1992	Cessna 152 N93361	Belmont, New Hampshire, United States approximate position	Sanford Air Incorporated	Minor injuries	-
21 Jul 1992	Cessna 152 N67819	Provo, Utah, United States	High Valley Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1992	Cessna 152 N89577	Chestertown, Maryland, United States	Ramair Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 Jul 1992	Cessna 152 N68215	Woodstock, Connecticut, United States approximate position	Northstar Aero Services	Minor injuries	-
3 Jul 1992	Cessna 152 N4957P	Marietta, Oklahoma, United States	Yammine, Walid J.	Minor injuries	-
28 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N714WT	East Tawas, Michigan, United States	Dodgen Aircraft	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N47354	McKinney, Texas, United States	Menagerie Enterprises, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N69005	Durhamville, New York, United States	Kamp Air Aviation	No injuries	-
16 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N96082	Elmendorf Afb, Alaska, United States approximate position	Elmendorf AFB Aero Club	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N152AJ	St. Charles, Missouri, United States approximate position	St. Charles Flying Service	No injuries	-
4 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N68735	Henrietta, Texas, United States	American Flight Academy, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N68342	Delano, California, United States	Security Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 May 1992	Cessna 152 N108ES	Mt. Pleasant, Utah, United States	LEE Rowser	No injuries	-
23 May 1992	Cessna 152 N49449	Seale, Alabama, United States	Atlanta Navy Flying Club	No injuries	-
16 May 1992	Cessna 152 N4867H	Manchester, Georgia, United States	Volunteer Flight Training	Serious injuries	-
23 Apr 1992	Cessna 152 N59ND	Branson, Missouri, United States approximate position	University of North Dakota	Serious injuries	-