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.

1,024 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

3,030

Records

316

Fatal

477

Deaths

10%

Share fatal

1966 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 2,006 of 3,030 have coordinates

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
3 Dec 1995	Cessna 152 N67369	Rush Township, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	1
21 Nov 1995	Cessna 152 N6392Q	Provo, Utah, United States	Valley HI Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	1
9 Jul 1995	Cessna 152 N757JP	Miramar, California, United States	Flyers, Inc.	Fatal	1
28 Apr 1995	Cessna 152 N49058	Palos Verdes, California, United States	Tradewinds Aviation	Fatal	1
18 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N4833B	Mohawk, New York, United States	John Patrick Nolan	Fatal	1
6 Apr 1994	Cessna 152 N93508	Avalon, California, United States	Gary Sequeira	Fatal	1
14 Mar 1994	Cessna 152 N67581	Allendale, South Carolina, United States	Southeastern School of Aero.	Fatal	1
10 Feb 1994	Cessna 152 N6613L	Brooksville, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1993	Cessna 152 N93261	Unknown, Florida, United States no coordinates	Silver Express Co.	Fatal	1
13 Sep 1993	Cessna 152 N95277	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States	Hale, Demetrius	Fatal	1
5 Aug 1993	Cessna 152 N24893	Houston, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
30 Mar 1993	Cessna 152 N89174	Dunsmuir, California, United States	Palo Alto Flying Club	Fatal	1
8 Mar 1993	Cessna 152 N48860	Apple Valley, California, United States	Midfield Aviation	Fatal	1
6 Dec 1992	Cessna 152 N69260	Marysville, Washington, United States	Snohomish Flying Service	Fatal	1
2 Dec 1992	Cessna 152 N5324M	Ocala, Florida, United States no coordinates	Delta Aircraft Corporation	Fatal	1
21 Oct 1992	Cessna 152 N757SM	New Port Richey, Florida, United States	Suncoast Flying Services, Inc.	Fatal	1
20 Sep 1992	Cessna 152 N4591P	Ottawa, Illinois, United States	Legends, R.e. & J.k. Brown	Fatal	1
20 Sep 1992	Cessna 152 N46076	Gloucester, Virginia, United States	Usaf Langley Aero Club	Fatal	1
3 Aug 1992	Cessna 152 N49016	Maricopa, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Action Technical Associates	Fatal	1
29 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N757QN	Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania, United States	Robert Seamans	Fatal	1
5 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N701KA	Sylmar, California, United States	King Aviation Center, Inc.	Fatal	1
1 Jun 1992	Cessna 152 N757VN	Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, United States	Ahmad, Mirza Sulman	Fatal	1
5 May 1992	Cessna 152 N67545	Pinyon Pines, California, United States no coordinates	Bermuda Air Services Inc.	Fatal	1
16 Apr 1992	Cessna 152 N47343	Bushnell, Florida, United States	Wesley T. Herron	Fatal	1
13 Dec 1991	Cessna 152 N49278	Naples, Florida, United States no coordinates	Bruce R. Suiter	Fatal	1
14 Sep 1990	Cessna 152 N69137	Blue Ridge, Texas, United States no coordinates	Ivey, James	Fatal	1
24 Jun 1990	Cessna 152 N4840B	Hagerstown, Indiana, United States	Brookville Airpark	Fatal	1
1 Jun 1990	Cessna 152 N89834	Longmont, Colorado, United States	Judson Flying Service	Fatal	1
18 May 1990	Cessna 152 N783G	San Diego, California, United States	CAL Aero Flying Club	Fatal	1
30 Mar 1990	Cessna 152 N4671M	Oberlin, Ohio, United States	Maria Gousio	Fatal	1
6 Feb 1990	Cessna 152 N6471L	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	Westwind Aviation Inc.	Fatal	1
14 Oct 1989	Cessna 152 N757GB	Hillsdale, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	1
15 Aug 1989	Cessna 152 N152DM	Castaic, California, United States no coordinates	Southland Aviation	Fatal	1
3 Aug 1989	Cessna 152 N5292M	York, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
24 Jul 1989	Cessna 152 N46260	Logan, Utah, United States	Logan Air Service	Fatal	1
11 Jul 1989	Cessna 152 N49056	Arlington, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
30 Jun 1989	Cessna 152 N5199Q	Cordes, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	1
15 Apr 1989	Cessna 152 N93748	West Chicago, Illinois, United States	Planemaster Inc.	Fatal	1
6 Mar 1989	Cessna 152 N24236	Townsend, Delaware, United States	Ervin S. Miller	Fatal	1
10 Aug 1988	Cessna 152 N757LD	Swanton, Vermont, United States no coordinates	Donald Manchester	Fatal	1
4 Jul 1988	Cessna 152 N49787	Verdi, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Oroville Aviation	Fatal	1
28 Apr 1988	Cessna 152 N67338	Lonsdale, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	1
2 Jan 1988	Cessna 152 N24480	Parkland, Florida, United States	AM. Avia. TRN. ENT., Inc.	Fatal	1
21 Dec 1987	Cessna 152 N757EQ	Missing no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Nov 1987	Cessna 152 N98BS	Oliver Springs, Tennessee, United States	State Aerial Farm Statistics,	Fatal	1
31 Aug 1987	Cessna 152 N48864	Opa Locka, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
13 Jul 1987	Cessna 152 N4869B	Yanceyville, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 May 1987	Cessna 152 N25991	Ina, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	1
5 Jan 1987	Cessna 152 N67580	Berryman, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Dec 1986	Cessna 152 N69123	Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States	Clark Aviation Corp.	Fatal	1