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 Poland 3 Colombia 3 Brazil 3

Operators involved

Dean International, Inc. 10 US Aviation Group LLC. 9 Kent State University 8 St. Charles Flying Service 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
25 Sep 1986	Cessna 152 N5542P	Pearland, Texas, United States	Barr Air Patrol Inc.	Fatal	1
31 Aug 1986	Cessna 152 N6563L	Bargaintown, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Atlantic City Air Taxi, Inc.	Fatal	1
1 Mar 1986	Cessna 152 N93604	Drayton Plaines, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Jun 1985	Cessna 152 N5097H	Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States	Bogalusa Airport	Fatal	1
13 Apr 1985	Cessna 152 N68303	Franklin, Louisiana, United States	Perry Flying Center	Fatal	1
23 Mar 1985	Cessna 152 N757LV	Bixby, Oklahoma, United States	American Air Assoc.	Fatal	1
1 Mar 1985	Cessna 152 N757FP	Warsaw, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
2 Sep 1984	Cessna 152 N93480	Missing Acft no coordinates	Paul Fournet Air Service Inc	Fatal	1
26 Aug 1984	Cessna 152 N48661	Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
31 May 1984	Cessna 152 N49640	Fairview, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	1
22 May 1984	Cessna 152 N68760	Atlantic Ocean no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
26 Feb 1984	Cessna 152-II N4972H	Manhattan, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	1
3 Feb 1984	Cessna 152 N93401	College Station, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jan 1984	Cessna 152 N5536L	Barre, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Jan 1984	Cessna 152 N5396P	St. Charles, Missouri, United States	St. Charles Flying Service	Fatal	1
12 Dec 1983	Cessna 152 N94642	Venice, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Oct 1983	Cessna 152 N6281Q	La Porte, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
29 Aug 1983	Cessna 152 N4793Q	Butler, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	1
31 Jul 1983	Cessna 152 N6599L	Pleasanton, California, United States	Fred Nediffer	Fatal	1
10 Jul 1983	Cessna 152 N6597H	Roopville, Georgia, United States	ORR Aviation	Fatal	1
24 Jun 1983	Cessna 152 N5454B	Pacoima, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Jun 1983	Cessna 152 N89894	Mesa, Arizona, United States	Corporate Jets, Inc.	Fatal	1
29 Mar 1983	Cessna 152 N6329M	Missing Acft, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1982	Cessna 152 N49816	Divide, Montana, United States	Marathon Aviation Corporation	Fatal	1
8 Aug 1982	Cessna 152 N48754	Weaverville, California, United States	Barbara & William Horn Heiskan	Fatal	1
20 Jul 1982	Cessna 152 N5179B	Rose Hill, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Cook Airfield, Inc.	Fatal	1
13 Jul 1982	Cessna 152 N6234L	Charleston, South Carolina, United States	Wcsc, Inc.	Fatal	1
17 Jun 1982	Cessna 152 N5330M	Danville, Ohio, United States	Colonial City Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	1
4 Jun 1982	Cessna 152 N757GY	Elma, New York, United States no coordinates	Buffalo Air Park, Inc.	Fatal	1
1 May 1982	Cessna 152 N4889H	Carswell, Texas, United States no coordinates	Tarrant Aero Assoc.	Fatal	1
22 Dec 1981	Cessna 152 N4856B	Christine, Texas, United States no coordinates	Stinson Aviati	Fatal	1
5 Nov 1981	Cessna 152 N24727	Avondale, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Litchfield AVN	Fatal	1
15 Oct 1981	Cessna 152 N67926	Arvin, California, United States no coordinates	C&B Fylng SVC	Fatal	1
10 Oct 1981	Cessna 152 N48253	Jayton, Texas, United States no coordinates	Sandene Aviati	Fatal	1
27 Sep 1981	Cessna 152 N714XS	Carlsbad, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Sep 1981	Cessna 152 N25282	Fort Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	D & D Aviation	Fatal	1
7 Sep 1981	Cessna 152 N25774	Bemidji, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Bemidji AVN SE	Fatal	1
28 Jul 1981	Cessna 152 N5391M	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Crystal Shamro	Fatal	1
28 Jul 1981	Cessna 152 II N5123B	Kaaawa Valley, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Hkm-Whlr Aero	Fatal	1
18 Jul 1981	Cessna 152 N5163H	Magee, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Mississippi SC	Fatal	1
11 May 1981	Cessna 152 N67379	Ruth, California, United States no coordinates	WES Martin AVN	Fatal	1
4 May 1981	Cessna 152 N757YH	Cowley, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Big Horn Aviat	Fatal	1
4 Apr 1981	Cessna 152 N714VR	Hempstead, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Feb 1981	Cessna 152 N89985	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	Univ of ND	Fatal	1
18 Dec 1980	Cessna 152 N757RB	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Wings West	Fatal	1
9 Dec 1980	Cessna 152 N5331M	Ft Adams, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Air O Navarro	Fatal	1
21 May 1980	Cessna 152 N5104B	Jerome, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Jackson Commun	Fatal	1
7 May 1980	Cessna 152 N714WE	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Ross School of	Fatal	1
8 Apr 1980	Cessna 152 N89574	Keller, Texas, United States no coordinates	ED Boardman FL	Fatal	1
29 Jan 1980	Cessna 152 N68326	Indian Head, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	East Coast SIN	Fatal	1