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 Colombia 3 Brazil 3 Kenya 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 Burnside OTT A 4

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Mar 1978	Cessna 152 N25243	Fulton, Missouri, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
12 Mar 1978	Cessna 152 N24337	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States approximate position	Metro Flying C	No injuries	-
7 Mar 1978	Cessna 152 N24522	Spring Valley, New York, United States approximate position	Sunset Aviatio	No injuries	-
5 Mar 1978	Cessna 152 N25038	Peoria, Illinois, United States approximate position	Mt Hawley Avia	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1978	Cessna 152 N757QA	Ft.bragg, North Carolina, United States approximate position	FT Bragg Flyin	No injuries	-
19 Feb 1978	Cessna 152 N49799	High Falls, South Carolina, United States not on the map	Cessna Aircraf	No injuries	-
18 Feb 1978	Cessna 152 N24374	Ankeny, Iowa, United States approximate position	Todd Flying SE	No injuries	-
15 Feb 1978	Cessna 152 N24761	Fairfield, New Jersey, United States approximate position	Mustang Aviati	No injuries	-
13 Feb 1978	Cessna 152 N25444	Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States approximate position	Cheyenne Airwa	No injuries	-
6 Feb 1978	Cessna 152 N24204	Fraser, Michigan, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
19 Jan 1978	Cessna 152 N25029	Mead, Washington, United States approximate position	Felts Field AV	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1978	Cessna 152 N757UB	Mt Vernon Il, Illinois, United States approximate position	King City Avia	No injuries	-
15 Jan 1978	Cessna 152 N24229	Denham Springs, Louisiana, United States approximate position	Aviation, Inc	Minor injuries	-
12 Jan 1978	Cessna 152 N24886	Miami, Florida, United States approximate position	Burnside OTT A	No injuries	-
29 Dec 1977	Cessna 152 N25508	Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States approximate position	Militair Inc	No injuries	-
18 Dec 1977	Cessna 152 N757JM	Dayton, Oregon, United States approximate position	McMinnville AV	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1977	Cessna 152 N714ZW	Ft.collins, Colorado, United States approximate position	Falcon Air Ltd	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1977	Cessna 152 N757MH	Keen, New York, United States not on the map	North Country	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1977	Cessna 152 N25057	Wilmont, Kansas, United States not on the map	-	No injuries	-
15 Nov 1977	Cessna 152 N757HV	Seffner, Florida, United States approximate position	Ed's Flying SE	No injuries	-
13 Nov 1977	Cessna 152 N24534	Port Mansfield, Texas, United States approximate position	MC Creery Avtn	No injuries	-
8 Oct 1977	Cessna 152 N757ZT	Stafford, Kansas, United States approximate position	Stouffer's Fly	Minor injuries	-
10 Sep 1977	Cessna 152 N757JY	Lakeport, California, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
30 Aug 1977	Cessna 152 N757RL	Naples, Florida, United States approximate position	Royal Airways	Minor injuries	-
17 Jul 1977	Cessna 152 N757CL	Simi Valley, California, United States approximate position	Gunnell Aviati	No injuries	-
7 Jul 1977	Cessna 152 N757JJ	Akron, Colorado, United States approximate position	Western Flight	No injuries	-
22 Jun 1977	Cessna 152 N757AZ	Columbus, Ohio, United States approximate position	Air Columbus	Minor injuries	-
27 May 1977	Cessna 152 N714UJ	Pendleton, Oregon, United States approximate position	Pendleton Airm	No injuries	-
3 May 1977	Cessna 152 C-GYWQ	Linon, Colorado, United States not on the map	Pacific Flying	No injuries	-
5 May 1966	Cessna 152 N3609L	Leveland Ohio, Ohio, United States not on the map	King Aircraft	Minor injuries	-