Cessna 172 accidents

The NTSB database holds 12,209 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 172, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 1,728 of them were fatal (14%), and 3,521 people died.

The deadliest year was 1978, with 204 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (2,531 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Mexico.

6,274 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

12,209

Records

1,728

Fatal

3,521

Deaths

14%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 5,935 of 12,209 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1,903

1970s 2,892

1980s 2,353

1990s 1,745

2000s 1,500

2010s 1,126

2020s 690

Where these happened

United States 11,825 Canada 28 Mexico 26 Unknown/Not Reported 18 Australia 16 Spain 13

Operators involved

American Flyers 20 Civil Air Patrol, Inc. 18 Embry-Riddle A 16 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 13 Civil Air Patr 12 General Aviati 10

All 12,209 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Oct 1965	Cessna 172E N7745U	Kansas City, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Executive Avia	Fatal	3
8 Oct 1965	Cessna 172C N1578Y	Fulton, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Central Americ	Fatal	3
30 Sep 1965	Cessna 172 N8413U	White Cloud Mich., Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
19 Jun 1965	Cessna 172 N4253F	Toccoa Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Chanute Aero C	Fatal	3
3 Jul 2026	Cessna 172 A6-MSS	Fujairah, United Arab Emirates no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Nov 2025	Cessna 172N N80FP	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Apollo Flight School	Fatal	2
10 Nov 2025	Cessna 172M N13221	Poleta, California, United States	Registration Pending	Fatal	2
4 Oct 2025	Cessna 172 CP-3062	Santa Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Nov 2024	Cessna 172 A6-HSS	Fujairah, United Arab Emirates no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 2024	Cessna 172 D-ECHF	Soest, Germany	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 2024	Cessna 172 D-ECHF	Soest, Germany no coordinates	Not reported	Fatal	2
23 Jan 2024	Cessna 172 N737VC	Weston, Florida, United States	Florida General Aviation	Fatal	2
14 Nov 2023	Cessna 172G N3971L	Provo, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Oct 2023	Cessna 172N VH-RSB	Merriton, Australia	-	Fatal	2
4 Aug 2023	Cessna 172 N13384	Charlotte Amalie, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Aug 2023	Cessna 172 N697FL	Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States	Aeroflyin Corp	Fatal	2
28 Jul 2023	Cessna 172 OB-1334	Trujillo, Peru	-	Fatal	2
27 May 2023	Cessna 172 YV179E	Monagas, Venezuela	-	Fatal	2
26 May 2023	Cessna 172 N3KV	Lake Worth, Florida, United States	Airmax Charters, LLC	Fatal	2
18 Apr 2023	Cessna 172 N734GB	London, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Sep 2022	Cessna 172 C-GZLU	Shaunavon, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 May 2022	Cessna 172F N5532R	Show Low, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 May 2022	Cessna 172 N6413B	Altha, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Mar 2022	Cessna 172P N98763	Kekaha, Hawaii, United States	Civil Air Patrol Inc	Fatal	2
4 Feb 2022	Cessna 172 CC-AFA	Region de la Araucania, Chile no coordinates	Chile Megaparts	Fatal	2
26 Dec 2021	Cessna 172 N5798T	Hardy, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Nov 2021	Cessna 172 N90559	Branchville, New Jersey, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Jul 2021	Cessna 172P N65698	Eagle River, Alaska, United States	Angel Aviation Inc	Fatal	2
1 Jul 2021	Cessna 172R N2388L	Missoula, Montana, United States	Brian J. Makar	Fatal	2
31 May 2021	Cessna 172 5Y-CFE	Mitungyy-Meru, Kenya	-	Fatal	2
13 Apr 2021	Cessna 172 VH-DLA	Canberra, Australia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Sep 2020	Cessna 172 N3720R	Seeley Lake, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Jul 2020	Cessna 172 N6328D	Lake Tahoe, California, United States	Christopher Joas	Fatal	2
19 Oct 2019	Cessna 172 N7381G	San Salvador, El Salvador	-	Fatal	2
6 Oct 2019	Cessna 172 VT-RGF	Sultanpur, India no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
28 Aug 2019	Cessna 172 N4108F	McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Aug 2019	Cessna 172 ZS-LMI	Pretoria, South Africa no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Jun 2019	Cessna 172 F-GEJD	Sailagouse, France, France	-	Fatal	2
1 May 2019	Cessna 172 N733KZ	Tyrone, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Feb 2019	Cessna 172 N224TA	Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States	New Horizon Aviation Inc	Fatal	2
6 Feb 2019	Cessna 172 N20556	Desert Hot Springs, California, United States	Flying Academy Los Angeles	Fatal	2
19 Nov 2018	Cessna 172 TC-JZC	Denizli, Turkey	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 2018	Cessna 172 F-HFPL	Bad Voslau, Austria no coordinates	Wiener Luftfahrerverband - Pilotenclub W	Fatal	2
15 Jun 2018	Cessna 172N N734BS	Rotan, Texas, United States	Aero Photo	Fatal	2
28 Apr 2018	Cessna 172 TI-BIL	Corozalito, Nandayure, Costa Rica	Aerobell Flight School	Fatal	2
1 Mar 2018	Cessna 172 N615JA	Ocean City, Maryland, United States	Middle River Aviation LLC	Fatal	2
29 Dec 2017	Cessna 172M N4395R	Ogden, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Dec 2017	Cessna 172 PR-RTS	Providenciales, Turks And Caicos Islands no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Oct 2017	Cessna 172M N7CF	Ramsey, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Sep 2017	Cessna 172L N7070Q	Perkinsville, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2