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
3 Sep 2017	Cessna 172 ZS-JDN	Hekpoort, South Africa	TR Eagle Air (Pty) Ltd	Fatal	2
29 Jul 2017	Cessna 172N N5381J	Big Bear, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Apr 2017	Cessna 172 PR-LPW	Cassilandia, Brazil	Flavio Borges Rodrigues	Fatal	2
27 Feb 2017	Cessna 172S N2461N	Berthoud, Colorado, United States	McAir Aviation, LLC	Fatal	2
20 Jan 2017	Cessna 172 CC-AGK	Araucania, Chile no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 Jan 2017	Cessna 172 PR-GRS	Tangara da Serra, Brazil no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Oct 2016	Cessna 172 5B-CLB	Peloponnese, Greece no coordinates	Air Club West Greece	Fatal	2
3 Sep 2016	Cessna 172 N6091E	Hollywood, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Aug 2016	Cessna 172 N984RA	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Flight Academy of New Orleans	Fatal	2
9 Aug 2016	Cessna 172 HK4822G	Fredonia, Colombia	Escuela De Aviacion Halcones	Fatal	2
28 May 2016	Cessna 172N N739ZE	Avalon, California, United States	Encore Flight Academy	Fatal	2
18 Apr 2016	Cessna 172 N1863Y	Westmoreland, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 2016	Cessna 172 HL 1153	Seoul, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Aug 2015	Cessna 172P N62731	Townsend, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Jun 2015	Cessna 172 C-GJSE	Fort McMurray, Canada no coordinates	McMurray Aviation	Fatal	2
29 Dec 2014	Cessna 172-S VH-PFT	Port Arthur, Australia, Australia	-	Fatal	2
24 Dec 2014	Cessna 172 N8518B	Sutter Creek, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Nov 2014	Cessna 172K N46707	Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Sep 2014	Cessna 172M N9679H	Lancaster, New York, United States	Western New York Flying Club Inc	Fatal	2
8 Sep 2014	Cessna 172 N79438	Selkirk, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Jul 2014	Cessna 172K N84754	Littlefield, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 Jun 2014	Cessna 172S N5524L	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States	Phoenix East Aviation	Fatal	2
5 Mar 2014	Cessna 172M JA3853	Toyota City, Japan no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Dec 2013	Cessna 172K N251JM	Fresno, California, United States	Timothy Farmer	Fatal	2
16 Jul 2013	Cessna 172N LV-BPP	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bonaerense de Aviacion S.A.	Fatal	2
29 Apr 2013	Cessna 172RG N4677V	Calabasas, California, United States	American Flyers	Fatal	2
23 Mar 2012	Cessna 172S N10468	Longmont, Colorado, United States	McAir Aviation LLC	Fatal	2
24 Feb 2012	Cessna 172S N53589	Key West, Florida, United States	Dean International Inc.	Fatal	2
20 Aug 2011	Cessna 172M N13126	Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States	Titusville Aeroclub Inc	Fatal	2
28 Jun 2011	Cessna 172M N61579	Poughkeepsie, New York, United States	Sean Bogart	Fatal	2
16 Feb 2011	Cessna 172S N6345L	New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States	Phoenix East Aviation	Fatal	2
21 Jan 2011	Cessna 172 HL1080	Uljin Airport, Republic Of Korea no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 Dec 2010	Cessna 172H N2876L	Weyers Cave, Virginia, United States	Price Michael W	Fatal	2
18 Oct 2010	Cessna 172 VH-VSK	Durham Downs, Australia, Australia	S. Kidman & Co LTD	Fatal	2
8 Oct 2010	Cessna 172 N8437A	Panguitch, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2010	Cessna 172 N84249	Chatsworth, Georgia, United States	Flight Training Express LLC	Fatal	2
11 Aug 2010	Cessna 172 N21363	Orange, Massachusetts, United States	Jack A Johnson	Fatal	2
17 Jan 2010	Cessna 172 N8405E	Holland, Michigan, United States	Tulip City Air Service	Fatal	2
5 Nov 2009	Cessna 172S N5194X	Tallahassee, Florida, United States	Eagle Air Corp	Fatal	2
19 Sep 2009	Cessna 172 N5845A	Lowndesville, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jun 2009	Cessna 172M N4396R	Rimrock, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Sep 2008	Cessna 172L N4380Q	York, Nebraska, United States	York Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
4 Aug 2008	Cessna 172K N828CC	Gearhart, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Jun 2008	Cessna 172S N2436F	Oceanside, California, United States	San Diego Flight Training International, Inc.	Fatal	2
30 May 2008	Cessna 172R N389ES	Monticello, Utah, United States	Redtail Aviation Inc	Fatal	2
11 Apr 2008	Cessna 172K N7490G	Roseglen, North Dakota, United States	Jeremy Rustad	Fatal	2
28 Nov 2007	Cessna 172N N6555D	Marlow, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Oct 2007	Cessna 172	Golden, Canada	Allen D. Williams	Fatal	2
8 Sep 2007	Cessna 172M N19952	Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Sep 2007	Cessna 172C N1301Y	Kelleys Island, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2