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
29 Jul 1965	Cessna 172F N5469R	Newburg Md, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Parkwood Airwa	Fatal	4
6 Feb 1965	Cessna 172 N3709S	Burleson Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
24 Jan 1965	Cessna 172E N3974S	Fullerton Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
10 Dec 1964	Cessna 172 N8022B	Torrance Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
28 Nov 1964	Cessna 172 N3558S	Philadelphia Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 Nov 1964	Cessna 172E N7758U	Kelleys Isld Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
23 Oct 1964	Cessna 172 N2142Y	Houston Texas, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 Sep 1964	Cessna 172B N8025X	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
26 Jan 2026	Cessna 172 HC-BAN	Comunidad Wichimi, Ecuador no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
17 Nov 2024	Cessna 172 S5-DLM	Murska Sobota, Slovenia no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
17 Dec 2023	Cessna 172G N3992L	Independence, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	3
31 Aug 2023	Cessna 172N TF-KLO	Mountains, Iceland no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
13 Feb 2023	Cessna 172H N8203L	San Francisco, Guatemala	James Dehart	Fatal	3
2 Oct 2022	Cessna 172S N262TA	Hermantown, Minnesota, United States	Svetfur Aviation LLC	Fatal	3
17 Sep 2022	Cessna 172S N2117Y	Longmont, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	3
13 Sep 2020	Cessna 172 N8488L	Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States	Harrier Aviation	Fatal	3
3 Mar 2020	Cessna 172 N157SF	Lincoln, Illinois, United States	Synergy Flight Center, LLC	Fatal	3
6 Aug 2018	Cessna 172 F-GTNV	Puy-de-Dome Mazoires, France no coordinates	Cercle Aeronautique Du Secretariat Gener	Fatal	3
13 Jul 2018	Cessna 172 N24442	Deer Park, Washington, United States	Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago	Fatal	3
26 Feb 2017	Cessna 172 N3712F	Panguitch, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	3
31 Dec 2016	Cessna 172M N174LL	Open water, Hawaii, United States	-	Fatal	3
10 Nov 2016	Cessna 172N N101KA	Kingston, Jamaica	-	Fatal	3
5 Jul 2016	Cessna 172 N7870U	Brookings, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	3
31 Mar 2016	Cessna 172 EC-JSM	Madrid, Spain no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
9 Aug 2015	Cessna 172N TI-BAA	Bajo Baudo, Colombia	-	Fatal	3
12 Apr 2015	Cessna 172S HK5064G	Santander, Colombia	Aeroclub Flight School	Fatal	3
9 Jun 2014	Cessna 172N I-SIPI	Premana Lecco, Italy	Aero Club Como	Fatal	3
16 Nov 2012	Cessna 172N N6142F	Owls Head, Maine, United States	-	Fatal	3
15 Feb 2012	Cessna 172S N665SP	North Bend, Washington, United States	Rob Hill	Fatal	3
19 May 2009	Cessna 172N N738NN	Long Beach, California, United States	Aero Aviation LLC	Fatal	3
9 Sep 2008	Cessna 172 CC-KAZ	El Trebolar, Chile	Club Aereo de Los Andes	Fatal	3
27 Jul 2008	Cessna 172N N75558	McMurray, Washington, United States	Brenda Lee Houston	Fatal	3
28 Jun 2008	Cessna 172N EC-IRP	Sa Pobla, Spain	Privte Owner	Fatal	3
17 Jun 2008	Cessna 172M N13713	Pahala, Hawaii, United States	Above It All, Inc.	Fatal	3
3 May 2008	Cessna 172N N75856	McCall, Idaho, United States	Felts Field Aviation	Fatal	3
12 Jan 2008	Cessna 172L N7100Q	Clearwater, Florida, United States	Joseph P. Bellamy	Fatal	3
23 Dec 2007	Cessna 172	Boquete, Panama no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
13 Oct 2007	Cessna 172	Bamfield, Canada	Parrallel Seaplanesf Inc.	Fatal	3
11 May 2007	Cessna 172N N6614D	Sharonville, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	3
1 Feb 2007	Cessna 172RG DQ-SKY	Nadi, Fiji	Advance Aviation Training	Fatal	3
3 Jan 2007	Cessna 172H N3940R	Armstrong, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	3
14 Jul 2006	Cessna 172N EC-HQR	El Rosario, Spain	Aerotec-Las palmas	Fatal	3
12 Feb 2006	Cessna 172P HI-410CT	Samana, Dominican Republic no coordinates	Caribair S.A.	Fatal	3
9 Feb 2006	Cessna 172RG N9531B	El Cajon, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
30 Dec 2004	Cessna 172N N737AZ	Mount Gilead, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	3
24 Apr 2004	Cessna 172N N75812	Moselle, Mississippi, United States	James W. Parry	Fatal	3
22 Aug 2003	Cessna 172S N53033	Lake Elmo, Minnesota, United States	Wings, Inc.	Fatal	3
16 Mar 2003	Cessna 172N N5315D	Foley, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	3
17 Jul 2002	Cessna 172S N928CP	Tyner, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	3
23 May 2002	Cessna 172C N1479Y	Ball Ground, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	3