Plane Crash List

Cessna 182 accidents

The NTSB database holds 6,261 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 182, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 1,042 of them were fatal (17%), and 2,089 people died.

The deadliest year was 1975, with 74 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (2,032 records).

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

3,822 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

6,261
Records
1,042
Fatal
2,089
Deaths
17%
Share fatal
1964 to 2026
Period
Show these on the map 2,439 of 6,261 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1,417
1970s 1,768
1980s 1,072
1990s 709
2000s 600
2010s 440
2020s 255

Where these happened

United States 6,043 Mexico 73 Brazil 16 Canada 15 Venezuela 11 Australia 10

Operators involved

Civil Air Patrol 12 Lease-A-Plane 9 Civil Air Patrol, Inc. 8 Yingling Aircr 6 Condor Aero CL 5 Fulton Air SER 4

All 6,261 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
1 Feb 1982 Cessna 182
N58947
 Pampa, Texas, United States Jerry Wayne Lemons Fatal 2
25 Jan 1982 Cessna 182M
N71734
 Bethel, Alaska, United States Gerald F. Dahl Fatal 2
26 Nov 1981 Cessna 182E
N2860Y
 Platteville, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
 Big Patch Para Fatal 2
30 Oct 1981 Cessna 182P
N9906E
 Essex, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
6 Aug 1981 Cessna 182
N58448
 Berryville, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 Prop & Wing Fatal 2
28 Jul 1981 Cessna 182A
N4794D
 Kingston, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
2 Jul 1981 Cessna 182M
N71859
 Haleyville, Alabama, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
31 May 1981 Cessna 182
N3458S
 Mandaree, North Dakota, United States
no coordinates
 Harold Klabund Fatal 2
18 Mar 1981 Cessna 182
N8468S
 Tucson, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 Spad Fatal 2
12 Mar 1981 Cessna 182P
N1301R
 Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 East Tenn Auto Fatal 2
3 Mar 1981 Cessna 182P
N21002
 Everett, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Redmond Flying Fatal 2
19 Feb 1981 Cessna 182M
N71803
 Truckee, California, United States
no coordinates
 Woodstock Soci Fatal 2
5 Jan 1981 Cessna 182Q
N759GK
 Leakey, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
6 Oct 1980 Cessna 182H
N3460S
 Newcastle, Wyoming, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
23 Jun 1980 Cessna 182
N701SP
 Omaha, Alabama, United States
no coordinates
 Glendale Flyin Fatal 2
18 May 1980 Cessna 182P
N7403Q
 Seal Beach, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
20 Mar 1980 Cessna 182P
N9953E
 Chamblee, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
15 Mar 1980 Cessna 182P
N106JH
 San Andreas, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
21 Dec 1979 Cessna 182E
N2853Y
 Comfort, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
9 Dec 1979 Cessna 182
N470PP
 Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
3 Dec 1979 Cessna 182
N3194S
 Longmont, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Ten Bravo Flye Fatal 2
16 Sep 1979 Cessna 182P
N9197M
 Folkston, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
9 Jul 1979 Cessna 182E
N9262X
 Clearwater, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
31 May 1979 Cessna 182
N618WC
 Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
31 May 1979 Cessna 182
N618WC
 Waynesville, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
26 Apr 1979 Cessna 182J
N2738F
 Hillsboro, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
15 Apr 1979 Cessna 182K
N3078Q
 Shoshone, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
21 Feb 1979 Cessna 182Q
N94386
 Tuolumne, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
25 Oct 1978 Cessna 182P
N96060
 Whiteriver, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 F.l.b.flyers Fatal 2
24 Sep 1978 Cessna 182M
N71182
 Santa Barbara, California, United States
no coordinates
 Snta Brba AUN Fatal 2
29 Aug 1978 Cessna 182Q
N735NZ
 Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
7 Jan 1978 Cessna 182F
N3117U
 Sells, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 B&H Aircraft Fatal 2
1 Jan 1978 Cessna 182K
N303JR
 Pearisburg, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
27 Dec 1977 Cessna 182A
N3979D
 El Cajon, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
7 Nov 1977 Cessna 182P
N7368S
 Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
28 Oct 1977 Cessna 182K
N2842R
 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
5 Oct 1977 Cessna 182J
N3383F
 Umpqua, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
9 Sep 1977 Cessna 182L
N3466R
 Bellevue, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Evrgrn Fly CLB Fatal 2
7 Sep 1977 Cessna 182P
N52477
 San Onofre, California, United States
no coordinates
 Claire Walters Fatal 2
22 Jun 1977 Cessna 182F
N3628U
 Plymouth, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 C.o.martin and Fatal 2
4 May 1977 Cessna 182
N4052D
 Orofino, Idaho, United States
no coordinates
 William Russel Fatal 2
8 Apr 1977 Cessna 182H
N8390S
 Tooele, Utah, United States
no coordinates
 Hyland Investm Fatal 2
14 Mar 1977 Cessna 182A
N2150G
 Ochlocknee, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
26 Nov 1976 Cessna 182P
N21311
 Savannah, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
20 Nov 1976 Cessna 182
N9186M
 San Marcos, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
14 Nov 1976 Cessna 182L
N3187R
 Bell Station, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
23 Oct 1976 Cessna 182L
N42213
 Shaw, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
14 May 1976 Cessna 182
N71387
 Burnsville, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 2
26 Apr 1976 Cessna 182P
N52855
 Independence, California, United States
no coordinates
 U.c.flying CLU Fatal 2
6 Mar 1976 Cessna 182
N5537B
 San Ysidro, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
 Parachute Tran Fatal 2