Plane Crash List

Cessna 205 accidents

The NTSB database holds 181 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 205, recorded between 1964 to 2023. 32 of them were fatal (18%), and 91 people died.

The deadliest year was 1970, with 11 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (72 records).

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

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

181
Records
32
Fatal
91
Deaths
18%
Share fatal
1964 to 2023
Period
Show these on the map 34 of 181 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 70
1970s 63
1980s 21
1990s 16
2000s 5
2010s 5
2020s 1

All 181 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
30 Mar 1966 Cessna 205
N8119Z
Arson City Nev, Nevada, United States
no coordinates
Bridgeford Fly No injuries -
12 Mar 1966 Cessna 205
N8496Z
Bellevue Wash, Washington, United States
no coordinates
Boeing FLG ASN No injuries -
4 Mar 1966 Cessna 205
N1899Z
Olathe Kans, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
Erhart Flying No injuries -
24 Nov 1965 Cessna 205
N8275Z
Fairbanks Alas, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
Fairbanks Air No injuries -
29 Oct 1965 Cessna 205
N8203Z
Hendersonville Nc, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
Thermal Belt No injuries -
14 Jul 1965 Cessna 205
N8420Z
Florence Sc, South Carolina, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
4 Jul 1965 Cessna 205
N8131Z
Fajardo Pr, Puerto Rico, United States
no coordinates
Island Air Inc No injuries -
25 Jun 1965 Cessna 205
N8446Z
San Francisco Cal, California, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
22 Jun 1965 Cessna 205A
N4862U
Madison Ind, Indiana, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
18 Jun 1965 Cessna 205
N8374Z
Baker Calif, California, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
29 May 1965 Cessna 205
N8126Z
Roseau Minn, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
Capitol Air SR No injuries -
8 May 1965 Cessna 205
N8331Z
Ambler Pa, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
Wings Inc No injuries -
24 Jan 1965 Cessna 205
N8477Z
Santa Monica Cal, California, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
13 Jan 1965 Cessna 205
N8383Z
Cut Bank Mont, Montana, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
28 Dec 1964 Cessna 205
N8204Z
Littleton Colo, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
13 Nov 1964 Cessna 205
N1827Z
Tucson Ariz, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
19 Oct 1964 Cessna 205
N4808U
Ragged Is Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries
no coordinates
Miami Aviation No injuries -
14 Sep 1964 Cessna 205
N8257Z
Red Oak Iowa, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
15 Jul 1964 Cessna 205
N4834U
Anniston Ala, Alabama, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
14 Jun 1964 Cessna 205
N9222C
Long Beach Calif, California, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
4 May 1964 Cessna 205
N1887Z
Chico Calif, California, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
30 Mar 1964 Cessna 205
N8403Z
Klamath Fall Oreg, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
27 Mar 1964 Cessna 205
N8286Z
Erlanger Ky, Kentucky, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
16 Mar 1964 Cessna 205
N8172Z
Roseburg Oreg, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
11 Mar 1964 Cessna 205
N8245Z
Northbrook Ill, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
18 Feb 1964 Cessna 205
N8421Z
Booker Tex, Texas, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
13 Feb 1964 Cessna 205
N8259Z
Tucson Ariz, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
31 Jan 1964 Cessna 205
N1860Z
Van Nuys Calif, California, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
31 Jan 1964 Cessna 205
N8236Z
Baja Calif Mexico, Mexico
no coordinates
- No injuries -
29 Jan 1964 Cessna 205
N8456Z
Lebanon Ohio, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
14 Jan 1964 Cessna 205
N84322
El Cajon Calif, California, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -