Cessna 320 accidents

The NTSB database holds 309 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 320, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 81 of them were fatal (26%), and 213 people died.

The deadliest year was 1971, with 16 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (146 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Other-Foreign Countries.

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

309

Records

Fatal

213

Deaths

26%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 78 of 309 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 99

1970s 108

1980s 47

1990s 30

2000s 15

2010s 7

2020s 3

Where these happened

United States 296 Mexico 8 Other-Foreign Countries 3 Canada 1 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 1

Operators involved

Air Charter In 3 Cessna Aircraf 2 Aviation Activ 2 El Paso Natura 2 Seren MacHine 2 O'hair Constru 2

All 309 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 May 1982	Cessna 320D N4167T	Chandler, Arizona, United States	Jerry LEE Breinholt	Fatal	8
14 Oct 2000	Cessna 320E N269WP	Ensenada, Mexico no coordinates	John A. Linford	Fatal	6
18 May 1986	Cessna 320D N320SD	Van Nuys, California, United States	-	Fatal	6
18 Aug 1978	Cessna 320 N24P	Anaconda, Montana, United States no coordinates	Sky King, Ltd.	Fatal	6
16 Sep 1967	Cessna 320 N5709X	Bronx, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
16 May 1967	Cessna 320 N3324Q	Aurora, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Aurora Casket	Fatal	6
24 Aug 1984	Cessna 320C N7AE	Monterey, California, United States	-	Fatal	5
5 Feb 1978	Cessna 320D N234M	Wrangell, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
25 Jul 1975	Cessna 320B N9854L	Darien, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
24 Jan 1975	Cessna 320 N3428Q	Tallahassee, Florida, United States no coordinates	Safari Aviatio	Fatal	5
31 Mar 1972	Cessna 320E N3421Q	Charleston, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Chatham Aviati	Fatal	5
23 May 2009	Cessna 320D N320KP	Fallon, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	4
7 Jul 1988	Cessna 320 N320DB	Atwood, Kansas, United States	LEE WM. Lemond	Fatal	4
4 Jul 1988	Cessna 320D N9HS	Mammoth Lakes, California, United States	-	Fatal	4
14 Apr 1985	Cessna 320B N3RU	Athens, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	4
11 Sep 1981	Cessna 320D N111NT	Republic, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
13 Jul 1976	Cessna 320 N5205X	Santa Barbara, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 Oct 1975	Cessna 320 N3043R	Puerta Valrto, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
4 Apr 1973	Cessna 320D N4190T	Tonopah, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
12 Feb 1973	Cessna 320E N3483Q	Walla Walla, Washington, United States no coordinates	Red Carpet Fly	Fatal	4
7 Jan 1973	Cessna 320E N4883B	Avoca, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
22 Dec 1972	Cessna 320E N2208Q	Goodland, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Silver Springs	Fatal	4
18 Nov 1971	Cessna 320E N3414Q	No.madison, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Midtown Aviati	Fatal	4
24 Oct 1971	Cessna 320D N4149T	Orrville, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Air West, Inc.	Fatal	4
26 Sep 1971	Cessna 320D N4157T	Aspen, Colorado, United States no coordinates	American Coin	Fatal	4
24 Jul 1969	Cessna 320 N3007T	Sparrevohn, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Safeway Airway	Fatal	4
7 Sep 1966	Cessna 320D N4146T	Embras, Canada no coordinates	FM Crawford LU	Fatal	4
15 Jun 2016	Cessna 320E N777GY	Creede, Colorado, United States	Rocky Mountain Aerial Surveys	Fatal	3
13 Mar 1991	Cessna 320D N3302Q	Gorman, California, United States	John P. Culhane	Fatal	3
26 Jun 1982	Cessna 320B N510BC	San Jose, California, United States	Cornet Stores	Fatal	3
7 Apr 1982	Cessna 320F N999LS	Missoula, Montana, United States	Three-Twenty Flying Club	Fatal	3
22 Apr 1979	Cessna 320E N3482Q	Covington, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
5 Jun 1968	Cessna 320D N4114T	Carlin, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
15 Aug 1966	Cessna 320-1 N5760X	Fairview Oreg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Interstate VEH	Fatal	3
28 Sep 2008	Cessna 320D N4165T	Collinsville, Oklahoma, United States	Hazelwood Harvey L	Fatal	2
17 Apr 2003	Cessna 320D N4178T	Mazama, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 May 1996	Cessna 320A N600JR	Provo, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Aug 1994	Cessna 320C N85WM	Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 May 1994	Cessna 320E N3472Q	Battle Mountain, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Oct 1989	Cessna 320 N5725X	Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Feb 1989	Cessna 320E N3488Q	Melrose, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Oct 1982	Cessna 320E N3460Q	Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States	Truman E. Miley	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1981	Cessna 320 N5500E	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Nov 1980	Cessna 320C N9RT	Marysville, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Jul 1979	Cessna 320A N3005R	Monterey, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 May 1979	Cessna 320E N3432Q	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1977	Cessna 320 N5719X	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Real Estate da	Fatal	2
18 Feb 1976	Cessna 320E N3440Q	Sinclair, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Accent Aviatio	Fatal	2
4 Nov 1972	Cessna 320F N9900X	Ashland, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
12 Dec 1971	Cessna 320D N777K	Springfield, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2