Cessna 401 accidents

The NTSB database holds 144 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 401, recorded between 1967 to 2026. 38 of them were fatal (26%), and 108 people died.

The deadliest year was 1970, with 11 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (37 records).

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

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

144

Records

Fatal

108

Deaths

26%

Share fatal

1967 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 54 of 144 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 7

1970s 45

1980s 49

1990s 18

2000s 10

2010s 7

2020s 8

Where these happened

United States 129 Mexico 6 Bahamas 2 Turks And Caicos Islands 2 Dominican Republic 1 Chile 1

Operators involved

Flying A Flight Service, Inc. 2 Abba Industries Inc. 1 Montgomery Air Service 1 Peterson Indus 1 Plymouth Air Sales 1 B.f.myers and 1

All 144 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Mar 2021	Cessna 401 XB-HSW	Hermosillo, Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	7
28 Aug 2006	Cessna 401A N408JC	Whick, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	7
23 Oct 2019	Cessna 401 XB-JZF	Madero, Mexico, Mexico	Beneficiadora de Metalicos S.A. de C.V.	Fatal	6
19 Jun 1968	Cessna 401 N3248Q	Mohrsville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Teterboro Airc	Fatal	6
2 Mar 1998	Cessna 401 CCCIX	La Puntilla, Chile no coordinates	Aero Chaiten	Fatal	5
25 Jul 1984	Cessna 401 N7984Q	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Alaska Air Service, Inc.	Fatal	5
18 Mar 1982	Cessna 401 N499W	Sunflower, Arizona, United States	Air Security Transport Corp.	Fatal	5
30 Jun 1981	Cessna 401 N7957F	Muskegon, Michigan, United States no coordinates	G&W Aviation	Fatal	5
2 Apr 1970	Cessna 401A N401RA	Morrisville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Roberts Constr	Fatal	5
17 Dec 1969	Cessna 401 N8167F	Piketon, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Winegardner HA	Fatal	5
11 May 2012	Cessna 401 N9DM	Chanute, Kansas, United States	Private Individual	Fatal	4
14 Jul 2003	Cessna 401 N6296Q	Gustavus, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	4
24 Feb 1994	Cessna 401A N4071Q	Minot, North Dakota, United States	U.s. Dept of Health & Human SV	Fatal	4
29 Dec 1970	Cessna 401A N6235Q	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
9 Jan 1996	Cessna 401A N117AC	Spokane, Washington, United States	Pacific States Charter Service	Fatal	3
27 Jan 1986	Cessna 401 N988JM	S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
19 Aug 1975	Cessna 401 N4004Q	Austin, Texas, United States no coordinates	Schepps Grocer	Fatal	3
7 Nov 1974	Cessna 401 N401EH	Los Mochis, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
4 Oct 2017	Cessna 401 N401HH	Salters, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1986	Cessna 401 N3219Q	Henderson, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Jul 1981	Cessna 401 N441RS	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Mid-Eastern AI	Fatal	2
12 Aug 1980	Cessna 401B N2ST	Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Meriden Airway	Fatal	2
31 Oct 1973	Cessna 401A N6273Q	Laverne, California, United States no coordinates	Jack N.bostwic	Fatal	2
19 Apr 2026	Cessna 401B N122AT	Land O' Lakes, Florida, United States	Bonanno Nicholas	Fatal	1
19 Oct 2021	Cessna 401 XB-RQE	Tapachula, Mexico	-	Fatal	1
2 Jun 2000	Cessna 401 HI696	La Romana, Dominican Republic no coordinates	Air Century	Fatal	1
23 Apr 1992	Cessna 401 N3271Q	New Port Richey, Florida, United States no coordinates	Joseph A. McDonald	Fatal	1
1 Aug 1991	Cessna 401 N3298Q	Monroe, North Carolina, United States	Fisher, Hyman S	Fatal	1
3 Aug 1989	Cessna 401 N277A	Grand Turk Isl., Turks And Caicos Islands no coordinates	Air South Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	1
18 Mar 1985	Cessna 401A N12CQ	Dorset, Vermont, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Apr 1981	Cessna 401A N6265Q	State College, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1980	Cessna 401 N444CS	Houma, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Frank Beier RA	Fatal	1
7 Apr 1980	Cessna 401 N9912F	Linville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Waldron Enterp	Fatal	1
21 Jul 1970	Cessna 401B N7917Q	Yakima, Washington, United States no coordinates	Western Skyway	Fatal	1
27 May 1970	Cessna 401 N4077Q	Spruce Pine, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Thompson-Stree	Fatal	1
26 Nov 1967	Cessna 401 N3280Q	Whitefield, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	Executive Avia	Fatal	1
22 Feb 1967	Cessna 401 N3212Q	Anderson, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Cannon Aircraf	Fatal	1
25 Jun 2026	Cessna 401 N35VC	Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Nov 2025	Cessna 401 N6255Q	Eureka, North Carolina, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
22 May 2025	Cessna 401 N3239Q	Arlington, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
19 Jan 2021	Cessna 401 XB-NQD	Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
30 Oct 2020	Cessna 401B N517HC	Toussus-le-Noble, France	-	No injuries	-
16 Aug 2016	Cessna 401 5R-MEK	Antalaha, Madagascar	-	Unknown	-
17 Nov 2014	Cessna 401A N401ME	Fulton, Missouri, United States	Heartland Air LLC	Serious injuries	-
12 Nov 2011	Cessna 401A N531MH	Gladewater, Texas, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
18 Jun 2010	Cessna 401 N401TE	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	Global Data Aviation	Serious injuries	-
20 Jun 2005	Cessna 401A N7KF	Houston, Texas, United States	Amigo Aviation, Inc	Minor injuries	-
18 Sep 2004	Cessna 401 N408TE	New Century, Kansas, United States	Telesys Transair Inc.	Minor injuries	-
10 Jul 2004	Cessna 401B N7983Q	Naples, Florida, United States	Parrott Air, LLC	No injuries	-
20 Jun 2004	Cessna 401 N3234Q	Mt. Vernon, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-