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 Turks And Caicos Islands.

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 Turks And Caicos Islands 2 Bahamas 2 Chile 1 France 1

Operators involved

Flying A Flight Service, Inc. 2 Allen-White le 1 Pacific States Charter Service 1 Jack N.bostwic 1 Amigo Aviation, Inc 1 Southeastern S 1

All 144 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Jan 2003	Cessna 401 N968JW	Mc Allen, Texas, United States	International Air Services	No injuries	-
17 Dec 2001	Cessna 401A N4062Q	Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States	-	No injuries	-
10 Oct 2000	Cessna 401A N800SS	Andrews, Texas, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
2 Oct 1999	Cessna 401B N88VA	Caldwell, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Frank Ferrari, President	Serious injuries	-
4 Sep 1998	Cessna 401 N3239Q	Lancaster, Texas, United States	-	No injuries	-
22 Jan 1997	Cessna 401 N5AS	Crystal, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Air-One	Minor injuries	-
20 May 1996	Cessna 401 N701CJ	Great Bend, Kansas, United States	-	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1995	Cessna 401A N444RJ	Van Nuys, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1994	Cessna 401A N60EM	Congotown, Congo no coordinates	Congo Airways Ltd.	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1993	Cessna 401 N666L	Middle Caicos, Turks And Caicos Islands no coordinates	Provo Flyers, Ltd.	No injuries	-
27 Nov 1992	Cessna 401B N7989Q	Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States	Freight Runners Express, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Sep 1991	Cessna 401 N13DT	Jackson, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Montague, Harvey L.	Serious injuries	-
6 Mar 1991	Cessna 401 N401RW	St. Louis, Missouri, United States	Redwing Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Dec 1990	Cessna 401B N799NW	Marsh Harbor, Bahamas no coordinates	Air Mobile Ministries	Serious injuries	-
27 Nov 1990	Cessna 401 N10QP	Grand Island, Nebraska, United States	Suburban Air Freight Inc.	No injuries	-
31 May 1990	Cessna 401 N401FC	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Plymouth Air Sales	No injuries	-
24 Jun 1989	Cessna 401 N8271F	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Harvey Montague	No injuries	-
18 Feb 1988	Cessna 401B N100PB	Bimini, Bahamas no coordinates	Airline Blue Star Corp.	No injuries	-
6 Nov 1987	Cessna 401A N6250Q	Mobile, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Montgomery Air Service	No injuries	-
30 Sep 1987	Cessna 401 N2UE	Ames, Iowa, United States	Jet Air, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Sep 1987	Cessna 401A N6249Q	Wichita Falls, Texas, United States	Martinair	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1986	Cessna 401 N9867F	Silver City, New Mexico, United States	Flying A Flight Service, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
9 Feb 1986	Cessna 401B N777CS	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	Midwest Aviation Corp.	No injuries	-
4 Feb 1986	Cessna 401 N900PC	Parkland, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
15 Sep 1985	Cessna 401 N3298Q	Cheswold, Delaware, United States	Aero Quest Aviation	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1984	Cessna 401A N365AA	Raton, New Mexico, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Nov 1984	Cessna 401A N6294Q	Springfield, Missouri, United States	MC Cauley Aviation	No injuries	-
3 Aug 1984	Cessna 401 N101SB	Hutchinson, Kansas, United States	MC Caully Air Service	No injuries	-
5 Apr 1984	Cessna 401 N101SB	Wichita, Kansas, United States	McCauley Air Center	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1984	Cessna 401 N777CS	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
18 Feb 1984	Cessna 401A N6252Q	Linden, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
28 Jan 1984	Cessna 401A N7KF	San Francisco, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
26 Oct 1983	Cessna 401 N3208Q	San Diego, California, United States	Mustang Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	-
30 Sep 1983	Cessna 401A N6208Q	Frankfort, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1983	Cessna 401A N401HW	Monroe, North Carolina, United States	-	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1983	Cessna 401A N6293Q	North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Abba Industries Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Mar 1983	Cessna 401 N401G	Near Globe, Arizona, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Mar 1983	Cessna 401 N7864F	Bethel, Alaska, United States	Doug Bensing	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1983	Cessna 401 N11JR	Lompoc, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
3 Dec 1982	Cessna 401 N4073Q	Monticello, New York, United States	Monticello Aircraft Services,	No injuries	-
23 Aug 1982	Cessna 401A N9867F	Silver City, New Mexico, United States	Flying A Flight Service Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Feb 1982	Cessna 401 N8299F	Jessup, Georgia, United States	Spirit of the South	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1982	Cessna 401B N7967Q	East Hanover, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Millicor Corp	No injuries	-
27 Nov 1981	Cessna 401 N4099Q	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
17 Sep 1981	Cessna 401B N7969Q	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Woolf Printing	No injuries	-
15 Apr 1981	Cessna 401 N441RS	Alameda, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Mideastern Air	No injuries	-
23 Mar 1981	Cessna 401 N8434F	Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Mustang Inc	No injuries	-
9 Feb 1981	Cessna 401B N7986Q	Goodland, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Nov 1980	Cessna 401A N6233Q	Fort Pierce, Florida, United States no coordinates	Coastal Commun	Serious injuries	-
11 Jul 1980	Cessna 401A N3249Q	Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States no coordinates	L Stoller	Serious injuries	-