Plane Crash List

Cessna 402 accidents

The NTSB database holds 489 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 402, recorded between 1967 to 2026. 110 of them were fatal (22%), and 349 people died.

The deadliest year was 1973, with 24 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (67 records).

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

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

489
Records
110
Fatal
349
Deaths
22%
Share fatal
1967 to 2026
Period
Show these on the map 237 of 489 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 21
1970s 110
1980s 135
1990s 103
2000s 64
2010s 32
2020s 24

Where these happened

United States 416 Bahamas 23 Mexico 5 Colombia 5 Congo 3 West Indies 2

Operators involved

Hyannis Air Service, Inc. 10 Air Sunshine, Inc. 7 Scenic Airline 4 Hyannis Air Service 3 Dickman Aviati 3 Freight Runners Express, Inc. 3

All 489 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
28 Feb 1974 Cessna 402B
N1531
 Concord, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 Propst Constru No injuries -
18 Feb 1974 Cessna 402
N3295Q
 St.ignace, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 Executive Airl No injuries -
16 Feb 1974 Cessna 402A
N7800Q
 Gainesville, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Florida Airli* No injuries -
12 Feb 1974 Cessna 402
N4032Q
 Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 Lunds Inc Serious injuries -
10 Feb 1974 Cessna 402
N4051Q
 Swanson R, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 ERA Helicopter No injuries -
29 Nov 1973 Cessna 402
N111RN
 San Vicente, Mexico
no coordinates
 0PA Locka Flig No injuries -
2 Aug 1973 Cessna 402
N4526Q
 Bar Harbor, Maine, United States
no coordinates
 Bar Harbor Ai* No injuries -
26 Jun 1973 Cessna 402A
N4504Q
 Dillingham, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Kodiak Airways, Inc. No injuries -
17 May 1973 Cessna 402A
N4527Q
 Prescott, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 Cochise Airli* No injuries -
3 Dec 1972 Cessna 402B
N13GM
 Wichita, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
 Airways Ltd. No injuries -
16 Feb 1972 Cessna 402A
N4590Q
 Opa Locka, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - No injuries -
7 Aug 1971 Cessna 402A
N4598Q
 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 Scottsdale AVI Minor injuries -
2 Aug 1971 Cessna 402
N8125F
 New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
 Executive Air* No injuries -
26 Apr 1971 Cessna 402
N4027Q
 Topeka, Kansas, United States
no coordinates
 Shawnee Air, In No injuries -
6 Apr 1971 Cessna 402
N4536Q
 Seldovia, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Kodiak Airways No injuries -
16 Feb 1971 Cessna 402
N4012Q
 Sandusky, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
 Willow RUN Air No injuries -
29 Jan 1971 Cessna 402A
N4559Q
 Ocala, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Atlanta Air I* No injuries -
23 Nov 1970 Cessna 402A
N4599Q
 Arcata, California, United States
no coordinates
 Eureka Aero In No injuries -
8 Aug 1970 Cessna 402
N8139F
 Watertown, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
 K.airways, Inc. Serious injuries -
31 Jul 1970 Cessna 402
N8125F
 New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
 Mass.air Indu* No injuries -
22 Apr 1970 Cessna 402
CF-ATW
 Pembina, North Dakota, United States
no coordinates
 Aero Trades WE No injuries -
25 Jan 1970 Cessna 402
N4530Q
 Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
 Peninsula Avia No injuries -
21 Dec 1969 Cessna 402A
N4574Q
 Port Moller, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Kenai Air Serv Minor injuries -
2 Oct 1969 Cessna 402A
N4554Q
 Decorah, Iowa, United States
no coordinates
 Executive Aero Serious injuries -
14 Sep 1969 Cessna 402A
N4518Q
 Killeen, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Central TEX A* No injuries -
25 Mar 1969 Cessna 402
N3207Q
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 Miller Airmoti No injuries -
21 Jan 1969 Cessna 402
N4032Q
 Crystal, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 Jetravel, Inc. No injuries -
16 Jan 1969 Cessna 402
N3269Q
 Morristown, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
 Chatham Airli* No injuries -
8 Jan 1969 Cessna 402
N8416F
 Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Fairbanks Air No injuries -
29 Dec 1968 Cessna 402
N8097F
 Austin, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Sentinel Airl* No injuries -
6 Nov 1968 Cessna 402
N4034Q
 Kahului, Hawaii, United States
no coordinates
 Royal Hawaiian No injuries -
18 Oct 1968 Cessna 402
N3299Q
 Santa Ana, California, United States
no coordinates
 Cable Flying * Fatal -
17 Sep 1968 Cessna 402
N3259Q
 Paducah, Kentucky, United States
no coordinates
 Sun Airlines * Serious injuries -
3 Jun 1968 Cessna 402
N4046Q
 Libby, Montana, United States
no coordinates
 Cummute Air I* No injuries -
12 May 1968 Cessna 402
N4033Q
 Kaunakakai, Hawaii, United States
no coordinates
 Royal Hawaiian No injuries -
23 Feb 1968 Cessna 402
N3299Q
 Ontario, California, United States
no coordinates
 Cable Commute* No injuries -
27 Dec 1967 Cessna 402
N3299Q
 Ontario, California, United States
no coordinates
 Cable Flying S No injuries -
11 Oct 1967 Cessna 402
N3254Q
 Longview, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Fleetway Airli No injuries -
24 Jun 1967 Cessna 402
N3266Q
 Flint, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 Flint Air Inc No injuries -