Piper PA-23 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,716 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-23, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 449 of them were fatal (26%), and 1,036 people died.

The deadliest year was 1976, with 63 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (556 records).

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

1,330 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,716

Records

449

Fatal

1,036

Deaths

26%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 386 of 1,716 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 509

1970s 610

1980s 273

1990s 178

2000s 95

2010s 30

2020s 21

Where these happened

United States 1,591 Bahamas 26 Other-Foreign Countries 15 Mexico 11 Unknown/Not Reported 10 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 8

Operators involved

New Haven Airw 4 Lease-A-Plane 4 Emery Aviation 3 Aviation Servi 3 Air Taxi Co. * 3 Safair Flying 3

All 1,716 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Jun 2002	Piper PA-23-160 N4302P	Rio Rico, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	3
8 May 2000	Piper PA-23-250F 1430	Santa Cruz, Bolivia no coordinates	Hernan Rivero Beard	Fatal	3
14 Jun 1996	Piper PA-23-150 N2189P	Cortland, New York, United States	-	Fatal	3
5 Jun 1995	Piper PA-23-160 N4187P	Palestine, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	3
15 Sep 1994	Piper PA-23-250 N13909	Beaver Island, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	3
29 Jul 1990	Piper PA-23-250 N333EP	North Andover, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Sharqi & Mohammad al-Sharqi	Fatal	3
20 Jun 1989	Piper PA-23-250 N6471Y	Stanley, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	3
18 Jan 1988	Piper PA-23-250 N40265	Carbondale, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	3
2 Oct 1987	Piper PA-23-250 N3RP	Everglades City, Florida, United States no coordinates	Applied Mechanical Services,	Fatal	3
28 Aug 1987	Piper PA-23-160 N4003P	Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States	Karl Kovacs	Fatal	3
3 Mar 1985	Piper PA-23 N1241P	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
14 Feb 1985	Piper PA-23 N3163P	Everglades City, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
1 May 1984	Piper PA-23-250 N63813	Ukiah, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
3 Sep 1983	Piper PA-23-250 N5551Y	Huffman, Texas, United States	Larry O. Gray	Fatal	3
7 May 1983	Piper PA-23 N1236P	Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Henry J. Zoranski	Fatal	3
1 Sep 1981	Piper PA-23 N14348	Ltl Diomede Is, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Foster AVN Inc	Fatal	3
15 Jan 1981	Piper PA-23 N6812Y	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Hornady MFG Co	Fatal	3
18 Jan 1979	Piper PA-23 N4031P	Scottown, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
25 Jun 1978	Piper PA-23 N3284P	Belleville, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
12 May 1978	Piper PA-23 N4569P	Oldsmar, Florida, United States no coordinates	National Aviat	Fatal	3
26 Mar 1977	Piper PA-23 N3361P	McAlester, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
1 May 1976	Piper PA-23 N6835Y	Lynchburg, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Mid State Elec	Fatal	3
1 Mar 1976	Piper PA-23 N5931Y	Desert Hot Spg, California, United States no coordinates	Van ORT Enterp	Fatal	3
31 Oct 1975	Piper PA-23 N1356E	San Dimas, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
24 Aug 1975	Piper PA-23 N2019P	Decatur, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Hemphill Const	Fatal	3
15 Nov 1974	Piper PA-23 N6311Y	Van Nuys, California, United States no coordinates	World-West AVI	Fatal	3
13 Oct 1974	Piper PA-23 N6980Y	Bryson City, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	MCP, Inc	Fatal	3
26 Nov 1973	Piper PA-23 N3364P	Sandusky, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
15 Nov 1973	Piper PA-23 N6694Y	Alpine, California, United States no coordinates	Ruck Construct	Fatal	3
6 Nov 1973	Piper PA-23 N5569Y	Dix Hills, New York, United States no coordinates	New Haven Airw	Fatal	3
10 Oct 1973	Piper PA-23 N4745P	Spencer, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
17 Jul 1973	Piper PA-23 N3117P	Deep Run, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Flight Leasing	Fatal	3
8 Dec 1972	Piper PA-23 N4919P	Aklavik, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
18 Sep 1972	Piper PA-23 N5695Y	Hubbard Lk, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
2 Feb 1972	Piper PA-23 N5638Y	Memphis, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Mahaffey Bros.	Fatal	3
18 Jan 1972	Piper PA-23 N4897P	Chambers, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Kime Flying SE	Fatal	3
10 Dec 1971	Piper PA-23 N5006Y	American Falls, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Simplot Aviati	Fatal	3
29 Oct 1971	Piper PA-23 N3308P	Berlin, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
11 Dec 1970	Piper PA-23 N6486Y	Belzoni, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Bakers Piggly	Fatal	3
10 Dec 1969	Piper PA-23 N5090Y	Passadumkeag, Maine, United States no coordinates	Aroostook Air*	Fatal	3
22 Jul 1969	Piper PA-23 N4453P	Melbourne, Florida, United States no coordinates	Martys Flying	Fatal	3
11 Jun 1969	Piper PA-23 N237PS	Lebec, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Airlin	Fatal	3
15 Jan 1969	Piper PA-23 N49609	Emporia, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Didde Glaser C	Fatal	3
9 Feb 1968	Piper PA-23 N5877Y	Wappngrs Falls, New York, United States no coordinates	Command Airwa*	Fatal	3
17 Jan 1967	Piper PA-23 N4129P	Unknown, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Airplane Chart	Fatal	3
14 Sep 1966	Piper PA-23 N4242P	Stanley, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
27 Aug 1966	Piper PA-23 N5951Y	Z, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
1 Jul 1966	Piper PA-23 N2014P	Neptune Nj, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
16 Jun 1966	Piper PA-23 N5628Y	Columbia City, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
19 Mar 1966	Piper PA-23 N2204P	El Granada Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3