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 International 3 Ross Aviation* 3 Emery Aviation 3 Air Taxi Co. * 3

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Aug 1995	Piper PA-23-250 N7156T	Marana, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Jul 1994	Piper PA-23-250 N5919Y	Arco, Idaho, United States	Pope, Blaine K.	Fatal	1
18 Apr 1993	Piper PA-23-250 N4689P	Henryetta, Oklahoma, United States	Bednar, Gene	Fatal	1
7 Feb 1993	Piper PA-23-250 N5044Y	Atlantic Ocean no coordinates	Caribbean Commodities	Fatal	1
26 Apr 1992	Piper PA-23-250 N5611Y	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas no coordinates	Colly Interprises, Inc.	Fatal	1
14 Dec 1991	Piper PA-23-235 N4959P	Fall River, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Milton Novotny	Fatal	1
31 Aug 1991	Piper PA-23-250 N5435Y	Sod, West Virginia, United States	Arthur G. Maloone	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1991	Piper PA-23-250 N515TW	Hesperia, California, United States	Kbmm Radio, Inc.	Fatal	1
7 Feb 1991	Piper PA-23-250 N6247Y	Liberty, North Carolina, United States	Shamrock Gravure Products, Inc	Fatal	1
3 Feb 1991	Piper PA-23-250 N4749P	Lumberton, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Hester, Harry	Fatal	1
19 Sep 1990	Piper PA-23-150 N3100P	Livingston, New York, United States no coordinates	Pressberger, Mark J.	Fatal	1
27 Jan 1989	Piper PA-23-160 N4391P	Carson City, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	1
11 Nov 1988	Piper PA-23-250 N63762	Towson, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	1
14 Oct 1988	Piper PA-23-250 N8JM	Missing, Bahamas no coordinates	Tinker, Kevin	Fatal	1
12 Oct 1987	Piper PA-23-250 N6475Y	St. Thomas no coordinates	Roosevelt Roads Flying Club	Fatal	1
1 Aug 1987	Piper PA-23-250 N5998Y	Imperial, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1986	Piper PA-23-150 N2185P	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	William S. Bain	Fatal	1
4 May 1986	Piper PA-23-150 N1373P	Warren, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	1
13 Mar 1986	Piper PA-23 N3124P	Toledo, Ohio, United States	Jack Zody	Fatal	1
18 Nov 1985	Piper PA-23-250 N123TT	Chester, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
23 Oct 1985	Piper PA-23-250 N54264	Landisburg, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	1
16 Oct 1985	Piper PA-23-250 N5815Y	Pensacola, Florida, United States	Homer L. Ingram	Fatal	1
5 Mar 1985	Piper PA-23-250 N6310U	Foss, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	1
31 Jul 1984	Piper PA-23-250 N14266	Honeydew, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
28 Jul 1984	Piper PA-23-160 N4291P	Garberville, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Jun 1984	Piper PA-23-250 N5306Y	Barstow, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
9 Nov 1983	Piper PA-23-250 N4708P	West Seneca, New York, United States	-	Fatal	1
8 Jun 1983	Piper PA-23-250 N619MP	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	Erica Deloris Dabbaa	Fatal	1
11 Feb 1983	Piper PA-23-250 N5627Y	San Juan no coordinates	Collins M. Ketcham	Fatal	1
8 Aug 1982	Piper PA-23-250 N148AF	Bandera, Texas, United States	Norman K. Evans	Fatal	1
15 Feb 1982	Piper PA-23 N1108P	Corydon, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	1
3 Feb 1982	Piper PA-23-250 N62481	Newburgh, New York, United States	Air Ventures, Inc.	Fatal	1
20 Jan 1982	Piper PA-23-250 N6242Y	McComb, Mississippi, United States	Thomas M. Casey	Fatal	1
31 Dec 1981	Piper PA-23 N22P	Owego, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Sep 1981	Piper PA-23 N438SB	Cuba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 Sep 1981	Piper PA-23 N62789	Union Township, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Southern, Inc	Fatal	1
23 Jul 1981	Piper PA-23 N1349P	St.thomas, Virgin Islands, United States no coordinates	Virgin Air Inc	Fatal	1
11 May 1981	Piper PA-23 N5849Y	Hollywood, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
13 Apr 1981	Piper PA-23 N62831	Palacios, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Mar 1981	Piper PA-23 N2023P	Lowell, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Aug 1980	Piper PA-23 N5076Y	Little Rag Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Jul 1980	Piper PA-23 N5537Y	False Pass, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Peninsula Arwy	Fatal	1
4 Jun 1980	Piper PA-23 N646MA	Neptune, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Garden State A	Fatal	1
10 Mar 1980	Piper PA-23 N6102Y	Bradley Jct, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Jan 1980	Piper PA-23 N1376P	New Bern, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Area Corp	Fatal	1
23 Dec 1979	Piper PA-23 N2013P	Grand Lake, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Ellsworth AVN	Fatal	1
14 Dec 1979	Piper PA-23 N3242P	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Harlan Co Ambu	Fatal	1
25 Nov 1979	Piper PA-23 N7650D	Locust Grove, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Oct 1979	Piper PA-23 N13986	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Oct 1979	Piper PA-23 N12JW	Mooresville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Miller's Aviat	Fatal	1