Piper PA-24 accidents

The NTSB database holds 2,700 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-24, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 501 of them were fatal (19%), and 1,093 people died.

The deadliest year was 1966, with 81 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,133 records).

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

2,065 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

2,700

Records

501

Fatal

1,093

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 635 of 2,700 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 993

1970s 890

1980s 331

1990s 219

2000s 135

2010s 74

2020s 58

Where these happened

United States 2,629 Mexico 32 Canada 12 Unknown/Not Reported 12 Other-Foreign Countries 5 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 2

Operators involved

National Aviat 9 Wes-Tex Aircra 5 Catlin Aviatio 4 Southwest Air 4 Phoenix Flyers 4 Midwest Piper 4

All 2,700 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 May 1991	Piper PA-24-250 N6376P	Long Boat Key, Florida, United States	Mutz, Dale	Fatal	2
18 May 1991	Piper PA-24-250 N7808P	Ravenna, Ohio, United States	William C. Jaeck	Fatal	2
8 Feb 1991	Piper PA-24-400 N8510P	Snowmass, Colorado, United States	Brian Balarzs/Lester Beauchamp	Fatal	2
28 Sep 1990	Piper PA-24-260 N8646P	Bend, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Richard C. Hall	Fatal	2
27 Aug 1990	Piper PA-24-250 N8103P	Salem, Oregon, United States	Darrow G. Hudson	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1990	Piper PA-24-250 N6401P	Wendover, Utah, United States	Sorensen, Fred	Fatal	2
4 Mar 1990	Piper PA-24-180 N5354P	Fabens, Texas, United States	Rufus C. Cain	Fatal	2
25 Nov 1989	Piper PA-24-250 N7681P	Helen, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 1989	Piper PA-24-180 N7835P	Grantsville, Utah, United States	Calvin, JOE B.	Fatal	2
16 Jul 1989	Piper PA-24-250 N6206P	Hartleton, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 May 1989	Piper PA-24-250 N8199P	Winslow, Arkansas, United States	Mid-Con MFG Inc.	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1988	Piper PA-24-250 N604MM	Springville, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Apr 1988	Piper PA-24-260 N8553P	Henrietta, Texas, United States	Jeffery W. Pierce	Fatal	2
3 Nov 1986	Piper PA-24 N7062P	Siloam Springs, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Oct 1985	Piper PA-24 N9758K	Salina, Kansas, United States	Sun Bird Aviation	Fatal	2
14 Jul 1985	Piper PA-24-250 N7934P	Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Apr 1985	Piper PA-24-260 N8852P	Wakeeney, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Nov 1983	Piper PA-24-260 N9094P	Kathleen, Florida, United States	Alfred C. Irby	Fatal	2
25 Nov 1983	Piper PA-24-250 N6295T	Oceanside, California, United States no coordinates	Aviation Unlimited	Fatal	2
22 Oct 1983	Piper PA-24-250 N5763P	Lake Hills, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Aug 1983	Piper PA-24-151 N7993C	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States	Plane Shack	Fatal	2
29 Jun 1983	Piper PA-24 N7284P	Fleeton, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Jun 1983	Piper PA-24-250 N47RR	Stehekin, Washington, United States	Calvin A Merriman	Fatal	2
2 Dec 1982	Piper PA-24-250 N5284P	Ocean City, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Thayer, William H.	Fatal	2
18 Mar 1982	Piper PA-24-260 N8988P	Kingsville, Texas, United States	JAS L. Bissett	Fatal	2
3 Feb 1981	Piper PA-24 N5731P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Aug 1980	Piper PA-24 N8783P	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Apr 1980	Piper PA-24 N6943P	Texarkana, Texas, United States no coordinates	Sikeston Aero	Fatal	2
17 Mar 1980	Piper PA-24 N9226P	East Freedom, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	United Air TRA	Fatal	2
6 Dec 1979	Piper PA-24 N9095P	Clearwater, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Sep 1979	Piper PA-24 N6051P	Bloomfield Twp, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Aug 1979	Piper PA-24 N5762P	Melbourne, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Mar 1979	Piper PA-24 N7167P	Taft, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 Mar 1979	Piper PA-24 N6914P	Corinne, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Oct 1978	Piper PA-24 N5696P	Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Feb 1978	Piper PA-24 N6390P	Rowland Heigts, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Jan 1978	Piper PA-24 N8010P	Glendevey, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 1977	Piper PA-24 N5039P	Windham, Vermont, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Mar 1977	Piper PA-24 N8216P	Eugene, Oregon, United States no coordinates	H.m.h.flt.corp	Fatal	2
26 Feb 1977	Piper PA-24 N7237P	Broomfield, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Medario Air In	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1976	Piper PA-24 N6180P	Grantsville, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Aug 1976	Piper PA-24 N8808P	Pierce, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Mar 1976	Piper PA-24 N16MD	Alva, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Nov 1975	Piper PA-24 N9451P	Myrtle Creek, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1975	Piper PA-24 N8162P	Santa Rita, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
14 Oct 1975	Piper PA-24 N6680P	Woodland, Washington, United States no coordinates	JM & F, Inc.	Fatal	2
3 Sep 1975	Piper PA-24 N6807P	Wheeling, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Sep 1975	Piper PA-24 N5820P	Elburn, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Feb 1975	Piper PA-24 N5742P	Racine, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Nov 1974	Piper PA-24 N6922P	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2