Piper PA-32 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,695 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-32, recorded between 1965 to 2026. 379 of them were fatal (22%), and 1,056 people died.

The deadliest year was 1972, with 48 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (398 records).

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

1,030 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,695

Records

379

Fatal

1,056

Deaths

22%

Share fatal

1965 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 665 of 1,695 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 188

1970s 593

1980s 399

1990s 244

2000s 151

2010s 65

2020s 55

Where these happened

United States 1,606 Mexico 20 Bahamas 8 Other-Foreign Countries 6 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 4 Central America 3

Operators involved

Peninsula Airw 9 Peninsula Airways, Inc. 8 Allen Aviation 5 Thunderbird AV 4 Piper Aircraft 4 Camai Air 4

All 1,695 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Aug 1994	Piper PA-32-300 N69118	Missing no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Jan 1993	Piper PA-32-300 N28196	Ligonier, Pennsylvania, United States	Martin Maerz	Fatal	2
9 Oct 1992	Piper PA-32-260 N31953	Pulaski, Virginia, United States	TAR Heel Railroad Inc.	Fatal	2
2 Apr 1991	Piper PA-32-260 N3667W	Naples, New York, United States	Richard G. Stutesman	Fatal	2
11 Oct 1989	Piper PA-32-300 N4106W	Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1989	Piper PA-32-300 N8995N	Bentonville, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 1989	Piper PA-32-260 N3999W	Lk Havasu City, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Jul 1989	Piper PA-32-301 N8257V	Haines, Alaska, United States	Skagway Air Service	Fatal	2
2 Apr 1988	Piper PA-32-300 N32076	Quincy, Illinois, United States	Winston N. Bloch JR	Fatal	2
4 Nov 1987	Piper PA-32-260 N3666W	Fulton, Texas, United States	C. F. Brown	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1987	Piper PA-32-300 N4010R	Geneva, Florida, United States	JAY Reynolds Quality Cars	Fatal	2
13 May 1987	Piper PA-32-300 N32774	Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Apr 1987	Piper PA-32-300 N44626	Ogden, Iowa, United States	James C. Smith	Fatal	2
5 Aug 1986	Piper PA-32-260 N3621W	Lander, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 Apr 1986	Piper PA-32-301T N82238	Fort Hall, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Mar 1985	Piper PA-32-301 N8470X	Robbinsville, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Dec 1984	Piper PA-32-300 N5211S	Burlington, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Oct 1984	Piper PA-32-300 N2898D	Bruce, Wisconsin, United States	Dianne Droessler	Fatal	2
2 Dec 1983	Piper PA-32-260 N3206W	Holtville, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Nov 1983	Piper PA-32-260 N15039	Riverside, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jun 1983	Piper PA-32-260 N5509V	Newton, Iowa, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Jun 1983	Piper PA-32 300C N8926N	Buckeye, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 1983	Piper PA-32-301 N28216	Brooksville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Capital Aviation Services	Fatal	2
13 Oct 1982	Piper PA-32-300 N77QT	Near St. Croix no coordinates	Early Bird Coporation	Fatal	2
6 Sep 1982	Piper PA-32-300 N48915	23 Mi Ene Toutl, Washington, United States	Packwood Aviation	Fatal	2
22 Jul 1982	Piper PA-32-301 N8408X	Tonopah, Nevada, United States	William Evans	Fatal	2
17 Jun 1982	Piper PA-32 N30575	Charlevoix, Michigan, United States	Ronald L. Steffes	Fatal	2
12 Dec 1981	Piper PA-32 N4041R	Brogan, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Oct 1981	Piper PA-32 N8398N	Winchester, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Cardinal Aircr	Fatal	2
25 Sep 1981	Piper PA-32 N9574C	Newberry, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 May 1981	Piper PA-32 N3582W	Moulton, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Feb 1981	Piper PA-32 N9637C	Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Oct 1980	Piper PA-32 N21307	Merced, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 Sep 1980	Piper PA-32 N8194Y	Smithfield, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 May 1980	Piper PA-32 N6535C	Lakeview, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Dec 1978	Piper PA-32 N4008R	Sun City, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Oct 1978	Piper PA-32 N400EW	Mojave, California, United States no coordinates	Porterville, AV	Fatal	2
10 Sep 1978	Piper PA-32 N789CC	Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Nov 1977	Piper PA-32 N41861	Pocatello, Idaho, United States no coordinates	White Cloud AV	Fatal	2
7 Nov 1977	Piper PA-32 N3347W	Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1977	Piper PA-32 N1230W	Troutdale, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Jul 1977	Piper PA-32 N4434F	Andros Is, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Hollywood Flyi	Fatal	2
30 Apr 1977	Piper PA-32 N32282	Englewood, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	2
24 Mar 1977	Piper PA-32 N5256S	Lilburn, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Branch County	Fatal	2
29 Nov 1976	Piper PA-32 N4125R	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Grand Canyon A	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1976	Piper PA-32 N32416	Plain, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	St Joseph Flyi	Fatal	2
5 Nov 1975	Piper PA-32 N43475	Coolidge, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Polk & Associa	Fatal	2
15 Oct 1975	Piper PA-32 N15876	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Fly Safe of AZ	Fatal	2
16 Sep 1975	Piper PA-32 N7747J	Alexandria, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	JDJ Flying SER	Fatal	2
21 Jul 1975	Piper PA-32 N3704W	Bernice, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Interstate EQU	Fatal	2