Piper PA-34 accidents

The NTSB database holds 671 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-34, recorded between 1970 to 2026. 167 of them were fatal (25%), and 395 people died.

The deadliest year was 1984, with 23 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (120 records).

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

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

671

Records

167

Fatal

395

Deaths

25%

Share fatal

1970 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 372 of 671 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 153

1980s 204

1990s 127

2000s 114

2010s 46

2020s 27

Where these happened

United States 607 Brazil 11 Mexico 5 Germany 3 Ecuador 3 Bahamas 3

Operators involved

Air Desert Pacific 3 Air Exec Inc 2 Burnside-Ott A 2 Piper Aircraft 2 Air Executive 2 Bering Air Inc. 2

All 671 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 May 1979	Piper PA-34 N56936	Ramona, California, United States no coordinates	SCH Missary AV	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1979	Piper PA-34 N2160N	Osage Beach, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
5 Mar 1979	Piper PA-34 N44447	Brawley, California, United States no coordinates	Emerg MED Evac	Minor injuries	-
19 Feb 1979	Piper PA-34 N15838	Travis Afb, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Jan 1979	Piper PA-34 N2179B	Santa Barbara, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Nov 1978	Piper PA-34 N3039M	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	SW Air Rangers	No injuries	-
24 Nov 1978	Piper PA-34 N15229	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Sun-Air Charte	No injuries	-
19 Nov 1978	Piper PA-34 N1387T	Opa Locka, Florida, United States no coordinates	Burnside-Ott A	Minor injuries	-
24 Oct 1978	Piper PA-34 N56855	Boca Raton, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Oct 1978	Piper PA-34 N8234C	Crosbyton, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 Oct 1978	Piper PA-34 N1050X	Chargin Falls, Ohio, United States no coordinates	T.j.airservice	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1978	Piper PA-34 N3566M	Westwego, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Westwego Avtn	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1978	Piper PA-34 N1440T	Covington, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Easton MacHine	No injuries	-
20 Aug 1978	Piper PA-34 N47846	Farmington, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1978	Piper PA-34 N1083U	Mt Sterling, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Jul 1978	Piper PA-34 N415HE	Louisville, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Lambo, Ltd.	No injuries	-
22 Jun 1978	Piper PA-34 N55800	Decoy, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Straight Line	No injuries	-
22 May 1978	Piper PA-34 N577SA	Eufaula, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Seiberling ASS	No injuries	-
16 May 1978	Piper PA-34 N1392T	Addison, Texas, United States no coordinates	Oakmont Marine	No injuries	-
6 May 1978	Piper PA-34 N47488	Laurel, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Gulf Leasing I	Serious injuries	-
5 May 1978	Piper PA-34 N2710M	Fullerton, California, United States no coordinates	General Aviati	No injuries	-
18 Apr 1978	Piper PA-34 N44356	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Soldotna Air	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1978	Piper PA-34 N55296	Lakeland, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Apr 1978	Piper PA-34 N1401T	MacOn, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Hill Wilford A	No injuries	-
4 Apr 1978	Piper PA-34 N6646F	Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Super 8 Motels	No injuries	-
1 Apr 1978	Piper PA-34 N1839H	Madison, Florida, United States no coordinates	Laine, Rb.ii	Minor injuries	-
27 Feb 1978	Piper PA-34 N8385C	Malden, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Badger State G	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1977	Piper PA-34 N15129	Berlin, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Garden State F	Serious injuries	-
6 Nov 1977	Piper PA-34 N33041	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Tulsa Piper In	Serious injuries	-
23 Oct 1977	Piper PA-34 N6206J	Ft.meyers, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Oct 1977	Piper PA-34 N41192	Little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Sep 1977	Piper PA-34 N41538	Madison, Florida, United States no coordinates	Air Security T	No injuries	-
4 Sep 1977	Piper PA-34 N55051	Tampa, Florida, United States no coordinates	Chattahoochee	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1977	Piper PA-34 N41564	Palo Alto, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Piper	No injuries	-
9 Aug 1977	Piper PA-34 N32174	Huntingburg, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Indiana Airmot	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1977	Piper PA-34 N43540	Turlock, California, United States no coordinates	Dairy Construc	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1977	Piper PA-34 N55195	Georgetown, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	COY Fly Servic	No injuries	-
18 Jun 1977	Piper PA-34 N3671Q	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	No injuries	-
7 May 1977	Piper PA-34 N40949	Gallup, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
15 Apr 1977	Piper PA-34 N33723	Presque Isle, Maine, United States no coordinates	Centeral Maine	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1977	Piper PA-34 N41941	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Corporate Jet	No injuries	-
24 Jan 1977	Piper PA-34 N4522T	Terre Haute, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Lawrence Avia	No injuries	-
27 Dec 1976	Piper PA-34 N33589	Verlot, Washington, United States no coordinates	Robertson Airc	No injuries	-
24 Nov 1976	Piper PA-34 N16364	Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Oct 1976	Piper PA-34 N4484T	Selma, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Sky Harbor AVI	No injuries	-
23 Oct 1976	Piper PA-34 N9AZ	Santa Clara, Mexico no coordinates	Williams Aviat	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1976	Piper PA-34 N56395	Schaumburg, Illinois, United States no coordinates	MacHinery Rent	No injuries	-
24 Sep 1976	Piper PA-34 N41418	St Petersburg, Florida, United States no coordinates	Charter Air In	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1976	Piper PA-34 N15076	Columbus, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Sep 1976	Piper PA-34 N1135X	Timmonsville, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-