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 Phoenix East Aviation, Inc. 2 Air Reldan Inc. 2 Burnside-Ott A 2 Piper Aircraft 2 Air Exec Inc 2

All 671 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Sep 1976	Piper PA-34 N15075	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Precisionair	Fatal	2
27 Jul 1976	Piper PA-34 N56712	Greensburg, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Capitol Air SE	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1975	Piper PA-34 N1495X	Zephyr Cove, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Charles E.ratl	Fatal	2
6 Oct 1975	Piper PA-34 N55105	Kirkwood, California, United States no coordinates	TOM Peck Aviat	Fatal	2
2 Nov 1973	Piper PA-34 N56025	Levan, Utah, United States no coordinates	COX Constructi	Fatal	2
3 Feb 2025	Piper PA-34-220T 666NN	Braunschweig, Germany no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Jan 2023	Piper PA-34-220T N814WT	New Harmony, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Dec 2016	Piper PA-34-200T HB-LSD	Alsace, France	-	Fatal	1
11 Oct 2016	Piper PA 34-200 N15294	East Hartford, Connecticut, United States	American Flight Academy	Fatal	1
3 Aug 2016	Piper PA 34-200T N82806	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	1
17 Aug 2015	Piper PA-34-220T OK-OKD	Newquay, United Kingdom, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
15 Mar 2015	Piper PA-34-200T HC-CNC	Macas, Ecuador	-	Fatal	1
24 Dec 2014	Piper PA-34-200T N38884	Port Huron, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	1
13 Jan 2013	Piper PA-34-200T N6537C	Manteo, North Carolina, United States	Greg Carlisle	Fatal	1
18 Sep 2011	Piper PA-34-220T PT-GCC	Jatai Municipality, Brazil	Gilberto C. Carvalho	Fatal	1
6 Apr 2009	Piper PA-34 CC-CJK	Valdivia, Chile no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Oct 2007	Piper PA-34	Vancouver, Canada	Peter Garrison	Fatal	1
16 Feb 2007	Piper PA-34-200T D-GOMM	Natal, Brazil	Frank Hettlich	Fatal	1
5 Jan 2007	Piper PA-34-200T N8231D	Manzanola, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	1
29 Apr 2006	Piper PA-34-220T EC-IYY	San Javier, Spain no coordinates	Fernando M. Jimenez	Fatal	1
7 Jan 2006	Piper PA-34-200T N36107	Burlington, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Jul 2005	Piper PA-34-220T N902J	Norman, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	1
9 Jun 2005	Piper PA-34-200T N81659	Telluride, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	1
17 Jul 2003	Piper PA-34-200T C-GBEN	White Bird, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	1
15 Dec 2002	Piper PA-34-200T N101YK	Pacific Ocean	-	Fatal	1
13 Apr 2002	Piper PA-34-200T N82284	Oxford, Connecticut, United States	William M. Mucciaro	Fatal	1
1 Jun 2000	Piper PA-34-220T GBMNT	Newmarket, United Kingdom no coordinates	Channel Airways Ltd	Fatal	1
31 Aug 1999	Piper PA-34-200 N98FM	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Apr 1999	Piper PA-34-200 N15478	Tallahassee, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Nov 1997	Piper PA-34-200T N2119D	Myton, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	1
29 Aug 1997	Piper PA-34-200T N40AB	Hancock, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Oct 1996	Piper PA-34-200T N666HL	Cle Elum, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
1 Feb 1996	Piper PA-34-220T N83809	Estes Park, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	1
17 May 1995	Piper PA-34-200T N2883D	Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	1
15 Jul 1993	Piper PA-34-220T N8472C	Battleground, Washington, United States	Flightcraft Inc.	Fatal	1
8 Dec 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N36506	Pine Valley, California, United States no coordinates	Neil S. Brown	Fatal	1
7 May 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N2859M	Ravensdale, Washington, United States	Airpac Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	1
20 Nov 1990	Piper PA-34-200T N4325X	Albion, Idaho, United States	Regional Express	Fatal	1
21 Feb 1990	Piper PA-34-200T N1666H	Pueblo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Winicki, Sidney	Fatal	1
26 Jun 1987	Piper PA-34-200T N33670	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
28 Mar 1987	Piper PA-34-200T N2221E	Georgetown, Delaware, United States	Seaboard Air Charter, Inc.	Fatal	1
19 Feb 1987	Piper PA-34-200T N3571X	Oxford, Mississippi, United States	Oscar Knox Gary	Fatal	1
18 May 1986	Piper PA-34-200 N44603	Angola, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Feb 1986	Piper PA-34-200 N55654	Bismarck, North Dakota, United States	-	Fatal	1
31 Oct 1985	Piper PA-34-200T N24MS	Gulf of Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Oct 1985	Piper PA-34-220T N8132L	Hamilton, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	1
18 Oct 1985	Piper PA-34-200T N1944H	Charleston, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	Goldsboro-Wayne Aviation	Fatal	1
20 Feb 1985	Piper PA-34-200T N8658E	Mena, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	1
30 Jan 1985	Piper PA-34-220T N8204A	Victoria, Texas, United States	Dallas Piper	Fatal	1
4 Jun 1984	Piper PA-34-200 N1067U	North Bend, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	1