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
24 Oct 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N2874T	Bowling Green, Ohio, United States	Bowling Green University	Minor injuries	-
19 Sep 1993	Piper PA-34-200T N8753E	New Lenox, Illinois, United States	Raymond M. Dolan	No injuries	-
15 Sep 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N3084T	Fenton, Missouri, United States	Skyline Aviation	Minor injuries	-
2 Sep 1993	Piper PA-34-200T N31858	Williamson, West Virginia, United States	W. M. T. Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Aug 1993	Piper PA-34-220 N1232H	Pacific Ocean no coordinates	Flight Contract Service	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N1392T	La Verne, California, United States	Air Desert Pacific	Minor injuries	-
29 May 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N5388T	Sedona, Arizona, United States	Air Desert Pacific	No injuries	-
17 May 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N410DS	Jean, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Air Desert Pacific	No injuries	-
8 May 1993	Piper PA-34-200T N47448	Simsbury, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Walter J Barrett	No injuries	-
27 Mar 1993	Piper PA-34-200 N4519T	Boulder, Colorado, United States	Mead, Helen L.	No injuries	-
11 Mar 1993	Piper PA-34-200T N1808H	Avalon, California, United States	South Bay Aviation	No injuries	-
30 Dec 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N4506X	Loreto, Mexico no coordinates	Roxy Corp	No injuries	-
21 Dec 1992	Piper PA-34-200T HCBHK	Quito, Ecuador no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
8 Oct 1992	Piper PA-34-220T N228R	Madison, Wisconsin, United States	Joseph T. Steuer	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N975DA	Homestead, Florida, United States	John Oklesen	No injuries	-
24 Aug 1992	Piper PA-34-200T N37DD	Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States	Richard Devaney	No injuries	-
20 Aug 1992	Piper PA-34-200T N8371H	Bedford, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Edward Walter	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1992	Piper PA-34-200T N3030K	Lamar, Colorado, United States	Lyddon Flying Service	No injuries	-
13 Jun 1992	Piper PA-34-200T N2106E	Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States	Nawaz, Seemi	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N1050X	Wyatt, Missouri, United States	Earle Aircraft	No injuries	-
25 May 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N15109	Westhampton Bch, New York, United States	Dedalos Flight School	No injuries	-
25 Apr 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N55296	Van Nuys, California, United States	Falcon Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Apr 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N41632	Tucson, Arizona, United States	ATC Flight Center, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Mar 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N16209	Tifton, Georgia, United States	Clinton Aircraft Leasing	No injuries	-
29 Jan 1992	Piper PA-34-200 N1034U	West End, Bahamas no coordinates	Russell, Julie	No injuries	-
23 Jan 1992	Piper PA-34-200T N8434H	Columbus, Ohio, United States	Central Skyport	No injuries	-
10 Sep 1991	Piper PA-34-200 N55145	Easton, Pennsylvania, United States	Jeff van Arsdale	Minor injuries	-
2 Jul 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N3068B	Lebanon, Tennessee, United States	Hill Aircraft and Leasing Corp	No injuries	-
14 Jun 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N44447	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Neal Nadler	No injuries	-
14 May 1991	Piper PA-34-220T N8356B	Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Rojo	No injuries	-
11 May 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N1193X	Arcadia, Rhode Island, United States no coordinates	A.p. Shifrin Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1991	Piper PA-34-220T N9191P	Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Kirk Rudy, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Jan 1991	Piper PA-34 N8372Z	Pinedale, Wyoming, United States	Department of Interior	No injuries	-
7 Jan 1991	Piper PA 34-200T N66SL	Red Bluff, California, United States	Shasta Livestock, Inc	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1990	Piper PA-34-200T N8434H	Elbridge, New York, United States	Central Skyport, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Dec 1990	Piper PA-34-200 N15047	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Yacoub, Andrew N.	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1990	Piper PA-34-200 N15515	Denton, Texas, United States no coordinates	Paul M. Atkinson	Serious injuries	-
18 Apr 1990	Piper PA-34-200T N132CP	Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	-	No injuries	-
21 Feb 1990	Piper PA-34-200 N222ES	Fresno, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
1 Feb 1990	Piper PA-34-200 N1335T	E. Haddam, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	David LEE Ingram	No injuries	-
11 Jan 1990	Piper PA-34-200T N1506X	Messena, New York, United States	Orient Air Int'l	No injuries	-
29 Dec 1989	Piper PA-34-200 N1294T	Jenison, Michigan, United States	-	No injuries	-
28 Dec 1989	Piper PA-34-200 N831SR	Sarasota, Florida, United States no coordinates	Hietfield, Richard V.	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1989	Piper PA-34 N8426B	Tomball, Texas, United States	John H. RAY JR	No injuries	-
17 Sep 1989	Piper PA-34-220T N8371H	Fort Myers, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
14 Aug 1989	Piper PA-34-200 N16LL	Wadsworth, Ohio, United States	DAN Weltzien	No injuries	-
29 Jul 1989	Piper PA-34 N711DL	Ackerman, Mississippi, United States	Van Ovost, J.m.	No injuries	-
14 Jul 1989	Piper PA-34-200T N6144H	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Alpine Aviation	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1989	Piper PA-34-220T N8422Y	Naples, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Jun 1989	Piper PA-34-200T N36345	Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States	North American INS of Aviation	No injuries	-