Aviation accidents in 1997

The NTSB database holds 2,121 accidents and incidents in 1997, recorded between 1997. 402 of them were fatal (19%), and 1,260 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 150.

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

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

2,121

Records

402

Fatal

1,260

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1997

Period

Show these on the map 1,735 of 2,121 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 150 Piper PA-28 101 Cessna 150 78 Cessna 182 65 Cessna 152 64 Piper PA-18 39

Where these happened

United States 2,007 Mexico 8 Canada 8 Bahamas 8 Peru 5 Colombia 5

Operators involved

Continental Airlines 3 Hageland Aviation Services, Inc 3 Wood, Milton, H. 2 Mesa Airlines 2 United Airlines 2 Yute Air Alaska 2

All 2,121 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
13 Jul 1997	Cessna TR182 N737PK	Seaside Heights, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Century Air, Inc.	Fatal	2
6 Jul 1997	Piper PA-18 N183DP	Middleville, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Jul 1997	Mooney M20A N8394E	White Bear, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Jul 1997	Cessna 170B N2416D	Karlin, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1997	Cessna 207A N207SP	Nome, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1997	Cessna R172K N7373K	Moreno Valley, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Jun 1997	Beechcraft 77 N6630C	Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States	James C. Farnsworth	Fatal	2
15 Jun 1997	Cessna 172N N738YG	Greenbrier, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Sky Portraits, Inc.	Fatal	2
15 Jun 1997	Cessna 152 N93908	Edgewater, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Jun 1997	Piper J3C-65 N804DA	Asheboro, North Carolina, United States	Jimmie R. Peddycord	Fatal	2
3 Jun 1997	Beechcraft 95-B55 N8KB	San Carlos, Arizona, United States	US Dept of Interior	Fatal	2
2 Jun 1997	Grumman American AA-5B N28297	Avon Park, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Jun 1997	Cessna TU-206G N6428Z	Carroll Lake, Canada no coordinates	Ronald F. Randall	Fatal	2
30 May 1997	Bell UH-1H PNP30	Roque, Peru no coordinates	Peru National Police	Fatal	2
26 May 1997	Henry BARRACUDA N5926	Antonia, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 May 1997	Piper PA-32-301T N83211	Bend, Oregon, United States	Suzanne A Isaacs	Fatal	2
11 May 1997	Hughes 369D N5105N	Puako, Hawaii, United States	Kaohukaukuahiwi K. Sproat	Fatal	2
10 May 1997	Piper PA-28R-200 N55676	Tigard, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 May 1997	Beechcraft V35 N831U	Lake George, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Apr 1997	Cessna 208 N9825F	Cambodia no coordinates	Trans Northern Aviation	Fatal	2
29 Apr 1997	Shoaf CHRISTEN EAGLE II N61GS	Half Moon Bay, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Apr 1997	Piper PA-60-601P N885JC	Waterford, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Apr 1997	Piper PA-22-150 N3126Z	Holland, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Apr 1997	Beechcraft 95-C55 N242BS	Grand Haven, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1997	Lockheed PV2 N6856C	Blandburg, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1997	Boeing Stearman N2S-4 N61S	Apex, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Apr 1997	Devendorf GLASSAIR GL25 N28BD	Congress, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 1997	Cessna T210N N5310A	Vichy, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Apr 1997	Piper PA-18-150 N8071D	Manokotak, Alaska, United States	Leon C. Braswell	Fatal	2
9 Apr 1997	Cessna 185 N59AK	Tatitlek, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Apr 1997	Cessna 414 N13MN	Hillsboro, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Apr 1997	Douglas C54A-DC N83FA	Griffin, Georgia, United States	Custom Air Service	Fatal	2
3 Apr 1997	Cessna T210N N6172C	Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 Mar 1997	Cessna P210N N3894P	Corona, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Mar 1997	Lowe SUPER KOALA N4424V	Perry Township, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Mar 1997	Bell UH-1H PN160	Mariquita, Colombia no coordinates	Government of Colombia	Fatal	2
25 Mar 1997	Short Brothers SC7 N451SA	Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States	Arctic Circle Air Service Inc.	Fatal	2
15 Mar 1997	Piper PA-28R-200 N6219J	Westminster, Texas, United States no coordinates	Monarch Air	Fatal	2
15 Mar 1997	Piper PA-24-260 N8857P	Andrews, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Mar 1997	Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp ) 415-D N3030H	Pacoima, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Mar 1997	Bill Parson PARSON 2+2 N254WP	Bunnell, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Mar 1997	Buesing SX-300 N357SX	Sitka, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Mar 1997	Beechcraft E-18S N54BT	Mabie, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 1997	Cessna 152 N49205	Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Feb 1997	Cessna T210N N7134J	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Feb 1997	Cessna 402C N318AB	St. Thomas no coordinates	Air Sunshine, Inc.	Fatal	2
3 Feb 1997	Aeronca 65-TC N31794	Moriarty, New Mexico, United States	William A. Essenburg	Fatal	2
1 Feb 1997	Cessna A150L N50TB	Trinity, Alabama, United States	Billy D. Parker	Fatal	2
31 Jan 1997	Cessna 152 N5366B	Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States	Crabtree Aircraft Co., Inc.	Fatal	2
25 Jan 1997	Crane THORP T-18 N40918	San Diego, California, United States	-	Fatal	2