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
21 Jan 1997	Cessna 210N N29WW	Highland, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Jan 1997	Mooney M20J N1160G	Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Jan 1997	Champion 7-GCBC N9677S	Creswell, Oregon, United States	Cottage Grove Aviation	Fatal	2
17 Jan 1997	Piper PA-28-236 N8263Y	Alton, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Jan 1997	Beechcraft F33A N31706	Mt San Jacinto, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
12 Jan 1997	Cessna 150L N10809	Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States	John A. Mignone	Fatal	2
12 Jan 1997	Enstrom F28A N9087	Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Jan 1997	Piper PA-28R N3347Q	Fort Smith, Montana, United States	Jeffrey M. Pfau	Fatal	2
2 Jan 1997	Cessna 208B N802TH	Edenton, North Carolina, United States	TAR Heel Aviation Inc.	Fatal	2
31 Dec 1997	Cessna 402B N5087Q	Watertown, South Dakota, United States	Sioux Falls Aviation	Fatal	1
30 Dec 1997	Piper PA-11 N5532H	Willow Beach, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	1
29 Dec 1997	Cessna 177 N30255	Ft. Leonardwood, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	1
28 Dec 1997	Boeing 747-122 N4723U	Pacific Ocean no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Dec 1997	Cessna 172M N12172	Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 Dec 1997	Piper PA-30/A N9WG	Hastings, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	1
24 Dec 1997	Cessna 172M N1596V	Monticello, Utah, United States	Vista Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	1
22 Dec 1997	Lutz EAA BIPLANE P-2 N913AM	Wellington, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
20 Dec 1997	Cady LONG-EZ N18CC	West Milford, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Dec 1997	Swearingen SA226-T N950TT	Byers, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	1
19 Dec 1997	Bihn MINI 500 N727EB	Gettysburg, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	1
17 Dec 1997	Beechcraft C35 N782D	Evansville, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	1
16 Dec 1997	Robinson R22 BETA N55TP	Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States	Airburst Helicopters Inc.	Fatal	1
13 Dec 1997	Piper PA-28-140 N5454S	Sturtevant, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	1
11 Dec 1997	Beechcraft A100 N30SA	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
10 Dec 1997	Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD N3041J	Roanoke, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Dec 1997	Cessna 172M N12219	New Salem, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Perry D Safran	Fatal	1
6 Dec 1997	John T Simpson CHALLENGER II N11644	Rainbow City, Alabama, United States	Bruce Diener	Fatal	1
2 Dec 1997	Christen A-1 N9613P	Lansing, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
1 Dec 1997	Cessna C-182E N9033Y	Townsend, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	1
25 Nov 1997	Cessna 152 N757FT	El Cajon, California, United States	Jean Runner	Fatal	1
25 Nov 1997	Cessna 172E N5332T	Topeka, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	1
24 Nov 1997	Cessna 172N N6463D	La Jolla, California, United States	Richard Jones	Fatal	1
16 Nov 1997	Adams SONERAI II N27KF	Kingman, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
15 Nov 1997	Mooney M20C N78952	Sparta, Tennessee, United States	John W. McDonald	Fatal	1
14 Nov 1997	Cessna 180 N20MF	Johnson City, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
13 Nov 1997	Beechcraft B100 N500ML	Madison, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Nov 1997	Piper PA-34-200T N2119D	Myton, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1997	Champion 7ECA N9556S	Hamilton, Georgia, United States	William B. Chapman	Fatal	1
2 Nov 1997	Piper PA-24-250 N7890P	Robinson, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	1
1 Nov 1997	Saldairiaga BUCCANEER II N813LJ	Clermont, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
27 Oct 1997	Piper PA-28-180 N9332J	Midvale, Idaho, United States	Warfield, DAN, L.	Fatal	1
26 Oct 1997	Beckham RV-4 N160HB	Scio, Oregon, United States	Hatch, Everett, W.	Fatal	1
26 Oct 1997	Cessna 172E N3097U	Elkton, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	1
22 Oct 1997	Weatherly 620B N46278	Cee Vee, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Oct 1997	Extra Flugzeugbau EA-200 N11EX	Radnor, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	1
20 Oct 1997	Cessna 182P N9388G	Morgantown, West Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	1
20 Oct 1997	Cessna 150M N6206K	Deming, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	1
15 Oct 1997	Beechcraft 95-B55 N315K	Kennesaw, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	1
14 Oct 1997	Cessna A188B N731GY	Morton, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
13 Oct 1997	Adrian Davis LONG-EZ N555JD	Pacific Grove, California, United States	-	Fatal	1