Aviation accidents in 2002

The NTSB database holds 2,001 accidents and incidents in 2002, recorded between 2002. 418 of them were fatal (21%), and 1,298 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 182.

Most of these records are from United States, Australia and Colombia.

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

2,001

Records

418

Fatal

1,298

Deaths

21%

Share fatal

2002

Period

Show these on the map 1,893 of 2,001 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 173 Piper PA-28 88 Cessna 182 69 Cessna 150 47 Cessna 152 40 Piper PA-18 39

Where these happened

United States 1,862 Australia 10 Colombia 8 Bahamas 7 Mexico 6 New Zealand 6

Operators involved

Atlantic Coast Airlines 4 Name 3 Federal Express Corp. 3 Quicksilver Air, Inc. 2 Silver State Helicopters 2 Hageland Aviation Services Inc. 2

All 2,001 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 Jun 2002	Beechcraft A35 N658B	Atlanta, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Jun 2002	Bailey DRAGON FLY UNREG	Trenton, Georgia, United States	David A. Benjamin	Fatal	2
8 Jun 2002	Fisher CELEBRITY N8205H	Chandler, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Jun 2002	Grumman American AA-5B N13GT	Santa Paula, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Jun 2002	Schweizer 269C D-HMIN	Paderborn-Lipsd, Germany no coordinates	Nautische Leasinggescllachaft fur Soziamanagementl	Fatal	2
31 May 2002	Aero Commander 500-B N78336	Roseau, Dominica	Bevins Air Services Inc.	Fatal	2
30 May 2002	Cessna A185F N1577B	Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania, United States	Robert E. Fulton	Fatal	2
27 May 2002	Piper PA-18 N4347Z	Lime Village, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 May 2002	Robinson R-22 MARINER N2322Y	Merlin, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 May 2002	Robinson R22 BETA N7194J	Mammoth Lakes, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 May 2002	Beechcraft BE-35 N3157V	Stephenville, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 May 2002	Luscombe LL-8-E N71344	Olar, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 May 2002	Socata TB-21 N328CG	New River, Arizona, United States	The New Avex, Inc.	Fatal	2
16 May 2002	Taber LANCAIR SUPER ES N600MT	Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 May 2002	Cessna T210M N761LX	Groveland, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 May 2002	Yoder GP-4 N59JY	Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Apr 2002	Piper PA-34-200T N132CP	Alpine, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Apr 2002	Beechcraft BE-35 N2152D	Warsaw, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Apr 2002	Cirrus SR-22 N837CD	Parish, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 2002	Cessna T182 N983HH	Amarillo, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 2002	Piper PA-28-181 N288CA	Gardiner, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 2002	Swearingen METRO SW3 EC-GKR	PalmaDeMallorca, Spain no coordinates	Tadair	Fatal	2
11 Apr 2002	Beechcraft G35 N4487D	Willows, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Apr 2002	Bozeman PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER N96EB	Rocky Comfort, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Apr 2002	Beechcraft D-45 N6VY	Minden, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Apr 2002	Piper PA-18-150 N4389A	Silesia, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Apr 2002	Piper PA-38-112 G-CWFC	Newport, United Kingdom no coordinates	Cardiff Wales Flying Club	Fatal	2
1 Apr 2002	North American T-6-AT6D N7471C	Gainesville, Georgia, United States	U.S. Aircraft Inc., LLC	Fatal	2
31 Mar 2002	Piper PA-34-200T N2BX	Apex, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Mar 2002	Piper J3F-65 N40770	Parker, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Mar 2002	Cessna 152 HR-AHU	Tegucigalpa, Honduras no coordinates	Aero Club de Honduras	Fatal	2
18 Mar 2002	Piper PA-31P N125TT	Daleville, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Mar 2002	Piper PA-28RT-201T N84719	Marianna, Arkansas, United States	Timothy R. Morris	Fatal	2
9 Mar 2002	Piper PA-28-160 N160D	Laurens, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Mar 2002	Eurocopter France AS355 F1 N355D	Savannah, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Mar 2002	Cessna 172N N75908	Bunnell, Florida, United States	Aerial Messages Inc.,	Fatal	2
4 Mar 2002	Piper PA-28-151 N41340	Macon, Georgia, United States	MCN, Inc.	Fatal	2
1 Mar 2002	Beechcraft A36 N7236L	Austin, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Feb 2002	Piper PA-28-180 N7345W	Vero Beach, Florida, United States	Manuel Penalver	Fatal	2
23 Feb 2002	Cessna U206G OB-1230	San Antonio, Peru	Aero Latino Expreso S.A.	Fatal	2
16 Feb 2002	Bell 206L-1 N23PJ	New Smyrna Bch., Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Feb 2002	Beechcraft 300LW SUPER KING AIR D-ICBC	Zernez, Switzerland	Kronospan GmbH	Fatal	2
13 Feb 2002	Ellenberger/Werner GLASAIR I TD N777WE	Minden, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Feb 2002	Cessna U206 TG-SAC	Cackchila, Guatemala no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 Jan 2002	Beechcraft V35B N32BR	Chester, Connecticut, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Jan 2002	Cessna 441 N441AR	Winfield, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Jan 2002	Hillyer XL-RG VELOCITY C-FPDL	San Diego, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Jan 2002	Bellanca 17-30A N4002B	Alexandria, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Jan 2002	Smith AEROSTAR 601P N104CS	Chittenden, Vermont, United States	Timothy A. Patrick	Fatal	2
22 Jan 2002	Cessna 182L CP-1541	Trinidad, Bolivia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2