Beechcraft A23 accidents

The NTSB database holds 628 accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft A23, recorded between 1964 to 2025. 53 of them were fatal (8%), and 112 people died.

The deadliest year was 1967, with 20 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (319 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Other-Foreign Countries and Canada.

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

628

Records

Fatal

112

Deaths

Share fatal

1964 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 110 of 628 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 294

1970s 190

1980s 65

1990s 30

2000s 20

2010s 22

2020s 7

Where these happened

United States 622 Other-Foreign Countries 2 Canada 2 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 1 Unknown/Not Reported 1

Operators involved

Atlantic Aviat 6 Mainline Aviat 6 Aircraft Sales 5 Niagara, Airway 5 Norman Larson 5 Ohio Aviation 5

All 628 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Sep 1998	Beechcraft A23-24 N453D	Shunk, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	5
2 Aug 1968	Beechcraft A23-24 N4748J	Cana, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviat	Fatal	5
5 Nov 1978	Beechcraft A23-24 N6135N	Lyndon, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Flying T Inc	Fatal	4
25 Jun 1972	Beechcraft A23-24 N3627Q	Sapphire, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Asheville Flyi	Fatal	4
24 Oct 1970	Beechcraft A23-24 N7955L	Ocean City, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Franklin Aviat	Fatal	4
3 Jul 1968	Beechcraft A23 N4790J	Bristol, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
19 Jul 1967	Beechcraft A23 N8896M	Joliet, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Mainline Aviat	Fatal	4
3 Jul 1967	Beechcraft A23 N5992S	Torrance, California, United States no coordinates	Tanger Aviatio	Fatal	4
1 Jan 1967	Beechcraft A23 N1430L	Hoyt Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Duncan Beechcr	Fatal	4
30 Aug 2001	Beechcraft A23 N3516R	Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	3
19 Aug 2001	Beechcraft A23 N8869M	Blairsville, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	3
22 May 1982	Beechcraft A23 N1405L	Northville, Michigan, United States	Mitchell A. Williams	Fatal	3
30 Jan 1974	Beechcraft A23-24 N3645Q	Montevideo, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Super III, Inc	Fatal	3
15 Oct 1967	Beechcraft A23 N5971S	Stoutland, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Sams Flying SE	Fatal	3
31 Mar 1967	Beechcraft A23 N2345W	Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Chattanooga AV	Fatal	3
12 Aug 1966	Beechcraft A23 N3517R	North Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Astronautics F	Fatal	3
10 Dec 2023	Beechcraft A23-24 N6945Q	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Dec 2005	Beechcraft A23 N3590R	Mammoth Lakes, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Jan 1993	Beechcraft A23 N5774V	Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, United States	Brown, Vicki Y.	Fatal	2
2 May 1992	Beechcraft A23-24 N666CM	Corona, California, United States no coordinates	NIX, William J.	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1988	Beechcraft A23-19 N7979L	Gunnison, Colorado, United States	Colley, James A.	Fatal	2
20 Feb 1988	Beechcraft A23 N1461L	Big Bear City, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Feb 1986	Beechcraft A23 N3536R	Russellville, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 May 1983	Beechcraft A23 N1467L	Dublin, Virginia, United States	Dublin Aviation	Fatal	2
13 Mar 1983	Beechcraft A23-24 N5751V	Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Jul 1981	Beechcraft A23-19 N2384W	Big Bear City, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Oct 1977	Beechcraft A23-24 N4735J	El Cajon, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Apr 1975	Beechcraft A23-24 N5776V	Sarasota, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Apr 1973	Beechcraft A23-19 N7667R	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Aeromarine, Inc	Fatal	2
1 May 1968	Beechcraft A23-19 N7947L	Chesapeake, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviat	Fatal	2
9 Mar 1967	Beechcraft A23 N4715J	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Cutter Flying	Fatal	2
3 Feb 1966	Beechcraft A23 N3510R	Findlay Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Jun 2021	Beechcraft A23 N8780M	Pinnacle, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	1
16 Jul 2012	Beechcraft A23 N8771M	Laytonsville, Maryland, United States	Beachcraft Aviation Club LLC	Fatal	1
15 Jul 2001	Beechcraft A23-24 N5962S	Bridgeville, Delaware, United States	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 2000	Beechcraft A23 N1410L	Akron, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	1
10 Jul 1999	Beechcraft A23 N8873M	Eatonville, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
19 May 1995	Beechcraft A23-24 N7984L	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Jul 1993	Beechcraft A23 N3578R	Boyceville, Wisconsin, United States	Arnold E. Swanson	Fatal	1
17 Apr 1984	Beechcraft A23-24 N5676S	Bowman, California, United States	James Porter/Steven Lewis	Fatal	1
8 Nov 1982	Beechcraft A23 N3513R	Junnel Hill, Georgia, United States	Rueben L. Hill & James A. Hawk	Fatal	1
23 Jul 1978	Beechcraft A23 N1428L	Inverness, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Apr 1978	Beechcraft A23-24 N7934L	Wichita, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Mar 1975	Beechcraft A23 N3662Q	Troy, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Skypark Aero	Fatal	1
19 Feb 1975	Beechcraft A23-19 N5793V	Perry, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 May 1972	Beechcraft A23 N3888Q	Leakesville, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Magnolia Flyin	Fatal	1
25 Nov 1971	Beechcraft A23 N3500R	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Aces Flying CL	Fatal	1
20 Jan 1970	Beechcraft A23-19 N4710J	Marysville, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 Sep 1968	Beechcraft A23-19 N7919L	Utica, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Hankins Air SE	Fatal	1
12 Aug 1968	Beechcraft A23-19 N4831B	McCall, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Idaho Beechcra	Fatal	1