Cessna 150 accidents

The NTSB database holds 10,427 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 150, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 1,181 of them were fatal (11%), and 1,753 people died.

The deadliest year was 1973, with 96 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (3,674 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Unknown/Not Reported.

7,649 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

10,427

Records

1,181

Fatal

1,753

Deaths

11%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 2,778 of 10,427 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 2,611

1970s 4,135

1980s 1,670

1990s 1,063

2000s 469

2010s 275

2020s 204

Where these happened

United States 10,258 Mexico 16 Unknown/Not Reported 15 Asia 15 Other-Foreign Countries 12 Brazil 10

Operators involved

Burnside-Ott A 33 Flight Safety 21 Rose Aviation 13 Clinton Aviati 13 Mid-States AVI 12 Ag-Aviation AC 11

All 10,427 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Oct 2005	Cessna 150M N45339	Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Aug 2005	Cessna 150M N66234	Renton, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Mar 2004	Cessna 150C N2080Z	DeLand, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Jan 2004	Cessna 150M N63159	Venice, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Dec 2003	Cessna 150J N61303	Corona, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Oct 2003	Cessna 150M N3807V	Wax, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jun 2003	Cessna 150H N6566S	Pittsfield, Maine, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Dec 2002	Cessna 150L N11294	Arecibo, United States	Carmelo B. Beniquez	Fatal	2
17 Jul 2002	Cessna 150G N3400J	Duncanville, Alabama, United States	Steven H. Pearson	Fatal	2
12 Nov 2001	Cessna 150M N63262	Dyer, Indiana, United States	Chicago Business Air Center	Fatal	2
14 Aug 2001	Cessna 150 N63351	McGaheysville, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 May 2001	Cessna 150A N7064X	Jackson Twp., Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Sep 2000	Cessna 150G N4770X	Jasper, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Aug 2000	Cessna 150L N11919	Laton, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Jul 2000	Cessna 150M N9249U	Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Jun 2000	Cessna 150G N3711J	Oxford, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Aug 1999	Cessna 150F N7059F	Maple, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Dec 1998	Cessna 150L N11829	Yucaipa, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Dec 1998	Cessna 150H N22038	Marksville, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Aug 1998	Cessna 150J 6YJPM	Jamaica no coordinates	Wings Jamaica	Fatal	2
2 Aug 1998	Cessna 150M N704ZY	Worthington, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Charis Air Corporation	Fatal	2
30 Jun 1998	Cessna 150H N22651	Weslaco, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Apr 1998	Cessna 150H N50385	Parowan, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Apr 1998	Cessna 150F N8720G	Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jan 1997	Cessna 150L N10809	Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States	John A. Mignone	Fatal	2
2 Sep 1996	Cessna 150F N8380G	Jones, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Jun 1996	Cessna 150B N1236Y	Hailey, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 May 1996	Cessna 150 N6303S	Welch, West Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jan 1996	Cessna 150 N18106	Suisun, California, United States	Buchanan Flying Club	Fatal	2
16 Dec 1995	Cessna 150M N3862V	S Padre Island, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Aug 1995	Cessna 150M N714FX	Armorel, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
18 Feb 1995	Cessna 150M N45325	Burley, Idaho, United States	Travis K. Tilby	Fatal	2
27 Jan 1995	Cessna 150L N1493Q	Needville, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Jul 1994	Cessna 150D N6052T	Carrville, California, United States	Douglas Kiss	Fatal	2
12 Jul 1994	Cessna 150L N18714	Greenville, Tennessee, United States	Desormeaux, Robert J.	Fatal	2
30 Apr 1994	Cessna 150M N190AR	Arroyo City, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Feb 1994	Cessna 150L N10998	San Jacinto, California, United States no coordinates	Hemet-Ryan Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
25 Dec 1993	Cessna 150G N4813X	Truckee, California, United States no coordinates	Metcalfe, Jennifer & Brian	Fatal	2
9 May 1993	Cessna 150M N63574	Liberty Hill, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 May 1993	Cessna 150L N6783G	De Kalb, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Jan 1993	Cessna 150J N5563G	Porter, Texas, United States	Christian, George	Fatal	2
28 Nov 1992	Cessna 150L N18528	Waldron, Missouri, United States	SST Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	2
13 Nov 1992	Cessna 150L N11199	Elwood, Illinois, United States	Thomas F and Robert H Bentley	Fatal	2
21 May 1992	Cessna 150 N191P	Cottonwood, Arizona, United States	Manion, Bernard	Fatal	2
1 Apr 1992	Cessna 150 N11140	Kalskag, Alaska, United States	Fred C. Holmberg	Fatal	2
4 Mar 1992	Cessna 150 N7933E	Williams, Arizona, United States	LEE L. Brown	Fatal	2
29 Feb 1992	Cessna 150M N45165	San Ysidro, California, United States	Escalante, Juan N, III	Fatal	2
17 Feb 1992	Cessna 150M N66473	Pullman, Washington, United States	Wood, Darrell J.	Fatal	2
9 Feb 1992	Cessna 150M N3966V	Covington, Oklahoma, United States	Laverne Friesen	Fatal	2
7 Feb 1992	Cessna 150H N22357	N. Palm Springs, California, United States	Daniel & Calvin Nielson	Fatal	2