Cessna 152 accidents

The NTSB database holds 3,030 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 152, recorded between 1966 to 2026. 316 of them were fatal (10%), and 477 people died.

The deadliest year was 1980, with 33 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (284 records).

Most of these records are from United States, India and Portugal.

1,024 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

3,030

Records

316

Fatal

477

Deaths

10%

Share fatal

1966 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 2,006 of 3,030 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 280

1980s 1,406

1990s 771

2000s 334

2010s 157

2020s 81

Where these happened

United States 2,962 India 6 Portugal 5 Brazil 3 Kenya 3 Argentina 3

Operators involved

Dean International, Inc. 10 US Aviation Group LLC. 9 Kent State University 8 St. Charles Flying Service 8 University of North Dakota 6 Nassau Flyers 4

All 3,030 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Feb 2001	Cessna 152 N68763	Long Beach, California, United States	Candace A. Larned Enterprises, Inc.	Fatal	4
9 Apr 1994	Cessna 152 N757KN	E. Farmingdale, New York, United States	Nassau Flyers, Inc.	Fatal	4
30 Aug 1989	Cessna 152 N49231	Snohomish, Washington, United States	Snohomish Flying Service	Fatal	4
25 Aug 1984	Cessna 152 N25853	Valdosta, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	4
2 Jul 1980	Cessna 152 N69244	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Burnside-Ott	Fatal	4
2 Jul 1980	Cessna 152 N757SF	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Burnside-Ott	Fatal	4
4 May 1980	Cessna 152 N49528	Lk Roosevelt, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Superstition A	Fatal	4
18 Aug 2022	Cessna 152 N49931	Watsonville, California, United States	United Flight Services	Fatal	3
9 Mar 1990	Cessna 152 N48977	Miramar, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	3
3 Sep 1989	Cessna 152 N24516	Houma, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	3
26 Feb 1985	Cessna 152 N714WJ	Newport Beach, California, United States	The Flying Club	Fatal	3
2 Nov 1980	Cessna 152 N24552	Linden, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
21 Mar 2026	Cessna 152 PR-TSM	Amazonas, Brazil no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Mar 2025	Cessna 152 RP-C8595	Lingayen, Philippines	-	Fatal	2
20 Aug 2024	Cessna 152 VT-TAJ	Jamshedpur, India no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Jun 2022	Cessna 152 N934JH	Mendon, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Jun 2022	Cessna 152 SP-AKW	Klobuck, Poland no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Jun 2021	Cessna 152 N25513	St. Augustine, Florida, United States	Florida Flyers	Fatal	2
8 Jun 2020	Cessna 152 VT-ENF	Bhubaneswar, India no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
5 Oct 2015	Cessna 152 N6449M	Cedar City, Utah, United States	Upper Limit Aviation	Fatal	2
19 Nov 2014	Cessna 152 VT-EUE	Indore, India, India no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
18 Nov 2013	Cessna 152 N555UF	Spring, Texas, United States	United Flight Systems	Fatal	2
26 Jun 2012	Cessna 152 CS-AUR	Cascais, Portugal	Leávia	Fatal	2
8 Jan 2012	Cessna 152 F-GLPO	Moisselles, France no coordinates	Aero-Club Les Ailerons d'Enghien-Moisselles	Fatal	2
17 Aug 2011	Cessna 152 HK2597G	Finca Arrayanes, Colombia	Academia de Pilotos de Aviacion	Fatal	2
9 Jun 2011	Cessna 152 N48869	Vero Beach, Florida, United States	Space Coast Aviation	Fatal	2
16 Aug 2009	Cessna 152 N67361	Hesperia, California, United States	M Y Air	Fatal	2
8 Jun 2006	Cessna 152 N627PA	Peoria, Arizona, United States	Pan Am International Flight Academy	Fatal	2
9 Dec 2005	Cessna 152 OO-ACS	Clinge, Netherlands no coordinates	Aeroclub Sanicole	Fatal	2
11 Sep 2005	Cessna 152 N6565L	Lakewood, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 2005	Cessna 152 XB-CHO	Guadalajara, Mexico no coordinates	Provuelo de Aviacion	Fatal	2
11 Apr 2005	Cessna 152 N24779	Williamsburg, Ohio, United States	Sporty's Academy	Fatal	2
22 Mar 2002	Cessna 152 HR-AHU	Tegucigalpa, Honduras no coordinates	Aero Club de Honduras	Fatal	2
6 Feb 2001	Cessna 152 N114SS	Platter, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Nov 2000	Cessna 152 N53301	Corvallis, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Oct 2000	Cessna 152 N24961	Alpine, California, United States	Anglo American Aviation	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2000	Cessna 152 N5357M	Navasota, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 May 2000	Cessna 152 N5538M	Palm Springs, California, United States no coordinates	The FLT School At Palm Springs	Fatal	2
25 May 2000	Cessna 152 N45973	Noble, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Apr 2000	Cessna 152 N67435	Austin, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1999	Cessna 152 N5169B	Ventura, California, United States	Eric S. Rhoads	Fatal	2
28 May 1999	Cessna 152 N714UZ	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Apr 1999	Cessna 152 N4611B	Superior, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Dec 1997	Cessna 152 N22LU	Spring City, Pennsylvania, United States	Fare Share Ltd	Fatal	2
15 Jun 1997	Cessna 152 N93908	Edgewater, Maryland, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 1997	Cessna 152 N49205	Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 Jan 1997	Cessna 152 N5366B	Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States	Crabtree Aircraft Co., Inc.	Fatal	2
27 Jun 1996	Cessna 152 N95396	Talladega, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Jun 1996	Cessna 152 N6198P	Carmel, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 May 1996	Cessna 152 N68610	Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2