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 Elmendorf Aero Club 4

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Jul 1995	Cessna 152 N6463B	Rhome, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Jun 1995	Cessna 152 N4963H	Ben Wheeler, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 May 1995	Cessna 152 N855DA	Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 1995	Cessna 152 N25900	Missing no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Nov 1994	Cessna 152 N24834	Dresden, Tennessee, United States	Hazlett, David A.	Fatal	2
20 Jun 1994	Cessna 152 N761GZ	Half Moon Bay, California, United States	West Valley Flying Club	Fatal	2
18 Nov 1993	Cessna 152 N45968	Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Nov 1993	Cessna 152 N47456	Walkersville, Maryland, United States	Control Aero Corporation	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1993	Cessna 152 N4674L	Van Horn, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Jun 1993	Cessna 152 N67571	Miami, Florida, United States	Silver Express Co. Inc.	Fatal	2
22 Dec 1991	Cessna 152 N69028	Ventura, California, United States	Channel Islands Aviation	Fatal	2
2 Aug 1991	Cessna 152 N6494Q	New Paltz, New York, United States	Richmor Aviation Inc.	Fatal	2
25 Feb 1991	Cessna 152 N25938	La Belle, Florida, United States	Tamiami Aircraft Serv., Inc.	Fatal	2
8 Oct 1990	Cessna 152 N4708M	Griswold, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Spence, David A.	Fatal	2
14 Sep 1990	Cessna 152 N95644	Plain City, Ohio, United States	Aero Squadron Flying Club	Fatal	2
28 Aug 1990	Cessna 152 N24894	Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Mike Bello	Fatal	2
24 Jan 1990	Cessna 152 N4802B	Missing, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Sep 1989	Cessna 152 N6422M	Lancaster, California, United States	West Coast Air Center	Fatal	2
21 Sep 1989	Cessna 152 N47009	Ochopee, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Sep 1989	Cessna 152 N25799	Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Jun 1989	Cessna 152 N24795	Fort Worth, Texas, United States	Acme School of Aeronautics	Fatal	2
6 May 1989	Cessna 152 N6301M	Port San Luis, California, United States	Cal-Coast Flyers, Inc.	Fatal	2
6 Mar 1989	Cessna 152 N47115	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	Pelican Airways, Inc.	Fatal	2
13 Nov 1988	Cessna 152 N69175	Arcadia, Florida, United States no coordinates	Crest One Flight Academy	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1988	Cessna 152 N5462B	Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Oct 1988	Cessna 152 N48926	Eden, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Aug 1988	Cessna 152 N5351M	Bushland, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 May 1988	Cessna 152 N25934	Heber City, Utah, United States	Hudson General	Fatal	2
13 Feb 1988	Cessna 152 N757NM	Seneca, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Heliservices, Inc.	Fatal	2
2 Jan 1988	Cessna 152 N5364M	Ravenna, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 Nov 1987	Cessna 152 N757ER	Warrenton, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Dulles Air Service	Fatal	2
19 Nov 1987	Cessna 152 N89741	Okeelanta, Florida, United States	Jet Center Rental Service, Inc	Fatal	2
16 Nov 1987	Cessna 152 N5478L	Bakersfield, California, United States	Southwest Air Charter	Fatal	2
12 Sep 1987	Cessna 152 N25223	Boxborough, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1987	Cessna 152 N67751	Marion, Iowa, United States	P & N Flight School	Fatal	2
22 Feb 1987	Cessna 152C N757BQ	Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, United States	Nittany Aero Club, Inc.	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1986	Cessna 152 N49083	Woodville, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Oct 1986	Cessna 152 II N5083L	Pembroke, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Oct 1986	Cessna 152 N48925	Lumberton, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1986	Cessna 152II N4865L	Clewiston, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Jul 1986	Cessna 152 N5121P	Pierce, Colorado, United States	The Pilot Center	Fatal	2
21 Jun 1986	Cessna 152 N4873H	Marysville, California, United States	Sun Runner Air	Fatal	2
20 May 1986	Cessna 152 N6161M	Mead, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Feb 1986	Cessna 152 N93567	Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States	Wilkes Aviation Center, Inc.	Fatal	2
2 Feb 1986	Cessna 152 N46193	Berthoud, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Jan 1986	Cessna 152 N25277	Lexington, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Nov 1985	Cessna 152 N93527	Arcadia, Louisiana, United States	Louisiana Tech University	Fatal	2
8 Jul 1985	Cessna 152 N5204P	Marana, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Arva Valley Aviation	Fatal	2
1 Jun 1985	Cessna 152 N6426B	Albert, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Apr 1985	Cessna 152 N69118	Sunland, California, United States	Pilot's Co-Op	Fatal	2