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
3 Mar 1985	Cessna 152 N103ES	Modesto, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Jan 1985	Cessna 152 N89782	Ashdown, Arkansas, United States	Aero Dynamics	Fatal	2
16 Dec 1984	Cessna 152 N95337	Petaluma, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Dec 1984	Cessna 152 N49806	Rosamond, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Oct 1984	Cessna 152 N4877H	Monroe, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Jun 1984	Cessna 152 N6473P	Minco, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Jun 1984	Cessna 152 N5335M	Rosamond, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 May 1984	Cessna 152 N5157B	Half Moon Bay, California, United States	Skyway Aviation Inc	Fatal	2
20 Feb 1984	Cessna 152 N89182	Franktown, Colorado, United States	Aspen Air Flying Club	Fatal	2
17 Feb 1984	Cessna 152 N5408M	Cooper City, Florida, United States	Eben Air Inc.	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1983	Cessna 152 II N5528L	Decatur, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Sep 1983	Cessna 152 N4975A	Anoka, Minnesota, United States	Crystal Skyways	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1983	Cessna 152 N46832	Neligh, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 May 1983	Cessna 152 N5112Q	Hamilton, Montana, United States	Hamilton Aviation	Fatal	2
23 Jan 1983	Cessna 152 N25061	Castaic, California, United States no coordinates	Richard E Carr	Fatal	2
6 Jan 1983	Cessna 152 N89225	La Belle, Florida, United States	Mark Wayne Brown	Fatal	2
29 Nov 1982	Cessna 152 N67707	Ramona, California, United States	Golden State Aviation	Fatal	2
28 Jul 1982	Cessna 152 N5090Q	Morgan Hill, California, United States	Business Aircraft Center, Inc.	Fatal	2
5 Jul 1982	Cessna 152 N4698L	Morenci, Michigan, United States	Toledo Flight Service, Inc.	Fatal	2
29 Apr 1982	Cessna 152 N48732	Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States	Kenosha Aero Inc.	Fatal	2
18 Jul 1981	Cessna 152 N761FF	E Liverpool, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Cessna Aircraf	Fatal	2
1 May 1981	Cessna 152 N68256	Jones, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	OKC Flight, Inc	Fatal	2
7 Mar 1981	Cessna 152 N24809	Newark, California, United States no coordinates	Stanford Flyin	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1980	Cessna 152 N4755H	Cedar Key, Florida, United States no coordinates	Dewkat Aviatio	Fatal	2
27 Sep 1980	Cessna 152 N67308	San Fernando, California, United States no coordinates	Shortfld Flyng	Fatal	2
20 Apr 1980	Cessna 152 N89807	Flushing, New York, United States no coordinates	Sunrise AVN	Fatal	2
26 Mar 1980	Cessna 152 N4896H	Apison, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Collegedale AE	Fatal	2
18 Feb 1980	Cessna 152 N25488	Vale, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Cannon Aviatio	Fatal	2
27 Nov 1979	Cessna 152 N48835	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Northland Auia	Fatal	2
17 Nov 1979	Cessna 152 N7611B	Lillian, Texas, United States no coordinates	Cathron Aviati	Fatal	2
13 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N49216	Ojai, California, United States no coordinates	SAC Hero	Fatal	2
1 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N4739B	Gainesville, Texas, United States no coordinates	Gainesville AI	Fatal	2
26 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N48740	San Marcos, California, United States no coordinates	Newport Air AS	Fatal	2
21 May 1979	Cessna 152 N25356	Greenville, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
18 Apr 1979	Cessna 152 N67451	Stormville, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 Dec 1978	Cessna 152 N25819	Husser, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Aviation Inc	Fatal	2
7 Oct 1978	Cessna 152 N67408	Scottsdale, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Venture AVN	Fatal	2
3 Sep 1978	Cessna 152 N757VU	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Wilbur's Fligh	Fatal	2
29 Apr 1978	Cessna 152 N714YS	Augusta, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1978	Cessna 152 N24257	Chatsworth, California, United States no coordinates	King Aviation	Fatal	2
8 Apr 1978	Cessna 152 N7147Z	Chehalis, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 Apr 1978	Cessna 152 N714TZ	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	McMinnville AV	Fatal	2
31 Dec 1977	Cessna 152 N24945	Ojai, California, United States no coordinates	Wells Aviation	Fatal	2
29 Dec 1977	Cessna 152 N714ZQ	Teague, Texas, United States no coordinates	Stewart Flying	Fatal	2
14 Jul 2026	Cessna 152 D-EJCP	Mengeringhausen, Germany no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Jun 2026	Cessna 152 I-CNTR	Valbrembo, Italy	Cantor Air	Fatal	1
1 Aug 2025	Cessna 152 N6125B	Hornell, New York, United States	BV Road and Site LLC	Fatal	1
8 Mar 2025	Cessna 152 5Y-BYQ	Voi, Kenya no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Aug 2024	Cessna 152 LV-OJF	Santa Fe, Argentina no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 Mar 2024	Cessna 152 HK2328	Tolima, Colombia no coordinates	-	Fatal	1