Cessna 170 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,985 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 170, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 182 of them were fatal (9%), and 362 people died.

The deadliest year was 1964, with 30 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (656 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Mexico.

1,320 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,985

Records

182

Fatal

362

Deaths

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 665 of 1,985 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 608

1970s 579

1980s 263

1990s 187

2000s 143

2010s 123

2020s 82

Where these happened

United States 1,956 Canada 8 Mexico 6 Unknown/Not Reported 5 Other-Foreign Countries 3 Brazil 3

Operators involved

Cokato Flying 3 Air Knocker el 2 Olson Air Serv 2 Arctic Circle 2 Flying Country 2 Chippewa Aero 2

All 1,985 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Apr 1966	Cessna 170B N2900D	Dayton Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Jan 1965	Cessna 170B N4318B	Z, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Othello Flyers	Fatal	2
27 Dec 2025	Cessna 170 PT-AGB	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Jan 2021	Cessna 170A N9114A	Port Angeles, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
28 Nov 2014	Cessna 170B N3292A	Alzada, Montana, United States	Kovarik Peter M	Fatal	1
6 Sep 2013	Cessna 170B N170BN	Glennallen, Alaska, United States	Zobel Michael S	Fatal	1
21 Nov 2008	Cessna 170B N8387N	Hanna, Utah, United States	Craig T Weaver	Fatal	1
27 Feb 2008	Cessna 170B N8458D	Tyonek, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	1
4 May 2007	Cessna 170 N4217V	Wasilla, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	1
21 Sep 2005	Cessna 170A N9527A	Ione, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
1 May 2005	Cessna 170B N6352Y	Portland, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	1
17 May 2004	Cessna 170B N3510D	Tenino, Washington, United States	Ghyrn E. Loveness	Fatal	1
17 May 2002	Cessna 170A N1211D	Casper, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	1
20 Jun 2001	Cessna 170B C-GKGG	Uxbridge, Canada no coordinates	Myles Tunney	Fatal	1
11 Feb 1999	Cessna 170A N1460D	Leominster, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1998	Cessna 170A N4709Q	Lagrangeville, New York, United States	-	Fatal	1
31 Jan 1998	Cessna 170A N1200D	Miami, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	1
2 Oct 1994	Cessna 170B N170CT	Ramona, California, United States	David Miles	Fatal	1
28 Jan 1992	Cessna 170B N39HP	Austin, Nevada, United States	Howard L. Prescott	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1991	Cessna 170B N4693C	Curtis, Washington, United States	Kirkendall, Curtis	Fatal	1
25 Nov 1990	Cessna 170 N4030V	40 W of Clear, Alaska, United States	Theodore F. Monroe	Fatal	1
3 Jun 1990	Cessna 170A N3944V	Dillon, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	1
22 Dec 1987	Cessna 170A N5571C	Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Sep 1987	Cessna 170B N3541D	Cedar City, Utah, United States	Kyle W. Rice	Fatal	1
9 Dec 1986	Cessna 170B N2464D	Madison, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	1
19 Oct 1985	Cessna 170A N9271A	Murphysboro, Illinois, United States	Paul E. van Houten	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1985	Cessna 170A N1223D	Olney, Illinois, United States	Mertine.kuykendall	Fatal	1
26 Apr 1984	Cessna 170B N3112A	Turner, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 May 1983	Cessna 170B N3038A	Iraan, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
2 Sep 1982	Cessna 170B N3247A	Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Franklin A. Buchanan JR.	Fatal	1
6 Jun 1982	Cessna 170B N8187A	Tama, Iowa, United States	Tama Airways, Inc.	Fatal	1
15 Nov 1981	Cessna 170B N3502C	Onamia, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Oct 1981	Cessna 170B N4640C	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 May 1981	Cessna 170A N1305D	Homeland, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Apr 1981	Cessna 170B N2318D	Steamboat, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Cessna 170 N3423C	Horsebranch, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jul 1978	Cessna 170A N1780D	Billings, Montana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Jul 1978	Cessna 170B N2763C	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Jul 1976	Cessna 170B N3552C	Council, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Olson Air Serv	Fatal	1
6 Jun 1976	Cessna 170 N228F	Talkeetna, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Sep 1975	Cessna 170 N4161V	Bronson, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Aug 1975	Cessna 170B N8060A	Indian Lake, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Aug 1975	Cessna 170B N3468C	Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Mar 1975	Cessna 170 N4082V	Byrdstown, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Dec 1974	Cessna 170B N3237A	Santa Cruz, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Jul 1973	Cessna 170A N9745A	Superior, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Jun 1973	Cessna 170B N8318A	Waterford, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Jan 1973	Cessna 170B N3181F	Headquarters, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Sep 1972	Cessna 170A N1253D	Midwest, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 May 1972	Cessna 170A N9941A	Biggs, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1