Cessna 402 accidents

The NTSB database holds 489 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 402, recorded between 1967 to 2026. 110 of them were fatal (22%), and 349 people died.

The deadliest year was 1973, with 24 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (67 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Bahamas and Colombia.

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

489

Records

110

Fatal

349

Deaths

22%

Share fatal

1967 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 237 of 489 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 21

1970s 110

1980s 135

1990s 103

2000s 64

2010s 32

2020s 24

Where these happened

United States 416 Bahamas 23 Colombia 5 Mexico 5 Congo 3 Dominica 2

Operators involved

Hyannis Air Service, Inc. 10 Air Sunshine, Inc. 7 Scenic Airline 4 Gull Air, Inc. 3 Provincetown-Boston Airlines 3 Hyannis Air Service 3

All 489 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
23 Aug 1998	Cessna 402C N2748J	Melville Hall, Dominica no coordinates	Air Anguilla, Inc	Fatal	11
10 Jul 2026	Cessna 402C C6-FLX	Nicholls Town, Bahamas no coordinates	-	Fatal	10
8 Jan 2025	Cessna 402 HK2522	Medellin, Colombia	-	Fatal	10
19 Jun 1992	Cessna 402C N2715X	Meadview, Arizona, United States	Adventure Airlines	Fatal	10
19 Feb 1989	Cessna 402B N69383	Corona, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	10
27 Apr 1978	Cessna 402 N35P	Upola, Samoa no coordinates	South Pacific	Fatal	10
16 Oct 1971	Cessna 402 N3250Q	Colorado Cty, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Scenic Airline	Fatal	10
5 Oct 2010	Cessna 402 C6NLH	Nassau, Bahamas	Lebocruise Air Limited	Fatal	9
25 Aug 2001	Cessna 402B N8097W	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas no coordinates	Blackhawk Intl Airways	Fatal	9
12 Oct 1998	Cessna 402 OYBHE	Sorstukken, Norway no coordinates	TUE Friis Hansen	Fatal	9
13 Sep 2003	Cessna 402B XB-FTA	Tecalitran, Mexico	-	Fatal	8
13 Mar 1996	Cessna 402B P4AVB	Punto Fijo, Venezuela no coordinates	Avia Air	Fatal	8
1 Apr 1991	Cessna 402B N402BL	Ambergrs, Belize no coordinates	Tropic Airlines	Fatal	8
17 Jun 1985	Cessna 402B N100HK	Bailey, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	8
12 Jul 1980	Cessna 402B N90238	Golovin, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Ryan Air, Inc	Fatal	8
29 Sep 1973	Cessna 402B N69307	Utica, Montana, United States no coordinates	Southwestern R	Fatal	8
12 Jul 1979	Cessna 402B N402TH	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Soldotna Air S	Fatal	7
3 Mar 1997	Cessna 402A YV784	Caracas, Venezuela no coordinates	Chapi Air Travel	Fatal	6
31 Mar 1984	Cessna 402B N44NC	Missing Acft, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Associated Air Service	Fatal	6
11 May 1973	Cessna 402B N2985Q	Greenville, Maine, United States no coordinates	Charter Flight	Fatal	6
13 Apr 1973	Cessna 402A N4599Q	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Rusk Aviation	Fatal	6
24 Oct 2008	Cessna 402C ZP-TVA	Asuncion, Paraguay	AsisMed	Fatal	5
17 Aug 2008	Cessna 402C G-EYES	Covington, United Kingdom no coordinates	Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd	Fatal	5
14 Sep 1995	Cessna 402B N69303	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas no coordinates	Bimini Air Charters Inc.	Fatal	5
10 Dec 1994	Cessna 402C N1238K	Elim, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	5
18 Mar 1991	Cessna 402C N5785C	Treasure Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Aero Coach	Fatal	5
22 Jun 1978	Cessna 402 N8283F	Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
27 Mar 1984	Cessna 402C N620AC	Mineral Springs, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 May 1978	Cessna 402B N98720	Trenton, Maine, United States no coordinates	Bar Harbor Air	Fatal	4
5 Mar 1977	Cessna 402 N69378	Stirrup, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Fred Bell Ente	Fatal	4
11 Jun 1976	Cessna 402 N4049Q	Summit Lake, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Alaska Aerona*	Fatal	4
16 Nov 1973	Cessna 402B N50YL	W Stockbrdge, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Princeton Amer	Fatal	4
18 Mar 1970	Cessna 402 N3218Q	Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Suburban Airli	Fatal	4
8 Aug 2015	Cessna 402B HK-4990	Vereda Guarigua Cajica, Colombia	AeroExpress	Fatal	3
17 Oct 2008	Cessna 402 XC-HAQ	Monterrey, Mexico no coordinates	Goberno Del Estado De Baja California	Fatal	3
9 Dec 1998	Cessna 402B N788SP	Pahokee, Florida, United States	Bimini Island Air	Fatal	3
27 Oct 1997	Cessna 402B N69293	Tampa, Florida, United States	Donald A. Clark	Fatal	3
12 Jul 1993	Cessna 402C N818AN	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Air Nevada Airlines	Fatal	3
8 Nov 1992	Cessna 402C N67941	Kiana, Alaska, United States	Baker Aviation Inc.	Fatal	3
16 Aug 1991	Cessna 402B N5855M	Kathleen, Georgia, United States	Hmiel, Gordon D.	Fatal	3
13 Aug 1977	Cessna 402A N4554Q	Yates City, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Brower Airways	Fatal	3
19 Dec 1970	Cessna 402 N4045Q	Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
17 Nov 2015	Cessna 402B HK4981G	Choco, Colombia	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 2012	Cessna 402 I-EJRA	Rome, Italy	Rilievi Aerofotogrammetrici	Fatal	2
13 Jul 2003	Cessna 402C N314AB	Treasure Cay, Bahamas	Air Sunshine, Inc.	Fatal	2
8 Feb 1997	Cessna 402C N318AB	St. Thomas no coordinates	Air Sunshine, Inc.	Fatal	2
5 Dec 1995	Cessna 402A N402RL	Avon Park, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Oct 1993	Cessna 402B N7093L	Congo Town, Congo no coordinates	KMC Ventres	Fatal	2
2 Mar 1993	Cessna 402B N3103P	Oakley, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Feb 1993	Cessna 402B N69402	Geneva, Alabama, United States	Lewis, Geoffrey D.	Fatal	2