Cessna 404 accidents

The NTSB database holds 55 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 404, recorded between 1977 to 2024. 20 of them were fatal (36%), and 59 people died.

The deadliest year was 1999, with 20 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (6 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Australia and Peru.

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

36%

Share fatal

1977 to 2024

Period

Show these on the map 27 of 55 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 5

1980s 25

1990s 13

2000s 7

2010s 2

2020s 3

Where these happened

United States 46 Australia 2 Peru 1 Haiti 1 Mexico 1 Japan 1

Operators involved

Key Lime Air Corporation 2 Policia de Puerto Rico 1 Fariday Indust 1 Sunbird Airlines 1 Northern Air Service 1 Northern Air, Ltd. 1

All 55 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Sep 1999	Cessna 404 5HNAT	Arusha, Tanzania no coordinates	Northern Air, Ltd.	Fatal	12
3 Sep 1999	Cessna 404 GILGW	Linwood, United Kingdom no coordinates	Airtours, Inc.	Fatal	8
21 Jul 1980	Cessna 404 N2683S	Tusayan, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Scenic Airline	Fatal	8
11 Mar 2020	Cessna 404 VH-OZO	Lockhart River, Australia	-	Fatal	5
25 Jan 2000	Cessna 404 CAA91	Guadalajara, Mexico no coordinates	Procuraduria General Republica	Fatal	5
3 Oct 2024	Cessna 404 N404EC	Les Cayes, Haiti no coordinates	Sarah Express Airways LLC	Fatal	3
18 Oct 1996	Cessna 404 CFYUQ	Bolognesi, Peru no coordinates	Aerodat, Inc.	Fatal	3
15 Nov 2007	Cessna 404	Nakatsugawa, Japan	Showa Aviation Company	Fatal	2
30 Jul 1980	Cessna 404 N37097	Ft White, Florida, United States no coordinates	First Interame	Fatal	2
30 Dec 2014	Cessna 404 N404MG	Englewood, Colorado, United States	Key Lime Air Corporation	Fatal	1
11 Aug 2003	Cessna 404 VH-ANV	Jandakot, Australia	Fugro Spatial Solutions PTY LTD	Fatal	1
13 May 2001	Cessna 404 N404BA	Pena Pobre, United States	City Wings Inc	Fatal	1
11 Sep 1985	Cessna 404 N128SP	Hayesville, North Carolina, United States	Opex, Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	1
16 Aug 1985	Cessna 404 N404EX	South Lyon, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	1
27 Dec 1982	Cessna 404 N5301J	Aspen, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Gregory Murnane Murnane Aviati	Fatal	1
30 Jun 1981	Cessna 404 N6810N	Belton, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Cessna Aircraf	Fatal	1
30 Oct 1980	Cessna 404 N37093	Gowers Corner, Florida, United States no coordinates	Cosmopolitan B	Fatal	1
27 Apr 1980	Cessna 404 N5237J	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Fariday Indust	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Cessna 404 N88696	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Ambergate, Ltd	Fatal	1
22 Dec 1977	Cessna 404 N404SA	Buffalo, New York, United States no coordinates	Skyline Avaiti	Fatal	1
18 Sep 2021	Cessna 404 N5409G	Sheridan, Wyoming, United States	Richland Aviation Inc	No injuries	-
7 Apr 2010	Cessna 404 N6035	Ponce, United States	Policia de Puerto Rico	No injuries	-
6 Jun 2009	Cessna 404 N37127	Englewood, Colorado, United States	Key Lime Air Corporation	No injuries	-
26 Dec 2002	Cessna 404 V5-WAA	Windhoek, Namibia no coordinates	Westair Aviation	No injuries	-
15 Apr 2000	Cessna 404 N26SA	Lansing, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Aug 1996	Cessna 404 N8919G	Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
10 Aug 1995	Cessna 404 N461MC	Raiford, Florida, United States	-	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1995	Cessna 404 N36998	Alamosa, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1993	Cessna 404 N8919G	Big Rapids, Michigan, United States	Superior Aviation	No injuries	-
12 Jul 1993	Cessna 404 N37167	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Bowman Aviation	No injuries	-
27 Nov 1992	Cessna 404 N5429J	Tucson, Arizona, United States	U. S. Customs Service	No injuries	-
13 Nov 1990	Cessna 404 N54SA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Superior Aviation Inc	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1990	Cessna 404 N6239G	San Angelo, Texas, United States no coordinates	U.s. Customs	Minor injuries	-
13 Feb 1990	Cessna 404 N409EX	Englewood, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Jan 1990	Cessna 404 N335GP	Boca Raton, Florida, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Jun 1988	Cessna 404 N8827K	Denver, Colorado, United States	Air Today, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Jun 1986	Cessna 404 N4450M	St Marys, Alaska, United States	Stan Herman	No injuries	-
1 May 1986	Cessna 404 N313R	Marquette, Michigan, United States	Northern Air Service	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1986	Cessna 404 N408EX	Mc Rae, Georgia, United States	-	No injuries	-
29 Nov 1985	Cessna 404 II N167SA	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
28 Aug 1985	Cessna 404 N255CS	Huntington, West Virginia, United States	Acme Flight Service, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 May 1985	Cessna 404 N68103	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
8 Jan 1985	Cessna 404 N2681B	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	Regional Express Co	No injuries	-
20 Jun 1984	Cessna 404 N5340J	San Francisco, California, United States	Sierra Express Inc	No injuries	-
2 Feb 1984	Cessna 404 N402EX	Covington, Kentucky, United States	Viking Express, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 May 1982	Cessna 404 N88694	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	Sunbird Airlines	No injuries	-
19 Feb 1982	Cessna 404 N6761H	Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Priester Aviation Service	No injuries	-
11 Aug 1981	Cessna 404 N2684L	St Simons Is, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Batcom Leasing	No injuries	-
20 Apr 1981	Cessna 404 N5375C	Burbank, California, United States no coordinates	Zonic Airlines	Serious injuries	-
25 Apr 1980	Cessna 404 N3994C	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-