Cessna A188 accidents

The NTSB database holds 164 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna A188, recorded between 1966 to 2025. 28 of them were fatal (17%), and 27 people died.

The deadliest year was 2017, with 3 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (56 records).

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

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

164

Records

Fatal

Deaths

17%

Share fatal

1966 to 2025

Period

Show these on the map 47 of 164 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 24

1970s 75

1980s 16

1990s 7

2000s 6

2010s 19

2020s 17

Where these happened

United States 141 Colombia 8 Brazil 6 Dominican Republic 5 Uruguay 1 Ecuador 1

Operators involved

Bettencourt FL 3 Sunniland Airc 2 Sellers-Yakima 2 Jack R. Mayo 2 Amdco 2 Maize Flying S 2

All 164 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
9 Aug 1969	Cessna A188 N3564Q	Maize, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Maize Flying S	No injuries	-
6 Jun 1969	Cessna A188 N8083V	Calipatria, California, United States no coordinates	Wally Pankratz	No injuries	-
5 Jun 1969	Cessna A188 N3560Q	Vinton, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Bill Rogers FL	Serious injuries	-
8 May 1969	Cessna A188 N9851V	Laredo, Texas, United States no coordinates	International	Minor injuries	-
6 Sep 1968	Cessna A188 N8112V	Sun City, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Marsh Aviation	No injuries	-
29 Aug 1968	Cessna A188 N8019V	Sunnyside, Washington, United States no coordinates	Fruit Bowl AVI	No injuries	-
16 Aug 1968	Cessna A188 N8090V	Aurora, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Kenneth Willia	No injuries	-
11 Aug 1968	Cessna A188 N8081V	Scott City, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Lester C.bush	No injuries	-
3 Aug 1968	Cessna A188 N8148V	Texline, Texas, United States no coordinates	Kimball Fling	Serious injuries	-
26 Jun 1968	Cessna A188 N9771V	Adrian, Oregon, United States no coordinates	RON Zerbel Fly	Fatal	-
6 Jan 1968	Cessna A188 N9734V	Central Pont, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Aero AG Inc	No injuries	-
5 Jan 1968	Cessna A188 N9749V	Westmorelnd, California, United States no coordinates	Farm Air Servi	No injuries	-
8 Oct 1967	Cessna A188 N8003V	Madera, California, United States no coordinates	West Coast Fly	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1966	Cessna A188 N5504S	New Platz Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Cessna Aircraf	No injuries	-