Piper PA-23 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,716 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-23, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 449 of them were fatal (26%), and 1,036 people died.

The deadliest year was 1976, with 63 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (556 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Bahamas and Other-Foreign Countries.

1,330 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,716

Records

449

Fatal

1,036

Deaths

26%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 386 of 1,716 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 509

1970s 610

1980s 273

1990s 178

2000s 95

2010s 30

2020s 21

Where these happened

United States 1,591 Bahamas 26 Other-Foreign Countries 15 Mexico 11 Unknown/Not Reported 10 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 8

Operators involved

Lease-A-Plane 4 New Haven Airw 4 Aviation Servi 3 Air Taxi Co. * 3 Safair Flying 3 International 3

All 1,716 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Jun 1992	Piper PA-23-250 N59LD	St. Thomas no coordinates	Caribbean Air Carrier, Inc.	Fatal	4
17 Apr 1992	Piper PA-23-250 N62774	Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States	Basco Flying Service, Inc.	Fatal	4
20 May 1985	Piper PA-23-250 CFCTC	Blyn, Washington, United States no coordinates	Loren Gowing	Fatal	4
18 Dec 1984	Piper PA-23-250 N6099Y	Bainbridge, New York, United States	Susquehanna Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	4
16 Oct 1984	Piper PA-23-170 N1094P	Seguin, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	4
25 Nov 1983	Piper PA-23 N215EC	Comfort, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	4
27 Aug 1980	Piper PA-23 N44EM	East Tawas, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Mediclinic Inc	Fatal	4
20 Apr 1980	Piper PA-23 N63780	Solvang, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
21 Dec 1979	Piper PA-23 N1435P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Caribbean Avia	Fatal	4
3 Feb 1979	Piper PA-23 N1330P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
20 Nov 1978	Piper PA-23 N54615	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Birds of Parad	Fatal	4
4 Jul 1977	Piper PA-23 N4338P	Freesoil, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 May 1977	Piper PA-23 N2175P	Ashland, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
28 Nov 1976	Piper PA-23 N4423P	Lexington, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 Oct 1976	Piper PA-23 N1434P	College Sta, Texas, United States no coordinates	Garden Guides	Fatal	4
20 Mar 1976	Piper PA-23 N3080P	Lusk, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
6 Jan 1976	Piper PA-23 N5258Y	Grants, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Orlando Airway	Fatal	4
19 Oct 1975	Piper PA-23 N4770P	Penasco, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	P & B GAS Co.	Fatal	4
8 Mar 1975	Piper PA-23 N4340P	Fulton, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 Oct 1974	Piper PA-23 N501EE	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	Aviation Natio	Fatal	4
3 Jun 1974	Piper PA-23 N54074	Toledo, Washington, United States no coordinates	Colmac Industr	Fatal	4
2 Apr 1974	Piper PA-23 N4623P	Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
21 Jul 1973	Piper PA-23 N3249P	Ona, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
3 Apr 1973	Piper PA-23 N40233	Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Sundorph Aeron	Fatal	4
25 Nov 1972	Piper PA-23 N5908Y	Jacksonville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Morley Drugs I	Fatal	4
30 Jul 1972	Piper PA-23 N5449Y	Ogden, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
23 Feb 1972	Piper PA-23 N1149P	Redding, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
17 Nov 1971	Piper PA-23 N1156P	Grants Pass, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
18 Sep 1971	Piper PA-23 CF-KKM	Mainesburg, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	St.catharines	Fatal	4
19 Feb 1971	Piper PA-23 N4971C	Athens, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
19 Dec 1969	Piper PA-23 N4723P	Norwood, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	JIM Hankins AI	Fatal	4
27 Nov 1969	Piper PA-23 N4408P	Inagua, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
4 Jan 1969	Piper PA-23 N129N	Melbourne, Florida, United States no coordinates	Air Florida In	Fatal	4
7 Nov 1968	Piper PA-23 N4946P	Churchville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
7 Jul 1968	Piper PA-23 N5694Y	Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Red Aircraft S	Fatal	4
14 May 1968	Piper PA-23 N4307Y	Pellston, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Phillips Flyin	Fatal	4
23 Nov 1966	Piper PA-23 N4562P	Lewisburg Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
31 Jul 1966	Piper PA-23 N4941P	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
27 Jun 1966	Piper PA-23 N5775Y	Ashland Ala, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Lackey Aero Co	Fatal	4
8 May 1966	Piper PA-23 N5823Y	Indian Head Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
13 Mar 1965	Piper PA-23 N615F	Tomball Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
8 Feb 1964	Piper PA-23 N2157P	Freeport Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
17 Oct 2025	Piper PA-23-250 N2345R	Condon, Montana, United States	Blue Wave Air LLC	Fatal	3
12 Jun 2015	Piper PA-23-250 C-FXPS	Kangirsuk, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
1 Nov 2013	Piper PA 23-250 N6068Y	Caledonia, Minnesota, United States	Garlam Aviation Co	Fatal	3
13 Oct 2012	Piper PA-23-250 N5553Y	Charlotte Amalie, United States	Rainbow International Airlines	Fatal	3
21 Apr 2012	Piper PA-23-250 TG-VCH	Guatemala City, Guatemala no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
8 Aug 2011	Piper PA-23 N2286P	Millersburg, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	3
17 Jun 2010	Piper PA-23 N7SE	Rochester, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	3
20 Jun 2005	Piper PA-23 N6886Y	Ft Pierce, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	3