Piper PA-24 accidents

The NTSB database holds 2,700 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-24, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 501 of them were fatal (19%), and 1,093 people died.

The deadliest year was 1966, with 81 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,133 records).

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

2,065 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

2,700

Records

501

Fatal

1,093

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 635 of 2,700 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 993

1970s 890

1980s 331

1990s 219

2000s 135

2010s 74

2020s 58

Where these happened

United States 2,629 Mexico 32 Canada 12 Unknown/Not Reported 12 Other-Foreign Countries 5 Guatemala 2

Operators involved

National Aviat 9 Wes-Tex Aircra 5 Southwest Air 4 Midwest Piper 4 Phoenix Flyers 4 Catlin Aviatio 4

All 2,700 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Oct 1972	Piper PA-24 N9111P	Goldthwaite, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	7
10 Apr 2018	Piper PA 24-260 N9456P	Scottsdale, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	6
3 Sep 1969	Piper PA-24 N9304P	Blythe, California, United States no coordinates	Anderson Aviat	Fatal	6
15 Jun 1966	Piper PA-24 N8929P	Alexis Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	St Louis Flyin	Fatal	6
15 Feb 1997	Piper PA-24-250 N6433P	Farmington, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	5
31 Mar 1986	Piper PA-24-180 N6599P	Somers, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
17 Jul 1976	Piper PA-24 N7267P	Rockford, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Vinces Flying	Fatal	5
17 Dec 1972	Piper PA-24 N5774P	Malad City, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
4 Jul 1971	Piper PA-24 N9120P	Philo, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
5 Jun 1971	Piper PA-24 N5462P	Calgary, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
28 Dec 1970	Piper PA-24 N6664P	Sacaton, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
27 Nov 1969	Piper PA-24 N8960P	Bellevue, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
1 Jan 1969	Piper PA-24 N8568P	Lodi, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
30 Dec 1968	Piper PA-24 N7702P	Oakdale, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
27 Aug 1967	Piper PA-24 N9066P	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
26 Mar 1964	Piper PA-24 N8206P	Alliance Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
16 May 2015	Piper PA 24-260 N9032P	Spring Branch, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	4
18 Dec 2006	Piper PA-24-260 N9073P	Bucyrus, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	4
17 Jun 2004	Piper PA-24-180 N6698P	Great Bend, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	4
30 Jun 2002	Piper PA-24-260 N8681P	Gorman, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	4
3 Dec 2001	Piper PA-24-250 N6946P	El Dorado, California, United States	Scott E. Mills	Fatal	4
10 Jul 2000	Piper PA-24-260 N8804P	Chilko Lake, Canada no coordinates	Gildow, William E.	Fatal	4
20 Nov 1999	Piper PA-24-260 N8825P	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	4
8 May 1999	Piper PA-24-180 N5900P	Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	4
20 Aug 1996	Piper PA-24-180 N7635P	Whitefield, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
17 Apr 1994	Piper PA-24-180 N6331P	Nogales, Arizona, United States	Robert D. Adams	Fatal	4
26 Sep 1993	Piper PA-24-250 N5586P	Boone, North Carolina, United States	Coon, Gerald L.	Fatal	4
9 Jul 1992	Piper PA-24-260 N9323P	Woods Cross, Utah, United States	Helmut Fischer	Fatal	4
23 Sep 1990	Piper PA-24-260 N8664P	Eliot, Maine, United States no coordinates	Norfolk Navy Flying Club	Fatal	4
18 Mar 1987	Piper PA-24-250 N5393P	Jamestown, California, United States	-	Fatal	4
22 Oct 1986	Piper PA-24-250 N8271P	Crosby, North Dakota, United States	-	Fatal	4
16 Mar 1984	Piper PA-24-180 N6177P	Springdale, Arkansas, United States	Brian David Lowe	Fatal	4
12 Aug 1983	Piper PA-24-180 N7554P	Pomona, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
23 Jul 1981	Piper PA-24 N5472P	Center Grove, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
14 Dec 1980	Piper PA-24 N8647P	Newport News, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
29 Sep 1980	Piper PA-24 N7839P	Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
20 Apr 1980	Piper PA-24 N6674P	Ngrapevine, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
11 Dec 1979	Piper PA-24 N6171P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
11 Dec 1979	Piper PA-24 N6171P	White Pass, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
20 Feb 1979	Piper PA-24 N6055P	Dallas, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
20 Dec 1978	Piper PA-24 N5734P	Springerville, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
16 Nov 1978	Piper PA-24 N6147P	Bowie, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
30 Oct 1977	Piper PA-24 N8445P	Francesville, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
11 Jun 1977	Piper PA-24 N6349P	Grafton, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
27 May 1977	Piper PA-24 N9326P	Evansville, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
15 Sep 1976	Piper PA-24 N7614P	Trinity Center, California, United States no coordinates	Snoopies Flyer	Fatal	4
26 May 1976	Piper PA-24 N6009P	Chula Vista, California, United States no coordinates	Mustang AVN In	Fatal	4
26 Dec 1975	Piper PA-24 N7288P	Palmer, Washington, United States no coordinates	Umiak, Inc	Fatal	4
3 Dec 1974	Piper PA-24 N9256P	S.luis Obsp, California, United States no coordinates	TOM Peck Aviat	Fatal	4
1 Sep 1974	Piper PA-24 N8363P	Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4