Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-31 accidents

The NTSB database holds 680 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-31, recorded between 1967 to 2026. 194 of them were fatal (29%), and 591 people died.

The deadliest year was 1978, with 38 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (108 records).

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

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

680
Records
194
Fatal
591
Deaths
29%
Share fatal
1967 to 2026
Period
Show these on the map 368 of 680 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 21
1970s 155
1980s 203
1990s 131
2000s 104
2010s 45
2020s 21

Where these happened

United States 606 Bahamas 10 Colombia 9 Mexico 7 Australia 6 Canada 5

Operators involved

Frontier Flying Service 4 Ameriflight, Inc. 4 Comair, Inc. 3 Warbelows Air Ventures Inc 3 Ameriflight 3 Key Lime Air 3

All 680 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
7 Feb 1991 Piper PA-31-350
N27818
 Munford, Alabama, United States MacOn Horizons, Inc Fatal 4
2 Feb 1985 Piper PA-31-350
N27522
 Whitefield, New Hampshire, United States
no coordinates
 Ladco, Inc. Fatal 4
31 Dec 1981 Piper PA-31
N41070
 Durango, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Sun West Airli Fatal 4
27 Mar 1981 Piper PA-31
N66856
 Galena, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Galena Air SVC Fatal 4
10 Nov 1980 Piper PA-31
N62987
 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
20 Sep 1979 Piper PA-31
N27614
 Luling, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 Marr Short STP Fatal 4
10 Mar 1979 Piper PA-31
N27530
 Springfield, Vermont, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
20 Oct 1976 Piper PA-31
N61436
 Hampton, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 Skyline Aviati Fatal 4
17 Nov 1971 Piper PA-31
N780JM
 Iuka, Mississippi, United States
no coordinates
 Savannah Aero Fatal 4
30 Nov 2019 Piper PA-31-350
N4087G
 Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States Fly 4 You Inc Fatal 3
29 Nov 2011 Piper PA-31-350
N59773
 Riverwoods, Illinois, United States Trans North Aviation Ltd Fatal 3
28 Apr 2008 Piper PA-31-310
N6463L
 Maiquetia, Venezuela Aircraft Guaranty Holdings & Trust LLC Trustee Fatal 3
8 Jul 2005 Piper PA-31-350
VH-OAO
 Mount Hotham, Australia Russell James Lee Fatal 3
17 Dec 2002 Piper PA-31-325
ZKTZC
 Fielding, New Zealand - Fatal 3
12 Mar 2002 Piper PA-31
N2336V
 Atlanta, Idaho, United States - Fatal 3
15 Aug 2000 Piper PA-31-350
N801MW
 Lumber City, Georgia, United States - Fatal 3
8 Aug 1998 Piper PA-31-T1
N6JM
 Baker, Nevada, United States - Fatal 3
20 Jun 1997 Piper PA 31-310
N266MM
 San Diego, California, United States - Fatal 3
3 Sep 1990 Piper PA-31-325
N59783
 Kaltag, Alaska, United States Frontier Flying Service Fatal 3
20 Feb 1988 Piper PA-31-325
N27400
 Hamilton Twp., New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
 Atlantic City Air Taxi Fatal 3
5 Mar 1984 Piper PA-31
N6629L
 Cumberland, Maryland, United States Cumberland Airlines Fatal 3
31 Oct 1982 Piper PA-31-350
N41045
 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Moore Data Systems, Inc. Fatal 3
19 Apr 1982 Piper PA-31-350
N3580D
 San Antonio, Texas, United States San Jet Inc. Fatal 3
1 May 1981 Piper PA-31
N3544J
 Hammond, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Houston Piper Fatal 3
25 Jul 1980 Piper PA-31
N5MS
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Air Pennsylvan Fatal 3
25 Dec 1978 Piper PA-31
N114TA
 Saranac Lake, New York, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 3
6 May 1977 Piper PA-31
N7439L
 Taplin, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 Cherokee Enter Fatal 3
17 Nov 1976 Piper PA-31
N50BB
 Tallahassee, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 3
19 Aug 1971 Piper PA-31
N595DE
 Augusta, Maine, United States
no coordinates
 Downeast Airl* Fatal 3
5 Feb 1969 Piper PA-31
N440VC
 Jasper, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Visador Co Fatal 3
28 Dec 1967 Piper PA-31
N9040Y
 Muncy, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Pangles Inc Fatal 3
3 Jun 2023 Piper PA-31-325
N4077W
 Tupelo, Mississippi, United States - Fatal 2
12 Jul 2022 Piper PA-31-325
N28DF
 Queretaro, Mexico - Fatal 2
6 Dec 2021 Piper PA-31-350
N64BR
 Medford, Oregon, United States - Fatal 2
1 Aug 2018 Piper PA-31
C-FNCI
 Calgary, Canada
no coordinates
 Aries Aviation Services Corp. Fatal 2
3 Oct 2015 Piper PA-31-325
HK3909G
 Chia, Colombia El Caminante Air S.A. Fatal 2
16 Aug 2014 Piper PA-31
C-GKWE
 Manan, Canada Manan Air Service Fatal 2
3 May 2014 Piper PA-31
C-GSVM
 Santander, Colombia 138883 Canada Inc (Brucelandair Interna Fatal 2
8 Nov 2005 Piper PA-31-350
N27177
 Ankeny, Iowa, United States - Fatal 2
10 Jul 2004 Piper PA-31-350
N45032
 Ticonderoga, New York, United States Capital Airlines Inc Fatal 2
13 Sep 2003 Piper PA-31
XB-BAQ
 Uraba, Colombia - Fatal 2
21 Aug 2003 Piper PA-31
N93DC
 Clearwater, Florida, United States Bruce T. Kendell Fatal 2
24 Sep 2001 Piper PA-31-350
N161RB
 Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States Key Lime Air Fatal 2
5 Jun 2000 Piper PA-31-350
N67BJ
 Kiowa, Colorado, United States Key Lime Air, Inc. Fatal 2
21 Sep 1999 Piper PA-31-350
N27343
 Moreland, Georgia, United States Baltimore Air Transport, Inc. Fatal 2
16 Dec 1998 Piper PA-31-310
YS14C
 Las Mesitas, Honduras
no coordinates
 Transportes Aereos de el Salv. Fatal 2
1 Mar 1998 Piper PA-31-310
N777HM
 Presque Isle, Maine, United States
no coordinates
 Bird Air Fleet Fatal 2
23 Dec 1995 Piper PA-31-350
N27954
 San Jose, California, United States - Fatal 2
18 Aug 1995 Piper PA-31-350
N85115
 Ardoch, North Dakota, United States
no coordinates
 Pietsch Flying Service Fatal 2
24 Jun 1994 Piper PA-31-325
N27872
 Lantana, Florida, United States - Fatal 2