Piper PA-32 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,695 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-32, recorded between 1965 to 2026. 379 of them were fatal (22%), and 1,056 people died.

The deadliest year was 1972, with 48 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (398 records).

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

1,030 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,695

Records

379

Fatal

1,056

Deaths

22%

Share fatal

1965 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 665 of 1,695 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 188

1970s 593

1980s 399

1990s 244

2000s 151

2010s 65

2020s 55

Where these happened

United States 1,606 Mexico 20 Bahamas 8 Other-Foreign Countries 6 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 4 Central America 3

Operators involved

Peninsula Airw 9 Peninsula Airways, Inc. 8 Allen Aviation 5 Piper Aircraft 4 Camai Air 4 Grand Canyon A 4

All 1,695 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Dec 2012	Piper PA-32-301 D-EUEU	Melbach, Germany no coordinates	Not Provided by Authority	Fatal	8
20 Apr 2015	Piper PA-32-300 HI 957	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	-	Fatal	7
26 Dec 1982	Piper PA-32-300 XAHIJ	Animas, New Mexico, United States	Ignacia Valenzuela	Fatal	7
30 Sep 1977	Piper PA-32 N5400F	Cedar Fort, Utah, United States no coordinates	AVN Charters	Fatal	7
27 Apr 1975	Piper PA-32 N294HA	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Merrimac Aviat	Fatal	7
28 Dec 1972	Piper PA-32 N8915N	Kearney, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	300 Co.	Fatal	7
9 Apr 1972	Piper PA-32 N3953W	Fort Payne, Alabama, United States no coordinates	American Air S	Fatal	7
28 Nov 1971	Piper PA-32 N8973N	Wells, Texas, United States no coordinates	Valley Airpark	Fatal	7
26 Jul 1967	Piper PA-32 N3308W	Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Hudgin Air SER	Fatal	7
2 Jul 2021	Piper PA-32-260 N8694N	Leogane, Haiti	-	Fatal	6
29 Apr 2021	Piper PA-32-260 N15349	Monterrey, Mexico	-	Fatal	6
20 Oct 2002	Piper PA-32-301 N4353Y	Paron, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	6
30 Jul 2001	Piper PA-32-300 N39586	Haines, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	6
29 Jul 2001	Piper PA-32-260 N3479W	Puyallup, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	6
7 Jun 1995	Piper PA-32-260 N41481	Gainesville, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	6
6 Aug 1993	Piper PA-32-300 N479KC	Delight, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	6
15 May 1992	Piper PA-32-260 N2259T	Greenville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Marshburn, Thomas E.	Fatal	6
15 Aug 1991	Piper PA-32 N4075W	Gustavus, Alaska, United States	Haines Airways	Fatal	6
5 Jun 1983	Piper PA-32-260 N4724S	Sebastian, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	6
11 Aug 1981	Piper PA-32 N8224Q	Skagway, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Skagway Air SE	Fatal	6
1 Jul 1981	Piper PA-32 N54383	Easton, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
28 Feb 1981	Piper PA-32 N4243T	Escalante, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
19 Mar 1979	Piper PA-32 N4047R	Dekalb, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
10 Nov 1978	Piper PA-32 CGPJU	Newry, Maine, United States no coordinates	Fundy Aviation	Fatal	6
22 May 1976	Piper PA-32 N55033	Snoqualamie Ps, Washington, United States no coordinates	Evergreen Avia	Fatal	6
29 Feb 1976	Piper PA-32 N32682	Etiwanda, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
14 Aug 1975	Piper PA-32 N3287W	Chandlerville, Illinois, United States no coordinates	140 Flying CLU	Fatal	6
27 Dec 1974	Piper PA-32 N7705J	Hlf Moon By, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
1 Sep 1974	Piper PA-32 N5503J	McConnelsvle, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Condor Flying	Fatal	6
13 Jul 1974	Piper PA-32 N83CA	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
30 Sep 1972	Piper PA-32 N8662N	Norman, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Catlin Aviatio	Fatal	6
22 Jun 1972	Piper PA-32 N4278R	Glenwood, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Southwest Air	Fatal	6
8 Jun 1972	Piper PA-32 N3681W	Nucla, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
26 Mar 1970	Piper PA-32 N4121R	Colrado Cty, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Grand Canyon A	Fatal	6
8 Nov 1969	Piper PA-32 N3668W	Jonestown, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
3 Oct 1969	Piper PA-32 N4178R	Bruce, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	ATR Aviation	Fatal	6
21 Jun 1969	Piper PA-32 N3505W	Chatsworth, California, United States no coordinates	Sky Cruiser, In	Fatal	6
2 May 1969	Piper PA-32 N4046R	Whitesboro, Texas, United States no coordinates	St Louis Flyin	Fatal	6
11 Jan 1969	Piper PA-32 N3452W	Anselmo, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
7 Oct 1968	Piper PA-32 N3583W	Charleston, South Carolina, United States no coordinates	SAM D Hewlett	Fatal	6
23 Sep 1968	Piper PA-32 N3770W	Lahaina, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Island Flight	Fatal	6
27 Aug 1967	Piper PA-32 N3381W	City Island, New York, United States no coordinates	Arron Aviation	Fatal	6
9 Oct 1966	Piper PA-32 N3279W	Dowagiac, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Warsaw Aviatio	Fatal	6
16 Jun 1966	Piper PA-32 N3531W	Guadalupe Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
4 Dec 2023	Piper PA-32-260 N15902	Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe	-	Fatal	5
26 Aug 2012	Piper PA-32-301T N588ET	South Lake Tahoe, California, United States	-	Fatal	5
20 Dec 2011	Piper PA-32-260 N3590T	Bryan, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	5
8 Jul 2006	Piper PA-32-260 N3380W	Suches, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	5
2 Aug 2004	Piper PA-32-300 N4230R	Point Lookout, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	5
23 Jan 2004	Piper PA-32-300RT ZP-TNA	Capitan Miranda, Paraguay	Enrique Salomoni Quevedo	Fatal	5