Piper PA-34 accidents

The NTSB database holds 671 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-34, recorded between 1970 to 2026. 167 of them were fatal (25%), and 395 people died.

The deadliest year was 1976, with 23 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (120 records).

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

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

671

Records

167

Fatal

395

Deaths

25%

Share fatal

1970 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 372 of 671 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 153

1980s 204

1990s 127

2000s 114

2010s 46

2020s 27

Where these happened

United States 607 Brazil 11 Mexico 5 Germany 3 Ecuador 3 Bahamas 3

Operators involved

Air Desert Pacific 3 Piper Aircraft 2 Air Exec Inc 2 Burnside-Ott A 2 Aero National 2 Air Executive 2

All 671 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 May 1985	Piper PA-34 N3449Q	Loxahatchee, Florida, United States	Albert Haward III	Fatal	3
12 Mar 1983	Piper PA-34-200 N43480	Kingston, Oklahoma, United States	LOU White, LOU White Aircraft	Fatal	3
2 Aug 1978	Piper PA-34 N56122	Chesterfield, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
16 Mar 1978	Piper PA-34 C-GICQ	Lynden, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
3 May 1974	Piper PA-34 N5286T	Hockey, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
28 May 2024	Piper PA-34-200T HC-BNG	Santa Rosa, Ecuador no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Oct 2013	Piper PA-34-200 PT-KGK	Marica, Brazil	Aeroclube do Brasil	Fatal	2
30 May 2010	Piper PA-34-220T N44MC	Lincoln, Montana, United States	Marc A. Dobrowitsky	Fatal	2
27 Jan 2010	Piper PA-34 PR-UGO	Ipero, Brazil	-	Fatal	2
1 Apr 2007	Piper PA-34-200T DGMBE	Klagenfurt, Austria	-	Fatal	2
9 Mar 2007	Piper PA-34-200T ZS-MSN	Lilongwe, Malawi no coordinates	Executive Air Charters	Fatal	2
12 Apr 2006	Piper PA-34-200T HK-2387	Antioquia, Colombia	Star	Fatal	2
13 Mar 2006	Piper PA-34-200T N8446F	Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Nov 2005	Piper PA-34-220T N4171Z	Tomball, Texas, United States	V & R Enterprises, LLC	Fatal	2
30 Nov 2004	Piper PA-34-200T ZK-JAN	Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand no coordinates	Flight Corporation, Ltd	Fatal	2
13 Nov 2003	Piper PA-34-200 VH-CTT	New South Wales, Australia no coordinates	Raffoul Aviation PTY LTD.	Fatal	2
2 Aug 2003	Piper PA-34-200T N577SK	Galion, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Jul 2003	Piper PA-34-220T PT-VOO	Estancia, Paraguay	-	Fatal	2
27 Apr 2002	Piper PA-34-200T N132CP	Alpine, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 Mar 2002	Piper PA-34-200T N2BX	Apex, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Apr 2001	Piper PA-34-220T N4312G	Brackettville, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Oct 2000	Piper PA-34-200 N222ES	San Dimas, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Feb 1998	Piper PA-34-200 N15566	Graford, Texas, United States no coordinates	Fred H. Pate	Fatal	2
2 Nov 1997	Piper PA-34-200T N79TH	Lynn, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Nov 1996	Piper PA-34-220T N8468H	West Milton, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1996	Piper PA-34-200T N5671V	Lehman Township, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Jan 1996	Piper PA-34-200T N8894E	Wichita Falls, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Sep 1995	Piper PA-34-200T N1543X	Dalton, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Aug 1995	Piper PA-34-200 N15866	Double Springs, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Apr 1995	Piper PA-34-200T N6390C	Covington, Tennessee, United States	Perkins, Bradley H.	Fatal	2
10 Jul 1994	Piper PA-34-200 N55120	Gulf of Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Dec 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N47506	Rainbow Lake, Florida, United States no coordinates	Trans Air Direct Inc.	Fatal	2
12 Nov 1991	Piper PA-34-200T N2898C	Atlantic Ocean no coordinates	Ellison, George	Fatal	2
20 Feb 1988	Piper PA-34-200T N2469M	Stratford, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	U.s. Express	Fatal	2
27 Dec 1986	Piper PA-34 N84136	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Nov 1986	Piper PA-34-200T N888MD	Isabela no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Jul 1984	Piper PA-34-220T N8345A	Newcomb, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Mar 1984	Piper PA-34-200T N2827U	Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States	Carroll's Air Charter Service	Fatal	2
28 Nov 1982	Piper PA-34 N8189H	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Earnest, Inc.	Fatal	2
5 Jan 1982	Piper PA-34-200T N1956H	Near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lang Air Service	Fatal	2
22 Nov 1981	Piper PA-34 N8371U	Oceanside, California, United States no coordinates	Piper Air CTR	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1981	Piper PA-34 N8110R	E.rutherford, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Seminole Air C	Fatal	2
21 Dec 1980	Piper PA-34 N114PH	Stevenson, Washington, United States no coordinates	Paramount Heli	Fatal	2
15 Jun 1980	Piper PA-34 N2564Q	Lihue, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Aero PAC Lease	Fatal	2
8 May 1980	Piper PA-34 N38598	Redlands, California, United States no coordinates	Tri-State Avia	Fatal	2
12 Feb 1980	Piper PA-34 N2858X	Reno, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Apr 1979	Piper PA-34 N6211J	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Baltimore Airw	Fatal	2
30 Oct 1978	Piper PA-34 N1058U	Titusville, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
14 Dec 1977	Piper PA-34 N1634H	Davenport, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Straley Flying	Fatal	2
6 May 1977	Piper PA-34 N4948F	Bigtrails, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2