Piper PA28 accidents

The NTSB database holds 688 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA28, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 110 of them were fatal (16%), and 202 people died.

The deadliest year was 2016, with 26 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (166 records).

Most of these records are from United States, United Kingdom and South Africa.

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

688

Records

110

Fatal

202

Deaths

16%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 416 of 688 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 198

1970s 15

1980s 44

1990s 45

2000s 40

2010s 209

2020s 137

Where these happened

United States 610 United Kingdom 9 South Africa 7 Brazil 6 Canada 5 Colombia 5

Operators involved

AeroGuard Flight Training Center 6 Flightsafety International 3 TransPac Aviation Academy 3 Private Individual 2 Flightsafety International Inc 2 Paris Air Inc 2

All 688 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Apr 2022	Piper PA28 C-GLKD	Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
17 Jul 2021	Piper PA28 D-EKFB	Steinenbronn, Germany no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
31 May 2020	Piper PA28 N8991W	Carlinville, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	4
9 Nov 2018	Piper PA28 N91770	Guthrie Center, Iowa, United States	-	Fatal	4
18 Sep 2016	Piper PA28 HA-APZ	Gödöllo, Pest, Hungary, Hungary	Aviarent Ltd	Fatal	4
29 Jan 2016	Piper PA28 VH-PXD	Barwon Heads, Australia, Australia	-	Fatal	4
26 Sep 2015	Piper PA28 D-EBVM	Sandstedt, Germany	-	Fatal	4
4 Oct 2005	Piper PA28-181 HB-PHB	Ansa village, Morocco no coordinates	Fluggruppe pro Altenrhein	Fatal	4
25 Jan 1992	Piper PA28-161 N8432K	Mountain Pass, California, United States no coordinates	ART Scholl Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	4
11 Mar 1990	Piper PA28-161 N2951S	Malibu, California, United States no coordinates	Kazuhiko Nakamura	Fatal	4
13 Feb 1965	Piper PA28 N7513W	Hayward Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Empire Aviatio	Fatal	4
7 May 1964	Piper PA28 N7221W	Wichita Kan, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
4 Dec 2022	Piper PA28 N4676F	Venice, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	3
8 Sep 2020	Piper PA28 N4166Z	McMinnville, Tennessee, United States	Lebanon Flying Club	Fatal	3
27 May 2019	Piper PA28 PT-KLO	Estancia County, Brazil	Aeroclube De Alagoas-Brazil	Fatal	3
20 Dec 2018	Piper PA28 N6143J	Blairsville, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	3
4 Aug 2017	Piper PA28 HB-PER	Berghaus Diavolezza, Switzerland	Motorfluggruppe Oberengadin	Fatal	3
16 Oct 2016	Piper PA28 C-GYSN	Austin, Pennsylvania, United States	St. Catharines Flying Club	Fatal	3
1 Sep 2016	Piper PA28 S5-DES	Bovec, Slovenia	-	Fatal	3
25 Nov 2012	Piper PA28 N8314E	Aurora, Utah, United States	Matthew W Ahrens	Fatal	3
21 Nov 1994	Piper PA28 N5082W	St. Vincent, Spain no coordinates	George Simmons	Fatal	3
31 Jan 1965	Piper PA28 N8709W	El Paso Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
12 Jul 2026	Piper PA28 D-EHHV	Seitenstetten, Austria no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Jun 2026	Piper PA28 ZS-ESZ	Fochville, South Africa	-	Fatal	2
14 Jun 2024	Piper PA28 N515DH	Siler City, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Sep 2023	Piper PA28 N3079M	Whitesville, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Jul 2023	Piper PA28 N8225N	Osage Beach, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Apr 2023	Piper PA28 VH-PXR	Prosperpine, Australia	-	Fatal	2
7 Jan 2023	Piper PA28 N592FL	Suffolk, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Aug 2022	Piper PA28 C-FYSZ	Nipigon, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
20 Jul 2021	Piper PA28 I-SVBA	Contrada Coccaro Fasano, Italy	-	Fatal	2
16 Dec 2020	Piper PA28 N55168	Bossier City, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 May 2020	Piper PA28 N6461J	Pineville, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Jan 2020	Piper PA28 HB-PMH	Chatel-St-Denis, Switzerland	Air-Fribourg Services SA	Fatal	2
5 Oct 2019	Piper PA28 N2FB	Asheboro, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jul 2019	Piper PA28 PT-CON	Atibaia, Brazil	-	Fatal	2
21 Apr 2018	Piper PA28 SX-SEX	Nafpaktos, Greece no coordinates	Araxos Aero Club	Fatal	2
18 Dec 2017	Piper PA28 N6433J	Reeds Spring, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Nov 2017	Piper PA28 HK1573G	Vereda El Mortillo, Colombia	Aeroandes	Fatal	2
15 Sep 2016	Piper PA28 HK1328G	Flanders, Colombia	Aeroandes Flight Training School	Fatal	2
1 Jul 2016	Piper PA28 C-GNUC	Winnipeg, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Mar 2016	Piper PA28 ZS-EXV	Johannesburg, South Africa no coordinates	Sky Hawk Aviation	Fatal	2
13 Feb 2016	Piper PA28 N2209W	Destin, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Sep 2015	Piper PA28 N8441B	Santee, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Mar 2015	Piper PA28 N6842W	West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Dec 2012	Piper PA28 PR-NAX	Minas City, Brazil	-	Fatal	2
29 Dec 2011	Piper PA28 HK3934	Andres Bello, Tachira, Venezuela	Centauros LTDA, Escuela de Aviacion	Fatal	2
14 Mar 2009	Piper PA28-236 N129AB	Pomona, California, United States	Charles W Shaffer	Fatal	2
30 May 2008	Piper PA28 N9376W	Hillsboro, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Nov 2000	Piper PA28-200 N3032R	Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, United States	Air West Flying Club	Fatal	2