Thunderbird AV accidents

The NTSB database holds 50 accidents and incidents involving Thunderbird AV, recorded between 1966 to 1981. 6 of them were fatal (12%), and 14 people died.

The deadliest year was 1970, with 5 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (22 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Piper PA-28, Piper PA-28R and Piper PA-32.

Most of these records are from United States.

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

Records

Fatal

Deaths

12%

Share fatal

1966 to 1981

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 50 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 24

1970s 23

1980s 3

Aircraft types involved

Piper PA-28 16 Piper PA-28R 7 Piper PA-32 4 Cessna 172 4 Alon A-2 2 Cessna 150 2

Where these happened

United States 50

All 50 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Oct 1970	Piper PA-32 N4796S	Douglas, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	5
28 Nov 1967	Cessna 172H N1780F	Newhall, California, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	3
30 Apr 1977	Piper PA-32 N32282	Englewood, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1972	Piper PA-28R N2900R	Lawton, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	2
18 Jun 1981	Piper PA-32R N21594	Crystal, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	1
26 Jan 1974	Piper PA-28 N6617J	Christine, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Fatal	1
3 Jun 1981	Cessna 188 N8047U	Chambers, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1980	Piper PA-28 N5918V	Rochester, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1979	Piper PA-34 N2160N	Osage Beach, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
27 Sep 1978	Piper PA-28R N9350K	Memphis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
10 Aug 1978	Piper PA-28R N1663H	Crystal, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
5 Aug 1978	Piper PA-38 N6291A	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1978	Piper PA-28 N4547F	Lacrosse, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
10 Feb 1978	Piper PA-28 N75274	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
29 Dec 1977	Piper PA-28 N8481F	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
3 Oct 1977	Piper PA-18 N57753	Belle Plaine, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
24 Nov 1976	Piper PA-28R N9350K	Boulder, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
29 Mar 1975	Piper PA-32 N44460	Arnold, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
5 Dec 1974	Piper PA-28R N55610	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
8 Apr 1972	Piper PA-28 N5690U	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Minor injuries	-
5 Jan 1972	Piper PA-28 N8285N	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Minor injuries	-
12 Sep 1971	Piper PA-28 N95112	Duluth, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1971	Piper PA-28 N5690U	Augusta, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1971	Piper PA-30 N8626Y	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
16 Apr 1971	Piper PA-32 N3954W	Kingsley, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
2 Feb 1971	Piper PA-28R N4970S	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1970	Piper PA-28R N2900R	Deshler, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
8 Nov 1969	Cessna 172 N8110L	St Johns, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
6 Nov 1969	Piper PA-28 N95005	St.cloud, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Serious injuries	-
10 Sep 1968	Piper PA-28 N8485R	Battle Mtn.nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1968	Cessna 150 N7184S	Santa Susana, California, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
8 Apr 1968	Beechcraft B23 N4710J	Everett, Washington, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
16 Mar 1968	Cessna U206 N5276U	Thousnd Oak, California, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Serious injuries	-
9 Nov 1967	Piper PA-28 N6341R	St.peter, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
23 Oct 1967	Alon A-2 N5613F	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1967	Cessna 310L N2252F	Sepulveda, California, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
24 Sep 1967	Piper PA-28 N9282J	Crystal, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
18 Sep 1967	Piper PA-28 N9764W	Chesterfield, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Minor injuries	-
26 Jul 1967	Mooney M20C N2751W	Mt Carroll, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
28 Jun 1967	Mooney M-20C N5982Q	Grover, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
5 Jun 1967	Cessna 172 N8014L	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
19 May 1967	Beechcraft 23 N2376Q	Grants, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
4 Mar 1967	Piper PA-24 N5289P	Eagle River Wis, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1967	Beechcraft D50B N5658D	Gallup N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	Minor injuries	-
27 Dec 1966	Cessna 150G N3861J	Essex Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
22 Oct 1966	Alon A-2 N5655F	Corning Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
26 Sep 1966	Cessna 172 N8746B	So.st.paul Minn, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
28 Jun 1966	Mooney M21 N6786U	Kansas City Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1966	Piper PA-28 N9053J	Hopkins Minn, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-
30 Jan 1966	Piper PA-28 N6128W	Hopkins Minn, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Thunderbird AV	No injuries	-