Aviation accidents in 1989

The NTSB database holds 2,502 accidents and incidents in 1989, recorded between 1989. 484 of them were fatal (19%), and 1,485 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Cessna 150 and Cessna 152.

Most of these records are from United States, Bahamas and Turks And Caicos Islands.

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

2,502

Records

484

Fatal

1,485

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1989

Period

Show these on the map 1,857 of 2,502 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 184 Cessna 150 120 Cessna 152 114 Piper PA-28 109 Cessna 182 74 Piper PA-18 54

Where these happened

United States 2,453 Bahamas 9 Turks And Caicos Islands 4 Mexico 3 Northern Mariana Islands 1 Malaysia 1

Operators involved

American Airlines 7 Continental Airlines 6 United Airlines 5 University of North Dakota 4 Air Logistics 3 Usair 3

All 2,502 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Dec 1989	Beechcraft B35-A33 N477T	Castle Rock, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Dec 1989	Cessna 210-5 (205) CFOXF	Rainier, Washington, United States	THY Olde Rent-A-Plane Co	Fatal	2
2 Dec 1989	Beechcraft F-90 N9PU	Lincoln, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Dec 1989	Piper AEROSTAR 601P N6079H	Orlando, Florida, United States	Johnston, Douglas W.	Fatal	2
26 Nov 1989	Cessna 170A N9192A	Rogersville, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Nov 1989	Piper PA-24-250 N7681P	Helen, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Nov 1989	Bruce McKinney VARI-EZE N4985Z	Aspen, Colorado, United States	Frank E. Gernert	Fatal	2
23 Nov 1989	Christen PITTS S-2B N6031U	La Junta, Texas, United States	Vernon C. Rawls	Fatal	2
23 Nov 1989	Beechcraft B35 N8918A	Bremerton, Washington, United States	BOB Brooks	Fatal	2
16 Nov 1989	Piper PA-28R-200 N55399	New Castle, New York, United States	Miller, Walter	Fatal	2
15 Nov 1989	Hughes 369HS N9208F	North Adams, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	King Services Inc.	Fatal	2
15 Nov 1989	Cessna 182P N7351N	Slidell, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Nov 1989	Cessna R182 N2257T	San Diego, California, United States	Robie E. Ratliff	Fatal	2
9 Nov 1989	Cessna 310I N145Y	Provo, Utah, United States no coordinates	Trojan, Robert W.	Fatal	2
6 Nov 1989	Cessna 172 N5624A	Safford, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Kenneth C. Olson	Fatal	2
2 Nov 1989	Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N7526S	Apopka, Florida, United States no coordinates	Cherokee Leasing Inc.	Fatal	2
31 Oct 1989	McComb RV-4 N828BM	Eaton, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Oct 1989	Cessna 177 N30036	McHenry, Maryland, United States	RDL Inc.	Fatal	2
28 Oct 1989	Cessna 320 N5725X	Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Oct 1989	Cessna TR182 N756WH	Crane, Texas, United States	P.c. Transport Inc.	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1989	Beechcraft F35 N5034B	Lake Berryessa, California, United States	ROY Niewald	Fatal	2
25 Oct 1989	Cessna T210L N93110	Penasco, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Oct 1989	Piper PA-28-161 N36163	Elkader, Iowa, United States	Pritts Aviation	Fatal	2
18 Oct 1989	Piper PA-28R-200 N5005S	Athens, Tennessee, United States	Delta Plus, Inc	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1989	Cessna 172N N733WK	Eddyville, Kentucky, United States	Red OAK Aviation Club, Inc.	Fatal	2
15 Oct 1989	Vultee BT-13 N56381	Axis, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Oct 1989	Piper PA-32-300 N4106W	Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Oct 1989	Piper PA-28 N6340R	Delavan, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Oct 1989	Cessna 550 N53CC	Hurdle Mills, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Oct 1989	Beechcraft C90 N43GT	Chamblee, Georgia, United States	ROY Beatty	Fatal	2
1 Oct 1989	Bellanca 17-30A CGUVU	Cougar, Washington, United States	Edward Shwetz	Fatal	2
30 Sep 1989	Cessna 152 N6422M	Lancaster, California, United States	West Coast Air Center	Fatal	2
30 Sep 1989	Piper PA-22-150 N7844D	St. Charles, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Sep 1989	Cessna 177RG N8055G	Nyssa, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Sep 1989	Bell UH-1B N840MC	Plains, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1989	Cessna 172N N1063F	Ochopee, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1989	Luscombe 8A N71756	MacKay, Idaho, United States	Reeves, Edwin L.	Fatal	2
21 Sep 1989	Cessna 152 N47009	Ochopee, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Sep 1989	Boeing 737-400 N416US	Flushing, New York, United States	Usair	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1989	Cessna 150M N704TF	Cave Junction, Oregon, United States	Leidecker, Clint W.	Fatal	2
19 Sep 1989	Cessna 310K N6958L	Ojai, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1989	Beechcraft A35 N566B	Escondido, California, United States	U.s. Coast Guard	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1989	Cessna 182 N92651	Concord, California, United States	Hoagland, Jack C.	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1989	Cessna 172N N739XX	Afton, Wyoming, United States	France Flying Service, Inc	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1989	Hughes 269A N8134Y	Agana, United States no coordinates	Government of Guam	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1989	Cessna 310I N8087M	Hesperia, California, United States	Whitesides, Homer T.	Fatal	2
16 Sep 1989	Rockwell 112B N1232J	La Grange, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1989	Piper PA-32-300 N8995N	Bentonville, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 1989	Piper PA-24-180 N7835P	Grantsville, Utah, United States	Calvin, JOE B.	Fatal	2
7 Sep 1989	Piper PA-32-260 N3999W	Lk Havasu City, California, United States	-	Fatal	2