Aviation accidents in 1997

The NTSB database holds 2,121 accidents and incidents in 1997, recorded between 1997. 402 of them were fatal (19%), and 1,260 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 150.

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

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

2,121

Records

402

Fatal

1,260

Deaths

19%

Share fatal

1997

Period

Show these on the map 1,735 of 2,121 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 150 Piper PA-28 101 Cessna 150 78 Cessna 182 65 Cessna 152 64 Piper PA-18 39

Where these happened

United States 2,007 Mexico 8 Canada 8 Bahamas 8 Peru 5 Colombia 5

Operators involved

Hageland Aviation Services, Inc 3 Continental Airlines 3 American Flyers 2 Fare Share Ltd 2 American Airlines, Inc. 2 America West Airlines 2

All 2,121 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Aug 1997	Boeing 747-300 H7468	Nimitz Hill, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	228
19 Dec 1997	Boeing 737-300 9VTRF	Indonesia no coordinates	Silkair	Fatal	97
10 Oct 1997	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 LVWEG	Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay no coordinates	Austral Airlines	Fatal	75
8 May 1997	Boeing 737-300	Shenzhen, China no coordinates	China Southern Airlines	Fatal	35
9 Jan 1997	Embraer EMB-120RT N265CA	Monroe, Michigan, United States	Comair, Inc.	Fatal	29
31 Dec 1997	Britten-Norman ISLANDER HP986	Rio Sidra, Panama no coordinates	-	Fatal	10
13 Dec 1997	Fairchild SA-226-TC CP1635	La Veriente, Bolivia no coordinates	-	Fatal	10
12 Dec 1997	Fairchild SA-2226-TC CP-1635	La Vertiente, Bolivia no coordinates	Gonzalo Vargas Campero	Fatal	10
10 Apr 1997	Cessna 414 HBLPN	Zurich, Switzerland no coordinates	-	Fatal	10
25 Nov 1997	Bell UH-1H N124	La Palma, Panama no coordinates	Servcio Aereo Nacional (San)	Fatal	9
8 Oct 1997	Cessna 208B N12022	Montrose, Colorado, United States	Scenic Airlines Inc	Fatal	9
8 Nov 1997	Cessna 208B N750GC	Barrow, Alaska, United States	Hageland Aviation Services Inc	Fatal	8
9 Oct 1997	Beechcraft BE-200 ECERQ	Banjul, Gambia no coordinates	Naysa	Fatal	8
15 Aug 1997	Bell 412HP XCPFI	Cuernavaca, Mexico no coordinates	Federico Salazar Vazquez	Fatal	8
3 Oct 1997	Zhuhai S-76A B7301	Wenzho, China no coordinates	Zhuhai Helicopter Compan	Fatal	7
19 Jul 1997	Cessna 172P N5323K	Chicago, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	7
30 Oct 1997	Beechcraft BE 58 N472TL	New Berlin, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	6
25 May 1997	Cessna 205 N8214Z	Homestead, Florida, United States	Skydive, Inc.	Fatal	6
1 May 1997	Beechcraft 58 9YTHF	St. Vincent, Spain no coordinates	Av-Air	Fatal	6
3 Mar 1997	Cessna 402A YV784	Caracas, Venezuela no coordinates	Chapi Air Travel	Fatal	6
6 Sep 1997	Cessna 182E N3286Y	Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States no coordinates	Boston-Providence Skydving CTR	Fatal	5
1 Sep 1997	Cessna 182C N9015T	Bremerton, Washington, United States	Blue Skies Skydiving ADV Inc	Fatal	5
12 May 1997	Beechcraft A36TC N6174N	Truckee, California, United States	-	Fatal	5
11 Apr 1997	Cessna 208B N408GV	Wainwright, Alaska, United States	Hageland Aviation Services	Fatal	5
19 Feb 1997	Israel 1124A YV160	Guatemala City, Guatemala no coordinates	Inversiones Lift OFF M-B, C.a.	Fatal	5
15 Feb 1997	Piper PA-24-250 N6433P	Farmington, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	5
2 Jan 1997	Cessna P210N N6425W	Cambridge, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	5
23 Dec 1997	Piper PA-32-301 N2586Y	Hampshire, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	4
15 Dec 1997	Bell 407 N771AL	Littleton, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	4
27 Nov 1997	Piper PA-23-250 N6933Y	Carson City, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	4
26 Nov 1997	Mark Ewart VELOCITY STANDARD RG N907ME	Florence, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	4
27 Oct 1997	Cessna U206B N4982F	Markleeville, California, United States	Reinhold J. Lukas	Fatal	4
12 Oct 1997	Bell 206B N911RH	Sago, West Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	4
11 Oct 1997	Piper PA-28R-180 N3981T	Morganville, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
21 Sep 1997	Beechcraft C23 N543JL	Torrance, California, United States	Shimpei Matsumoto	Fatal	4
12 Aug 1997	Beechcraft BE-65-A90 N41VC	Alice, Texas, United States	South Texas Aircraft, Inc.	Fatal	4
7 Aug 1997	Douglas DC-8-61 N27UA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Fine Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	4
27 Jul 1997	Piper PA-28 N2394Q	Nelson, Canada no coordinates	California Planners and Consul	Fatal	4
20 Jul 1997	Beechcraft B-60 N3359P	Springfield, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	4
11 Jul 1997	Ryan NAVION B N5401K	Garfield, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	4
5 Jul 1997	De Havilland DHC-2 N5164G	Skwentna, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	4
4 Jul 1997	Piper PA-32 N15199	Skagway, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	4
3 Jul 1997	Piper PA-28R-180 N3896T	Penobscot, Maine, United States no coordinates	BOB Hart	Fatal	4
29 Jun 1997	Cessna 182F N3186U	Talkeetna, Alaska, United States	Monte O. Parrish	Fatal	4
1 Jun 1997	Piper PA-28-180 N6337J	Melville, New York, United States	-	Fatal	4
20 May 1997	Rockwell 1121B N1121F	La Carbonera, Mexico no coordinates	Corey D. Garber	Fatal	4
3 May 1997	Cessna T210M N732QB	Bullfrog, Utah, United States	Sweitzer, Robert, S.	Fatal	4
12 Apr 1997	Beechcraft A-36 N11RV	Pitts Town, Bahamas no coordinates	Frank J. Pocher	Fatal	4
23 Mar 1997	Cessna T210L N22219	Dillon, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	4
19 Mar 1997	Piper PA-22-160 N3629Z	Bagdad, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	4