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 Dec 1997	Siggi's Airplane Works D-4 FASCINATION DMSMV	Leesburg, Florida, United States	Siegbert Metzger	Fatal	2
3 Dec 1997	Mooney M20J N301JL	Sedona, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Dec 1997	Beechcraft G35 N4404D	Missing no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
28 Nov 1997	Cessna 310R N6923	St Mary's, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Nov 1997	Beechcraft BE-S35 N5667K	Chatham, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Nov 1997	Beechcraft 95-B55 N6835Q	Royse City, Texas, United States	Jerry L. Davis	Fatal	2
24 Nov 1997	Cessna 182A N6068B	New Dover, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Nov 1997	Mooney M20 N5231B	Big Bear, California, United States	John A. Marshall	Fatal	2
3 Nov 1997	Cessna 182R N2043E	Markleeville, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Nov 1997	Piper PA-34-200T N79TH	Lynn, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
31 Oct 1997	Piper PA-23-150 N3EV	Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Oct 1997	Aerospatiale AS350B N911RR	Frankfort, Illinois, United States	Illinios State Police	Fatal	2
30 Oct 1997	Boeing 234 CFHFH	Comox Lake, Canada no coordinates	Columbia Helicopters	Fatal	2
26 Oct 1997	Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 N69BW	Castaic, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Oct 1997	Piper PA-28RT-201 N8146R	Hazen, Arkansas, United States	Charles Dine	Fatal	2
24 Oct 1997	Cessna 172M N1499U	Rabun Gap, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Oct 1997	Piper PA-32-300 N30505	Juneau, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Oct 1997	Cessna 185A N714	Damascus, Oregon, United States	Roger C. Snyder	Fatal	2
12 Oct 1997	Cessna 172N N734WT	Terre Haute, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Oct 1997	Piper PA-28-181 N2938B	Leadore, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Sep 1997	Ryan NAVION B N5241K	Pacoima, California, United States	Michael D. Boolen	Fatal	2
25 Sep 1997	Beechcraft T34B N777SU	Fremont, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1997	Bellanca 17-30A N28158	Belgium no coordinates	Schuybroek Aviation Inc	Fatal	2
23 Sep 1997	Piper PA-28R-200 CGHUE	Glastenbury, Vermont, United States no coordinates	Ottawa Flying Club	Fatal	2
19 Sep 1997	Bell 47G N70747	Saluda, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Sep 1997	Cessna 177RG N2562V	Sebring, Florida, United States	Robert T. Bickel	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1997	Bellanca 7KCAB N8509	Oakridge, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Sep 1997	Bell OH-58A N149SD	Newark, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Sep 1997	Bellanca 7GCBC N86708	Telluride, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Sep 1997	Piper PA-28-235 N9399W	St. Ignaces, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Sep 1997	Keaggy-David SKYBOLT N79DK	Adeline, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Sep 1997	Piper J-3 N98833	Jordan, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Sep 1997	North American-Aero Classics P-51D N6345T	Monroe, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Sep 1997	Aero Commander AC-500A N543AN	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Sep 1997	North American T-6-SNJ5 N1047C	Camden, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Sep 1997	Cessna U206B N206KY	Gilbertsville, Kentucky, United States	William J Wesley	Fatal	2
19 Aug 1997	Beechcraft B24R N2521W	Albany, Texas, United States	Abilene Aero	Fatal	2
11 Aug 1997	Mooney M20F N3455X	Tallahassee, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Aug 1997	Grumman American AA-5 N6086L	Monterey, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Aug 1997	Beechcraft 58P N258W	Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Aug 1997	Peck OSPREY 2 N4442C	Poygen, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Aug 1997	Beechcraft 76 N18960	New Richmond, Wisconsin, United States	Wings, Inc	Fatal	2
31 Jul 1997	Lancair 320 N360GB	Dillon, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jul 1997	Beechcraft F35 N3835B	Richards, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jul 1997	Cessna 172M N80222	Clackamas, Oregon, United States	Northwest Aircraft Rental	Fatal	2
28 Jul 1997	Piper J3C-85 N3339N	Bullhead City, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Jul 1997	Piper PA-32R-301T N8473P	Gainesville, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Jul 1997	Cessna 182G N3134S	Big Creek, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Jul 1997	Navion G N2429T	Gabbs, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Jul 1997	Mooney M20J N405LA	Placerville, California, United States	-	Fatal	2