Aviation accidents in 2002

The NTSB database holds 2,001 accidents and incidents in 2002, recorded between 2002. 418 of them were fatal (21%), and 1,298 people died.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 172, Piper PA-28 and Cessna 182.

Most of these records are from United States, Australia and Colombia.

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

2,001

Records

418

Fatal

1,298

Deaths

21%

Share fatal

2002

Period

Show these on the map 1,893 of 2,001 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 173 Piper PA-28 88 Cessna 182 69 Cessna 150 47 Cessna 152 40 Piper PA-18 39

Where these happened

United States 1,862 Australia 10 Colombia 8 Bahamas 7 Mexico 6 New Zealand 6

Operators involved

Atlantic Coast Airlines 4 Name 3 Federal Express Corp. 3 Delta Air Lines Inc 2 U.S. Forest Service 2 Quicksilver Air, Inc. 2

All 2,001 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Sep 2002	Bell 222U N417MA	Nipton, California, United States	Mercy Air Service Inc	Fatal	3
28 Aug 2002	Piper PA-28R-180 N4988J	Newaygo, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	3
14 Aug 2002	Piper PA-44-180 PH-MLH	Lake Vossemeer, Netherlands no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
11 Aug 2002	Beechcraft C23 N24041	Centerville, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	3
10 Aug 2002	Cessna 182R N9307X	Lake City, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	3
5 Aug 2002	Beechcraft BE-35 N82Z	Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States	Eagle Vision	Fatal	3
4 Aug 2002	Piper PA-46-350P N316PM	Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	3
24 Jul 2002	Cessna T210M HK-3824P	Urrao, Colombia	-	Fatal	3
17 Jul 2002	Cessna 172S N928CP	Tyner, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	3
30 Jun 2002	Beechcraft V-35A N156U	Ojai, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
30 Jun 2002	Beechcraft S35 N576Q	Ojai, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
21 Jun 2002	Eurocopter France AS-350-B2 N852HW	Norfolk, Nebraska, United States	Rocky Mountain Helicopters	Fatal	3
19 Jun 2002	Piper PA-46-310P N9127L	Naples, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	3
17 Jun 2002	Lockheed C-130A N130HP	Walker, California, United States	USDA - Forestry Service	Fatal	3
15 Jun 2002	Piper PA-46-310P N9143B	Osteen, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	3
8 Jun 2002	Piper PA-23-160 N4302P	Rio Rico, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	3
1 Jun 2002	Hawker Siddeley 748 ZS-OJY	George, South Africa no coordinates	Airquarius Aviation	Fatal	3
23 May 2002	Cessna 172C N1479Y	Ball Ground, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	3
19 May 2002	Beechcraft 23 N2351Z	King George, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	3
3 May 2002	Piper PA-28 PH-ASL	Edenkoben, Germany no coordinates	Name	Fatal	3
28 Apr 2002	Beechcraft C23 N9180S	Oak Shores, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
12 Mar 2002	Piper PA-31 N2336V	Atlanta, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	3
6 Mar 2002	Cessna 425 N444JV	San Jose, California, United States	Henry Guenther	Fatal	3
18 Feb 2002	Cessna 421B F-GHUY	Libourne, France no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
17 Jan 2002	Cessna 340A N339S	Temple, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	3
28 Dec 2002	Barber GLASAIR N3885J	Conroe, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Dec 2002	Cessna 421 N421D	Akron, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Dec 2002	Robinson R22 BETA N888KB	Dolan Springs, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Dec 2002	Piper PA-32R-301T N8168G	Woodbury, Connecticut, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Dec 2002	Lancair IV VH-CIV	Geelong, Australia	Doug Hegarty	Fatal	2
16 Dec 2002	Piper PA-24-250 N6268P	Anaheim Hills, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Dec 2002	Cessna 206 YV1032CP	El Carmen, Colombia	Raphael Villanueva	Fatal	2
13 Dec 2002	Piper PA-23-250 N6568Y	Freeport, Bahamas	Bonheur Inc	Fatal	2
10 Dec 2002	North American T-28B N114DH	Glenwood, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Dec 2002	Aaa Aircraft Leasing 192 N192FW	Miami, Florida, United States	Four Winds Aircraft	Fatal	2
6 Dec 2002	Cessna 150L N11294	Arecibo, United States	Carmelo B. Beniquez	Fatal	2
6 Dec 2002	Beechcraft 58 N241JG	Fort Myers, Florida, United States	Laurence G. Casey	Fatal	2
30 Nov 2002	Caron SEAWIND N313FC	Bryant, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Nov 2002	Piper PA-32RT-300 N31554	Bastian, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Nov 2002	Cessna 172P N65564	Malaga, Washington, United States	Wings of Wenatchee, Inc.	Fatal	2
25 Nov 2002	Beechcraft A36 N367T	Salem, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Nov 2002	Girard RV-4 N5246	Homer, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Nov 2002	Cessna 182D N9964T	NewPhiladelphia, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Nov 2002	Mooney M10 N9502V	Fairfield, New Jersey, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Nov 2002	Cessna 182M N70685	Gonzaga, Mexico	Donald H. Thornburgh	Fatal	2
13 Nov 2002	Mooney M20R N2165Y	Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Nov 2002	Beechcraft A36TC N32FW	San Andreas, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Nov 2002	Cessna 175 N7091M	Unknown, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Nov 2002	Piper PA-28-236 CC-PMG	Polvaredas, Argentina no coordinates	Alejandro Elberg	Fatal	2
8 Nov 2002	Israel 1124A N61RS	Taos, New Mexico, United States	Richmor Aviation Inc	Fatal	2