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
4 Nov 2002	Piper PA-24 N6606P	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Nov 2002	Piper PA-46-350P N167MA	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Oct 2002	Cessna 172M N9840V	Coral Springs, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Oct 2002	Beechcraft A60 N73CR	Jesup, Georgia, United States	J. P. R. Comeault	Fatal	2
19 Oct 2002	Bell 430 XC-DPC	Jalapa, Mexico	Government of the State of Veracruz	Fatal	2
15 Oct 2002	Iv LANCAIR IV N599L	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Oct 2002	Cessna 182F OB-669	Tarapoto, Peru	Aero Latino Expreso S.A	Fatal	2
15 Oct 2002	Cessna 172N N6413J	Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Oct 2002	Bellanca 17-30 HK-4234P	Bogota, Colombia no coordinates	Private Individual	Fatal	2
6 Oct 2002	Golden RV6A N609CG	Tuskegee, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Sep 2002	Cessna 172S N514SP	Medford, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2002	Piper PA-30 N7106Y	Gilford, New Hampshire, United States	Alan Emerson Aviation Inc.	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2002	Piper PA-28-180 N7027W	Yellow Pine, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2002	Aviat S-2C N116PS	Sheridan, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Sep 2002	Piper PA-32R-301T N106JG	Yeehaw Junction, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Sep 2002	Piper PA-28R-200 N6227J	Chromo, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Sep 2002	Sabian RANS S-12XL N725ST	Mexican Hat, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Sep 2002	Mooney M20R N574DJ	Burnsville, North Carolina, United States	Carol G. Peddy	Fatal	2
14 Sep 2002	Piper PA-18A-150 N8980D	Tucson, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Sep 2002	Pilatus PC-12/45 N451ES	Westphalia, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Sep 2002	Piper PA 32R-301T C-GKLY	Byram Township, New Jersey, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Sep 2002	Cessna TR182 N756WF	Tappen, North Dakota, United States	Wayne A. Christopherson	Fatal	2
1 Sep 2002	American General AA-5B N81189	Zephyrhills, Florida, United States	James Rex	Fatal	2
29 Aug 2002	Robinson R-44 N7189T	Ketchikan, Alaska, United States	David Zampino	Fatal	2
28 Aug 2002	Cessna A185F N7300R	Kodiak, Alaska, United States	C-Air	Fatal	2
19 Aug 2002	Piper PA-28R-200 N7794C	Echo Summit, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Aug 2002	Piper PA-28-180 N5295L	Deerfield, Virginia, United States	John P. Zachary	Fatal	2
18 Aug 2002	Reviere VANS RV6A N747ES	Tampa, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Aug 2002	Cessna 172S N35073	Plainville, Connecticut, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Aug 2002	Piper PA-18 N4065Z	Skwentna, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Aug 2002	Yakovlev YAK 52 N5C	Aledo, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Aug 2002	Cessna 182A N4085D	Emmett, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Aug 2002	Piper PA-28-140 N7362J	Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Aug 2002	Beechcraft 58TC N2102L	Avalon, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Aug 2002	Piper PA-28-180 N6444J	Gypsum, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Jul 2002	Cessna 177B N34859	Crowheart, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Jul 2002	Beechcraft E-90 N12KA	Bloomington, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
19 Jul 2002	Consolidated-Vultee P4Y-2 N7620C	Estes Park, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Jul 2002	Beechcraft C24R N18860	Grindstone, Pennsylvania, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Jul 2002	Piper PA-28-180 N5164L	Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States	Midwest Executive Aircraft, Inc.	Fatal	2
17 Jul 2002	Cessna 150G N3400J	Duncanville, Alabama, United States	Steven H. Pearson	Fatal	2
17 Jul 2002	Wheeler DOUG 2000 N2058T	Ogden, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Jul 2002	American General AA-5 N6024L	Boca Raton, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Jul 2002	Cessna 172N N738QT	Otis, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 2002	Cessna 335 N27069	Tensed, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 2002	Cessna 310I N8145M	San Dimas, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 2002	Zawada SUPER CUBY N43Z	Cantwell, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Jul 2002	Thomas OUTBACK N74PT	Edenton, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Jul 2002	Piper PA-28RT-201 N8143B	Lebanon, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Jun 2002	Bell 206BIII N2779B	Raton, New Mexico, United States	Aero West	Fatal	2