Aviation accidents in 2003

The NTSB database holds 2,063 accidents and incidents in 2003, recorded between 2003. 441 of them were fatal (21%), and 1,342 people died.

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

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

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

2,063

Records

441

Fatal

1,342

Deaths

21%

Share fatal

2003

Period

Show these on the map 1,990 of 2,063 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 182 Cessna 182 79 Piper PA-28 65 Cessna 150 53 Piper PA-18 43 Cessna 152 31

Where these happened

United States 1,924 Australia 13 Mexico 9 Canada 9 Venezuela 7 United Kingdom 7

Operators involved

American Airlines, Inc. 4 Atlantic Coast Airlines 4 United Airlines 2 Air Orlando Flight School 2 Travel Express Aviation, L.L.C. 2 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2

All 2,063 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 Jan 2003	Cessna M337B (O-2A) N52513	Fernandina Bch, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	4
24 Jan 2003	Piper PA-28R-200 N106AW	La Sal, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	4
18 Jan 2003	Cessna 172P N65906	Edgewater, Florida, United States	Comair Aviation Academy, Inc.	Fatal	4
8 Jan 2003	Piper PA-23-250 N135LA	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	4
24 Dec 2003	Agusta A109A N25RX	Redwood Valley, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
6 Dec 2003	Socata TBM-700 N30LT	Oxford, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
21 Nov 2003	Beechcraft G35 N4214D	Okolona, Mississippi, United States	-	Fatal	3
20 Nov 2003	Beechcraft J35 N748CH	Somerset, Kentucky, United States	Mock Air	Fatal	3
27 Oct 2003	Raytheon Corporate Jets HAWKER 125 XA-ISH	Tampico, Mexico no coordinates	Aeroextra	Fatal	3
10 Oct 2003	Bell 206L-3 N81671	W. Cameron 509, United States	-	Fatal	3
20 Sep 2003	Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A N45BP	Beaumont, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	3
14 Sep 2003	Cessna U206F N755FA	Greenville, Maine, United States	Folsom's Air Service	Fatal	3
2 Sep 2003	Cessna T206H N72598	Chickaloon, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	3
2 Sep 2003	Beechcraft B36TC N8018J	Uniondale, Indiana, United States	Stephen J. Hatch	Fatal	3
29 Aug 2003	Cessna R172K YV-1739P	Juan de Morros, Venezuela no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
22 Aug 2003	Cessna 172S N53033	Lake Elmo, Minnesota, United States	Wings, Inc.	Fatal	3
13 Aug 2003	Bell 206L-3 N41128	E.i. 276, Louisiana, United States	Petrolium Helicopters Inc.	Fatal	3
9 Aug 2003	Beechcraft V35-B N4317S	Skagway, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	3
19 Jul 2003	Grumman American AA-5B N742BM	Steamboat Sprng, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	3
19 Jul 2003	Hughes 369HS G-CSPJ	Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
11 Jul 2003	Beechcraft A36 JA4166	Miyazaki, Japan no coordinates	Civil Aviation College	Fatal	3
11 Jul 2003	Beechcraft A-36 JA4166	Miyazaki Airpor, Japan no coordinates	Civil Aviation College	Fatal	3
10 Jul 2003	Beechcraft S-35 N80695	San Vito Java, Costa Rica	Raymond Raineri	Fatal	3
7 Jul 2003	Piper PA-34-200T N5636V	Montauk, New York, United States	Robert J. Hecker	Fatal	3
4 Jul 2003	Beechcraft A24-R N254M	Yellow Pine, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	3
25 Jun 2003	Robinson R44 II N7512P	Coleta, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	3
25 Jun 2003	Cessna 180 N91303	Anchor Point, Alaska, United States	Hallo Bay Air Inc.	Fatal	3
22 Jun 2003	Maule M-5-235C N555MR	Rockvale, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	3
8 Jun 2003	Piper PA-44-180 N578TP	Battleboro, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	3
11 May 2003	Beechcraft 24R N4347W	Wauseon, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	3
26 Apr 2003	Piper PA-46-350 HS-AKS	Lop Buri, Thailand no coordinates	Ken Sarasin	Fatal	3
17 Apr 2003	Cessna 310D N6861T	Provo, Utah, United States	Advantage Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	3
14 Apr 2003	Grumman HU-16 N7026Y	Chetumal, Mexico	Robert F. Carlson Jr.	Fatal	3
13 Apr 2003	Beechcraft A36 N323D	Sedona, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	3
12 Apr 2003	Piper PA-28-180 N8985J	Conesus, New York, United States	-	Fatal	3
8 Apr 2003	Dassault DA-20 N183GA	Swanton, Ohio, United States	Grand Aire Express, Inc.	Fatal	3
31 Mar 2003	Piper PA-32-300 N70NZ	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States	Travis Lee Butts	Fatal	3
28 Mar 2003	Beechcraft A36 N1636W	New Vienna, Iowa, United States	-	Fatal	3
16 Mar 2003	Cessna 172N N5315D	Foley, Minnesota, United States	-	Fatal	3
15 Mar 2003	Cessna 501 N70FJ	Carey, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	3
14 Mar 2003	Cessna 177 N3275T	Old Fort, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	3
11 Mar 2003	Beechcraft 3NM N14437	Anza, California, United States	-	Fatal	3
8 Mar 2003	Piper PA-46-500TP N522RF	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	3
1 Mar 2003	Socata TBM 700 N700PP	Leesburg, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	3
17 Feb 2003	Cessna 421 N421TJ	Ferguson, Kentucky, United States	Shalabh N. Agarwal	Fatal	3
6 Feb 2003	Piper PA-24-250 N5587P	Florence, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	3
5 Feb 2003	Cessna T210N N4945Y	Mission, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	3
24 Jan 2003	Gulfstream G-159 5Y-EMJ	Busia, Kenya no coordinates	African Commuter Services, Ltd	Fatal	3
23 Dec 2003	Learjet 24B N600XJ	Helendale, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Dec 2003	Cessna 172K N78189	Grand Saline, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2