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
20 Dec 2003	Mooney 20E N1275X	Webster, Wisconsin, United States	Peter C. Naab	Fatal	2
18 Dec 2003	Cessna U206G N603DK	Thonotosassa, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Dec 2003	Piper PA46-500TP N155BM	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Dec 2003	Erickson (Glasair) SHA GLASAIR TD N434SW	Vansycle, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Dec 2003	Cessna 150J N61303	Corona, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Dec 2003	Hackney VANS RV-6A N528DH	Carthage, Texas, United States	Billy R. Gee	Fatal	2
14 Dec 2003	Cessna P210N N4674A	Tonopah, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Dec 2003	Piper PA-46 N9223X	Guaymas, Mexico no coordinates	Manrique Gonzalez-Simental	Fatal	2
10 Dec 2003	Piper PA-28-181 N47413	Sugar Land, Texas, United States	MVP Aero Academy	Fatal	2
10 Dec 2003	Cessna 441 N441W	Vestavia Hills, Alabama, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Dec 2003	Eurocopter France AS 350 B3 N32TJ	Guayaramerim, Brazil	Eagle Jets LLC	Fatal	2
8 Dec 2003	Piper PA-28R-200 N16264	Chino Hills, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
5 Dec 2003	Beechcraft B200 N85BK	Morlan, Georgia, United States	Southeastern Air Charter	Fatal	2
4 Dec 2003	Beechcraft S35 N350JL	Harrison, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Dec 2003	Wing D-1 N8602J	Rosamond, California, United States	National Test Pilot School	Fatal	2
1 Dec 2003	Cessna R172E HC-BRE	Macas, Ecuador	Compania Federacion Shuar	Fatal	2
22 Nov 2003	Piper PA-28-180 N7292W	Big Bear City, California, United States	Civil Air Patrol	Fatal	2
22 Nov 2003	Beechcraft BE-36 CP-2376	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Franklin A. Hemard-Ilufi	Fatal	2
21 Nov 2003	Cessna P337 CP-1958	Versalles, Bolivia	Echalar S.a	Fatal	2
19 Nov 2003	Beechcraft A45 N44KK	Montgomery, Texas, United States	Texas Air Aces	Fatal	2
16 Nov 2003	Cessna 180 N34AG	Westerly, Rhode Island, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Nov 2003	Piper PA-34-200 VH-CTT	New South Wales, Australia no coordinates	Raffoul Aviation PTY LTD.	Fatal	2
13 Nov 2003	Bell 206L4 PT-YEE	Urucu, Brazil	Helisur	Fatal	2
11 Nov 2003	Daughters T18C N647C	Needles, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
8 Nov 2003	Short Brothers SKYVAN SC7 8R-GMC	Georgetown, Guyana	Trans Guyana Airways	Fatal	2
6 Nov 2003	Robinson R22 BETA II N206TV	Torrance, California, United States	Pacific Coast Helicopters	Fatal	2
2 Nov 2003	Fleet 16B N80656	Fishers Island, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Nov 2003	Cessna 182P YV-933P	Santa Elena, Venezuela	Julio Vasquez	Fatal	2
19 Oct 2003	Beechcraft 35-C33 N9438S	Mesquite, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	2
18 Oct 2003	Cessna 340A N340P	Scappoose, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
16 Oct 2003	Cessna 150M N3807V	Wax, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
14 Oct 2003	Bell 206B N86W	Swisshome, Oregon, United States	Oregon Department of Forestry	Fatal	2
9 Oct 2003	Cessna 177B N30921	Chinook, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Oct 2003	Colliander RV-8 N27JW	Van, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Oct 2003	Mooney M20J N201KM	Grantsville, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Oct 2003	Lockheed P2V N299MA	East Highlands, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Oct 2003	Piper PA-28-180 N7357W	Teasdale, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Oct 2003	Luscombe 8E N1909K	Orange City, Iowa, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Oct 2003	Cessna U-206G CP-2169	El Peru, Bolivia no coordinates	Carolina Rodriguez vda. de Balcazar	Fatal	2
3 Oct 2003	Convair Div of Gen Dynamics CV340/580 ZK-KFU	Kapiti Coast, New Zealand no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Oct 2003	Piper PA-32R-301T N481CA	Corona, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Sep 2003	Robinson R22 VH-UXF	Derby, Australia	Helimuster, Ltd.	Fatal	2
27 Sep 2003	McClanahan STITS PLAYMATE SA-11 N9YC	Fontana, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Sep 2003	Cessna 182T N963LP	Concord, Massachusetts, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Sep 2003	Piper PA-18-180 N4314Z	Bardstown, Kentucky, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2003	Grumman HU-16C N70258	Fort Pierce, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
21 Sep 2003	Beechcraft F33A N927JL	Greer, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Sep 2003	Cessna 310J N2010E	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Sep 2003	Cessna 182 N5547B	Challis, Idaho, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Sep 2003	Piper PA-31 XB-BAQ	Uraba, Colombia	-	Fatal	2