Aviation accidents in 2005

The NTSB database holds 2,001 accidents and incidents in 2005, recorded between 2005. 428 of them were fatal (21%), and 1,627 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 Canada.

114 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

428

Fatal

1,627

Deaths

21%

Share fatal

2005

Period

Show these on the map 1,887 of 2,001 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 157 Piper PA-28 83 Cessna 182 53 Cessna 152 39 Cessna 150 39 Bell 206 35

Where these happened

United States 1,825 Australia 16 Canada 13 Mexico 9 Venezuela 9 United Kingdom 9

Operators involved

Silver State Helicopters 4 Continental Airlines, Inc. 3 Phoenix East Aviation Inc. 3 Bureau of Land Management 3 Package Express 2 Flight Options LLC 2

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

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Aug 2005	Boeing MD-82 HK-4374X	Machiques, Venezuela no coordinates	West Caribbean Airways	Fatal	160
14 Aug 2005	Boeing B737-300 5B-DBY	Grammatikos, Greece no coordinates	Helios Airways	Fatal	121
22 Oct 2005	Boeing 737-200 5N-BFN	Lagos, Nigeria no coordinates	Bellview Airlines	Fatal	117
10 Dec 2005	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 5N-BFD	Port Harcourt, Nigeria no coordinates	Sosoliso Airlines	Fatal	107
3 Feb 2005	Boeing 737-200 EX-037	Kabul, Afghanistan no coordinates	Phoenix Aviation	Fatal	104
5 Sep 2005	Boeing B737-200 PK-RIM	Medan, Indonesia no coordinates	Mandala Airlines	Fatal	101
23 Aug 2005	Boeing 737-200 OB-1809-P	Pucallpa, Peru no coordinates	Transportes Aereos de Selva (TANS) Peru	Fatal	45
19 Dec 2005	Grumman G-73T N2969	Miami, Florida, United States	Flying Boat Inc	Fatal	20
6 Aug 2005	ATR ATR-72-202 TS-LBB	Palermo, Italy no coordinates	Tuninter	Fatal	16
22 Feb 2005	Casa 212 P-2032	Sarmi, Papua, Indonesia no coordinates	-	Fatal	15
10 Aug 2005	Sikorsky S-76C+ OH-HCI	Tallinn, Estonia no coordinates	-	Fatal	14
30 Jul 2005	Mil Design Bureau MI-172 AF 615	Zuria Mountains, Uganda no coordinates	Republic of Uganda	Fatal	13
16 May 2005	Beechcraft 65-A80 CC-CFS	Patagonia, Argentina	Transporte Aereo Don Carlos	Fatal	10
21 Sep 2005	Bell 412EP XC-PFI	Llano Grande, Mexico no coordinates	Policia Federal Preventiva	Fatal	9
19 Nov 2005	Cessna 208B P4-OIN	Moscow, Russia no coordinates	Denton Invest & Trade Corp.	Fatal	8
1 Sep 2005	Piper PA-31-350 HK-3069	Bogota, Colombia no coordinates	Lans Ltda	Fatal	8
16 Feb 2005	Cessna 560 N500AT	Pueblo, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	8
24 Feb 2005	Israel WESTWIND 1124 XC-COL	Sapotito, Mexico no coordinates	State of Colina	Fatal	7
21 Nov 2005	Bell B-206L HK-3516	Cundinamarca, Colombia	Tecniaereas de Colombia LTDA	Fatal	6
14 Nov 2005	Cessna U206E HK4070W	Ituango, Colombia	Servicios Aereos Ltda.	Fatal	6
16 Jul 2005	Pilatus PC-6 N908PL	Brasilito, Costa Rica	Greg Gund	Fatal	6
8 May 2005	Piper PA-31-350 LV-LXO	Cordoba, Argentina	Chiftian SA	Fatal	6
26 Mar 2005	Pilatus PC-12/45 N770G	Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States	Jeffrey M. Jacober	Fatal	6
3 Mar 2005	Cessna 340A D-IMMA	Bologna, Italy no coordinates	-	Fatal	6
16 Oct 2005	Cessna U206P 5H-APE	Mahone, Tanzania no coordinates	Nomad Aviation	Fatal	5
24 Jun 2005	Beechcraft E90 N62BL	New Roads, Louisiana, United States	-	Fatal	5
31 May 2005	Cessna 206C N558DZ	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	Skydive Costa Rica	Fatal	5
21 Jan 2005	Cessna 421C RILEY TURBINE E N844JK	Overland Park, Kansas, United States	-	Fatal	5
18 Jan 2005	Aerostar S A 600 N7478S	Cornelia, South Africa	-	Fatal	5
26 Dec 2005	Piper PA-23-250 N444DA	South Caicos, Turks And Caicos Islands no coordinates	Carson H. Garland	Fatal	4
22 Dec 2005	Cessna 172 N7383A	Gilroy, California, United States	Mathew M. Armstrong	Fatal	4
2 Dec 2005	Piper PA-31-350 VH PYN	Condobolin, Australia	Peter Menegazzo	Fatal	4
19 Nov 2005	Cessna T210N N546BC	Dana Point, California, United States	-	Fatal	4
24 Oct 2005	Cessna 172N EC-EME	Barcelona, Spain no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
14 Oct 2005	Plavcan LANCAIR 235 N235U	Rootstown, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	4
4 Oct 2005	Piper PA28-181 HB-PHB	Ansa village, Morocco no coordinates	Fluggruppe pro Altenrhein	Fatal	4
2 Oct 2005	Eurocopter Deutschland BO-105 ZS-RMR	Harlem, South Africa	SA Red Cross	Fatal	4
16 Sep 2005	Cessna 207 YV412C	La Esmeralda, Venezuela	Cooperative Assoc. Lines Air Taxi	Fatal	4
11 Sep 2005	Piper PA-32-300 N4032R	Wabash, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	4
31 Aug 2005	Piper PA-23-250 CP-1429	Cieneguilla, Bolivia no coordinates	Servicios Aereos Nilo Osuna	Fatal	4
23 Aug 2005	Cessna 172 OK-HOS	Simplon, Switzerland	Sky Academy S.R.O.	Fatal	4
14 Aug 2005	Cessna 425 N425SG	Lone Tree, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	4
31 Jul 2005	Cessna 172S N65982	Key West, Florida, United States	Epic Aviation, Inc.	Fatal	4
27 Jun 2005	Cessna 182Q N5155N	Groton, Connecticut, United States	-	Fatal	4
25 May 2005	Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 N312MA	Hillsboro, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	4
21 May 2005	Cessna 172S N778LP	Brooklyn, New York, United States	Air Fleet Training Systems Inc.	Fatal	4
11 May 2005	Cessna T210G N6807R	Ouray, Colorado, United States	-	Fatal	4
8 May 2005	Cessna 207 RPC-3216	Tanauan City, Philippines no coordinates	Chemtrad Inc.	Fatal	4
26 Mar 2005	Bell 206B HB-XQO	Sirnach, Switzerland no coordinates	Heli Partner AG	Fatal	4
4 Feb 2005	Beechcraft BE-58 N12AZ	Niles, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	4