Aviation accidents in 2015

The NTSB database holds 1,581 accidents and incidents in 2015, recorded between 2015. 365 of them were fatal (23%), and 1,103 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, Brazil and Canada.

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

1,581

Records

365

Fatal

1,103

Deaths

23%

Share fatal

2015

Period

Show these on the map 1,453 of 1,581 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 89 Cessna 182 52 Piper PA-28 41 Boeing 737 41 Robinson R44 36 Cessna 150 34

Where these happened

United States 1,313 Brazil 22 Canada 21 Colombia 15 United Kingdom 15 Germany 10

Operators involved

American Airlines Inc 6 Not Provided by Authority 4 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4 Southwest Airlines Co 4 Delta Air Lines 3 United Air Lines Inc 3

All 1,581 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Oct 2015	Piper PA-31-325 HK3909G	Chia, Colombia	El Caminante Air S.A.	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2015	Pierce Henry BUSHBY MUSTANG II N929DS	Granbury, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2015	Beechcraft S35 N193Q	Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States	Bennett Robert D	Fatal	2
20 Sep 2015	Cessna 150H N22721	Morrisville, New York, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 2015	Smith AEROSTAR600 N164HH	Santa Fé de Antioquia, Colombia	Heliblack LLC	Fatal	2
9 Sep 2015	Robinson R44 C-GZFX	Foleyet, Canada	Apex Helicopters Inc.	Fatal	2
7 Sep 2015	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A N4948E	Creswell, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 Sep 2015	Piper PA28 N8441B	Santee, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Sep 2015	Cooper Michael C RV 8A N393MC	Advance, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
30 Aug 2015	Embraer EMB721 PT-EPD	Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil	-	Fatal	2
30 Aug 2015	Cirrus SR22 N765CD	Kewanee, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
23 Aug 2015	Cessna 180 N3043E	Kasilof, Alaska, United States	-	Fatal	2
20 Aug 2015	Cessna 172P N62731	Townsend, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Aug 2015	Zenair CH 2000 N26ZA	McAllen, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Aug 2015	Cessna T182T N6289Z	Oroville, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
12 Aug 2015	Beechcraft N35 N390Z	Weirsdale, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 Aug 2015	Grumman American Avn AA 5A N9684U	Harrisburg, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	2
7 Aug 2015	Cessna 182F N5738F	Montecito, California, United States	Pacific Coast Flyers	Fatal	2
7 Aug 2015	Piper PA 18-150 N3675P	Chugiak, Alaska, United States	Fairbanks Seth G	Fatal	2
29 Jul 2015	Socata TBM 700 N425KJ	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	Trustey Management Corporation	Fatal	2
26 Jul 2015	Piper PA46-350P JA4060	Tokyo, Japan	-	Fatal	2
26 Jul 2015	Beechcraft V35B N252G	Colbert, Oklahoma, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Jul 2015	Sanford ZENITH CH 601XL N9601	Bristol, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	2
24 Jul 2015	Piper PA-28-151 N32401	Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States	-	Fatal	2
22 Jul 2015	Aeronca 7BCM (L-16A) N8362H	Auburn, Wyoming, United States	Vaughn Hood	Fatal	2
14 Jul 2015	Piper PA 32-300 N555PK	Brazoria, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Jul 2015	Beechcraft A35 N8749A	Mazama, Washington, United States	Bowman LEE	Fatal	2
11 Jul 2015	Piper PA 22-160 N9712D	Twin Sisters Mtn, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
9 Jul 2015	Bell 407-NO SERIES B-7723	Zhejiang Province, P.R. China, China no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Jul 2015	Cessna 150M N3601V	Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
4 Jul 2015	Champion 7BCM N10497	Portland, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Jul 2015	Schweizer 269C N2096W	Newberg, Oregon, United States	Precision Aviation Training, LLC	Fatal	2
1 Jul 2015	Hughes 269C N9490F	Asotin, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
1 Jul 2015	Piper PA 24-250 N6168P	Quinlan, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
25 Jun 2015	Lake LA4-200 9A-DLA	Split, Croatia	-	Fatal	2
22 Jun 2015	Cessna 172 C-GJSE	Fort McMurray, Canada no coordinates	McMurray Aviation	Fatal	2
14 Jun 2015	Ilyushin IL-103 EW-041LL	Brest, Belarus	-	Fatal	2
7 Jun 2015	Van's RV-7A 9A-DVM	Zagreb, Croatia	Vilko Markovic	Fatal	2
5 Jun 2015	CubCrafters CC18-180 N162WR	Raton, New Mexico, United States	Usda-Aphis-Ws	Fatal	2
2 Jun 2015	Monnett John T Jr SONEX SA N123SX	Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States	Sonex Aircraft LLC	Fatal	2
1 Jun 2015	Cessna 182 N759AS	Sikanni Chief, Canada	Holte James K	Fatal	2
24 May 2015	Cessna T182-T N247P	Carlow, Ireland	-	Fatal	2
21 May 2015	Avions Robin DR400 F-GBUP	Arras, France	-	Fatal	2
18 May 2015	Beechcraft 95 B55 (T42A) N5816S	Saltville, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 May 2015	Cessna 182 LV-CXM	Bajo Hondo, Argentina	Aerotec Argentina SA	Fatal	2
7 May 2015	Piper PA 46 350P N962DA	Spokane, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
3 May 2015	Beechcraft BEECH 95-B55 G-RICK	Dundee, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Apr 2015	Bell UH1H-NO SERIES ZU-UHI	Bainskloof, South Africa	-	Fatal	2
13 Apr 2015	Swearingen SA226-TC C-GSKC	North Vancouver, Canada	Carson Air Ltd	Fatal	2
4 Apr 2015	Piper PIPER PA-28-140 G-BHXK	Loch Etive, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Fatal	2