Piper plane crashes
1,403 crashes involving Piper aircraft since 1967, with 2,904 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 1,403
- Fatal crashes: 989
- Fatalities: 2,904
- First recorded: December 28, 1967
- Most recent: October 16, 2026
Deadliest
- July 5, 2014: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Częstochowa-Rudniki, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (11 fatalities)
- December 22, 2024: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (10 fatalities)
- December 3, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Mariquita, Tolima, Colombia (10 fatalities)
- September 6, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Araracuara, Caquetá, Colombia (10 fatalities)
- December 6, 1999: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Johannesburg-Rand, Gauteng, South Africa (10 fatalities)
Models
- Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (396)
- Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (339)
- Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) (213)
- Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) (168)
- Piper PA-31 Cheyenne (163)
- Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) (95)
- Piper PA-42 Cheyenne (21)
- Piper PA-28 (3)
Countries
- United States (808)
- Canada (83)
- Australia (54)
- France (37)
- United Kingdom (32)
- Colombia (31)
- Mexico (31)
- Germany (28)
- Brazil (21)
- Argentina (18)
- Venezuela (17)
- Chile (16)
Years
- 1982 (69)
- 1984 (63)
- 1985 (63)
- 1986 (62)
- 1980 (58)
- 1989 (55)
- 1987 (52)
- 1981 (48)
- 1983 (46)
- 1988 (45)
- 2000 (34)
- 1978 (31)
All crashes (page 1 of 15)
- October 16, 2026: Piper PA-38 Tomahawk II (G-LFSU), Northeast of Drymen, near Loch Lomond, Stirling, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- October 13, 2026: Piper PA-46 Malibu, Near Mirror Lake State Park, Town of Dellona, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States (6 fatalities)
- August 26, 2026: Piper PA-24-260 Comanche, Seldovia Slough near Seldovia Airport, Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
- July 28, 2026: Piper PA-28, Chandler Municipal Airport, Chandler, Arizona, United States (1 fatality)
- July 20, 2026: Piper J3C-65 Cub, Fulshear, Texas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- July 13, 2026: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Saranac Lake-Adirondack, New York, United States (3 fatalities)
- July 6, 2026: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Navegantes-Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- June 28, 2026: Piper (1960 model), Mercer County Regional Airport, North Dakota, USA, United States (1 fatality)
- June 20, 2026: Piper PA-28, Bowie, Maryland, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
- April 21, 2026: Piper PA-28, Mesa, Arizona, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
- April 3, 2026: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Capão da Canoa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (4 fatalities)
- March 11, 2026: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Japuranã, Mato Grosso, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- February 3, 2026: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Les Cayes, South, Haiti (0 fatalities)
- January 10, 2026: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Paipa-Juan José Rondón, Boyacá, Colombia (6 fatalities)
- November 17, 2025: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Villa Mendoza, Michoacán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- October 22, 2025: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, San Cristóbal-Paramillo, Táchira, Venezuela (2 fatalities)
- July 26, 2025: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Deer Lake, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (2 fatalities)
- July 20, 2025: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (1 fatality)
- May 7, 2025: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Curacaví, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (6 fatalities)
- April 13, 2025: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Salzgitter-Drütte, Lower Saxony, Germany (2 fatalities)
- April 10, 2025: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Folkston-Davis Field, Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 20, 2025: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Freire, Región de la Araucanía, Chile (0 fatalities)
- December 22, 2024: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (10 fatalities)
- December 11, 2024: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Victoria, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
- September 6, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Anderson-Darlington Field, Indiana, United States (4 fatalities)
- August 16, 2024: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
- August 9, 2024: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Las Horquetas, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile (7 fatalities)
- July 29, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Qaqortoq, Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (0 fatalities)
- June 30, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Trout Creek, New York, United States (5 fatalities)
- June 17, 2024: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Albany, New York, United States (1 fatality)
- June 7, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Sorriso-Aero Agro, Mato Grosso, Brazil (2 fatalities)
- May 12, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Marianna, Arkansas, United States (2 fatalities)
- April 16, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Hartsburg, Missouri, United States (1 fatality)
- March 14, 2024: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Grass Valley, California, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 28, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Itapeva, Minas Gerais, Brazil (7 fatalities)
- January 23, 2024: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Tepic-Amado Nervo, Nayarit, Mexico (4 fatalities)
- January 5, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (4 fatalities)
- December 31, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Lake Norman Airpark, North Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
- October 30, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), McCook-Ben Nelson, Nebraska, United States (1 fatality)
- October 23, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Pierre, South Dakota, United States (1 fatality)
- August 21, 2023: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Durant-Eaker Field, Oklahoma, United States (0 fatalities)
- July 20, 2023: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Mosby-Midwest National Air Center, Missouri, United States (1 fatality)
- July 6, 2023: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Burlington-Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
- June 18, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), College Station, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
- June 3, 2023: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Tupelo, Mississippi, United States (2 fatalities)
- April 7, 2023: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- March 23, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Saint Augustine, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
- March 4, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Thedford-Thomas County, Nebraska, United States (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 2023: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Beatrice, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
- February 2, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Port Orange-Spruce Creek, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 18, 2023: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Middlefield-Geauga County, Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
- January 17, 2023: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Yoakum, Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
- December 14, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (1 fatality)
- December 13, 2022: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Lewistown, Montana, United States (0 fatalities)
- November 21, 2022: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera, Antioquia, Colombia (8 fatalities)
- November 9, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), North Platte, Nebraska, United States (2 fatalities)
- September 13, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Seligman, Arizona, United States (2 fatalities)
- August 14, 2022: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, La Libertad, Campeche, Mexico (1 fatality)
- August 2, 2022: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), South Haven, Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
- July 17, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (4 fatalities)
- July 13, 2022: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico (2 fatalities)
- June 5, 2022: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Deadmans Cay, Long Island, Bahamas (1 fatality)
- May 23, 2022: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Durango, Durango, Mexico (2 fatalities)
- April 3, 2022: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Olathe-Johnson County (New Century), Kansas, United States (1 fatality)
- February 13, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- December 10, 2021: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Steamboat Springs-Bob Adams, Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
- December 5, 2021: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Medford-Rogue Valley, Oregon, United States (2 fatalities)
- August 6, 2021: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Courchevel, Savoie, France (1 fatality)
- July 1, 2021: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Wichita-Colonel James Jabara, Kansas, United States (0 fatalities)
- May 21, 2021: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States (1 fatality)
- May 6, 2021: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), LaBelle, Florida, United States (1 fatality)
- April 29, 2021: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Cranfield, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- April 23, 2021: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Danville, Arkansas, United States (4 fatalities)
- April 16, 2021: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, South Bimini, Bimini, Bahamas (1 fatality)
- April 7, 2021: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Salitre, Guayas, Ecuador (6 fatalities)
- March 3, 2021: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Sergio Butrón Casas, Quintana Roo, Mexico (0 fatalities)
- February 13, 2021: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Tehachapi, California, United States (1 fatality)
- February 2, 2021: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
- December 19, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Naples, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
- October 10, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Dauchingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (0 fatalities)
- October 5, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Vannes, Morbihan, France (0 fatalities)
- October 2, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Lake Elmo, Minnesota, United States (0 fatalities)
- September 20, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Hilltop Lakes, Texas, United States (4 fatalities)
- September 16, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Jacksonville-Cherokee County, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
- August 1, 2020: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Sumter, South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
- June 5, 2020: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Eatonton, Georgia, United States (5 fatalities)
- April 23, 2020: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Craig, Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
- April 20, 2020: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Billings-Logan, Montana, United States (1 fatality)
- March 3, 2020: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Bishop, Georgia, United States (3 fatalities)
- February 20, 2020: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Pamplona, Navarre, Spain (1 fatality)
- February 12, 2020: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Bogotá-Guaymaral, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (4 fatalities)
- February 6, 2020: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Santarém, Pará, Brazil (0 fatalities)
- January 28, 2020: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Springfield-Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
- December 28, 2019: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Lafayette-Paul Fournet, Louisiana, United States (5 fatalities)
- December 10, 2019: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada (3 fatalities)
- November 29, 2019: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States (3 fatalities)
- October 5, 2019: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Kokomo, Indiana, United States (1 fatality)
- September 15, 2019: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Popayán-Guillermo León Valencia, Cauca, Colombia (7 fatalities)
- September 15, 2019: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Boothville, Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)