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

All crashes (page 6 of 15)

September 7, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Homer, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
September 4, 1998: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania, United States (1 fatality)
August 8, 1998: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Baker, Nevada, United States (3 fatalities)
July 17, 1998: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Miami-Executive (Kendall-Tamiami), Florida, United States (1 fatality)
June 12, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 10, 1998: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Altoona-Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States (3 fatalities)
May 19, 1998: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Great Falls, Montana, United States (2 fatalities)
May 14, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, La Grande-3, Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
April 11, 1998: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Bigfork, Montana, United States (2 fatalities)
April 10, 1998: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Presque Isle, Maine, United States (1 fatality)
March 22, 1998: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Southport, North Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
March 20, 1998: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Treinta y Tres, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay (0 fatalities)
March 5, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Novato-Gnoss Field, California, United States (1 fatality)
March 1, 1998: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Presque Isle, Maine, United States (2 fatalities)
January 20, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada (0 fatalities)
January 15, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Rainbow Lake, Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
January 9, 1998: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Manila-Ninoy Aquino, Metro Manila, Philippines (0 fatalities)
December 4, 1997: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Droue-sur-Drouette, Eure-et-Loir, France (1 fatality)
November 14, 1997: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Erfurt-Weimar, Thuringia, Germany (4 fatalities)
November 1, 1997: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania (1 fatality)
October 10, 1997: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Berdoues, Gers, France (0 fatalities)
September 12, 1997: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Grand Manan Islands, New Brunswick, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 20, 1997: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, San Diego-Brown Field, California, United States (3 fatalities)
April 27, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Waterford, Virginia, United States (2 fatalities)
April 27, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lake of the Woods, Oregon, United States (1 fatality)
April 22, 1997: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland (0 fatalities)
April 10, 1997: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Hilo, Hawaii, United States (0 fatalities)
January 2, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Chesapeake, Virginia, United States (4 fatalities)
November 17, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Eagle County-FlyVail, Colorado, United States (5 fatalities)
November 13, 1996: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya (8 fatalities)
November 9, 1996: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), New Bern, North Carolina, United States (3 fatalities)
October 20, 1996: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada (8 fatalities)
August 14, 1996: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Pottstown-Limerick-Heritage Field, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
July 12, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Hartford-Brainard, Connecticut, United States (0 fatalities)
June 19, 1996: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Dayton-Wright Brothers Memorial, Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
June 2, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Aitkin, Minnesota, United States (4 fatalities)
May 30, 1996: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Kangiqsualujjuaq (Wakeham Bay), Quebec, Canada (4 fatalities)
May 29, 1996: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Malvern, Arkansas, United States (5 fatalities)
May 24, 1996: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Stevensville, Maryland, United States (0 fatalities)
February 27, 1996: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa (0 fatalities)
February 17, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Atlantic Ocean, World (1 fatality)
February 15, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia (5 fatalities)
February 12, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Butler, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
February 8, 1996: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, King Island-Currie, Tasmania, Australia (1 fatality)
January 27, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Mount Storm, West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
January 26, 1996: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Johannesburg-Oliver Reginald Tambo (Jan Smuts), Gauteng, South Africa (2 fatalities)
January 22, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Carlyle, Illinois, United States (1 fatality)
January 16, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Peachtree City-Falcon Field, Georgia, United States (2 fatalities)
January 15, 1996: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Mt Chachani, Arequipa, Peru (5 fatalities)
January 12, 1996: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Moroubas, Ouaka, Central African Republic (10 fatalities)
January 4, 1996: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Westerland-Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (2 fatalities)
December 23, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, San Jose, California, United States (2 fatalities)
November 25, 1995: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada (0 fatalities)
November 22, 1995: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (1 fatality)
October 18, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, New York-JFK, New York, United States (1 fatality)
October 10, 1995: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Zurich-Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland (1 fatality)
October 6, 1995: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, General Villegas, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (4 fatalities)
September 29, 1995: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia (6 fatalities)
August 20, 1995: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Rock Hill-York County, South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
August 18, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Ardoch, North Dakota, United States (2 fatalities)
August 9, 1995: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Madrid-Barajas-Adolfo Suárez, Madrid, Spain (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1995: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Seven Islands, Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
June 25, 1995: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Valdez, Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
June 14, 1995: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Cedar Bluff, Virginia, United States (3 fatalities)
May 29, 1995: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Mbour, Thiès Region, Senegal (6 fatalities)
May 16, 1995: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Liuli, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
May 1, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada (5 fatalities)
April 29, 1995: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Varese, Lombardy, Italy (2 fatalities)
April 12, 1995: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Danbury, Connecticut, United States (1 fatality)
March 23, 1995: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne, Jinan, Shandong, China (7 fatalities)
March 15, 1995: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Cambridge-Dorchester, Maryland, United States (1 fatality)
February 14, 1995: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Eau Claire-Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, United States (2 fatalities)
February 13, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Grand Canyon-National Park, Arizona, United States (8 fatalities)
February 9, 1995: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Tremonton, Utah, United States (2 fatalities)
January 25, 1995: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya (2 fatalities)
January 9, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Brownsville, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
January 4, 1995: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (2 fatalities)
December 22, 1994: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Rochester, Minnesota, United States (3 fatalities)
December 10, 1994: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Colonie, New York, United States (1 fatality)
December 6, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Ngong Hills, Kajiado, Kenya (5 fatalities)
November 29, 1994: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Brockway, Montana, United States (2 fatalities)
November 19, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Oksibil, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (2 fatalities)
November 5, 1994: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Trichardtsdal, Limpopo, South Africa (5 fatalities)
November 4, 1994: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Sion, Valais, Switzerland (0 fatalities)
September 14, 1994: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Saint Clair County (Port Huron), Michigan, United States (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1994: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Lincoln-Logan County, Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
August 19, 1994: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Killarney, Ontario, Canada (6 fatalities)
August 14, 1994: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States (4 fatalities)
July 13, 1994: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Lancaster-Fairfield County, Ohio, United States (0 fatalities)
July 12, 1994: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), White Plains-Westchester County, New York, United States (0 fatalities)
July 6, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Siwandu, Pwani Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
June 24, 1994: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Palm Beach County Park-Lantana, Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
May 7, 1994: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Gulf of Mexico, World (0 fatalities)
April 27, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Stratford-Igor I. Sikorsky, Connecticut, United States (8 fatalities)
April 7, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States (2 fatalities)
March 18, 1994: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Pottstown-Limerick-Heritage Field, Pennsylvania, United States (2 fatalities)
March 3, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Frazier Park, California, United States (1 fatality)
February 21, 1994: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Norwood, Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
January 11, 1994: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada (2 fatalities)
January 4, 1994: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (2 fatalities)