Aircraft type safety record

Cessna 172 — accident and safety record

Every recorded Cessna 172 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets (1963–2026).

OCCURRENCES13,080

FATAL1,266

HULL LOSSES272

Cessna 172 safety overview

Most affected: US (10,188), ZA (121), GB (112), ES (69), CH (48)

Top operators: American Flyers (19), Private (10), CIVIL AIR PATROL INC (9), West Valley Flying Club (7), Pilot (7)

All recorded Cessna 172 occurrences

2020s

+ 767 more 2020s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

2010s

+ 1,355 more 2010s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

2000s

+ 1,602 more 2000s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

1990s

+ 1,704 more 1990s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

1980s

+ 2,309 more 1980s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

1970s

1979-12-30 — N738WX (2 fatal)
1979-12-21 — N1792F (1 fatal)
1979-12-21 — N6714H (5 fatal)
1979-12-21 — N736UL (2 fatal)
1979-12-16 — N6647A (1 fatal)
1979-12-09 — N20647 (3 fatal)
1979-11-22 — N4760R (4 fatal)
1979-11-11 — N21479 (2 fatal)
1979-11-04 — N737TH (3 fatal)
1979-10-20 — N5072R (2 fatal)
1979-09-20 — N2331U (1 fatal)
1979-09-18 — N3623L (2 fatal)
1979-09-16 — N736QH (2 fatal)
1979-09-10 — N80979 (1 fatal)
1979-09-09 — N5747A (1 fatal)
1979-09-08 — N1944F (1 fatal)
1979-09-04 — N738FR (4 fatal)
1979-08-18 — N6630H (1 fatal)
1979-07-26 — N9138B (1 fatal)
1979-07-20 — N6250D (1 fatal)
1979-07-14 — N1695E (1 fatal)
1979-07-11 — N5471H (2 fatal)
1979-07-07 — N172KA (2 fatal)
1979-07-04 — N20739 (5 fatal)
1979-07-03 — N64168 (2 fatal)
1979-07-03 — N73532 (7 fatal)
1979-06-01 — N1667E (1 fatal)
1979-05-22 — N1390U (2 fatal)
1979-05-13 — N707AC (4 fatal)
1979-05-06 — N733HG (4 fatal)
1979-05-05 — N7687T (2 fatal)
1979-05-05 — C-GYVP (2 fatal)
1979-05-04 — N3047V (2 fatal)
1979-04-26 — N61882 (2 fatal)
1979-03-14 — N736TN (1 fatal)
1979-03-10 — N737XR (4 fatal)
1979-03-07 — N6788A (3 fatal)
1979-03-03 — N738HR (2 fatal)
1979-02-26 — N1539V (1 fatal)
1979-02-25 — N7850X (1 fatal)
1979-02-23 — N736FW (2 fatal)
1979-02-19 — N1527V (3 fatal)
1979-02-09 — N12752 (2 fatal)
1979-02-06 — N758AV (1 fatal)
1979-01-16 — N2564L (2 fatal)
1978-12-27 — N7678T (1 fatal)
1978-12-20 — N75819 (4 fatal)
1978-12-19 — N79029 (3 fatal)
1978-12-19 — N739DN (1 fatal)
1978-12-17 — N7015A (1 fatal)
1978-12-05 — N5979R (1 fatal)
1978-12-01 — N736TH (1 fatal)
1978-11-23 — N5170F (3 fatal)
1978-11-21 — N3292L (1 fatal)
1978-11-20 — N733QV (3 fatal)
1978-11-18 — N2757L (1 fatal)
1978-11-12 — N739HG (1 fatal)
1978-11-02 — N46037 (2 fatal)
1978-10-27 — N5131H (1 fatal)
1978-10-20 — N1333Y (1 fatal)
1978-10-15 — N7500G (2 fatal)
1978-10-08 — N6018R (1 fatal)
1978-09-25 — N7711G (137 fatal)
1978-09-20 — N20285 (1 fatal)
1978-09-16 — N9655V (2 fatal)
1978-09-11 — N666ZH (1 fatal)
1978-09-10 — N84380 (3 fatal)
1978-08-20 — N733SD (2 fatal)
1978-08-15 — N736XU (2 fatal)
1978-08-14 — N7071T (1 fatal)
1978-07-31 — N711RH (1 fatal)
1978-07-28 — N8838V (1 fatal)
1978-07-22 — N7684X (1 fatal)
1978-07-19 — N7940G (1 fatal)
1978-06-14 — D-EDLQ (1 fatal)
1978-05-20 — N92572 (3 fatal)
1978-04-30 — N1GH (1 fatal)
1978-04-22 — N2304U (1 fatal)
1978-04-07 — N6886A (2 fatal)
1978-04-02 — N2049Y (1 fatal)
1978-03-19 — N6892A (2 fatal)
1978-03-18 — N25435 (1 fatal)
1978-03-17 — N5615T (2 fatal)
1978-03-16 — C-GHUS (3 fatal)
1978-03-09 — N7592X (2 fatal)
1978-03-07 — N13304 (2 fatal)
1978-02-20 — N737MQ (4 fatal)
1977-12-24 — N4183L (2 fatal)
1977-12-21 — N12699 (1 fatal)
1977-12-04 — N75923 (2 fatal)
1977-12-03 — N9564V (4 fatal)
1977-12-01 — N8821Z (2 fatal)
1977-11-13 — C-GSKO (4 fatal)
1977-11-04 — N7330G (4 fatal)
1977-09-29 — N5253Q (2 fatal)
1977-09-29 — N733FZ (2 fatal)
1977-09-16 — N78597 (3 fatal)
1977-09-16 — N7645G (4 fatal)
1977-09-07 — N733QS (1 fatal)
1977-09-07 — N75ER (1 fatal)

+ 2,833 more 1970s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

1960s

1969-12-08 — N84307 (4 fatal)
1969-12-03 — N78585 (2 fatal)
1969-11-29 — N6416E (3 fatal)
1969-11-27 — N3814L (1 fatal)
1969-11-26 — N7271T (2 fatal)
1969-11-11 — N7180T (1 fatal)
1969-11-07 — N5765R (2 fatal)
1969-11-06 — N4145L (1 fatal)
1969-10-13 — N8388X (2 fatal)
1969-10-08 — N1869Y (6 fatal)
1969-10-05 — N3837R (2 fatal)
1969-09-27 — N78284 (1 fatal)
1969-09-19 — N4620L (1 fatal)
1969-09-14 — N4601L (2 fatal)
1969-09-12 — N3774R (1 fatal)
1969-09-11 — N2716L (4 fatal)
1969-09-08 — N6444E (1 fatal)
1969-08-31 — N3149X (3 fatal)
1969-08-03 — N79073 (1 fatal)
1969-08-03 — N1662F (1 fatal)
1969-07-27 — N8460X (3 fatal)
1969-07-18 — N35777 (3 fatal)
1969-07-02 — N5772R (2 fatal)
1969-06-29 — N5936R (4 fatal)
1969-06-28 — N5534R (1 fatal)
1969-06-23 — N4192L (1 fatal)
1969-06-06 — N8040L (2 fatal)
1969-05-17 — N4603L (3 fatal)
1969-05-11 — N78435 (5 fatal)
1969-04-16 — N50001 (1 fatal)
1969-04-07 — N5716T (1 fatal)
1969-04-04 — N2072Y (3 fatal)
1969-03-22 — N8497L (3 fatal)
1969-02-04 — N5871R (2 fatal)
1969-01-27 — N7285T (3 fatal)
1969-01-19 — N5717A (2 fatal)
1969-01-19 — N79103 (1 fatal)
1969-01-04 — N8086L (3 fatal)
1968-12-27 — N7878U (1 fatal)
1968-12-26 — N9200V (1 fatal)
1968-12-05 — N7039T (1 fatal)
1968-12-01 — N2992U (2 fatal)
1968-11-21 — N5740T (1 fatal)
1968-10-18 — N8656B (4 fatal)
1968-10-13 — N8624B (4 fatal)
1968-10-07 — N8225U (4 fatal)
1968-10-07 — N7732U (2 fatal)
1968-10-06 — N2428U (4 fatal)
1968-09-29 — N6280E (1 fatal)
1968-09-05 — N7938X (4 fatal)
1968-09-01 — N5359R (4 fatal)
1968-09-01 — N5777T (1 fatal)
1968-08-28 — N6196R (1 fatal)
1968-08-28 — N2520Y (2 fatal)
1968-08-23 — N1505Y (2 fatal)
1968-08-20 — N3024U (1 fatal)
1968-08-15 — N7282A (3 fatal)
1968-08-04 — N3793S (5 fatal)
1968-07-13 — N46110 (4 fatal)
1968-07-09 — N2854L (4 fatal)
1968-07-05 — N2412L (1 fatal)
1968-07-02 — N3951F (5 fatal)
1968-06-08 — N3837S (3 fatal)
1968-06-08 — N3909F (1 fatal)
1968-06-07 — N4140L (4 fatal)
1968-06-02 — N7372T (1 fatal)
1968-05-30 — N9123B (1 fatal)
1968-05-29 — N1483F (2 fatal)
1968-05-15 — CF-XDQ (1 fatal)
1968-05-12 — N8077B (3 fatal)
1968-05-02 — N1789F (2 fatal)
1968-04-24 — N3811R (1 fatal)
1968-03-24 — N6069A (4 fatal)
1968-03-11 — N3898L (1 fatal)
1968-03-05 — N1868Y (3 fatal)
1968-03-01 — N8063L (1 fatal)
1968-02-14 — N3730F (2 fatal)
1968-02-04 — N5801R (4 fatal)
1968-01-26 — N1336Y (3 fatal)
1968-01-21 — N4142F (2 fatal)
1968-01-02 — N8051X (1 fatal)
1967-12-25 — N8160X (1 fatal)
1967-11-28 — N1780F (3 fatal)
1967-11-19 — N5460T (3 fatal)
1967-11-05 — N1754F (4 fatal)
1967-11-01 — N5753R (2 fatal)
1967-10-22 — N8727B (1 fatal)
1967-10-19 — N2473L (2 fatal)
1967-10-08 — N5625A (3 fatal)
1967-10-08 — N6629A (2 fatal)
1967-10-08 — N8372U (2 fatal)
1967-09-28 — N8210X (2 fatal)
1967-09-16 — N5907A (1 fatal)
1967-09-06 — N3789L (2 fatal)
1967-09-01 — N2697L (4 fatal)
1967-08-30 — N8621U (2 fatal)
1967-08-18 — N7937B (4 fatal)
1967-08-06 — N5507R (5 fatal)
1967-07-17 — N5577R (1 fatal)
1967-07-01 — N8706U (1 fatal)

+ 1,810 more 1960s occurrences in the full database — see the global database.

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