# Missing aircraft

- Type: NTSB defining event
- NTSB code: 990
- CICTT category: Unknown
- Defining event in: 13 cases
- In the sequence of: 15 cases
- Fatal cases: 12
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/990/cases.md
- Cases with it anywhere in the sequence: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/990/sequence.md
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/990

## Cases per year (defining / in the sequence)

- 2009: 2 / 2
- 2010: 1 / 1
- 2012: 2 / 3
- 2013: 1 / 1
- 2015: 1 / 1
- 2020: 2 / 2
- 2022: 2 / 2
- 2023: 1 / 1
- 2025: 1 / 2

## Phase of flight

- Unknown: 13 cases

## In the probable cause of these cases

- [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 10 cases
- [Stolen/unauthorized](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02051020) (Personnel issues): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Sud Aviation/Eurocopter ALOUETTE II SE313B](https://openairdocs.org/model/sud-aviation-eurocopter-alouette-ii-se313b): 1 cases
- [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150): 1 cases
- [Dehavilland DHC-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2): 1 cases
- [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 1 cases
- [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s): 1 cases
- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 1 cases
- [Beech V35A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN25LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA164), Apr 29, 2025: Air Tractor AT802 (N4025K), Atlantic Ocean, Canada, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane’s impact with the ocean for undetermined reasons based on the available evidence.
- [NTSB GAA23WA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA118), Mar 1, 2023: Sud Aviation/Eurocopter Alouette II SE313B (N45VX), Mangsee Island, Philippines, 4 fatal
- [NTSB WPR22LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA371), Aug 20, 2022: Cessna 172M (N9670V), Pacific Ocean, CA, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the airplane and pilot were not located.
- [NTSB GAA22WA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA142), Apr 2, 2022: Piper PA-28R (G-EGVA), Le Touquet, United Kingdom, substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN21WA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21WA042), Nov 3, 2020: Piper PA34 (EC-HCA), Reus, Spain, substantial damage, 2 fatal
- [NTSB WPR20FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FAMS2), Feb 12, 2020: Luscombe 8 (N77875), Pacific Ocean, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the airplane and pilot were not located.
- [NTSB WPR15FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FAMS1), May 8, 2015: Cessna 172S (N191TG), Davenport, CA, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the airplane was not located.
- [NTSB ANC13FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13FAMS2), Sep 9, 2013: Piper PA-32-260 (N3705W), Yakutat, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined because the pilot and airplane were not found.
- [NTSB ANC13FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13FAMS1), Oct 13, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N444LZ), Kenai, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined. The airplane and pilot were not found.
- [NTSB ERA12FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FAMS1), Mar 1, 2012: Cessna 182P (N1338S), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined; the airplane and pilot are missing.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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