| Date/Time | Name / Group | Age | Notability | Location | Aircraft | Details | Notes |
| Jan 26, 2020 0947 |
Kobe Bryant |
41 | NBA basketball star | Calabasas, California | Sikorsky S-76B N72EX |
The helicopter crashed in hilly terrain. Nine killed. Special disorientation after entering cloud. | |
| May 29,2021 | Joseph Lara | 59 | American actor | Smyma, Tennessee | Cessna 501 N66BK |
Lara was flying the plane. The pilot’s loss of airplane control during climb due to spatial disorientation. 7 killed. | |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Bill Whittington |
71 | Retired race car driver | Winslow, Arizona | Swearingen SA-226-T Merlin N59EZ |
Impacted terrain under unknown conditions. Two killed. | |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Marilia Mendonca |
26 | Brazilian singing star | Piedade de Caratinga, Brazil | Beechcraft King Air C90B PT-ONJ |
Died while flying in an air taxi on the way to a concert. The aircraft hit power lines while attempting to land. Five killed. | |
| Dec 15,2021 | Jose Angel Hernandez (Flow La Movie) |
38 | Puerto Rican music producer | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Gulfstream IV HI-1050 |
Encountered problems after taking off and circled Santo Domingo before attempting an emergency landing where it crashed near the runway. | |
| Feb 8, 2022 | Josh Neuman | 22 | American skateborder | Near Reykjavik, Iceland | Cessna 172 | Crashed into lake Thingvallavatn while on a sightseeing flight. Four killed. | |
| Oct 1, 2023 19:45 |
Douglas Larsen | 47 | North Dakota state Senator | Near Moab, Utah | Piper PA-28-140 N7173R |
Crashed shortly after taking off from Moab. His wife and two children were also killed. | |
| Oct 1,2023 | Russ Francis | 70 | Former NFL player for the San Francisco 49ers | Lake Placid, NY | Cessna177RG Cardinal N545PZ |
Attempted to return after engine failure on takeoff but impacted trees and terrain at the end of the runway. Two killed. | |
| Jan 4, 2024 12:11 |
Christian Oliver (Klepsker) | 51 | German Actor | Off Bequia, Grenadines | Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking N4023B |
Plane lost power during takeoff, stalled and nose dived into the sea. Killed with his two daughters. Four killed. | |
| Feb 6, 2024 14:47 |
Sebastian Pinera | 74 | Former president of Chile | Illihue, Chile | Robertson R44 helicopter | Crashed in a storm into a lake. Survived, but unconscious, unable to remove his safety belt an drowned. 1 killed. | |
| May 19, 2024 |
Ebrahim Raisi | 63 | President of Iran | Dzmar forest, Iran | Bell 212 6-9207 |
Crashed in foggy weather into a forest. 9 killed. | |
| Jun 7, 2024 | William Anders | 90 | Retired american astronaut | Off San Juan Islands, Washington | Beech A45 N68AF |
Went into a dive and struck the water. Anders was piloting the plane. 1 killed | |
| Jun 10, 2024 11:40 |
Dr. Saulos Chilima | 51 | Vice President of Malawi | Mzulu, Malawi | Dornier 228 | Crashed in poor weather. 10 killed. | |
| Jul 26, 2024 13:05 |
Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark, and Amber Kistler. | - | Members of the Nelon Gospel Quartet | Near Gillette, Wyoming | Pilatus PC-12/47E N375HE |
The aircraft dove into the ground from altitude of 26,000 ft. 7 killed. | |
| Aug 16,2024 7:15 |
Scott Bloomquist | 60 | Champion dirt racer | Mooresburg, Tennessee | Vintage Piper J3 | Crashed into a barn on his farm. 1 killed. | |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Carl Lundstrom | 64 | Co-founder of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. | Velika Planina area, Slovenia | Piper Mooney Ovation M20R | Crashed into a wooden cabin after experiencing spatial disorientation in bad weather. 1 killed | |
| Mar 17,2025 | Aurelio Martínez | 56 | Honduran musician and politician | Roatan, Honduras | Jetstream 31 HR-AYW |
Crashed after takeoff. 12 killed. | |
| Mar 22, 2025 | James 0'Connell | - | Highly skilled and famous test pilot. | Saldanha, South Africa | Impala Mark 1 | Crashed straight into the ground during the West Coast Air Show. 1 killed. |