Aero Commander aircraft accidents

373 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Aero Commander aircraft (1982–2026), with 181 people killed and 65 seriously injured. 26% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 51%, followed by pilot or crew (42%).
• Recorded accidents went from 8 in 1982 to 4 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Aero Commander 685, Cleveland, OH (Jul 20, 1983) · 6 killed
2. Aero Commander 500B, Franklin, PA (Nov 20, 1983) · 6 killed
3. Aero Commander 690A, Ryderwood, WA (Dec 1, 1990) · 5 killed
4. Aero Commander 500S, Eagleville, CA (Nov 21, 2001) · 5 killed
5. Aero Commander 690, Little America, WY (Aug 25, 1984) · 4 killed
6. Aero Commander 560-A, Ashland, OR (Jul 22, 1987) · 4 killed
7. Aero Commander 560-F, Manville, WY (Jul 23, 1992) · 4 killed
8. Aero Commander 500A, Livermore, CA (May 20, 1994) · 4 killed
9. Aero Commander 500S, Thornton Peak, AS (Apr 10, 2001) · 4 killed
10. Aero Commander 690A, Bishop, CA (Aug 11, 2002) · 4 killed

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Aircraft models

Other aircraft makers

• Cessna · 24,148 accidents
• Piper · 13,241 accidents
• Beech · 4,780 accidents
• Bell · 2,250 accidents
• Boeing · 1,579 accidents
• Robinson · 1,575 accidents
• Mooney · 1,237 accidents
• Grumman · 1,000 accidents
• Air Tractor · 932 accidents
• Bellanca · 918 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.