American aircraft accidents

103 accidents and incidents are recorded involving American aircraft (1982–2026), with 35 people killed and 31 seriously injured. 23% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 55%, followed by pilot or crew (39%).
• Recorded accidents went from 6 in 1982 to 1 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. American AA-1A, Statesboro, GA (Apr 28, 1993) · 2 killed
2. American AA-1A, Wellsville, PA (Nov 27, 1983) · 2 killed
3. American AA-1A, Lampasas, TX (Feb 6, 1984) · 2 killed
4. American AA-1C, Kalaupapa, HI (Jun 19, 1989) · 2 killed
5. American Aviation AA-1A, Corona, CA (Jul 23, 2011) · 2 killed
6. American AA-1, Llano, TX (Aug 25, 2012) · 2 killed
7. American Aviation AA-1A, Desert Center, CA (Aug 26, 2013) · 2 killed
8. American Aviation AA-1A, El Mirage, CA (Jun 9, 2014) · 2 killed
9. American Aviation AA5, Cowles, NM (Sep 27, 2019) · 2 killed
10. American Aviation AA-1A, Cleburne, TX (Jun 24, 2021) · 2 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.