Ayres aircraft accidents

261 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Ayres aircraft (1982–2026), with 34 people killed and 28 seriously injured. 13% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 54%, followed by pilot or crew (35%).
• Recorded accidents went from 3 in 1982 to 4 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Ayres S2R-1820, Dundee, MS (Jun 18, 1986) · 1 killed
2. Ayres S2RT34, Marysville, CA (May 9, 1991) · 1 killed
3. Ayres S2R-R3S, Kerman, CA (Feb 27, 1983) · 1 killed
4. Ayres S2RT34, Jordan Valley, OR (Jun 30, 1986) · 1 killed
5. Ayres S2R, Tranquility, CA (Jul 22, 1986) · 1 killed
6. Ayres S-2R, Kuna, ID (Jul 24, 1986) · 1 killed
7. Ayres S2R, Nampa, ID (Jul 25, 1986) · 1 killed
8. Ayres S2R, Firebaugh, CA (Jun 21, 1988) · 1 killed
9. Ayres S2R-T34, Parkin, AR (May 15, 1991) · 1 killed
10. Ayres S2R-T15, Cordell, OK (Oct 5, 1991) · 1 killed

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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.