British aircraft accidents

55 accidents and incidents are recorded involving British aircraft (1984–2024), with 97 people killed and 39 seriously injured. 13% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 21% of these accidents and 1% of deaths. Airline flights account for 51% of accidents.
• Recorded accidents went from 2 in 1984 to 1 in 2017.

Deadliest accidents

1. British Aerospace BAE-146-200, San Luis Obispo, CA (Dec 8, 1987) · 43 killed
2. British Aerospace J-3101, Bear Creek Town, PA (May 21, 2000) · 19 killed
3. British Aerospace Jetstream 32, Kirksville, MO (Oct 20, 2004) · 13 killed
4. British Aerospace HS 125 700A, Akron, OH (Nov 10, 2015) · 9 killed
5. British Aerospace HS 125 700A, Saltillo, MX (Apr 20, 2014) · 8 killed
6. British Aerospace 3101, Caracas, VE (Nov 18, 2004) · 4 killed
7. British Aircraft Corp BAC 167 STRIKEMASTER, Kingston, NY (Feb 26, 2011) · 1 killed
8. British Aerospace 3101, Beckley, WV (Jan 31, 1991) · 0 killed
9. British Aerospace BAE-3101, Joplin, MO (Dec 14, 1987) · 0 killed
10. British Aerospace BAE 146-200A, Denver, CO (Dec 21, 1996) · 0 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.