Champion aircraft accidents

481 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Champion aircraft (1982–2026), with 129 people killed and 70 seriously injured. 17% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 53%, followed by aircraft or equipment (44%).
• Recorded accidents went from 7 in 1982 to 10 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Champion 7ECA, Lewes, DE (Aug 17, 1982) · 2 killed
2. Champion 7GCAA, Killeen, TX (Aug 25, 1982) · 2 killed
3. Champion 7EC, Near Isleton, CA (Sep 2, 1982) · 2 killed
4. Champion 7KCAB, Reedsburg, WI (Feb 12, 1983) · 2 killed
5. Champion 7EC, Wright, WY (Mar 11, 1983) · 2 killed
6. Champion 7KCAB, Boonville, MO (Aug 24, 1983) · 2 killed
7. Champion 7GCA, Collinsville, MS (Apr 20, 1985) · 2 killed
8. Champion 7ECA, Cambridge, NE (Dec 21, 1986) · 2 killed
9. Champion 7EC, Delia, KS (May 9, 1987) · 2 killed
10. Champion AERONCA 7GC, Columbia, MO (Oct 14, 1987) · 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.