De Havilland aircraft accidents

321 accidents and incidents are recorded involving De Havilland aircraft (1982–2025), with 200 people killed and 113 seriously injured. 19% of the accidents were fatal.

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General aviation accounts for 49% of these accidents and 28% of deaths. Airline flights account for 12% of accidents.
Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 43%, followed by aircraft or equipment (38%).
Recorded accidents went from 12 in 1982 to 5 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

De Havilland DHC6-33, Moorea, FP (Aug 9, 2007) · 20 killed
De Havilland DHC-6-300, Saint Barthelem, GP (Mar 24, 2001) · 19 killed
De Havilland DHC-6-300, Grand Canyon, AZ (Sep 27, 1989) · 10 killed
De Havilland DHC-2, Near Klawock, AK (Dec 9, 1982) · 8 killed
De Havilland DHC-3, Juneau, AK (Jun 23, 1994) · 7 killed
De Havilland DHC-2, Soldotna, AK (Jul 31, 2020) · 7 killed
De Havilland DHC-2, Ketchikan, AK (May 13, 2019) · 6 killed
De Havilland DHC-6-100, Sullivan, MO (Jul 29, 2006) · 6 killed
De Havilland DHC-2 MARK 1, Dillingham, AK (Jul 30, 1992) · 6 killed
De Havilland DHC-2, Kodiak, AK (Aug 7, 1994) · 6 killed

By year

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
1982	12	2	10
1983	12	2	5
1984	8	4	7
1985	5	1	1
1986	4	0	0
1987	12	0	0
1988	14	3	3
1989	15	4	15
1990	10	2	2
1991	12	0	0
1992	9	1	6
1993	10	2	4
1994	10	3	16
1995	10	2	6
1996	10	4	6
1997	14	3	6
1998	7	2	6
1999	10	1	4
2000	8	2	2
2001	20	1	19
2002	13	2	5
2003	7	0	0
2004	8	3	10
2005	9	0	0
2006	10	3	9
2007	5	2	25
2008	9	1	2
2009	4	0	0
2010	1	0	0
2011	1	0	0
2012	1	0	0
2013	2	0	0
2014	1	1	4
2016	2	0	0
2018	7	4	8
2019	14	4	10
2020	2	1	7
2021	1	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2023	1	0	0
2024	5	1	1
2025	4	1	1

By phase of flight

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
Landing	13	2	4
Cruise	12	3	13
Takeoff	11	1	1
Climb	8	3	3
Approach	4	0	0
Maneuvering	2	1	6
Ground	2	0	0
Descent	2	0	0
Other	1	1	1

By main cause (NTSB coding)

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
Pilot or crew	18	5	17
Aircraft or equipment	16	1	2
Environment or weather	8	1	1

By type of operation

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
General aviation	156	27	50
Charter and air taxi	105	27	99
Airline	39	0	0
Non-US, commercial	7	2	24
Public aircraft	5	0	0
Non-US, non-commercial	5	3	3

US states

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
Alaska	177	35	106
Washington	21	3	7
California	9	1	1
Texas	8	1	2
New York	7	0	0
Oregon	6	2	2
Idaho	6	2	6
Florida	6	0	0
Colorado	6	0	0
Arizona	6	1	10

Countries outside the US

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
Canada	5	3	6
United Kingdom	2	1	1
Australia	2	0	0
Guadeloupe	1	1	19
Kenya	1	0	0
FP	1	1	20
Papua New Guinea	1	1	4
Wallis & Futuna	1	0	0

Aircraft models

	Accidents	Fatal	Killed
De Havilland DHC-2	130	33	106
De Havilland DHC-6	43	7	39
De Havilland DHC-3	29	3	10
De Havilland DHC-8	21	0	0
De Havilland DHC2	14	2	2
De Havilland DH-82	13	3	4
De Havilland BEAVER-DHC	10	2	3
De Havilland DHC-1	8	2	2
De Havilland DHC8	8	1	1
De Havilland DHC-7	6	0	0

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.

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