Enstrom aircraft accidents

256 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Enstrom aircraft (1982–2026), with 42 people killed and 45 seriously injured. 11% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 59%, followed by pilot or crew (31%).
• Recorded accidents went from 11 in 1982 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Enstrom F28F, Gutherie, IL (Nov 11, 1996) · 3 killed
2. Enstrom 280FX, Tallassee, AL (Nov 22, 2001) · 2 killed
3. Enstrom 280C, North Plains, OR (Dec 17, 1982) · 2 killed
4. Enstrom 280C, Middleton, ID (Feb 29, 1984) · 2 killed
5. Enstrom 280C, Butler, PA (Oct 28, 1984) · 2 killed
6. Enstrom 280C, Ontario, CA (Mar 1, 1986) · 2 killed
7. Enstrom 280C, Quakertown, PA (Oct 6, 1995) · 2 killed
8. Enstrom F28, Mont Laurier, CA (Aug 5, 2009) · 2 killed
9. Enstrom 280 - FX, Wolica Kozia, PL (Oct 12, 2013) · 2 killed
10. Enstrom 280FX, Erie, CO (Jan 26, 2015) · 2 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.