Ercoupe aircraft accidents

84 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Ercoupe aircraft (1982–2025), with 19 people killed and 21 seriously injured. 17% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 53%, followed by pilot or crew (43%).
• Recorded accidents went from 7 in 1982 to 2 in 2023.

Deadliest accidents

1. Ercoupe 415-C, Tucumcari, NM (Sep 30, 2000) · 2 killed
2. Ercoupe 415-C, Rome, GA (Aug 17, 2003) · 2 killed
3. Ercoupe 415-C, Oakdale, CA (Mar 9, 2004) · 2 killed
4. Ercoupe 415-D, Sebring, FL (Dec 13, 2008) · 2 killed
5. Ercoupe 415 D, Monmouth, IL (Jun 24, 2018) · 2 killed
6. Ercoupe 415-C, Athens, MI (Aug 24, 1982) · 1 killed
7. Ercoupe 415, Fitzgerald, GA (Sep 13, 2023) · 1 killed
8. Ercoupe 415-D, Hamilton, MT (Jul 18, 2000) · 1 killed
9. Ercoupe 415-C, Alexandria, LA (Feb 3, 2005) · 1 killed
10. Ercoupe 415-C, Arcaida, FL (Aug 13, 2008) · 1 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.