Eurocopter aircraft accidents

201 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Eurocopter aircraft (1994–2025), with 131 people killed and 57 seriously injured. 22% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 56%, followed by aircraft or equipment (37%).
• Recorded accidents went from 2 in 1994 to 3 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Eurocopter AS350, Megeve, IT (Jan 25, 2019) · 7 killed
2. Eurocopter AS-350BA, Juneau, AK (Jun 9, 1999) · 7 killed
3. Eurocopter AS350-B2, Meadview, AZ (Aug 10, 2001) · 6 killed
4. Eurocopter AS-350-BA, Mt. Waialeale, HI (Jun 25, 1998) · 6 killed
5. Eurocopter AS365N3, Jalan Sungai Lalang, Kampung Pasir baru, Semenyih, MY (Apr 4, 2015) · 6 killed
6. Eurocopter EC130, Peach Springs, AZ (Feb 11, 2018) · 5 killed
7. Eurocopter EC135, Cave Creek, AZ (Feb 14, 2010) · 5 killed
8. Eurocopter EC 130 B4, Pukoo, HI (Nov 10, 2011) · 5 killed
9. Eurocopter EC120, La Romana, DO (Nov 22, 2018) · 5 killed
10. Eurocopter AS 350 B2, Chickaloon, AK (Apr 15, 2008) · 4 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.