Fairchild aircraft accidents

122 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Fairchild aircraft (1982–2026), with 47 people killed and 21 seriously injured. 12% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 62% of these accidents and 71% of deaths. Airline flights account for 5% of accidents.
• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 50%, followed by pilot or crew (45%).
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1982 to 1 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Fairchild SA-227AC, Bayfield, CO (Jan 20, 1988) · 9 killed
2. Fairchild FH227B, Buenos Aires, AR (Oct 26, 2003) · 5 killed
3. Fairchild SA227-TT, Blountville, TN (Apr 2, 1993) · 4 killed
4. Fairchild SA-226T, Santa Fe, NM (May 26, 1993) · 4 killed
5. Fairchild KR-31, Bartlesville, OK (Jun 1, 1996) · 4 killed
6. Fairchild SA226T, Pontiac, MI (Jan 10, 1988) · 3 killed
7. Fairchild SA 227-AC, Hot Springs, AR (Aug 25, 1992) · 3 killed
8. Fairchild C-123K, McKinley Park, AK (Aug 1, 2010) · 3 killed
9. Fairchild M-62A-3, Monroe, NC (Dec 17, 1987) · 2 killed
10. Fairchild M-62A-3, Corsicana, TX (Sep 4, 2004) · 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.