Hughes aircraft accidents

804 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Hughes aircraft (1982–2026), with 155 people killed and 196 seriously injured. 13% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 51%, followed by aircraft or equipment (42%).
• Recorded accidents went from 28 in 1982 to 4 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Hughes 369HS, Keystone, SD (Jul 6, 1985) · 4 killed
2. Hughes 369D, Haena, HI (Mar 27, 2026) · 3 killed
3. Hughes 369HS, 8 S. Of Page, AZ (Apr 18, 1982) · 3 killed
4. Hughes 369D, Near Tanana, AK (Apr 11, 1982) · 3 killed
5. Hughes 369E, Park City, UT (Dec 27, 2001) · 3 killed
6. Hughes 369D, Price, UT (Jul 19, 2008) · 3 killed
7. Hughes 369, Wanaka, NZ (Oct 17, 2018) · 3 killed
8. Hughes 369D, Puako, HI (May 11, 1997) · 2 killed
9. Hughes 369HE, Jacksonville, FL (Jun 16, 1986) · 2 killed
10. Hughes 369HS, Pierce, ID (Dec 28, 2000) · 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.