Lake aircraft accidents

108 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Lake aircraft (1982–2026), with 38 people killed and 34 seriously injured. 16% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 5 in 1982 to 1 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Lake LA-4-250, Blue River, OR (May 17, 1986) · 4 killed
2. Lake LA-4-200, Gold Bar, WA (Apr 4, 1993) · 4 killed
3. Lake LA-250, Sisters, OR (Sep 29, 1991) · 3 killed
4. Lake 250, Pickle Lake, Ontario, CA (Oct 17, 2012) · 3 killed
5. Lake LA-4, Onalaska, WA (Jun 9, 1990) · 3 killed
6. Lake 4-200, Melbourne, FL (May 7, 1996) · 3 killed
7. Lake LA4, Región de Los Lagos, CL (Jun 25, 2016) · 2 killed
8. Lake LA-4-200, Eastsound, WA (Sep 23, 1983) · 2 killed
9. Lake LA4 - 200, Split, HR (Jun 25, 2015) · 2 killed
10. Lake LA-4-200, Nixa, MO (Apr 12, 1987) · 2 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.