Md aircraft accidents

66 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Md aircraft (2003–2026), with 41 people killed and 22 seriously injured. 27% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 54%, followed by pilot or crew (39%).
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 2003 to 3 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Md Helicopter 369, Mexicali, MX (Mar 13, 2017) · 5 killed
2. Md Helicopter 600, Guatemala City, GT (Feb 7, 2017) · 4 killed
3. Md Helicopter 369E, Pena Larga, OF (Jan 21, 2021) · 4 killed
4. Md Helicopters Llc 369FF, Superior, AZ (Jan 2, 2026) · 4 killed
5. Md Helicopters MD-600N, Novokuznetsk, RS (Sep 13, 2006) · 3 killed
6. Md Helicopter Inc 530 (369FF), Camp Butler, IQ (Jul 17, 2009) · 3 killed
7. Md Helicopter 500, Schinias Marathonas, GR (Jun 23, 2017) · 2 killed
8. Md Helicopter 600, Smethport, PA (Apr 8, 2018) · 2 killed
9. Md Helicopter 369HS, La Morita, MX (Nov 22, 2017) · 2 killed
10. Md Helicopters Inc 369HM, Perrysburg, OH (Jan 15, 2018) · 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.