North American aircraft accidents

343 accidents and incidents are recorded involving North American aircraft (1982–2026), with 167 people killed and 56 seriously injured. 32% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 65%, followed by pilot or crew (32%).
• Recorded accidents went from 8 in 1982 to 5 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. North American NA-265-80, Ironwood, MI (Aug 14, 2000) · 2 killed
2. North American NAVION-A, Big Bear City, CA (Dec 19, 1994) · 2 killed
3. North American T-6G, Genoa City, WI (Jan 2, 1983) · 2 killed
4. North American SNJ, Millington, TN (Sep 11, 1983) · 2 killed
5. North American T-28B, Rialto, CA (Mar 16, 1984) · 2 killed
6. North American P-51D, Carbondale, CO (Jul 15, 1984) · 2 killed
7. North American P-51D, New Haven, MI (Nov 17, 1984) · 2 killed
8. North American BRITISH HARVARD MKII, ADA, OK (Aug 28, 1985) · 2 killed
9. North American NA219 (T28B), Luthersville, GA (Mar 30, 1986) · 2 killed
10. North American AT-6D, Redcliff, CO (Aug 15, 1986) · 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.