Rans aircraft accidents

83 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Rans aircraft (1991–2026), with 46 people killed and 14 seriously injured. 41% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 56%, followed by pilot or crew (44%).
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1991 to 5 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Rans S-12, Plant City, FL (Nov 13, 1995) · 2 killed
2. Rans COYOTE II S6, Lincoln, CA (Jun 15, 2010) · 2 killed
3. Rans S6 - ES, Tan Rouge, RE (Mar 30, 2015) · 2 killed
4. Rans S12, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, AT (May 6, 2016) · 2 killed
5. Rans Inc S-6, Stonewall, TX (Sep 10, 2017) · 2 killed
6. Rans S12, Bavispe, MX (Jan 26, 2019) · 2 killed
7. Rans S7, Kingsland, TX (Apr 21, 2019) · 2 killed
8. Rans S6, Fletcher, NC (Jun 26, 2019) · 2 killed
9. Rans S6, Rougemont, CA (Jul 1, 2019) · 2 killed
10. Rans S6, Lasne, BE (Sep 13, 2020) · 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.