Rotorway aircraft accidents

74 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Rotorway aircraft (1982–2025), with 14 people killed and 12 seriously injured. 16% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 52%, followed by pilot or crew (48%).
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1982 to 5 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Rotorway 162F, Oshkosh, WI (Jul 29, 2023) · 2 killed
2. Rotorway Exec 162F, Argyle, NY (Aug 7, 2021) · 2 killed
3. Rotorway EXEC, Saint Pierre, PM (Nov 5, 2018) · 1 killed
4. Rotorway EXEC 162F, Herisau, CH (Aug 24, 2019) · 1 killed
5. Rotorway SCORPION 133, West Hamlin, WV (Aug 20, 1984) · 1 killed
6. Rotorway EXEC 90, Phoenix, AZ (Sep 8, 1991) · 1 killed
7. Rotorway EXEC 90, Anchorage, AK (Jul 16, 1996) · 1 killed
8. Rotorway 162F, Phoenix, AZ (May 31, 1997) · 1 killed
9. Rotorway EXEC 162F, Ithaca, MI (May 13, 2000) · 1 killed
10. Rotorway EXEC, Crestet, FR (Apr 5, 2018) · 1 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.