Waco aircraft accidents

128 accidents and incidents are recorded involving Waco aircraft (1982–2026), with 11 people killed and 8 seriously injured. 5% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Aircraft or equipment was the main factor in 74%, followed by pilot or crew (15%).
• Recorded accidents went from 3 in 1982 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Waco ASO, Lake Apopka, FL (Apr 16, 1991) · 3 killed
2. Waco UPF-7, Sedona, AZ (Jun 23, 1992) · 2 killed
3. Waco UPF-7, Moose Jaw, CA (Jul 10, 2005) · 2 killed
4. Waco YKC, Selden, KS (Jun 30, 2024) · 2 killed
5. Waco UPF-7, Brighton, CO (Jul 6, 1984) · 1 killed
6. Waco UPF-7, Good Hope, IL (Jun 4, 1994) · 1 killed
7. Waco UPF-7, Brownsville, TX (Mar 12, 2011) · 0 killed
8. Waco UPF-7, St Petersburg, FL (Feb 14, 1988) · 0 killed
9. Waco HRE, Alexander City, AL (Dec 6, 1989) · 0 killed
10. Waco UPF-7, Anchorage, AK (Aug 18, 1995) · 0 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.