Aviation accidents in United Kingdom

109 accidents and incidents are recorded in United Kingdom (1982–2026), with 218 people killed and 8 seriously injured. 34% of the accidents were fatal.

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Deadliest accidents

  1. 1985 Manchester Airport disaster, runway (Aug 22, 1985) · 55 killed
  2. Kegworth air disaster, Kegworth (Jan 8, 1989) · 47 killed
  3. Bond Offshore Helicopters Flight 85N, United Kingdom (Apr 1, 2009) · 16 killed
  4. Knight Air Flight 816, Dunkeswick (May 24, 1995) · 12 killed
  5. 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash, United Kingdom (Nov 29, 2013) · 10 killed
  6. Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3W, United Kingdom (Sep 3, 1999) · 8 killed
  7. 1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash, United Kingdom (Sep 14, 1982) · 6 killed
  8. Air Algérie Flight 702P, United Kingdom (Dec 21, 1994) · 5 killed
  9. Cessna 500, Farnborough, Ke, GB (Mar 30, 2008) · 5 killed
  10. Aerospatiale AS355, Snowdonia, GB (Mar 29, 2017) · 5 killed

By year

AccidentsFatalKilled
1982116
19851155
19891147
1990100
1993113
1994115
19951112
1996112
19992212
2005112
2008215
20094320
2010637
2011311
20138413
2014411
2015436
2016300
20175410
2018100
2019323
2020111
2021700
2022711
20231400
20241511
2025825
2026300

By phase of flight

AccidentsFatalKilled
Landing2111
Cruise15410
Takeoff1237
Maneuvering746
Approach600
Climb500
Ground400
Other314
Descent211

By main cause (NTSB coding)

AccidentsFatalKilled
Aircraft or equipment200

By type of operation

AccidentsFatalKilled
Non-US, non-commercial562141
Non-US, commercial2114

Aircraft makers

AccidentsFatalKilled
Boeing2200
Piper13816
Cessna1237
Cirrus711
Beech514
Mooney312
Gulfstream200
Sikorsky200
Aerospatiale215
De Havilland211

Aircraft models

AccidentsFatalKilled
Boeing 7371400
Cirrus SR22511
Mooney M20312
Cessna 525300
Boeing 787300
Piper PA-28223
Piper PA-31212
Piper PA46212
Cessna FRA150211
Cessna 172200

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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.

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    Sources: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), 1982 to present, plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. Mostly US events; not a complete global record. Findings may be preliminary. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap.

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