Aviation accidents in Delaware

110 accidents and incidents are recorded in Delaware (1982–2026), with 39 people killed and 23 seriously injured. 21% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 57%, followed by aircraft or equipment (33%).
• Recorded accidents went from 2 in 1982 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Beech BE-200, New Castle, DE (Jun 16, 1992) · 4 killed
2. Piper PA-28-140, Cheswold, DE (Nov 23, 1990) · 3 killed
3. Piper PA-60-602P, Georgetown, DE (Sep 5, 1992) · 3 killed
4. Champion 7ECA, Lewes, DE (Aug 17, 1982) · 2 killed
5. Piper PA-28-235, Selbyville, DE (Jul 21, 1984) · 2 killed
6. Piper L-21-A, Selbyville, DE (Aug 8, 1984) · 2 killed
7. Beech V35B, Delaware City, DE (Jan 26, 2003) · 2 killed
8. Raytheon V35A, Delaware City, DE (Apr 8, 2003) · 2 killed
9. Carlstrom Long EZ, Lewes, DE (Jul 10, 2005) · 2 killed
10. Bell 407, Dagsboro, DE (Dec 14, 2006) · 2 killed

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Other US states

• California · 8,132 accidents
• Texas · 5,678 accidents
• Alaska · 5,306 accidents
• Florida · 5,152 accidents
• Arizona · 2,708 accidents
• Colorado · 2,672 accidents
• Washington · 2,605 accidents
• Michigan · 1,909 accidents
• Illinois · 1,841 accidents
• Georgia · 1,831 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.