Aviation accidents in District of Columbia

25 accidents and incidents are recorded in District of Columbia (1983–2026), with 71 people killed and 4 seriously injured. 12% of the accidents were fatal.

Explore these on the map

Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 25% of these accidents and 4% of deaths. Airline flights account for 75% of accidents.
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1983 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C10, Washington, DC (Jan 30, 2025) · 67 killed
2. Bell 206B, Washington, DC (Aug 21, 1987) · 3 killed
3. Eurocopter EC-135P1, Washington, DC (May 30, 2006) · 1 killed
4. British Aircraft Corp. (Bac) 1-11/204/AF, Washington, DC (Oct 17, 1983) · 0 killed
5. Beech 58, Washington, DC (Aug 31, 1984) · 0 killed
6. Boeing 727-22, Washington, DC (Sep 3, 1984) · 0 killed
7. Piper PA-23-250, Washington, DC (Oct 27, 1984) · 0 killed
8. Aerospatiale SA 360C, Washington, DC (Jan 17, 1985) · 0 killed
9. Boeing 727-200, Washington, DC (Apr 16, 1985) · 0 killed
10. Cessna 340A, Washington, DC (May 17, 1986) · 0 killed

By year

By phase of flight

By main cause (NTSB coding)

By type of operation

Aircraft makers

Aircraft models

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.