Aviation accidents in Rhode Island

66 accidents and incidents are recorded in Rhode Island (2000–2026), with 18 people killed and 4 seriously injured. 15% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Among accidents with a coded cause, Pilot or crew was the main factor in 48%, followed by aircraft or equipment (39%).
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 2000 to 2 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Piper PA-32R-301, South Kingstown, RI (Sep 3, 2000) · 3 killed
2. Piper PA-28R-200, Block Island, RI (Jul 5, 2006) · 3 killed
3. Piper PA-28-161, Middletown, RI (Jul 3, 2008) · 2 killed
4. Beech A-36, Middletown, RI (Apr 28, 2001) · 2 killed
5. Cessna 180, Westerly, RI (Nov 16, 2003) · 2 killed
6. Piper PA-38-112, Smithfield, RI (Nov 17, 2008) · 2 killed
7. Piper PA-28-181, Block Island, RI (Jul 30, 2025) · 1 killed
8. Rockwell 500S, Exeter, RI (Feb 17, 2002) · 1 killed
9. Douglas Adventure Air AMPIB, Pawtucket, RI (Oct 29, 2004) · 1 killed
10. Cessna 172N, Westerly, RI (May 18, 2026) · 1 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.