NTSB accident records per 100 airframes, by aircraft model

Name: NTSB accident records per 100 airframes, by aircraft model
Creator: TailLookup
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

TailLookup data study · data as of Jul 30, 2026 · CC BY 4.0

We joined every airframe on the FAA registry against 60+ years of NTSB accident records and ranked models with 300 or more airframes by accident records per 100 airframes ever registered.

How to read this (and how not to)

This is records per airframe, not an accident rate: public data contains no flight-hours exposure, so models that fly more — trainers, bush planes, crop dusters — accumulate more records per airframe than hangar queens, regardless of design safety. Fatal counts reflect the NTSB’s highest-injury classification. Treat this as a map of where the records are, not a safety verdict.

#	Model	Airframes	NTSB records	Fatal	Per 100
1	Air Tractor Inc AT-602	334	64	19	19.2
2	Boeing 737-7H4	361	56	1	15.5
3	Air Tractor Inc AT-502B	574	74	23	12.9
4	Robinson Helicopter R44	1,088	128	23	11.8
5	Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1	549	64	4	11.7
6	Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B	443	51	3	11.5
7	Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II	2,055	235	42	11.4
8	Cessna P210N	798	85	13	10.7
9	Piper PA-46-310P	386	41	15	10.6
10	Bell OH-58A	391	39	2	10.0
11	Eurocopter AS 350 B2	341	34	11	10.0
12	Hughes 369D	636	63	15	9.9
13	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-schweizer G-164B	503	49	1	9.7
14	Cessna Aircraft Co 162	302	28	2	9.3
15	Piper PA-18-150	2,953	272	16	9.2
16	Cessna 180J	382	35	1	9.2
17	Piper PA 46-350P	746	67	20	9.0
18	Cessna 172S	3,534	305	37	8.6
19	Bell 407	678	57	18	8.4
20	Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA	2,145	174	23	8.1
21	Piper PA-18-135	388	30	2	7.7
22	Air Tractor Inc AT-802A	685	52	20	7.6
23	Bellanca 7GCBC	725	55	12	7.6
24	Air Tractor Inc AT-301	506	38	1	7.5
25	Piper PA46-500TP	351	26	10	7.4
26	Rockwell International S-2R	477	35	5	7.3
27	Cessna 180H	644	47	1	7.3
28	Cessna A185F	1,784	129	14	7.2
29	Robinson Helicopter Company R22	443	32	2	7.2
30	Cessna 172R	1,536	110	12	7.2
31	Schweizer SGS 2-33A	418	28	1	6.7
32	Piper PA-32R-300	947	63	20	6.7
33	Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24	342	22	0	6.4
34	Piper PA-32RT-300T	390	25	5	6.4
35	Bellanca 8GCBC	312	20	1	6.4
36	Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1	547	35	6	6.4
37	Cessna 172P	2,252	143	12	6.3
38	Cessna 182D	491	31	6	6.3
39	Beech A36	2,688	168	55	6.3
40	Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160	338	21	2	6.2
41	Mooney M20M	325	20	8	6.2
42	Beech 76	412	25	2	6.1
43	Bellanca 17-30A	753	45	9	6.0
44	Cessna A185E	491	29	2	5.9
45	Maule M-5-235C	339	20	2	5.9
46	Piper PA-32-260	1,293	75	21	5.8
47	Beech C23	919	53	7	5.8
48	Embraer EMB-145LR	383	22	0	5.7
49	Hiller UH-12E	528	30	1	5.7
50	Bell 206-L4	306	17	8	5.6
51	Cessna T210M	889	49	9	5.5
52	Beech V35	567	31	10	5.5
53	Raytheon Aircraft Company A36	604	33	9	5.5
54	Cessna 402C	441	24	1	5.4
55	Bell 206L-3	464	25	5	5.4
56	Piper PA-44-180	750	40	7	5.3
57	Beech B19	378	20	0	5.3
58	Bell 47G-3B-1	324	17	2	5.2
59	Cessna T210L	897	47	8	5.2
60	Cessna 180K	385	20	1	5.2

Method

Airframe counts come from the FAA Releasable Aircraft Database (current registrations plus the deregistered historical file), grouped by manufacturer and model as recorded by the FAA. Accident records come from the NTSB aviation accident database (1962– present), linked to airframes by registration number and assignment window. Models with fewer than 300 airframes are excluded to reduce small-fleet noise. Data refreshes daily; see the full methodology.

Cite: TailLookup, “NTSB accident records per 100 airframes, by aircraft model”, https://taillookup.com/data/accident-records-by-model (data as of 2026-07-30). Licensed CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution.