This breakdown of accidents is by category such as fuel exhaustion, ferry flights, maintenance flights, etc… The categories come from the NTSB probable cause reports. Please note that some accidents have multiple causes and are therefore included in each applicable accident category.
The list is alphabetical. It includes the number of accidents in that category and the fatalities associated. Click on the category to read the NTSB reports associated.
- Carburetor Icing (10 accidents, 2 fatalities)
- Collisions Other (37 accidents, 33 fatalities)
- Engine Failure (13 accidents, 0 fatalities)
- Ferry (16 accidents, 27 fatalities)
- Fire (1 accident, 0 fatalities)
- Formation Flying (2 accidents, 1 fatality)
- Fuel Contamination (5 accidents, 16 fatalities)
- Fuel Exhaustion (47 accidents, 6 fatalities)
- Fuel Starvation (12 accidents, 0 fatalities)
- Improper/Poor Maintenance (18 accidents, 29 fatalities)
- Loss of Aircraft Control (95 accidents, 124 fatalities)
- Maintenance Flight (5 accidents, 3 fatalities)
- Mechanical Failure (39 accidents, 19 fatalities)
- Mid Air (1 accident, 1 fatality)
- Pilot Exit on EBR (1 accident, 0 fatalities)
- Preflight (41 accidents, 79 fatalities)
- Premature Deployment (1 accident, 1 fatality)
- Prop Strike (9 accidents, 6 fatalities)
- Tail Strike (34 accidents, 5 fatalities)
- Training (3 accidents, 0 fatalities)
- Undetermined (24 accidents, 6 fatalities)
Total: 414 accidents, 358 fatalities