Aviation accidents in British Virgin Islands

The NTSB database holds 14 accidents and incidents in British Virgin Islands, recorded between 1988 to 2024. 1 of them were fatal (7%), and 1 people died.

The deadliest year was 2018, with 1 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Piper PA-23, Cessna 172 and Cessna 402.

9 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

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Deaths

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1988 to 2024

Period

Show these on the map 5 of 14 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 1

1990s 5

2000s 2

2010s 3

2020s 3

Aircraft types involved

Piper PA-23 4 Cessna 172 2 Cessna 402 2 De Havilland DH6 1 Cessna 208 1 Beechcraft D18S 1

Operators involved

Camera Works 1 Dolphin Express Airlines 1 Virgin Air, Inc. 1 Fly BVI 1 Palmares Enterprises, Ltd. 1 Morrison, John G 1

All 14 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
18 Jul 2018	Cessna 150 N66778	Tortola, British Virgin Islands	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 2024	Short Bros SD3-60 N915GD	Roadtown, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
23 Jun 2022	Piper PA-23-250 N13987	The Settlement, British Virgin Islands	-	No injuries	-
23 Sep 2020	Cessna 208B N967FE	Beef Island, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
27 Jul 2017	Cessna 402 N618CA	British Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands	Cape Air	Unknown	-
11 Feb 2017	Cessna 402C N603AB	Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands	Air Sunshine	No injuries	-
10 Aug 2002	Piper PA-23-250B N65CT	Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands	Palmares Enterprises, Ltd.	No injuries	-
18 Jan 2002	Britten-Norman BN2-A N616GL	British Virgin, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	Fly BVI	No injuries	-
1 Apr 1997	Piper PA-23-250 N5175Y	Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	Virgin Air, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Apr 1996	De Havilland DH6 N143SA	Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	Dolphin Express Airlines	Minor injuries	-
24 Feb 1994	Piper PA-23-250 N7AU	Tortola, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	Camera Works	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1992	Cessna 172L N3955Q	Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	ACE Flight Center	No injuries	-
15 Nov 1991	Cessna 172H N2824L	Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands no coordinates	Reynolds, Martin	No injuries	-
31 Mar 1988	Beechcraft D18S N126M	St Maarten Isl., British Virgin Islands no coordinates	Morrison, John G	No injuries	-