The Osprey has a reputation, for sure, but it's mid-pack. They called the F-104 the widow maker for a reason, for example. And the F-16 has a fairly high accident rate, too, slightly higher than the Osprey. Though I think the F-16's history is a bit more lopsided, they made some changes after early production airframes proved pretty accident prone.

The Osprey's accident rate is not that bad, and the US Army have ordered a new smaller tiltrotor, the v280.

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Any time there are planetaries or splines attached to jet engines, it's a really weak spot. This holds for ordinary turboprops too.

The next generations of accidents are going to be even more looney-tunes in nature.