diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
index 6d249b1fd08..3cedf09033c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/MountingManager.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class MountingManager {
   private @NonNull ViewState getViewState(int tag) {
     ViewState viewState = mTagToViewState.get(tag);
     if (viewState == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to find viewState view for tag " + tag);
+      throw new RetryableMountingLayerException("Unable to find viewState view for tag " + tag);
     }
     return viewState;
   }
@@ -202,11 +202,13 @@ public class MountingManager {
     ViewState viewState = getViewState(reactTag);
 
     if (viewState.mViewManager == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to find viewState manager for tag " + reactTag);
+      throw new RetryableMountingLayerException(
+          "Unable to find viewState manager for tag " + reactTag);
     }
 
     if (viewState.mView == null) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to find viewState view for tag " + reactTag);
+      throw new RetryableMountingLayerException(
+          "Unable to find viewState view for tag " + reactTag);
     }
 
     viewState.mView.sendAccessibilityEvent(eventType);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/SendAccessibilityEvent.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/SendAccessibilityEvent.java
index 207d79871cc..5852ff1a78c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/SendAccessibilityEvent.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/mounting/mountitems/SendAccessibilityEvent.java
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 package com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.mountitems;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactSoftException;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.RetryableMountingLayerException;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.mounting.MountingManager;
 
 public class SendAccessibilityEvent implements MountItem {
 
+  private final String TAG = "Fabric.SendAccessibilityEvent";
+
   private final int mReactTag;
   private final int mEventType;
 
@@ -22,7 +26,18 @@ public class SendAccessibilityEvent implements MountItem {
 
   @Override
   public void execute(@NonNull MountingManager mountingManager) {
-    mountingManager.sendAccessibilityEvent(mReactTag, mEventType);
+    try {
+      mountingManager.sendAccessibilityEvent(mReactTag, mEventType);
+    } catch (RetryableMountingLayerException e) {
+      // Accessibility events are similar to commands in that they're imperative
+      // calls from JS, disconnected from the commit lifecycle, and therefore
+      // inherently unpredictable and dangerous. If we encounter a "retryable"
+      // error, that is, a known category of errors that this is likely to hit
+      // due to race conditions (like the view disappearing after the event is
+      // queued and before it executes), we log a soft exception and continue along.
+      // Other categories of errors will still cause a hard crash.
+      ReactSoftException.logSoftException(TAG, e);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override