Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air Taxia Safety Data
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TOTAL
fatalities |
69 |
105 |
76 |
51 |
78 |
68 |
42 |
63 |
52 |
63 |
39 |
45 |
38 |
71 |
60 |
35 |
45 |
Total
seriously injured persons |
N |
43 |
44 |
36 |
26 |
19 |
24 |
32 |
14 |
22 |
23 |
10 |
14 |
12 |
24 |
13 |
19 |
Total
accidents |
152 |
171 |
157 |
107 |
88 |
76 |
69 |
85 |
75 |
90 |
82 |
77 |
73 |
80 |
72 |
59 |
76 |
Total
accidents, fatal |
24 |
46 |
35 |
29 |
28 |
24 |
19 |
26 |
24 |
29 |
15 |
17 |
12 |
22 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
Flight
hours (thousands) |
2,526 |
3,618 |
2,570 |
2,249 |
2,241 |
2,844 |
2,324 |
2,465 |
2,486 |
3,220 |
3,098 |
3,802 |
(R)
3,204 |
(R)
3,930 |
(R)
2,997 |
(R)
2,911 |
2,955 |
Rates
per 100,000 flight hoursb |
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Fatalities |
2.73 |
2.90 |
2.96 |
2.27 |
3.48 |
2.39 |
1.81 |
2.56 |
2.09 |
1.96 |
1.26 |
1.18 |
(R) 1.19 |
(R) 1.81 |
(R) 2.00 |
(R) 1.20 |
1.52 |
Seriously
injured persons |
N |
1.19 |
1.71 |
1.60 |
1.16 |
0.67 |
1.03 |
1.30 |
0.56 |
0.68 |
0.74 |
0.26 |
(R) 0.44 |
(R) 0.31 |
(R) 0.80 |
(R) 0.45 |
0.64 |
Total
accidents |
6.02 |
4.73 |
6.11 |
4.76 |
3.93 |
2.67 |
2.97 |
3.45 |
3.02 |
2.80 |
2.65 |
2.03 |
(R) 2.28 |
2.25 |
(R) 2.40 |
(R) 2.03 |
2.57 |
Total
accidents, fatal |
0.95 |
1.27 |
1.36 |
1.29 |
1.25 |
0.84 |
0.82 |
1.05 |
0.97 |
0.90 |
0.48 |
0.45 |
(R) 0.37 |
(R) 0.56 |
(R) 0.60 |
(R) 0.62 |
0.64 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.
a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, nonscheduled service. Accidents on foreign soil and in foreign waters are excluded.
b Rates are computed by dividing the number of fatalities, serious injuries, total accidents, and fatal accidents by the number of flight hours.
NOTE
Hours are estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration.
SOURCES
Fatalities and accidents:
1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), table 61.
1985: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table9.htm as of July 26, 2002.
1990-2001: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, July 29, 2002.
2002-03: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table9.htm as of April 2004.
Flight hours:
1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), table 61.
1985-2003: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table9.htm as of April 2004.
Serious injuries:
1980-85: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1990-2003: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, Nov. 15, 2002, June 9, 2003, and Apr. 23, 2004.
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