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Table 2-14: U.S. General Aviation^a Safety Data

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	1960^d	1965^d	1970^d	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	^P2003
TOTAL fatalities	787	1,029	1,310	1,252	1,239	956	770	(R) 800	867	744	730	735	636	631	624	619	(R) 596	562	581	626
Total seriously injured persons	N	N	715	769	681	501	409	432	408	385	415	396	365	350	327	322	310	^R322	312	322
Total accidents^b	4,793	5,196	4,712	3,995	3,590	2,739	2,242	2,197	2,111	2,064	2,022	2,056	1,908	1,845	1,904	(R) 1,905	1,837	1,726	(R) 1,713	1,732
Total accidents^b, fatal	429	538	641	633	618	498	444	(R) 439	451	401	404	413	361	350	364	340	(R) 345	325	(R) 345	351
Flight hours (thousands)	13,121	16,733	26,030	28,799	36,402	28,322	28,510	27,678	24,780	22,796	22,235	24,906	24,881	25,591	25,518	(R) 29,246	(R) 27,838	(R) 25,431	(R) 25,545	25,800
Rates per 100,000 flight hours^c
Fatalities	6.00	6.15	5.03	4.35	3.40	3.38	2.70	2.89	3.50	3.26	3.28	2.95	2.56	2.47	2.45	(R) 2.12	(R) 2.14	(R) 2.21	(R) 2.27	2.43
Seriously injured persons	N	N	2.75	2.67	1.87	1.77	1.43	1.56	1.65	1.69	1.87	1.59	1.47	1.37	1.28	(R) 1.10	(R) 1.11	(R) 1.27	(R) 1.22	1.25
Total accidents	36.53	31.05	18.10	13.87	9.86	9.67	7.86	7.94	8.52	9.05	9.09	8.26	7.67	7.21	7.46	(R) 6.51	(R) 6.60	(R) 6.79	(R) 6.71	6.71
Total accidents, fatal	3.27	3.22	2.46	2.20	1.70	1.76	1.56	(R) 1.59	1.82	1.76	1.82	1.66	1.45	1.37	1.43	(R) 1.16	(R) 1.24	(R) 1.28	(R) 1.35	1.36

KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.

^aU.S. registered civil aircraft not operated under 14 CFR 121 or 14 CFR 135. Accidents on foreign soil and in foreign waters are excluded. Suicide, sabotage, and stolen/unauthorized cases included in accidents and fatalities but excluded from accident rates in this table are: 1985 (12 accidents, 7 fatal accidents); 1990 (4,1); 1991 (8,5); 1992 (2,1); 1993 (5,4); 1994 (3,2); 1995 (10,6); 1996 (4,0); 1997 (5,2); 1998 (6,4); 1999 (3,1); 2000 (7,7); 2001 (3,1); 2002 (5,5).

^b Since April 1995, the National Transportation Safety Board has been required by law to investigate all public-use accidents, increasing the number of NTSB reported general aviation accidents by approximately 1.75%.

^cRates are computed by dividing the number of fatalities, serious injuries, total accidents, and fatal accidents by the number of flight hours.

^dData for 1960, 1965, and 1970 include air taxi.

NOTE

Flight hours are estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration.

SOURCES

Fatalities and accidents:

1960-70: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. General Aviation, Calendar Year 1970, NTSB/ARG-74/1 (Washington, DC: April 1974), table 117.

1975-80: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation, Calendar Year 1985, NTSB/ARG-87/03 (Washington, DC: October 1987), table 21.

1985: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table10.htm as of July 29, 2002.

1990-2001: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, July 29, 2002 and Nov. 15, 2002.

2002-03: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table10.htm as of April 2004.

Flight hours:

1960-70: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. General Aviation, Calendar Year 1970, NTSB/ARG-74/1 (Washington, DC: April 1974), table 117.

1975-80: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation, Calendar Year 1985, NTSB/ARG-87/03 (Washington, DC: October 1987), table 21.

1985-2003: Ibid., Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table10.htm as of April 2004.

Serious injuries:

1970-85: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1990-2003: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, Nov. 15, 2002, June 9, 2003, and Apr. 23, 2004.

Table 2-14: U.S. General Aviationa Safety Data

Table 2-14: U.S. General Aviation^a Safety Data