BTS | Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi (a) Safety Data

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Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi^aSafety Data

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total fatalities	69	105	76	51	78	68	42	63	52	63	39	^R45	38	71
Total seriously injured persons	N	43	^R44	36	26	19	24	32	14	^R22	23	10	14	12
Total accidents	152	171	157	107	88	76	69	85	75	90	82	77	^R73	81
Fatal	24	46	35	29	28	24	19	26	24	29	15	^R17	12	22
Flight hours (thousands)	2,526	3,618	2,570	2,249	2,241	^R2,844	^R2,324	^R2,465	^R2,486	^R3,220	^R3,098	^R3,802	^R3,298	3,553
Rates per 100,000 flight hours^b
Fatalities	2.73	2.90	2.96	2.27	3.48	^R2.39	^R1.81	^R2.56	^R2.09	^R1.96	^R1.26	^R1.18	^R1.15	2.00
Seriously injured persons	N	1.19	^R1.71	1.60	1.16	^R0.67	^R1.03	^R1.30	^R0.56	^R0.68	^R0.74	^R0.26	^R0.42	0.34
Total accidents	6.02	4.73	6.11	4.76	3.93	^R2.67	^R2.97	^R3.45	^R3.02	^R2.80	^R2.65	^R2.03	^R2.21	2.28
Fatal	0.95	1.27	1.36	1.29	1.25	^R0.84	^R0.82	^R1.05	^R0.97	^R0.90	^R0.48	^R0.45	^R0.36	0.62

KEY: N = data do not exist; 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, accidents, and 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.

1985-00: Ibid. Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table9.htm as of May 8, 2002.

Serious injuries:

1980-90: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1995-00: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, 1996; 1997; 1998; Mar. 28, 2000, and May 7, 2002.

Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air TaxiaSafety Data

Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi^aSafety Data