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^a Safety Data

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total fatalities	69	105	76	51	78	68	42	63	52	63	39	45	38	71	60	35	42	64	18	16	43
Total seriously injured persons	N	43	44	36	26	19	24	32	14	22	23	10	15	12	24	16	12	17	23	16	20
Total accidents	152	171	157	107	88	76	69	85	75	90	82	77	74	80	72	60	73	66	66	(R) 53	62
Total accidents, fatal	24	46	35	29	28	24	19	26	24	29	15	17	12	22	18	18	18	23	11	10	14
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	3,204	3,930	2,997	2,911	2,927	3,238	3,815	(R) 3,742	3,668
Rates per 100,000 flight hours^b
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	1.19	1.81	2.00	1.20	1.43	1.98	0.47	(R) 0.43	1.17
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	0.47	0.31	0.80	0.55	0.41	0.53	0.60	(R) 0.43	0.55
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	2.31	2.04	2.40	2.06	2.49	2.04	1.73	(R) 1.42	1.69
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	0.37	0.56	0.60	0.62	0.61	0.71	0.29	(R) 0.27	0.38

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

^aAir carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, nonscheduled service. Accidents on foreign soil and in foreign waters are excluded.

^bRates 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.

1985-2006: Ibid.,Table 9 Internet site: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Apr. 21, 2008.

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.

1985-2006: Ibid.,Table 9 Internet site: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Apr. 21, 2008.

Serious injuries:

1980-85: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

1990-2006: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, Nov. 15, 2002, June 9, 2003, Apr. 23, 2004, Apr. 4, 2005, Apr. 24, 2006, and Apr. 23, 2008.

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

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