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Table
2-14: U.S. General Aviationa Safety Data
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Total
fatalities |
787 |
1,029 |
1,310 |
1,252 |
1,239 |
956 |
770 |
800 |
867 |
744 |
730 |
735 |
636 |
631 |
625 |
619 |
596 |
562 |
581 |
(R)
630 |
559 |
563 |
(R)
703 |
491 |
Total
seriously injured persons |
N |
N |
715 |
769 |
681 |
501 |
409 |
431 |
408 |
385 |
415 |
396 |
366 |
350 |
327 |
322 |
309 |
321 |
297 |
323 |
266 |
267 |
264 |
260 |
Total
accidentsb |
4,793 |
5,196 |
4,712 |
3,995 |
3,590 |
2,739 |
2,242 |
2,197 |
2,111 |
2,064 |
2,021 |
2,056 |
1,908 |
1,844 |
1,905 |
1,905 |
1,837 |
1,727 |
1,715 |
(R)
1,715 |
(R)
1,617 |
(R)
1,670 |
(R)
1,518 |
1,631 |
Total
accidentsb, fatal |
429 |
538 |
641 |
633 |
618 |
498 |
444 |
439 |
451 |
401 |
404 |
413 |
361 |
350 |
365 |
340 |
345 |
325 |
345 |
352 |
314 |
321 |
(R) 306 |
284 |
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 |
29,246 |
27,838 |
25,431 |
25,545 |
25,998 |
24,888 |
23,168 |
(R)
23,963 |
23,835 |
Rates
per 100,000 flight hoursc |
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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 |
2.12 |
2.14 |
2.21 |
2.27 |
(R) 2.42 |
2.25 |
2.43 |
(R) 2.93 |
2.06 |
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 |
1.10 |
1.11 |
1.27 |
1.16 |
1.24 |
1.07 |
1.15 |
(R) 1.10 |
1.09 |
Total
accidentsa |
36.53 |
31.05 |
18.10 |
13.87 |
9.86 |
(R) 9.63 |
(R) 7.85 |
(R) 7.91 |
(R) 8.51 |
(R) 9.03 |
(R) 9.08 |
(R) 8.21 |
(R) 7.65 |
(R) 7.19 |
(R) 7.44 |
(R) 6.50 |
(R) 6.57 |
(R) 6.78 |
(R) 6.69 |
(R) 6.68 |
(R) 6.49 |
(R) 7.20 |
(R) 6.33 |
6.84 |
Total
accidents, fatala |
3.27 |
3.22 |
2.46 |
2.20 |
1.70 |
(R) 1.74 |
(R) 1.55 |
(R) 1.57 |
(R) 1.82 |
(R) 1.74 |
(R) 1.81 |
(R) 1.63 |
(R) 1.45 |
(R) 1.36 |
(R) 1.41 |
(R) 1.16 |
(R) 1.21 |
(R) 1.27 |
(R) 1.33 |
(R) 1.34 |
(R) 1.26 |
(R) 1.38 |
(R) 1.27 |
1.19 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; R =
revised.
a U.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 (11
accidents, 6 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 (7,6); 2003 (4,3); 2004 (3,0); 2005 (2,1); 2006
(2,1); 2007 (0,0) .
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%.
c Rates are computed by
dividing the number of fatalities, serious injuries, total accidents, and
fatal accidents by the number of flight hours. Except for the exclusions
mentioned in footnote a .
d Data 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.
1985-2007: Ibid.,Table 10 Internet site:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Apr. 21, 2008.
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.
1985-2007: Ibid.,Table 10 Internet site:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of Apr. 21, 2008.
Serious injuries:
1970-85: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation (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, Apr. 18, 2007, and Apr. 23, 2008.
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