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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 |
767 |
R799 |
R867 |
R740 |
R730 |
R735 |
R636 |
R631 |
R624 |
R619 |
594 |
TOTAL seriously injured persons |
N |
N |
715 |
769 |
681 |
R501 |
R409 |
R432 |
R408 |
R385 |
R415 |
R396 |
R365 |
R350 |
R327 |
R322 |
310 |
TOTAL accidentsb |
4,793 |
5,196 |
4,712 |
3,995 |
3,590 |
2,739 |
R2,241 |
R2,197 |
R2,111 |
R2,063 |
R2,022 |
R2,056 |
R1,908 |
R1,845 |
R1,904 |
R1,906 |
1,838 |
Fatal |
429 |
538 |
641 |
633 |
618 |
498 |
443 |
R438 |
R451 |
R400 |
R404 |
R413 |
R361 |
R350 |
R364 |
R340 |
343 |
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 |
R25,591 |
R25,518 |
R29,713 |
29,057 |
Rates per 100,000 flight hoursc |
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Fatalities |
6.00 |
6.15 |
5.03 |
4.35 |
3.40 |
3.38 |
2.69 |
R2.88 |
R3.50 |
R3.25 |
R3.28 |
2.95 |
R2.56 |
R2.47 |
R2.45 |
R2.08 |
2.04 |
Seriously injured persons |
N |
N |
2.75 |
2.67 |
1.87 |
R1.77 |
R1.43 |
R1.56 |
R1.65 |
R1.69 |
R1.87 |
1.59 |
R1.47 |
R1.37 |
R1.28 |
R1.08 |
1.07 |
Total accidents |
36.53 |
31.05 |
18.10 |
13.87 |
9.86 |
9.66 |
R7.86 |
R7.93 |
R8.52 |
R9.05 |
R9.09 |
R8.26 |
7.67 |
R7.21 |
R7.46 |
R6.41 |
6.33 |
Fatal |
3.27 |
3.22 |
2.46 |
2.20 |
1.70 |
1.75 |
1.55 |
R1.58 |
R1.82 |
R1.75 |
R1.82 |
R1.66 |
1.45 |
R1.37 |
R1.43 |
R1.14 |
1.18 |
KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; 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 cases included in accidents
and fatalities but excluded from accident rates in this table are: 1985 (3 accidents,
2 fatal accidents); 1990 (1,0); 1995 (4,3).
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.
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, accidents, and 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.
1985-2000: Ibid. Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table10.htm
as of May 7, 2002.
Serious injuries:
1970-94: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review
of Aircraft Accident Data: General Aviation (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-2000: Ibid. Analysis and Data Division, personal communications,
1996; 1997; 1998; Mar. 28, 2000, and May 8, 2002.
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