September 6, 2012 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SAFETY STUDIES DIVISION, RE-10 PRELIMINARY* MONTHLY SUMMARY U. S. CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS MONTH OF JULY YEAR THROUGH THE END OF JULY ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2012 2011 2012 2011 ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Accidents Accidents Accidents Accidents ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- US CIVIL AVIATION** 181 25 38 214 43 79 907 142 227 940 162 278 AIR CARRIERS** 3 0 0 6 0 0 38 2 4 52 4 9 14 CFR 121 @ (No Majors) (No Majors) (No Majors) (No Majors) Scheduled 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 0 21 0 0 Nonscheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 CFR 135 Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Nonscheduled 3 0 0 3 0 0 23 2 4 28 4 9 GENERAL AVIATION** 178 25 38 210 43 79 869 140 223 889 158 269 Personal 127 15 23 140 32 64 590 108 173 576 113 197 Business 2 0 0 4 0 0 23 2 7 29 2 8 Corporate/Exec 1 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 Aerial Applic. 12 2 2 24 3 3 44 5 5 70 7 7 Instructional 17 3 4 18 3 4 116 9 16 116 10 18 Other 19 4 6 24 5 8 95 17 23 100 27 41 MIDAIR COLLISIONS 1 0 0 1 1 4 6 3 5 3 2 6 * Statistics reflect accident information entered into the computer by the Office of Aviation Safety, and are current as of the date of this document. ** Detail may not add to the total because of aircraft involved in midair and on ground collisions. @ Major - an accident in which any of three conditions is met: a Part 121 aircraft was destroyed, or there were multiple fatalities, or there was one fatality and a Part 121 aircraft was substantially damaged. 14 CFR 121 ACCIDENTS - 2012 "MAJOR" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- "SERIOUS" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- "INJURY" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 02/18 Detroit, MI DELTA Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 02/23 Pawnee, NE SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 02/24 Millville, NJ US AIRWAYS Airbus A321 0 1 Passenger injured during turbulence 02/26 Angers, France DELTA Boeing 767 0 1 Flight attendant injured after tripping over passengers luggage 03/20 Laverne, OK SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 04/15 Bueno Vista, CO US AIRWAYS Airbus A319 0 2 Two flight attendants injured during turbulence 05/10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FRONTIER Airbus A319 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/07 Philadelphia, PA US AIRWAYS Boeing 757 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/10 Minneapolis, MN DELTA Airbus A320 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/12 Winnie, TX UNITED Boeing 737 0 2 Two flight attendants injured during turbulence "DAMAGE" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 01/16 Huntington, WV PIEDMONT Boeing DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft damaged when it collided with a truck 02/03 San Francisco, CA SKYWEST Bombardier CL-600 0 0 Aircraft impacted by a belt loader 04/07 Houston, TX COLGAN AIR Bombardier DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft landed with nose gear retracted 05/30 Chicago, IL AMERICAN EAGLE Embraer EMB 135 0 0 Aircraft's rudder and stabilzer struck by a taxiing aircraft