Aircraft Accidents statistics - USA Census numbers


ITEM	Unit	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999,
																			prel.

Air carrier accidents, all services ¹	Number	18	23	16	21	24	34	30	28	24	26	18	23	23	36	38	49	50	52
Fatal accidents	Number	5	4	1	7	3	5	3	11	6	4	4	1	4	3	5	4	1	2
Fatalities	Number	235	15	4	526	8	232	285	278	39	62	33	1	239	168	380	8	1	12
Aboard	Number	223	14	4	525	7	230	274	276	12	49	31	0	237	162	350	6	0	11
Rates per 100,000 flight hours:
Accidents	Rate	0.241	0.315	0.196	0.241	0.231	0.310	0.260	0.248	0.198	0.221	0.146	0.181	0.168	0.267	0.276	0.309	0.297	0.298
Fatal accidents	Rate	0.057	0.055	0.012	0.080	0.020	0.038	0.018	0.098	0.049	0.034	0.032	0.008	0.030	0.022	0.036	0.025	0.006	0.011

Commuter air carrier accidents ²	Number	26	16	22	18	14	33	18	19	15	23	23	16	10	12	11	16	8	13
Fatal accidents	Number	5	2	7	7	2	10	2	5	4	8	7	4	3	2	1	5	0	5
Fatalities	Number	14	11	48	37	4	59	21	31	7	99	21	24	25	9	14	46	0	12
Aboard	Number	14	10	46	36	4	57	21	31	5	77	21	23	25	9	12	46	0	12
Rates per 100,000 flight hours:
Accidents	Rate	2.000	1.059	1.260	1.036	0.812	1.695	0.860	0.848	0.641	1.004	0.942	0.606	0.359	0.457	0.399	1.628	2.261	4.833
Fatal accidents	Rate	0.385	0.132	0.401	0.403	0.116	0.514	0.096	0.223	0.171	0.349	0.300	0.152	0.108	0.076	0.036	0.509	0	1.859

On-demand air taxi accidents ³	Number	132	142	146	157	118	96	102	110	107	88	76	69	85	75	90	82	77	76
Fatal accidents	Number	31	27	23	35	31	30	28	25	29	28	24	19	26	24	29	15	18	12
Fatalities	Number	72	62	52	76	65	65	59	83	51	78	68	42	63	52	63	39	48	38
Aboard	Number	72	57	52	75	61	63	55	81	49	74	65	42	62	52	63	39	44	38
Rates per 100,000 flight hours:
Accidents	Rate	4.39	5.97	5.14	6.11	4.39	3.61	3.88	3.64	4.76	3.93	3.86	4.16	4.58	4.39	4.44	3.64	3.03	2.71
Fatal accidents	Rate	1.03	1.14	0.81	1.36	1.15	1.13	1.06	0.83	1.29	1.25	1.22	1.15	1.40	1.41	1.43	0.67	0.71	0.43

General aviation accidents ⁴	Number	3,233	3,077	3,017	2,739	2,583	2,495	2,385	2,233	2,215	2,175	2,073	2,039	1,994	2,053	1,908	1,853	1,909	1,908
Fatal accidents	Number	591	556	545	498	475	447	460	431	443	433	446	398	403	412	360	353	365	342
Fatalities	Number	1,187	1,069	1,042	956	969	838	800	768	767	786	857	736	725	734	632	643	623	628
Aboard	Number	1,170	1,062	1,021	945	881	823	792	765	762	772	855	732	718	727	615	637	617	622
Rates per 100,000 flight hours:
Accidents	Rate	10.90	10.73	10.36	9.66	9.54	9.25	8.69	7.98	7.77	7.85	8.36	8.94	8.96	8.23	7.67	7.28	7.12	7.05
Fatal accidents	Rate	1.99	1.94	1.87	1.75	1.75	1.65	1.68	1.53	1.55	1.56	1.80	1.74	1.80	1.64	1.45	1.39	1.36	1.26

1 U.S. air carriers operating under 14 CFR 121. Beginning 1997, includes aircraft with10 or more seats, previously operating under 14 CFR 135.
2 All scheduled service of U.S. air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135. Beginning 1997, only aircraft with fewer than 10 seats.
3 All nonscheduled service of U.S. air carriers operating under14 CFR 135.
4 U.S. civil registered aircraft not operated under 14 CFR 121 or 135.

Source: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, Internet site (accessed 14 August 2000)http://www.ntsb.gov/

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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1073. Aircraft Accidents