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Air Fatalities

Thursday, December 17, 2015

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Monthly data

Air Fatalities

Air Fatalities Sep-14 Sep-15
General Aviation Fatalities 38 42
Percent change from same month previous year + 31.0% + 10.5%
Air Carrier and Air Taxi Fatalities 0 0

NOTES: General Aviation fatalities include private aviation operations and excludes Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 121 (Air Carriers), 129 (Foreign), 135 (On-Demand), and Non-U.S./Commercial operations. Air Carriers include scheduled and non-scheduled commercial passenger flights as well as cargo flights under FAR Part 121 and Air Taxis include smaller aircraft for commuter and on-demand operations included under FAR Part 135.

General aviation data in this dataset does not include the 154 persons killed aboard a foreign-registered aircraft operated by Gol Airlines, which collided with a U.S.-registered general aviation aircraft over Brazil in September 2006.

SOURCE: National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation: Accident Database & Synopses, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx as of December 2015.