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Air Fatalities

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Air Fatalities

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Number of deaths

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month Total General Aviation Air Carrier and Air Taxi
Jan-98 37 33 4
Feb-98 30 29 1
Mar-98 62 61 1
Apr-98 62 59 3
May-98 77 70 7
Jun-98 74 67 7
Jul-98 63 63 0
Aug-98 82 68 14
Sep-98 51 45 6
Oct-98 48 46 2
Nov-98 56 55 1
Dec-98 28 28 0
Jan-99 36 36 0
Feb-99 24 24 0
Mar-99 28 26 2
Apr-99 48 46 2
May-99 84 84 0
Jun-99 76 53 23
Jul-99 69 68 1
Aug-99 93 91 2
Sep-99 82 68 14
Oct-99 57 46 11
Nov-99 34 34 0
Dec-99 52 45 7
Jan-00 119 31 88
Feb-00 45 34 11
Mar-00 34 30 4
Apr-00 62 62 0
May-00 82 63 19
Jun-00 44 40 4
Jul-00 76 64 12
Aug-00 94 79 15
Sep-00 58 52 6
Oct-00 70 68 2
Nov-00 37 32 5
Dec-00 43 41 2
Jan-01 50 47 3
Feb-01 56 53 3
Mar-01 48 28 20
Apr-01 47 46 1
May-01 53 52 1
Jun-01 48 48 0
Jul-01 83 75 8
Aug-01 84 66 18
Sep-01 289 22 267
Oct-01 53 37 16
Nov-01 308 43 265
Dec-01 47 45 2
Jan-02 45 43 2
Feb-02 23 20 3
Mar-02 47 43 4
Apr-02 50 50 0
May-02 42 40 2
Jun-02 50 50 0
Jul-02 64 59 5
Aug-02 70 67 3
Sep-02 69 65 4
Oct-02 49 40 9
Nov-02 61 61 0
Dec-02 46 43 3
Jan-03 76 53 23
Feb-03 35 32 3
Mar-03 68 68 0
Apr-03 52 52 0
May-03 48 43 5
Jun-03 78 71 7
Jul-03 67 59 8
Aug-03 54 49 5
Sep-03 53 44 9
Oct-03 54 50 4
Nov-03 36 35 1
Dec-03 78 77 1
Jan-04 40 39 1
Feb-04 30 30 0
Mar-04 40 25 15
Apr-04 34 32 2
May-04 48 47 1
Jun-04 48 44 4
Jul-04 66 55 11
Aug-04 76 68 8
Sep-04 61 54 7
Oct-04 91 78 13
Nov-04 50 41 9
Dec-04 53 46 7
Jan-05 56 55 1
Feb-05 44 41 3
Mar-05 37 37 0
Apr-05 37 37 0
May-05 50 50 0
Jun-05 48 46 2
Jul-05 67 67 0
Aug-05 75 72 3
Sep-05 50 47 3
Oct-05 37 34 3
Nov-05 35 31 4
Dec-05 67 46 21
Jan-06 44 42 2
Feb-06 44 41 3
Mar-06 39 35 4
Apr-06 38 38 0
May-06 27 26 1
Jun-06 52 48 4
Jul-06 69 68 1
Aug-06 99 50 49
Sep-06 46 46 0
Oct-06 41 41 0
Nov-06 43 43 0
Dec-06 77 73 4
Jan-07 26 23 3
Feb-07 36 33 3
Mar-07 31 26 5
Apr-07 63 63 0
May-07 47 47 0
Jun-07 42 36 6
Jul-07 57 51 6
Aug-07 57 43 14
Sep-07 51 51 0
Oct-07 47 47 0
Nov-07 46 46 0
Dec-07 37 30 7
Jan-08 33 25 8
Feb-08 42 42 0
Mar-08 26 26 0
Apr-08 34 30 4
May-08 59 51 8
Jun-08 69 54 15
Jul-08 59 48 11
Aug-08 81 81 0
Sep-08 43 32 11
Oct-08 37 33 4
Nov-08 41 38 3
Dec-08 43 35 8
Jan-09 46 38 8
Feb-09 75 25 50
Mar-09 42 40 2
Apr-09 37 37 0
May-09 39 39 0
Jun-09 53 53 0
Jul-09 54 54 0
Aug-09 65 56 9
Sep-09 36 36 0
Oct-09 46 46 0
Nov-09 36 36 0
Dec-09 19 19 0
Jan-10 42 40 2
Feb-10 44 41 3
Mar-10 26 26 0
Apr-10 22 22 0
May-10 35 35 0
Jun-10 46 46 0
Jul-10 69 63 6
Aug-10 62 58 4
Sep-10 27 25 2
Oct-10 36 36 0
Nov-10 36 36 0
Dec-10 28 26 2
Jan-11 19 19 0
Feb-11 22 22 0
Mar-11 37 33 4
Apr-11 31 31 0
May-11 43 38 5
Jun-11 44 44 0
Jul-11 79 79 0
Aug-11 46 40 6
Sep-11 41 39 2
Oct-11 30 28 2
Nov-11 48 40 8
Dec-11 44 30 14
Jan-12 16 13 3
Feb-12 35 35 0
Mar-12 43 43 0

NOTES: General Aviation data for September 2006 excludes 154 persons killed aboard a foreign-registered aircraft operated by Gol Airlines in a collision with a U.S.-registered general aviation aircraft over Brazil. This incident is otherwise recorded as 154 fatalities for U.S. general aviation in the source database.

General Aviation excludes FAR Part 121, 129, and 135 operations, as well as "Non-U.S., Commercial" (NUSC) and "Public Use" (PUBU). Air Carriers are Part 121, and Air Taxis are Part 135.

SOURCE: National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation: Accident Database & Synopses, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/index.aspx as of June 2012.