Table 2-13. U.S. On-Demand Air Taxia Safety Data

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999^P
Total fatalities	69	105	76	51	78	68	42	63	52	63	39	^R48	38
Total seriously injured persons	N	43	41	36	26	19	24	32	14	20	23	^R10	14
Total accidents	152	171	157	107	88	76	69	85	75	90	82	^R77	76
Fatal	24	46	35	29	28	24	19	26	24	29	15	^R18	12
Flight hours (thousands)	2,526	3,618	2,570	2,249	2,241	1,967	1,659	1,854	1,707	2,029	2,250	2,538	2,809
Rates per 100,000 flight hours^b
Fatalities^R	2.73	2.90	2.96	2.27	3.48	3.46	2.53	3.40	3.05	3.10	1.73	^R1.89	1.35
Serious injured persons^R	N	1.19	1.60	1.60	1.16	0.97	1.45	1.73	0.82	0.99	1.02	0.39	0.50
Total accidents^R	6.02	4.73	6.11	4.76	3.93	3.86	4.16	4.58	4.39	4.44	3.64	^R3.03	2.71
Fatal^R	0.95	1.27	1.36	1.29	1.25	1.22	1.15	1.40	1.41	1.43	0.67	^R0.71	0.43

^a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135, nonscheduled service. Accidents on foreign soil and in foreign waters are excluded.
^b Rates are computed by dividing the number of fatalities, serious injuries, total accidents, and fatal accidents by the number of flight hours.

KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.

NOTE: Hours are estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration.

SOURCES: Fatalities, accidents and flight hours:
1975-80: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), table 61.
1985-99: Ibid. Internet site www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Table9.htm, as of May 10, 2000.
Serious injuries:
1980-90: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
1995-99: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communications, 1996; 1997; 1998; and Mar. 28, 2000.

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Table 2-13. U.S. On-Demand Air Taxia Safety Data

Table 2-13. U.S. On-Demand Air Taxia Safety Data