Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air Taxia Safety Data
Table 2-13: U.S. On-Demand Air Taxia Safety Data
1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
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Total fatalities | 69 | 105 | 76 | 51 | 78 | 68 | 42 | 63 | 52 | 63 | 39 | 45 | 38 | 71 | 60 | 35 | 42 | 64 | 18 | 16 | 43 | 66 |
Total seriously injured persons | U | 43 | 44 | 36 | 26 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 17 | (R) 20 | (R) 11 | 20 | 13 |
Total accidents | 152 | 171 | 157 | 107 | 88 | 76 | 69 | 85 | 75 | 90 | 82 | 77 | 74 | 80 | 72 | 60 | 73 | 66 | (R) 65 | (R) 52 | 62 | 56 |
Total accidents, fatal | 24 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 19 |
Flight hours (thousands) | 2,526 | 3,618 | 2,570 | 2,249 | 2,241 | 2,844 | 2,324 | 2,465 | 2,486 | 3,220 | 3,098 | 3,802 | 3,204 | 3,930 | 2,997 | 2,911 | 2,927 | 3,238 | 3,815 | 3,742 | (R) 4,033 | 3,673 |
Rates per 100,000 flight hoursb | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fatalities | 2.73 | 2.90 | 2.96 | 2.27 | 3.48 | 2.39 | 1.81 | 2.56 | 2.09 | 1.96 | 1.26 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.81 | 2.00 | 1.20 | 1.43 | 1.98 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 1.07 | 1.80 |
Seriously injured persons | U | 1.19 | 1.71 | 1.60 | 1.16 | 0.67 | 1.03 | 1.30 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.80 | 0.55 | 0.41 | 0.53 | (R) 0.52 | (R) 0.29 | 0.50 | 0.35 |
Total accidents | 6.02 | 4.73 | 6.11 | 4.76 | 3.93 | 2.67 | 2.97 | 3.45 | 3.02 | 2.80 | 2.65 | 2.03 | 2.31 | 2.04 | 2.40 | 2.06 | 2.49 | 2.04 | (R) 1.70 | (R) 1.39 | 1.54 | 1.52 |
Total accidents, fatal | 0.95 | 1.27 | 1.36 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 0.27 | (R) 0.35 | 0.52 |
KEY: U = data are unavailable; R = revised.
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.
NOTES
Hours are estimated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration.
2008 data are preliminary.
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.
1985-2008: National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, Table 9, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm as of July 23, 2009.
Serious injuries:
1980-85: Ibid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
1990-2008: Ibid., Analysis and Data Division, personal communication, July 2, 2009.