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Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 2007 Preliminary Statistics, U.S. Aviation


Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 2007 Preliminary Statistics, U.S. Aviation

   Accidents  Fatalities Flight Hours  Departures   Accidents

per 100,000

Flight Hours 		  Accidents  per 100,000  Departures 
All Fatal Total Aboard  All   Fatal   All   Fatal 
U.S. air carriers operating under 14 CFR 121                    
     Scheduled       24            0      0            0     18,700,000    10,720,000  0.128       -    0.224       -  
     Nonscheduled         2            1      1            1         605,000        180,000  0.331  0.165  1.111       -  
U.S. air carriers operating under 14 CFR 135                    
     Commuter         3            0      0            0         302,000        570,000  0.993       -    0.526       -  
     On-Demand       62           14     43          43       3,668,000                 -     1.69    0.38       -         -  
U.S. general aviation   1,631         284   491        486     23,835,000                 -     6.84    1.19       -         -  
U.S. civil aviation   1,722         299   535        530            
Other accidents in the U.S.                    
     Foreign registered aircraft       11            1      3            3            
     Unregistered aircraft       14            6      7            7            

Notes    

  • All data are preliminary.
  • Flight hours and departures are compiled and estimated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On-Demand Part 135 and General Aviation flight hours are 
    estimated by the FAA's General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity and Avionics (GAATAA) Survey. This survey is conducted and made available in the year following
    the target year, but is not available at the time when NTSB prepares these annual summary statistics. For the purposes of these data, the FAA provides a preliminary estimate of flight activity based on previous year's survey data and trends in tower counts. 
  • Departure information for On-Demand Part 135 operations and general aviation is not available.
  • Accidents and fatalities in the categories do not necessarily sum to the figures in U.S. civil aviation because of collisions involving aircraft in different categories.
  • U.S. air carriers operating under 14 CFR Part 135 were previously referred to as Scheduled and Nonscheduled Services. Current tables now refer to these 
    same air carriers as Commuter Operations and On-Demand Operations, respectively, in order to be consistent with definitions in 14 CFR 119.3 and terminologyused in 14 CFR 135.1. On-Demand Part 135 operations encompass charters, air taxis, air tours, or medical services (when a patient is on board).