Airplane Accidents - Airplane Accident Statistics
Airplane accident statistics can seem relatively mild compared to the number of people injured or killed each year in automobile accidents. If you are affected by an airplane accident, however, it does not matter how safe air travel may seem according to the statistics. The airplane accident statistics below show the data regarding crashes between 1986 and 2005.
Table 2. Accidents and Accident Rates by NTSB Classification, 1986 through 2005,
for U.S. Air Carriers Operating Under 14 CFR 121
| Aircraft Hours Flown | Accidents per Million Hours Flown
|
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| Year | Major | Serious | Injury | Damage | (millions) | Major
|
Serious
|
Injury
|
Damage
|
| 1986 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9.976 | 0.401 | 0.000 | 1.403 | 0.601 |
| 1987 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 10.645 | 0.470 | 0.094 | 1.127 | 1.503 |
| 1988 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11.141 | 0.359 | 0.180 | 1.167 | 0.987 |
| 1989 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11.275 | 0.710 | 0.355 | 0.532 | 0.887 |
| 1990 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12.150 | 0.329 | 0.247 | 0.823 | 0.576 |
| 1991 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11.781 | 0.424 | 0.170 | 0.849 | 0.764 |
| 1992 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12.360 | 0.243 | 0.243 | 0.809 | 0.162 |
| 1993 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12.706 | 0.079 | 0.157 | 0.944 | 0.630 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 13.124 | 0.305 | 0.000 | 0.914 | 0.533 |
| 1995 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 13.505 | 0.222 | 0.148 | 1.037 | 1.259 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 13.746 | 0.436 | 0.000 | 1.309 | 0.946 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 15.838 | 0.126 | 0.253 | 1.515 | 1.200 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 16.817 | 0.000 | 0.178 | 1.249 | 1.546 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 17.555 | 0.114 | 0.114 | 1.139 | 1.538 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 30 | 18.299 | 0.109 | 0.109 | 1.093 | 1.475 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 17.814 | 0.281 | 0.056 | 1.067 | 1.179 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 17.290 | 0.058 | 0.058 | 0.810 | 1.446 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 17.468 | 0.114 | 0.172 | 1.374 | 1.431 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 18.883 | 0.212 | 0.000 | 0.794 | 0.583 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 19.471 | 0.103 | 0.154 | 0.565 | 1.181 |
Table 3. Passenger Injuries and Injury Rates, 1986 through 2005, for U.S. Air Carriers Operating Under 14 CFR 121
Year |
Passenger Fatalities | Passenger Serious Injuries | Total Passenger Enplanements (millions) | Million Passenger Enplanements per Passenger Fatality | |
| 1986 | 4
|
14
|
427
|
106.8
|
|
| 1987 | 213
|
39
|
458
|
2.2
|
|
| 1988 | 255
|
44
|
466
|
1.8
|
|
| 1989 | 259
|
55
|
468
|
1.8
|
|
| 1990 | 8
|
23
|
483
|
60.4
|
|
| 1991 | 40
|
19
|
468
|
11.7
|
|
| 1992 | 25
|
14
|
494
|
19.8
|
|
| 1993 | 0
|
7
|
505
|
No Fatalities
|
|
| 1994 | 228
|
15
|
545
|
2.4
|
|
| 1995 | 152
|
15
|
561
|
3.7
|
|
| 1996 | 319
|
19
|
592
|
1.9
|
|
| 1997 | 2
|
21
|
648
|
324.0
|
|
| 1998 | 0
|
12
|
650
|
No Fatalities
|
|
| 1999 | 10
|
46
|
676
|
67.6
|
|
| 2000 | 83
|
11
|
701
|
8.4
|
|
| 2001 | 483
|
7
|
629
|
1.3
|
|
| 2002 | 0
|
11
|
619
|
No Fatalities
|
|
| 2003 | 19
|
10
|
654
|
34.4
|
|
| 2004 | 11
|
3
|
711
|
64.6
|
|
| 2005 | 18
|
2
|
751
|
41.7
|
|
*Airplane accident statistics provided by the National Transportation Safety Board
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