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NTSB PRESS RELEASE ************************************************************ National
Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC
20594 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: April 8, 2010 SB-10-11 ************************************************************ NTSB RELEASES
2009 AVIATION ACCIDENT STATISTICS; ON-DEMAND ACCIDENTS AT
LOWEST LEVEL IN LAST 20 YEARS ************************************************************ Washington, D.C.
- The National Transportation Safety Board today released
preliminary aviation accident statistics for 2009 showing an
overall decrease in U. S. civil aviation accidents that
includes general aviation and on-demand Part 135 operations.
In fact, on-demand Part 135 operations had the lowest number
of accidents and fatal accidents for that type of air
operation in the last 2 decades. The total number
of U.S. civil aviation accidents decreased from 1,658 in
2008 to 1,551 in 2009. Total fatalities also showed a decrease
from 566 to 534. The majority of these fatalities
occurred in general aviation and scheduled Part 121 operations. General aviation
accidents decreased from 1,566 in 2008 to 1,474 in 2009.
There were 272 fatal general aviation accidents, down
from 275 the year before. However, the accident rate
increased to 7.20 per 100,000 flight hours in 2009 from 6.86 in
2008, due to the decrease in the number total of flight
hours. Although fatalities decreased from 494 to 474, the
fatal accident rate increased to from 1.21 to 1.33. Last year, one
fatal accident occurred involving a scheduled Part 121
operator. On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier
DHC-8- 400, operating as Continental Connection flight
3407, crashed outside of Buffalo , New York, resulting
in 50 fatalities. On-demand Part
135 operations reported 47 accidents in 2009, a decrease from
58 in 2008. Fatalities also decreased from 69 in 2008 to 17
in 2009. The accident rate decreased to 1.63 per 100,000
flight hours in 2009 from 1.81 in 2008. Tables 1-12
providing additional statistics are available at: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm
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Keith Holloway (202) 314-6100 ************************************************************ This message is
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