Aircraft Accidents In The United States, 2015 (1) |
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Number of accidents |
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Flight hours
(000) |
Total |
Fatal |
Number of
fatalities (2) |
Accidents
per 100,000
flight hours |
Commercial airlines |
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|
|
10 or more seats |
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Scheduled |
17,435 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0.155 |
Nonscheduled |
385 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.260 |
Less than 10 seats |
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Commuter |
343 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1.458 |
On-demand |
3,566 |
38 |
7 |
27 |
1.066 |
General aviation |
20,576 |
1,209 |
229 |
376 |
5.851 |
Total civil aviation |
NA |
1,280 |
237 |
404 |
NA |
(1) Preliminary data. Totals do not add because of collisions involving aircraft in different categories.
(2) Includes nonpassenger deaths.
NA=Data not available.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. |
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