Aircraft Accidents In The United States, 2015 (1)

 

    Number of accidents    
  Flight hours (000) Total Fatal Number of fatalities (2) Accidents per 100,000 flight hours
Commercial airlines          
     10 or more seats          
          Scheduled 17,435 27 0 0 0.155
          Nonscheduled 385 1 0 0 0.260
     Less than 10 seats          
          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.