NTSB - Aviation Accident Statistics

AVIATION ACCIDENT STATISTICS

Table 10. Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 1989 through 2008,
U.S. General Aviation
Year	Accidents		Fatalities			Accidents per 100,000 Flight Hours
Year	All	Fatal	Total	Aboard	Flight Hours	All	Fatal
1989	2,242	432	769	766	27,920,000	7.97	1.52
1990	2,242	444	770	765	28,510,000	7.85	1.55
1991	2,197	439	800	786	27,678,000	7.91	1.57
1992	2,111	451	867	865	24,780,000	8.51	1.82
1993	2,064	401	744	740	22,796,000	9.03	1.74
1994	2,021	404	730	723	22,235,000	9.08	1.81
1995	2,056	413	735	728	24,906,000	8.21	1.63
1996	1,908	361	636	619	24,881,000	7.65	1.45
1997	1,844	350	631	625	25,591,000	7.19	1.36
1998	1,905	365	625	619	25,518,000	7.44	1.41
1999	1,905	340	621	615	29,246,000	6.50	1.16
2000	1,837	345	596	585	27,838,000	6.57	1.21
2001	1,727	325	562	558	25,431,000	6.78	1.27
2002	1,715	345	581	575	25,545,000	6.69	1.33
2003	1,740	352	633	630	25,998,000	6.68	1.34
2004	1,617	314	559	559	24,888,000	6.49	1.26
2005	1,670	321	563	558	23,168,000	7.20	1.38
2006	1,520	307	705	546	23,963,000	6.33	1.28
2007	1,650	288	496	491	23,819,000	6.92	1.20
2008	1,559	275	495	486	21,931,000	7.11	1.25

Notes

2008 data are preliminary.
Flight hours are estimated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Miles flown and departure information for general aviation operations is not available.
Suicide, sabotage and stolen/unauthorized aircraft cases, included in "Accidents" and "Fatalities" but excluded from accident rates in this table are: 1989 (17, 8); 1990 (4, 1); 1991 (8, 5); 1992 (2, 1); 1993 (5, 4); 1994 (3, 2); 1995 (10, 6); 1996 (4, 0); 1997 (5, 2); 1998 (6, 4); 1999 (3, 1); 2000 (7, 7); 2001 (3, 1); 2002 (7, 6); 2003 (4, 3); 2004 (3, 0); 2005 (2, 1); 2006 (2, 1); 2007 (1, 1); 2008 (0, 0)
The 705 total fatalities in 2006 includes the 154 persons killed aboard a foreign registered Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Gol Airlines when it collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet over the Brazilian Amazon jungle.
49 CFR Part 830.1 pertains to accidents that involve civil aircraft and certain public aircraft of the United States “wherever they occur.” For the year 2007, the total number of accidents includes 20 U.S. registered (N-numbered) aircraft accidents that occurred outside the United States, its territories, or its possessions.