Posted on February 2nd, 2019
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) views its most important responsibility as advancing business aviation safety and fostering development of industry safety best practices (JetOptions is a member of NBAA). Thanks to ongoing commitments to safe operating practices by NBAA and the professionals involved in business flying, the industry has achieved a level of safety comparable to that for the commercial airlines.
One measure of the industry’s safety record can be found in the accident data made available each year by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The data is divided into two categories – “corporate” and “business” operations which are designations that mostly relate to crew requirements, but are not related to the type of business involved.
For example, flights under a “corporate” designation are those in which the aircraft is flown by a two-person, professional crew. For these types of operations, the accident rate in 2010 was 0.07 per 100,000 hours – which is better than that of the scheduled air carriers (0.016 per 100,000 hours). For flights conducted under the “business” category, in which a two-person professional crew is not required, the NTSB’s accident rate was 0.79 per 100,000 hours.
Aircraft Accident Rates, 1990–2011 (per 100,000 flight hours) 1 | ||||||
Year | General Aviation 2 Total/Fatal | Air Taxi 3 Total/Fatal | Commuter Air Carriers 4 Total/Fatal | Airlines 5 Total/Fatal | Corporate/ Executive 6 Total/Fatal | Business 7 Total/Fatal |
1990 | 7.77/1.56 | 4.76/1.29 | 0.641/0.171 | 0.198/0.171 | 0.210/0.090 | 3.71/0.96 |
1991 | 7.91/1.57 | 3.93/1.25 | 1.004/0.349 | 0.221/0.034 | 0.230/0.080 | 3.08/0.82 |
1992 | 8.51/1.81 | 2.67/0.84 | 0.942/0.300 | 0.146/0.032 | 0.210/0.080 | 2.17/0.68 |
1993 | 9.03/1.74 | 2.97/0.82 | 0.606/0.152 | 0.181/0.008 | 0.230/0.070 | 2.02/0.52 |
1994 | 9.08/1.81 | 3.45/1.05 | 0.359/0.108 | 0.168/0.030 | 0.180/0.070 | 1.81/0.51 |
1995 | 8.21/1.63 | 3.02/0.97 | 0.457/0.076 | 0.267/0.022 | 0.250/0.110 | 2.04/0.67 |
1996 | 7.65/1.45 | 2.80/0.90 | 0.399/0.036 | 0.269/0.036 | 0.140/0.060 | 1.68/0.34 |
1997 | 7.17/1.36 | 2.65/0.48 | 1.628 / 0.509 8 | 0.309/0.025 | 0.230/0.060 | 1.41/0.39 |
1998 | 7.43/1.41 | 2.03/0.45 | 2.262/0.000 | 0.297/0.006 | 0.091/0.000 | 1.14/0.30 |
1999 | 6.50/1.16 | 2.31/0.37 | 3.793/1.459 | 0.291/0.011 | 0.182/0.099 | 1.41/0.40 |
2000 | 6.57/1.21 | 2.04/0.56 | 3.247/0.271 | 0.306/0.016 | 0.125/0.060 | 1.28/0.37 |
2001 | 6.78/1.27 | 2.40/0.60 | 2.330/0.666 | 0.236/0.011 | 0.108/0.031 | 1.06/0.23 |
2002 | 6.69/1.33 | 2.06/0.62 | 2.559/0.000 | 0.237/0.000 | 0.116/0.029 | 1.08/0.36 |
2003 | 6.68/1.34 | 2.49/0.61 | 0.627/0.313 | 0.309/0.011 | 0.028/0.014 | 0.95/0.26 |
2004 | 6.49/1.26 | 2.04/0.71 | 1.324/0.000 | 0.159/0.011 | 0.093/0.013 | 0.91/0.23 |
2005 | 7.20/1.38 | 1.70/0.29 | 2.002/0.000 | 0.206/0.015 | 0.076/0.013 | 0.73/0.14 |
2006 | 6.35/1.28 | 1.39/0.27 | 0.995/0.332 | 0.171/0.010 | 0.141/0.011 | 0.80/0.29 |
2007 | 6.93/1.20 | 1.54/0.35 | 1.028/0.000 | 0.143/0.005 | 0.103/0.034 | 0.72/0.16 |
2008 | 6.86/1.21 | 1.81/0.62 | 2.385/0.000 | 0.147/0.010 | 0.075/0.000 9 | 1.27 /0.16 |
2009 | 7.08/1.32 | 1.63/0.07 | 0.685/0.000 | 0.170/0.011 | 0.070/0.014 | 0.56/0.21 |
2010 | 6.63/1.23 | 1.00/0.19 | 1.947/0.000 | 0.163/0.006 | 0.067/0.000 | 0.79/0.25 |
2011 | 6.51/1.17 | 1.50/0.48 | 1.303/0.000 | 0.175/0.000 | 0.061/0.000 |
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