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Preliminary Air Occurrence Statistics for 2005

Table 1
Aviation Occurrences - 2005


		2005	2004	2000-2004 Average

Canadian-Registered Aircraft Accidents¹		258	252	287
	Aeroplanes Involved²	205	206	232
	Airliners	5	3	6
	Commuter Aircraft	6	1	6
	Air Taxi	33	43	40
	Aerial Work	14	8	15
	Corporate	1	2	3
	State	6	4	4
	Private/Other³	140	145	159
	Helicopters Involved	50	41	48
	Other Aircraft Involved⁴	8	9	10

Hours Flown (thousands)⁵		3832	3809	3836
Accident Rate (per 100 000 hours)⁶		6.7	6.5	7.3

Fatal Accidents		34	24	32
	Aeroplanes Involved²	22	18	24
	Airliners	0	0	0
	Commuter Aircraft	1	0	0
	Air Taxi	6	3	4
	Aerial Work	2	0	1
	Corporate	0	0	1
	State	0	0	0
	Private/Other³	13	15	16
	Helicopters Involved	10	4	6
	Other Aircraft Involved⁴	2	2	3

Fatalities		51	37	54
Serious Injuries		37	26	40

Canadian-Registered Ultralight Aircraft Accidents		30	36	38
	Fatal Accidents	5	6	7
	Fatalities	6	10	10
	Serious Injuries	9	7	9

Foreign-Registered Aircraft Accidents in Canada		18	20	22
	Fatal Accidents	6	3	5
	Fatalities	10	10	9
	Serious Injuries	14	2	2

All Aircraft: Reportable Incidents		823	909	837
	Risk of Collision/Loss of Separation	183	223	187
	Declared Emergency	224	278	266
	Engine Failure	147	143	154
	Smoke/Fire	103	94	98
	Collision	12	21	17
	Other	154	150	115

¹	Ultralight aircraft excluded
²	As some accidents may involve multiple aircraft, the number of aircraft involved may differ from the total number of accidents.
³	Other: contains, but is not limited to, organizations that rent aircraft (that is, flying schools, flying clubs, etc.)
⁴	Includes gliders, balloons and gyrocopters
⁵	Source: Transport Canada (2003 to 2005 hours flown are estimated)
⁶	Accident rate does not include "Other Aircraft Involved"

Figures are preliminary as of January 26, 2006.
All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide with the sum of averages.

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Updated: 2006-02-21		Important Notices