Air Occurrence Statistics 2003

Air 2003

APPENDIX A - TABLES

Table 1
Aviation Occurrences and Casualties
1994-2003

				1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Accidents¹				381	390	342	356	386	341	320	295	274	296
		Aeroplanes Involved²		304	314	273	295	316	286	258	243	210	243
			Airliners	6	7	4	8	14	6	9	5	6	7
			Commuter Aircraft	8	19	12	13	10	13	4	8	6	9
			Air Taxi	100	128	91	110	108	70	45	37	41	35
			Aerial Work	16	6	13	10	18	18	19	18	12	18
			Corporate	14	10	6	9	11	6	5	4	2	2
			State	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	4	3
			Private/Other³	156	142	145	143	153	171	175	168	139	169
		Helicopters Involved		61	68	56	56	57	46	53	46	56	44
		Other Aircraft Involved⁴		21	13	13	10	17	15	12	9	10	12
	Hours Flown (thousands)⁵			3,776	3,810	3,642	3,477	3,940	4,040	3,967	3,356	3,396	3,790
	Accident Rate (per 100 000 hours)⁶			9.7	10.0	9.0	10.1	9.5	8.2	7.8	8.6	7.8	7.8
	Fatal Accidents			33	52	44	36	31	34	38	33	30	31
		Aeroplanes Involved²		30	45	34	29	24	28	26	25	22	26
			Airliners	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
			Commuter Aircraft	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0
			Air Taxi	12	20	11	11	8	5	3	5	4	5
			Aerial Work	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	4
			Corporate	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
			State	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
			Private/Other³	12	19	21	16	14	17	18	17	15	17
		Helicopters Involved		3	11	7	8	6	4	11	6	6	3
		Other Aircraft Involved⁴		0	0	3	0	2	4	1	3	3	3
	Fatalities			80	107	71	77	85	65	65	61	50	58
	Serious Injuries			36	54	38	69	49	42	53	35	42	44
Canadian-Registered Ultralight Aircraft Accidents				36	43	30	55	39	35	38	35	36	45
	Fatal Accidents			8	8	4	7	5	12	5	6	9	7
	Fatalities			11	10	5	9	9	19	9	8	12	9
	Serious Injuries			5	12	8	7	7	7	10	8	4	14
Foreign-Registered Aircraft Accidents in Canada				22	18	22	16	21	21	17	29	13	30
	Fatal Accidents			4	5	4	5	5	5	6	8	1	6
	Fatalities			9	17	13	11	236	8	16	10	2	8
	Serious Injuries			1	2	2	5	3	0	2	5	0	3
All Aircraft: Reportable Incidents				563	603	705	685	771	699	725	853	865	834
	Risk of Collision / Loss of Separation			144	138	193	213	181	168	161	204	194	154
	Declared Emergency			134	185	197	192	226	207	225	255	280	292
	Engine Failure			165	159	174	144	170	155	161	175	160	132
	Smoke/Fire			61	53	75	61	106	87	84	107	100	103
	Collision			10	5	2	11	4	7	8	19	22	16
	Other			49	63	64	64	84	75	86	93	109	137
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 (i.e. flying schools, flying clubs, etc.)
4. Includes Gliders, Balloons and Gyrocopters.
5. Source: Transport Canada (1995 to 2003 hours flown are estimated).
6. Accident rate does not include "Other Aircraft Involved"

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Updated: 2004-08-11		Important Notices