Air Occurrence Statistics 2003

Air 2003

Table 3
Accidents Involving Canadian-Registered
Aircraft by Province 1994-2003

			1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Accidents
	Newfoundland and Labrador		10	9	10	9	7	5	14	10	6	9
	Prince Edward Island		0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
	Nova Scotia		9	8	5	4	7	4	9	3	7	1
	New Brunswick		4	5	1	6	6	7	5	4	2	1
	Quebec		70	78	39	60	41	46	55	48	42	55
	Ontario		84	74	72	84	105	106	73	64	74	81
	Manitoba		12	29	18	25	29	32	17	28	17	28
	Saskatchewan		23	28	24	22	21	22	9	18	18	16
	Alberta		51	46	56	46	62	52	39	36	46	34
	British Columbia		81	72	83	72	70	40	68	58	41	54
	Nunavut¹		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0
	Northwest Territories		17	16	13	10	13	14	11	12	4	5
	Yukon		8	11	11	5	8	4	6	4	4	4
	Outside Canada		12	14	8	12	17	9	9	7	12	7
		Total	381	390	342	356	386	341	320	295	274	296
Fatal Accidents
	Newfoundland and Labrador		0	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
	Prince Edward Island		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		0	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0
	New Brunswick		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Quebec		9	7	6	7	8	5	5	6	6	4
	Ontario		6	10	9	7	4	9	4	6	4	12
	Manitoba		1	4	3	1	2	4	0	2	1	0
	Saskatchewan		2	2	1	4	2	1	2	0	2	1
	Alberta		3	4	3	2	4	5	3	2	2	3
	British Columbia		7	14	12	11	5	8	10	11	9	7
	Nunavut¹		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
	Northwest Territories		0	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	0
	Yukon		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Outside Canada		3	3	3	3	3	0	4	1	3	1
		Total	33	52	44	36	32	34	38	33	30	31
Fatalities
	Newfoundland and Labrador		0	0	5	2	1	1	3	3	2	3
	Prince Edward Island		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Nova Scotia		0	4	0	0	4	0	4	0	2	0
	New Brunswick		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Quebec		20	9	12	18	27	9	8	13	14	8
	Ontario		16	31	12	8	9	14	5	8	5	28
	Manitoba		2	7	4	4	5	7	0	4	1	0
	Saskatchewan		3	3	1	9	5	1	2	0	2	1
	Alberta		5	5	3	4	10	8	3	4	3	4
	British Columbia		23	32	20	22	12	24	19	17	16	12
	Nunavut¹		0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0
	Northwest Territories		0	4	5	0	0	1	3	8	0	0
	Yukon		1	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
	Outside Canada		8	3	8	10	12	0	11	1	5	1
		Total	80	107	71	77	85	65	65	61	50	58
1. This territory was created on 1 April 1999.

Table 4
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Accidents
by First Event and Phase of Flight 1994-2003

		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
	Control Loss	51	45	31	33	34	30	41	37	23	27
	Power Loss	50	51	44	46	54	41	37	37	29	36
	Collision with Object	28	35	39	33	40	36	24	21	16	25
	Collision with Terrain	15	18	21	18	18	22	30	18	16	25
	Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	6	0	3	3	9	3	3	2	1
	Operations-Related Event	16	17	14	12	10	12	5	6	5	5
	Component System Malfunction	16	22	13	16	15	18	15	13	14	7
	Landing Gear Collapsed / Retracted	17	3	15	18	18	15	8	7	10	9
	Runway Overrun	3	6	5	5	5	4	2	1	1	1
	Take-Off / Landing Event	50	46	48	47	59	53	46	47	45	55
	Wheels-Up Landing	5	7	4	13	6	9	4	5	9	5
	Component System-Related Event	7	18	4	16	13	4	10	9	7	13
	Weather-Related Event	13	16	12	12	10	7	15	12	12	9
	Aircraft Damage	8	4	8	7	10	1	5	4	3	4
	Other/Unknown	25	20	15	16	21	25	13	23	18	21
	Total	304	314	273	295	316	286	258	243	210	243
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by First Event
	Control Loss	5	9	3	6	10	3	3	5	6	3
	Power Loss	13	6	5	9	6	12	9	5	9	11
	Collision with Object	8	11	7	6	12	8	14	8	5	3
	Collision with Terrain	3	1	3	5	3	6	5	4	9	5
	Collision with Moving Aircraft	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Operations-Related Event	2	8	6	1	0	5	1	2	0	2
	Sling-Related Event	2	9	5	2	2	2	2	2	5	2
	Dynamic System Malfunction	3	1	2	3	1	0	2	2	1	1
	Dynamic Roll-over	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	3	1
	Autorotative Landing	2	1	3	6	1	2	2	3	4	4
	Weather-Related Event	3	3	2	0	1	1	3	4	2	1
	Aircraft Damage	4	5	11	5	6	3	2	3	1	3
	Other/Unknown	12	12	9	12	13	4	7	6	11	8
	Total	61	68	56	56	57	46	53	46	56	44
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by Phase of Flight
	Standing/Taxiing	17	22	19	22	26	17	21	18	22	23
	Take-off	102	80	57	64	71	72	59	52	51	47
	En Route	46	56	44	43	52	38	39	34	30	41
	Manoeuvring	20	18	19	14	22	21	17	15	10	11
	Approach	23	40	27	40	27	29	24	36	18	21
	Landing	95	97	104	109	112	105	91	87	72	93
	Post-Impact	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Unknown	1	1	3	3	6	3	7	1	7	6
	Total	304	314	273	295	316	286	258	243	210	243
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by Phase of Flight
	Standing	6	6	7	4	1	4	2	3	2	1
	Take-off	10	13	5	9	3	4	9	5	9	5
	En Route	13	11	7	14	9	6	8	10	7	6
	Hover/Lift	7	14	13	6	13	10	4	5	3	4
	Manoeuvring	7	6	11	9	13	8	14	2	9	9
	Approach/Landing	17	17	13	14	17	12	13	19	21	18
	Unknown	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	5	1
	Total	61	68	56	56	57	46	53	46	56	44

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Updated: 2004-08-11		Important Notices