Air Occurrence Statistics 2003

Air 2003

Table 9
Incidents Involving Canadian-Registered
Aircraft by Incident Type
1994-2003

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Incidents
Risk of Collision/Loss of Separation	115	120	156	181	149	142	130	168	169	124
Declared Emergency	108	165	165	157	183	173	174	209	232	229
Engine Failure	124	120	133	115	133	121	129	157	135	104
Smoke/Fire	52	45	68	46	86	71	71	92	82	82
Collision	8	3	1	11	3	7	8	17	19	16
Control Difficulties	14	22	19	13	28	18	25	28	28	41
Crew Unable to Perform Duties	6	3	8	13	8	17	15	13	37	48
Dangerous Goods-Related	1	0	7	4	3	3	2	6	0	2
Depressurization	7	13	12	12	19	6	4	15	18	17
Fuel Shortage	1	2	0	2	6	7	1	2	1	6
Failure to Remain in Landing Area	6	11	8	9	8	10	13	4	6	3
Incorrect Fuel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Slung Load Released	1	3	1	2	1	5	6	8	3	4
Transmission or Gearbox Failure	0	0	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	1
Total¹	443	507	580	566	628	583	580	721	733	677
1. Incidents involving Canadian-registered aircraft only; Table 1 includes those involving foreign aircraft.

Table 10
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Incidents
Selected Incident Types vs. First Event
1999-2003

Incident Type	First Event	Aircraft Involved
Risk of Collision/ Loss of Separation 1184 Aircraft Involved
	Air Proximity	300
	ATS-Related Event	697
	Altitude-Related Event	39
	Runway Incursion	70
	Other	78
Declared Emergency 1017 Aircraft Involved
	Landing Gear Failure	191
	Hydraulic Failure	159
	Electrical Failure	48
	Other Component Failure	342
	Other	277
Engine Failure 646 Aircraft Involved
	Power Loss - First Engine	275
	Component Failure	313
	Other	58
Smoke/Fire 398 Aircraft Involved
	Fire/Explosion	288
	Component Failure	93
	Other	17
Control Difficulties 140 Aircraft Involved
	Component Failure	59
	Weather-Related Event	33
	Other	48

Please refer to the Table of Contents for other sections of this summary.


Updated: 2004-08-11		Important Notices