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Transportation in Canada 2002
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TABLE A4-16: AVIATION OCCURRENCES AND CASUALTIES, 1997 - 2002
  1997

 1998

 1999

 2000

 2001

 2002

 1997-
2001
Average
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Accidents1 356 386 341 320 295 273 339.6
   Aeroplanes involved2 295 316 286 258 243 209 279.2
     Airliners 8 14 6 9 5 6 8.4
     Commuter aircraft 13 10 13 4 8 6 9.6
     Air taxi 110 108 70 45 37 40 74.0
     Aerial work 10 18 18 19 18 12 16.6
     Corporate 9 11 6 5 4 2 7.0
     State 2 2 2 1 3 4 2.0
     Private/other3 143 153 171 175 168 139 162.0
   Helicopters involved 56 57 46 53 46 56 51.6
   Other aircraft involved4 10 17 15 12 9 10 12.6
   Hours Flown (thousands)5 3,478 3,940 4,040 3,968 3,583 3,730 3,801.9
   Accident Rate (per 100,000 hours)

 10.2

 9.8

 8.4

 8.1

 8.2

 7.3

 9.0
   Fatal Accidents 36 31 34 38 33 28 34.4
     Aeroplanes involved 29 24 28 26 25 20 26.4
       Airliners 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.4
       Commuter aircraft 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
       Air taxi 11 8 5 3 5 4 6.4
       Aerial work 0 0 1 2 1 1 0.8
       Corporate 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
       State 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.4
       Private/other 16 14 17 18 17 13 16.4
     Helicopters involved 8 6 4 11 6 6 7
     Other aircraft involved

 0

 2

 4

 1

 3

 3

 2
Fatalities

 77 85 65 65 61 47 70.6
Serious Injuries

 69

 49

 42

 53

 37

 42

 50
Canadian-Registered Ultralight              
Aircraft accidents 55 39 35 38 35 36 40.4
   Fatal accidents 7 5 12 5 6 9 7
   Fatalities 9 9 19 9 7 12 10.6
   Serious injuries

 7

 7

 7

 10

 8

 3

 7.8
Foreign-Registered Aircraft Accidents in Canada 17 22 24 19 29 14 22.2
   Fatal accidents 5 5 6 7 8 2 6.2
   Fatalities 11 236 9 18 10 4 56.8
   Serious injuries

 6

 4

 1

 3

 5

 0

 3.8
All Aircraft: Reportable Incidents 685 771 699 725 853 864 746.6
   Risk of collision/Loss of separation 213 181 168 161 204 194 185.4
   Declared emergency 192 226 207 225 255 280 221
   Engine failure 144 170 155 161 175 160 161
   Smoke/fire 61 106 87 84 107 100 89
   Collision 11 4 7 8 19 21 9.8
   Other 64 84 75 86 93 109 80.4
  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. 2002 hours flown are estimated.

Notes: There was a reclassification of the services reported under the air taxi category in 1999. Before 1999, flight training services were classified as air taxi but are now classified in the private/corporate/state aeroplane category. For accident and reportable incident definitions, see Transportation Safety Board Regulations Web site: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-23.4/SOR-92-446/72208.html. Figures are preliminary as of January 21, 2003.

Source: Transportation Safety Board, Transport Canada

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