Annual Report - RAA

2007 US Summary StatisticsAccidents, Fatalities and Rates, 1988 through 2007for US Air Carriers Operating Under 14 CFR 121, Scheduled Service (Airlines)Year Accidents Fatalities FlightHoursMiles FlownDeparturesAccidentsper 100,000Fight HoursAccidentsper 1,000,000Miles FlownAccidentsper 100,000DeparturesAll All Fatal Total Aboard All Fatal All Fatal All Fatal1988* 27 3 285 274 10,521,052 4,260,785,000 7,347,575 0.247 0.019 0.0061 0.0005 0.354 0.0271989 20 5 124 123 10,597,922 4,337,234,000 7,267,341 0.189 0.047 0.0046 0.0012 0.275 0.0691990 19 4 11 9 11,524,726 4,689,287,000 7,795,761 0.165 0.035 0.0041 0.0009 0.244 0.0511991 21 3 60 47 11,139,166 4,558,537,000 7,503,873 0.189 0.027 0.0046 0.0007 0.280 0.0401992 15 3 29 27 11,732,026 4,767,344,000 7,515,373 0.128 0.026 0.0031 0.0006 0.200 0.0401993 22 1 1 0 11,981,347 4,936,067,000 7,721,870 0.184 0.008 0.0045 0.0002 0.285 0.0131994* 18 4 239 237 12,292,356 5,112,633,000 7,824,802 0.138 0.033 0.0033 0.0008 0.217 0.0511995 30 1 160 160 12,776,679 5,328,969,000 8,105,570 0.235 0.008 0.0056 0.0002 0.370 0.0121996 31 3 342 342 12,971,676 5,449,997,000 7,851,298 0.239 0.023 0.0057 0.0006 0.395 0.0381997 43 3 3 2 15,061,662 6,339,432,000 9,925,058 0.285 0.020 0.0068 0.0005 0.433 0.0301998 41 1 1 0 15,921,447 6,343,690,000 10,535,196 0.258 0.006 0.0065 0.0002 0.389 0.0091999 40 2 12 11 16,693,365 6,689,327,000 10,860,692 0.240 0.012 0.0060 0.0003 0.368 0.0182000 49 2 89 89 17,478,519 7,152,260,000 11,053,826 0.280 0.011 0.0069 0.0003 0.443 0.0182001* 41 6 531 525 17,157,858 6,994,939,000 10,632,880 0.216 0.012 0.0053 0.0003 0.348 0.0192002 34 0 0 0 16,718,781 6,927,954,000 10,276,107 0.203 - 0.0049 - 0.331 -2003 51 2 22 21 16,887,756 7,015,935,000 10,227,924 0.302 0.012 0.0073 0.0003 0.499 0.0202004 23 1 13 13 18,184,016 7,604,248,000 10,782,989 0.126 0.005 0.0030 0.0001 0.213 0.0092005 33 3 22 20 18,712,191 7,843,717,000 10,910,460 0.176 0.016 0.0042 0.0004 0.302 0.0272006 26 2 50 49 18,647,896 7,851,864,000 10,627,481 0.139 0.011 0.0033 0.0003 0.245 0.0192007 24 0 0 0 18,700,000 7,860,000,000 10,720,000 0.128 - 0.0031 - 0.224 -Notes2007 data are preliminary.Flight hours, miles, and departures are compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration.Since March 20, 1997, aircraft with 10 or more seats used in scheduled passenger service have been operated under 14 CFR 121.Years followed by the symbol * are those in which an illegal act was responsible for an occurrence in this category. These acts, such assuicide and sabotage are included inthe totals for accidents and fatalities but are excluded for the purpose of accident rate computation. Table 12 contains a list of illegal act occurrences involving US air carriersfor the period covered by this table. Other than the persons aboard aircraft who were killed, fatalities resulting from the September 11, 2001 terrorist acts are excluded fromthis table.20RAA 2008 Annual Report