November 3, 2009 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SAFETY STUDIES DIVISION, RE-10 PRELIMINARY* MONTHLY SUMMARY U. S. CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS MONTH OF SEPTEMBER YEAR THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2009 2008 2009 2008 ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Accidents Accidents Accidents Accidents ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- US CIVIL AVIATION** 122 21 35 148 23 43 1241 216 433 1357 232 446 AIR CARRIERS** 7 0 0 10 3 11 57 4 69 71 18 57 14 CFR 121 @ (No Majors) (No Majors) (2 - Majors) (3 - Majors) Scheduled 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 1 50 11 0 0 Nonscheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 7 2 3 14 CFR 135 Scheduled 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 Nonscheduled 5 0 0 9 3 11 36 2 17 49 16 54 GENERAL AVIATION** 115 21 35 138 20 32 1186 213 373 1287 214 389 Personal 88 14 25 90 11 14 812 162 293 814 153 263 Business 6 2 2 2 0 0 28 9 18 35 7 26 Corporate/Exec 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 4 0 0 Aerial Applic. 3 0 0 5 0 0 60 2 2 92 7 7 Instructional 11 3 4 19 2 3 161 13 23 187 15 28 Other 7 2 4 22 7 15 123 27 39 160 33 68 MIDAIR COLLISIONS 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 4 6 8 4 18 * Statistics reflect accident information entered into the computer by the Office of Aviation Safety, and are current as of the date of this document. ** Detail may not add to the total because of aircraft involved in midair and on ground collisions. @ Major - an accident in which any of three conditions is met: a Part 121 aircraft was destroyed, or there were multiple fatalities, or there was one fatality and a Part 121 aircraft was substantially damaged. 14 CFR 121 ACCIDENTS - 2009 "MAJOR" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 02/12 Clarence, NY COLGAN AIR Bombardier DHC-8 50 0 Loss of control during approach 03/22 Narita, Japan FEDEX McD Douglas MD-11 2 0 Crashed on landing "SERIOUS" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 01/05 New York, NY US AIRWAYS Airbus A320 0 1 Struck birds during initial climb 01/27 Lubbock, TX EMPIRE Aerospatiale ATR-42 0 1 Aircraft landed short of runway 05/06 Baltimore, MD WORLD AIRWAYS Boeing DC-10-30 0 1 Aircraft experienced a hard landing "INJURY" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 02/20 Tokyo, Japan NORTHWEST Boeing 747 0 1 Turbulence 03/28 Atlanta, GA DELTA McD Douglas MD-88 0 1 Turbulence 04/18 McAllen, TX CONTINENTAL Boeing 737 0 1 Turbulence 05/20 San Juan, PR DELTA Boeing 767 0 1 Turbulence 07/10 Ft. Myers, FL JETBLUE Airbus A320 0 2 Turbulence 07/11 Indianapolis, IN REPUBLIC Embraer ERJ-170 0 1 Turbulence 08/04 Louisville, KY DELTA CONNECTION Bombardier CL-600 0 1 Turbulence 08/05 Fayetteville, KY US AIRWAYS EXP DeHavilland DHC-8 0 1 Turbulence 08/27 Inverness, FL Airtran Airways Boeing 717 0 1 Turbulence "DAMAGE" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 03/01 Tallahasee, FL ATLANTIC SE Bombardier CRJ-200 0 0 Fire in cockpit 04/20 Phoenix, AZ AIR SHUTTLE DeHavilland DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft damaged while taxiing 05/25 Los Angeles, CA AMERICAN EAGLE Embraer EMB-135 0 0 Struck a parked aircraft 07/13 Charleston, WV SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 0 Decompression caused by hole in fuselage skin 09/11 Unknown COMMUTAIR Bombardier DHC-8 0 0 Tail section damaged