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Table 7. Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 1989 through 2008,
for U.S. Air Carriers Operating Under 14 CFR 121, Nonscheduled Service (Airlines)
Year Accidents Fatalities Accidents
per 100,000
Flight Hours		 Accidents
per 1,000,000
Miles Flown		 Accidents per
100,000 Departures
All Fatal Total Aboard Flight Hours Miles Flown Departures All Fatal All Fatal All Fatal
1989 8 6 154 153 676,621 267,849,000 378,153 1.182 0.887 0.0299 0.0224 2.116 1.587
1990 5 2 28 3 625,390 258,545,000 296,545 0.800 0.320 0.0193 0.0077 1.686 0.674
1991 5 1 2 2 641,444 266,287,000 311,002 0.779 0.156 0.0188 0.0038 1.608 0.322
1992 3 1 4 4 627,689 272,091,000 365,334 0.478 0.159 0.0110 0.0037 0.821 0.274
1993 1 0 0 0 724,859 313,402,000 351,303 0.138 - 0.0032 - 0.285 -
1994 5 0 0 0 831,959 365,485,000 413,504 0.601 - 0.0137 - 1.209 -
1995 6 2 8 2 728,578 325,100,000 351,895 0.824 0.275 0.0185 0.0062 1.705 0.568
1996 6 2 38 8 774,436 423,111,000 377,512 0.775 0.258 0.0142 0.0047 1.589 0.530
1997 6 1 5 4 776,447 357,206,000 393,325 0.773 0.129 0.0168 0.0028 1.525 0.254
1998 9 0 0 0 895,108 392,853,000 444,566 1.005 - 0.0229 - 2.024 -
1999 11 0 0 0 861,843 411,987,000 448,070 1.276 - 0.0267 - 2.455 -
2000 7 1 3 3 820,738 371,767,000 414,403 0.853 0.122 0.0188 0.0027 1.689 0.241
2001 5 0 0 0 656,333 299,252,000 321,952 0.762 - 0.0167 - 1.553 -
2002 7 0 0 0 571,417 264,547,000 232,366 1.225 - 0.0265 - 3.012 -
2003 3 0 0 0 579,944 264,448,000 205,240 0.517 - 0.0113 - 1.462 -
2004 7 1 1 1 698,487 325,911,000 240,139 1.002 0.143 0.0215 0.0031 2.915 0.416
2005 6 0 0 0 677,838 321,926,000 219,947 0.885 - 0.0186 - 2.728 -
2006 6 0 0 0 615,313 287,493,000 193,434 0.975 - 0.0209 - 3.102 -
2007 2 1 1 1 622,645 291,592,000 194,262 0.321 0.161 0.0069 0.0034 1.030 0.515
2008 8 2 3 1 621,000 290,600,000 190,000 1.288 0.322 0.0275 0.0069 4.211 1.053

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