January 29, 2010 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SAFETY STUDIES DIVISION, RE-10 PRELIMINARY* MONTHLY SUMMARY U. S. CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS MONTH OF DECEMBER YEAR THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 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** 50 12 19 89 19 43 1538 274 533 1658 297 566 AIR CARRIERS** 4 0 0 13 2 8 74 4 69 92 22 72 14 CFR 121 @ (No Majors) (No Majors) (2 - Majors) (3 - Majors) Scheduled 1 0 0 6 0 0 24 1 50 20 0 0 Nonscheduled 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 8 2 3 14 CFR 135 Scheduled 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 Nonscheduled 3 0 0 5 2 8 44 2 17 58 20 69 GENERAL AVIATION** 46 12 19 76 17 35 1466 271 473 1566 275 494 Personal 35 8 13 48 10 14 1018 210 375 1000 197 332 Business 2 2 2 4 1 1 33 12 21 47 10 32 Corporate/Exec 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 7 0 0 Aerial Applic. 0 0 0 2 0 0 62 2 2 96 7 7 Instructional 6 1 2 12 3 6 198 16 29 231 21 37 Other 3 1 2 9 3 14 154 32 50 192 41 89 MIDAIR COLLISIONS 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 6 10 13 5 22 * 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 03/23 Narita, Japan FEDEX McD Douglas MD-11 2 0 Crashed on landing "SERIOUS" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 01/15 Weehawken, NJ US AIRWAYS Airbus A320 0 5 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, NC US AIRWAYS EXP DeHavilland DHC-8 0 1 Turbulence 08/27 Inverness, FL AIRTRAN AIRWAYS Boeing 717 0 1 Turbulence 10/05 Argentina DELTA Boeing 767 0 1 Turbulence 10/26 Norfolk, VA AIRTRAN AIRWAYS Boeing 717 0 1 Injury to flight attendant 10/27 Atlanta, GA DELTA Boeing 767 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 05/04 Denver, CO NORTHWEST Airbus A320 0 0 Tailstrike 05/21 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 10/20 Montevideo, Uruguay CENTURION McD Douglas MD-11 0 0 Landing gear collapsed while taxiing 11/02 Phoenix, AZ DELTA McD Douglas MD-90-30 0 0 Collided with birds