November 8, 2012 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 ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2012 2011 2012 2011 ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Accidents Accidents Accidents Accidents ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- US CIVIL AVIATION** 159 33 51 148 25 42 1249 201 314 1270 216 366 AIR CARRIERS** 3 0 0 7 2 2 48 4 6 63 8 17 14 CFR 121 @ (No Majors) (No Majors) (No Majors) (No Majors) Scheduled 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 23 0 0 Nonscheduled 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 CFR 135 Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Nonscheduled 1 0 0 4 2 2 27 4 6 36 8 17 GENERAL AVIATION** 156 33 51 141 23 40 1201 197 308 1208 208 349 Personal 99 20 29 105 21 28 800 145 226 805 154 255 Business 3 1 1 0 0 0 18 4 9 17 2 8 Corporate/Exec 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 1 3 3 0 0 Aerial Applic. 4 0 0 1 0 0 62 5 5 95 8 8 Instructional 24 4 7 17 0 0 172 17 29 151 12 22 Other 25 8 14 18 2 12 142 27 40 140 33 58 MIDAIR COLLISIONS 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 4 6 6 5 9 * 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 - 2012 "MAJOR" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- "SERIOUS" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- "INJURY" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 02/18 Detroit, MI DELTA Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 02/23 Pawnee, NE SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 02/24 Millville, NJ US AIRWAYS Airbus A321 0 1 Passenger injured during turbulence 02/26 Angers, France DELTA Boeing 767 0 1 Flight attendant injured after tripping over passengers luggage 03/20 Laverne, OK SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 04/15 Bueno Vista, CO US AIRWAYS Airbus A319 0 2 Two flight attendants injured during turbulence 05/10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FRONTIER Airbus A319 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/07 Philadelphia, PA US AIRWAYS Boeing 757 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/10 Minneapolis, MN DELTA Airbus A320 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/12 Winnie, TX UNITED Boeing 737 0 2 Two flight attendants injured during turbulence 07/05 Tokyo UNITED Boeing 777 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 08/05 Hilton Head, SC US AIRWAYS EXP Embraer ERJ 170-200 0 1 Passenger injured during turbulence 09/18 Sophia, NC US AIRWAYS Airbus A330-323 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence "DAMAGE" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 01/16 Huntington, WV PIEDMONT Boeing DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft damaged when it collided with a truck 02/03 San Francisco, CA SKYWEST Bombardier CL-600 0 0 Aircraft impacted by a belt loader 04/07 Houston, TX COLGAN AIR Bombardier DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft landed with nose gear retracted 05/11 Guatemala City IFL GROUP Convair 440 0 0 Aircraft nose gear collapsed on landing 05/30 Chicago, IL AMERICAN EAGLE Embraer EMB 135 0 0 Aircraft's rudder and stabilzer struck by a taxiing aircraft 08/10 Dulles, VA UNITED EXPRESS Bombardier DHC-8-402 0 0 Aircraft sustained damage to its rudder and vertical stabilizer 09/13 Sao Paulo DELTA Boeing 767 0 0 Aircraft experienced a tire failure