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Table 10. Accidents, Fatalities, and Rates, 1992 through 2011,
U.S. General Aviation
Year	Accidents		Fatalities			Accidents per 100,000 Flight Hours
Year	All	Fatal	Total	Aboard	Flight Hours	All	Fatal
1992	2,110	450	866	864	24,780,000	8.51	1.81
1993	2,064	401	744	740	22,796,000	9.03	1.74
1994	2,021	404	730	723	22,235,000	9.08	1.81
1995	2,055	412	734	727	24,906,000	8.21	1.63
1996	1,908	361	636	619	24,881,000	7.65	1.45
1997	1,840	350	631	625	25,591,000	7.17	1.36
1998	1,902	364	624	618	25,518,000	7.43	1.41
1999	1,905	340	621	615	29,246,000	6.50	1.16
2000	1,837	345	596	585	27,838,000	6.57	1.21
2001	1,727	325	562	558	25,431,000	6.78	1.27
2002	1,716	345	581	575	25,545,000	6.69	1.33
2003	1,741	352	633	630	25,998,000	6.68	1.34
2004	1,619	314	559	559	24,888,000	6.49	1.26
2005	1,671	321	563	558	23,168,000	7.20	1.38
2006	1,523	308	706	547	23,963,000	6.35	1.28
2007	1,653	288	496	491	23,819,000	6.93	1.20
2008	1,569	276	495	486	22,805,000	6.87	1.21
2009	1,480	275	479	470	20,862,000	7.08	1.32
2010	1,439	268	454	451	21,688,000	6.63	1.23
2011	1,466	263	444	433	22,514,000	6.51	1.17

Notes

2011 data are preliminary.
Flight hours are estimated by the Federal Aviation Administration. Miles flown and departure information for general aviation operations is not available.
Suicide, sabotage and stolen/unauthorized aircraft cases, included in "Accidents" and "Fatalities" but excluded from accident rates in this table are: 1992 (2 acc., 1 fatal acc.); 1993 (5, 4); 1994 (3, 2); 1995 (10, 6); 1996 (4, 0); 1997 (5, 2); 1998 (6, 4); 1999 (3, 1); 2000 (7, 7); 2001 (3, 1); 2002 (7, 6); 2003 (4, 3); 2004 (3, 0); 2005 (2, 1); 2006 (2, 1); 2007 (2, 2); 2008 (2, 0); 2009 (3, 0); 2010 (2, 1); 2011 (0, 0)
The 706 total fatalities in 2006 includes the 154 persons killed aboard a foreign registered Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Gol Airlines when it collided with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet over the Brazilian Amazon jungle.
49 CFR Part 830.1 pertains to accidents that involve civil aircraft and certain public aircraft of the United States “wherever they occur.” For the year 2007, the total number of accidents includes 20 U.S. registered (N-numbered) aircraft accidents that occurred outside the United States, its territories, or its possessions.