General Aviation Accident Dashboard: 2012-2021

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This interactive report ​shows ​summa​ry​ statistics for general aviation accidents occurring from 2012 through 2021.

Scroll below the Dashboard to review:

1. ​A ​​video tutorial​​ providing instructions for working with the dashboard,
2. A data spreadsheet, and​
   
3. A gloss​a​ry of terms.​

Video Tutorial

1. Overview​ (01:44.0)​
   
   

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2. ​​​The Accidents Page (06:24.0) displays all accidents by calendar year and can be filtered by fatality status and/or flight details​​​​
   
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3. The Findings Page (03:41.0) displays the accidents by investigative findings.​
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4. The Safety Recommendations​ Page (02:26.0)​​ displays safety recommendations associated with investigations included in the general aviation accident dashboard.​​​​​
   
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Data Spreadsheet

General Aviation Accidents, Findings, and Safety Recommendations: 2012-2021

​Glossary

• Defining Event​​: Within the sequence of events for an accident, the NTSB designates one event as the "defining event" for accident categorization purposes. Defining event categories were developed by the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST)/International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT).
• ​​General Aviation: General aviation encompasses all US civil aviation operations other than those operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 (domestic, flag, and supplemental operations) or 14 CFR Part 135 (commuter and on-demand operations).​​
  
• Phase of Flight: The phase of flight shown is that associated with the defining event. Phase of flight categories were developed by the CICTT.​