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  AVIATION STATISTICS - 2003

Table 1

Aviation Occurrences and Casualties 1994-2003

  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Accidents1 381 390 342 356 386 341 320 295 274 296
Aeroplanes Involved2 304 314 273 295 316 286 258 243 210 243
Airliners 6 7 4 8 14 6 9 5 6 7
Commuter Aircraft 8 19 12 13 10 13 4 8 6 9
Air Taxi 100 128 91 110 108 70 45 37 41 35
Aerial Work 16 6 13 10 18 18 19 18 12 18
Corporate 14 10 6 9 11 6 5 4 2 2
State 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 4 3
Private/Other3 156 142 145 143 153 171 175 168 139 169
Helicopters Involved 61 68 56 56 57 46 53 46 56 44
Other Aircraft Involved4 21 13 13 10 17 15 12 9 10 12
Hours Flown(thousands)5 3,776 3,810 3,642 3,477 3,940 4,040 3,967 3,356 3,396 3,790
Accident Rate (per 100 000 hours)6 9.7 10.0 9.0 10.1 9.5 8.2 7.8 8.6 7.8 7.8
Fatal Accidents 33 52 44 36 31 34 38 33 30 31
Aeroplanes Involved2 30 45 34 29 24 28 26 25 22 26
Airliners 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Commuter Aircraft 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
Air Taxi 12 20 11 11 8 5 3 5 4 5
Aerial Work 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 4
Corporate 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
State 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Private/Other3 12 19 21 16 14 17 18 17 15 17
Helicopters Involved 3 11 7 8 6 4 11 6 6 3
Other Aircraft Involved4   0 0 3 0 2 4 1 3 3 3
Fatalities 80 107 71 77 85 65 65 61 50 58
Serious Injuries 36 54 38 69 49 42 53 35 42 44
Canadian-Registered Ultralight Aircraft Accidents 36 43 30 55 39 35 38 35 36 45
Fatal Accidents 8 8 4 7 5 12 5 6 9 7
Fatalities 11 10 5 9 9 19 9 8 12 9
Serious Injuries 5 12 8 7 7 7 10 8 4 14
Foreign-Registered Aircraft Accidents in Canada 22 18 22 16 21 21 17 29 13 30
Fatal Accidents 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 8 1 6
Fatalities 9 17 13 11 236 8 16 10 2 8
Serious Injuries 1 2 2 5 3 0 2 5 0 3
All Aircraft: Reportable Incidents 563 603 705 685 771 699 725 853 865 834
Risk of Collision / Loss of Separation 144 138 193 213 181 168 161 204 194 154
Declared
Emergency		 134 185 197 192 226 207 225 255 280 292
Engine Failure 165 159 174 144 170 155 161 175 160 132
Smoke/Fire 61 53 75 61 106 87 84 107 100 103
Collision 10 5 2 11 4 7 8 19 22 16
Other 49 63 64 64 84 75 86 93 109 137
1. Ultralight Aircraft excluded.
2. As some accidents may involve multiple aircraft, the number of aircraft involved may differ from the total number of accidents.
3. Other: Contains, but is not limited to, organizations that rent aircraft (i.e. flying schools, flying clubs, etc.)
4. Includes Gliders, Balloons and Gyrocopters.
5. Source: Transport Canada (1995 to 2003 hours flown are estimated).
6. Accident rate does not include "Other Aircraft Involved"

Please refer to the Table of Contents for other sections of this summary.

Date Modified: 2008-11-13

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