AVIATION STATISTICS - 2004

TSB Statistical Summary Aviation Occurrences 2004

Table 4 - Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Accidents by First Event and Phase of Flight 1995-2004

Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Control Loss	45	31	33	35	30	41	37	23	27	30
Power Loss	50	44	46	55	41	37	37	28	36	20
Collision with Object	35	39	32	40	36	24	21	16	25	16
Collision with Terrain	18	21	18	18	22	30	17	16	25	20
Collision with Moving Aircraft	6	0	3	3	9	3	3	2	1	3
Operations-Related Event	18	14	18	10	12	5	6	6	5	4
Component System Malfunction	22	13	16	15	18	15	13	14	7	16
Landing Gear Collapsed / Retracted	3	15	18	18	15	8	7	10	9	10
Runway Overrun	6	5	5	5	4	2	1	1	1	2
Take-Off / Landing Event	46	48	45	59	53	46	47	45	55	38
Wheels-Up Landing	7	4	13	6	9	4	5	9	5	6
Component System-Related Event	18	4	16	13	4	10	9	7	13	3
Weather-Related Event	16	12	12	10	7	15	12	12	9	16
Aircraft Damage	4	8	7	10	1	5	4	3	4	2
Other/Unknown	20	15	17	21	25	13	24	18	20	20
Total	314	273	294	318	286	258	243	210	242	206
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	9	3	6	10	3	3	5	6	3	3
Power Loss	6	5	9	6	12	9	5	9	11	3
Collision with Object	11	7	6	12	8	14	8	5	3	3
Collision with Terrain	1	3	5	3	6	5	4	9	5	7
Collision with Moving Aircraft	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Operations-Related Event	8	6	1	0	5	1	2	0	2	6
Sling-Related Event	9	5	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2
Dynamic System Malfunction	1	2	3	1	0	2	2	2	1	1
Dynamic Roll-over	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	3	1	3
Autorotative Landing	1	3	6	1	2	2	3	4	4	0
Weather-Related Event	3	2	0	1	1	3	4	2	1	2
Aircraft Damage	5	11	5	6	3	2	3	1	3	4
Other/Unknown	12	9	12	13	4	7	6	11	8	7
Total	68	56	56	57	46	53	46	56	44	41
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by Phase of Flight
Standing/Taxiing	22	19	22	26	17	21	18	22	23	16
Take-off	80	57	64	72	72	59	52	50	47	49
En Route	56	44	43	52	38	39	34	30	40	20
Manoeuvring	18	19	14	22	21	17	15	11	11	8
Approach	40	27	39	28	30	24	36	18	21	23
Landing	97	104	109	112	105	91	87	72	93	83
Post-Impact	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Unknown	1	3	3	6	2	7	1	7	6	6
Total	314	273	294	318	286	258	243	210	242	206
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by Phase of Flight
Standing	6	7	4	1	4	2	3	2	1	6
Take-off	13	5	9	3	4	9	5	9	5	6
En Route	11	7	14	9	6	8	10	7	6	6
Hover/Lift	11	14	6	13	10	4	5	3	4	4
Manoeuvring	6	11	9	13	8	14	2	9	9	7
Approach/Landing	17	13	14	17	12	13	19	21	18	11
Unknown	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	5	1	1
Total	68	56	56	57	46	53	46	56	44	41

Figures are peliminary as of March 31, 2005

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Table 5 - Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Accidents First Event vs. Phase of Flight 1995-2004

Phase of Flight
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
	Standing / Taxiing	Take-off	En Route	Manoeuvring	Approach	Landing	Other / Unknown	Total
Control Loss	11	112	17	27	20	140	5	332
Power Loss	0	118	170	38	63	3	2	394
Collision with Object	59	64	22	30	43	64	2	284
Collision with Terrain	3	57	39	23	31	37	15	205
Collision with Moving Aircraft	9	7	3	7	6	1	0	33
Operations-Related Event	9	36	21	4	8	13	2	93
Component System Malfunction	13	31	14	2	35	53	1	149
Landing Gear Collapsed/ Retracted	15	12	0	0	0	87	0	113
Runway Overrun	1	3	0	0	0	27	1	32
Take-Off / Landing Event	4	87	3	1	23	364	0	482
Wheels-Up Landing	0	0	0	0	1	67	0	68
Component System-Related Event	5	22	24	3	11	31	1	97
Weather-Related Event	9	24	43	5	24	15	1	121
Aircraft Damage	31	4	1	1	0	9	2	48
Other/Unknown	37	26	39	15	21	42	13	193
Total	206	602	396	156	286	953	45	2644
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by First Event
	Standing	Take-off	En Route	Hover / Lift	Manoeuvring	Approach / Landing	Other / Unknown	Total
Control Loss	4	9	1	5	7	23	2	51
Power Loss	0	10	21	11	18	15	0	75
Collision with Object	3	12	3	13	18	26	2	77
Collision with Terrain	4	8	11	4	9	10	2	48
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Operations-Related Event	2	9	3	4	4	9	0	31
Sling-Related Event	1	5	1	17	5	3	0	32
Dynamic System Malfunction	0	2	6	3	3	1	0	15
Dynamic Roll-over	1	6	0	0	1	5	1	14
Autorotative Landing	0	0	2	1	4	18	1	26
Weather- Related Event	0	1	10	2	0	6	0	19
Aircraft Damage	12	1	3	8	2	15	2	43
Other / Unknown	9	5	20	8	17	24	6	89
Total	36	68	84	76	88	155	16	523

Figures are peliminary as of March 31, 2005

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Table 6 - Canadian-Registered Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents First Event vs. Aeroplane Type 1995-2004

Aeroplane Type
	Airliner	Commuter	Air Taxi	Aerial Work	Corporate	State	Private / Other
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	2	10	73	10	9	0	228
Power Loss	6	2	92	36	9	1	248
Collision with Object	14	14	67	28	7	7	147
Collision with Terrain	3	6	72	9	3	2	110
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	1	8	2	1	1	20
Operations-Related Event	1	4	21	8	1	0	58
Component System Malfunction	5	11	49	6	6	3	69
Landing Gear Collapsed/Retracted	5	9	32	2	1	1	63
Runway Overrun	2	0	11	0	1	0	18
Take-Off/Landing Event	12	17	138	17	8	4	286
Wheels-Up Landing	1	2	25	2	3	1	34
Component System-Related Event	4	4	20	3	4	0	62
Weather-Related Event	1	5	39	6	2	0	68
Aircraft Damage	6	3	11	1	0	1	26
Other/Unknown	7	6	50	9	4	2	115
Total	69	94	708	139	59	23	1552
Aeroplanes Involved in Fatal Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	0	1	11	1	2	0	27
Power Loss	1	0	4	1	1	0	19
Collision with Object	0	0	4	1	0	1	19
Collision with Terrain	2	2	33	3	2	2	52
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	1	3	0	1	1	9
Operations-Related Event	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
Component System Malfunction	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
Landing Gear Collapsed/Retracted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Runway Overrun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Take-Off / Landing Event	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
Wheels-Up Landing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Component System-Related Event	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Weather-Related Event	0	0	5	0	0	0	7
Aircraft Damage	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Other / Unknown	1	0	11	2	1	0	23
Total	4	8	76	9	7	4	171

Figures are peliminary as of March 31, 2005

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