AVIATION STATISTICS - 2006

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Statistical Summary Aviation Occurrences 2006

Table 4 – Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Accidents by First Event and Phase of Flight, 1997–2006

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	33	35	30	41	37	23	27	30	24	21
Power Loss	46	55	41	37	37	28	36	20	32	27
Collision with Object	32	40	36	24	21	16	25	16	19	29
Collision with Terrain	18	18	22	30	17	16	25	19	20	24
Collision with Moving Aircraft	3	3	9	3	3	2	1	3	1	8
Operations-Related Event	13	10	12	5	6	6	5	4	10	5
Component System Malfunction	16	15	18	15	13	14	7	16	11	10
Landing Gear Collapsed/Retracted	18	18	15	8	7	10	9	10	3	3
Runway Overrun	5	5	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	3
Take-off/Landing Event	45	59	53	46	47	45	55	39	34	43
Wheels-up Landing	13	6	9	4	5	9	5	6	5	3
Component System-Related Event	16	13	4	10	9	7	13	3	7	4
Weather-Related Event	12	10	7	15	12	12	9	16	13	5
Aircraft Damage	7	10	1	5	4	3	4	2	4	5
Other/Unknown	17	21	25	13	24	18	20	20	19	18
Total	294	318	286	258	243	210	242	206	206	208
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	6	10	3	3	5	6	3	3	5	7
Power Loss	9	6	12	9	5	9	11	3	5	10
Collision with Object	6	12	8	14	8	5	3	3	6	11
Collision with Terrain	5	3	6	5	4	9	5	7	9	8
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Operations-Related Event	1	0	5	1	2	0	2	6	2	1
Sling-Related Event	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	0	4
Dynamic System Malfunction	3	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0
Dynamic Rollover	1	2	0	3	1	3	1	3	4	0
Autorotative Landing	6	1	2	2	3	4	4	0	1	0
Weather-Related Event	0	1	1	3	4	2	1	2	2	3
Aircraft Damage	5	6	3	2	3	1	3	4	5	2
Other/Unknown	12	13	4	7	6	11	8	7	11	10
Total	56	57	46	53	46	56	44	41	50	56
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by Phase of Flight
Standing/Taxiing	22	26	17	21	18	22	23	16	19	22
Take-off	64	72	72	59	52	50	47	49	47	44
En Route	43	52	38	39	34	30	40	20	29	35
Manoeuvring	14	22	21	17	15	11	11	8	14	11
Approach	39	28	30	24	36	18	21	23	24	20
Landing	109	112	105	91	87	72	93	83	70	73
Post-Impact	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Unknown	3	6	2	7	1	7	6	6	3	3
Total	294	318	286	258	243	210	242	206	206	208
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by Phase of Flight
Standing	4	1	4	2	3	2	1	6	5	5
Take-off	9	3	4	9	5	9	5	6	9	10
En Route	14	9	6	8	10	7	6	6	8	12
Hover/Lift	6	13	10	4	5	3	4	4	3	7
Manoeuvring	9	13	8	14	2	9	9	7	4	7
Approach/Landing	14	17	12	13	19	21	18	11	15	13
Unknown	0	1	2	3	2	5	1	1	6	2
Total	56	57	46	53	46	56	44	41	50	56

Figures are preliminary as of 07 December 2007.

Table 5 – Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Accidents, First Event vs. Phase of Flight, 1997–2006

	Phase of Flight
	Standing/ Taxiing	Take-off	En Route	Manoeuv– ring	Approach	Landing	Other/ Unknown	Total
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	12	108	14	24	16	124	3	301
Power Loss	0	110	153	31	62	2	1	359
Collision with Object	58	60	22	26	39	51	2	258
Collision with Terrain	5	56	40	26	28	38	16	209
Collision with Moving Aircraft	15	7	4	5	4	1	0	36
Operations-Related Event	7	28	16	4	8	11	2	76
Component System Malfunction	10	26	16	3	32	47	1	135
Landing Gear Collapsed/ Retracted	15	10	0	0	0	76	0	101
Runway Overrun	1	3	0	0	0	23	1	28
Take-off/Landing Event	5	75	2	2	17	365	0	466
Wheels-up Landing	0	0	0	0	1	64	0	65
Component System-Related Event	4	20	24	4	11	22	1	86
Weather-Related Event	6	26	32	6	27	13	1	111
Aircraft Damage	32	4	1	1	0	5	2	45
Other/Unknown	36	23	36	12	18	53	17	195
Total	206	556	360	144	263	895	47	2471
	Phase of Flight
	Standing	Take-off	En Route	Hover/ Lift	Manoeuv– ring	Approach/ Landing	Unknown	Total
Helicopters Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	5	9	1	4	9	21	2	51
Power Loss	0	9	25	10	15	19	1	79
Collision with Object	3	12	2	13	16	28	2	76
Collision with Terrain	5	9	15	5	10	14	3	61
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Operations-Related Event	1	6	1	2	3	6	1	20
Sling-Related Event	0	5	1	7	7	2	0	22
Dynamic System Malfunction	0	2	5	2	2	1	0	12
Dynamic Rollover	1	8	0	0	1	7	1	18
Autorotative Landing	0	0	1	1	2	18	1	23
Weather-Related Event	1	1	9	2	0	6	0	19
Aircraft Damage	9	2	2	5	2	11	3	34
Other/Unknown	8	6	23	8	15	20	9	89
Total	33	69	86	59	82	153	23	505

Figures are preliminary as of 07 December 2007.

Table 6 – Canadian-Registered Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents, First Event vs. Aeroplane Type, 1997–2006

	Aeroplane Type
	Airliner	Commuter	Air Taxi	Aerial Work	Corporate	State	Private / Other
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	2	6	54	10	7	0	222
Power Loss	4	0	67	37	6	1	244
Collision with Object	13	14	51	29	6	6	139
Collision with Terrain	3	5	63	12	4	3	119
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	0	7	4	1	1	23
Operations-Related Event	1	1	15	6	0	0	53
Component System Malfunction	5	11	36	6	4	5	68
Landing Gear Collapsed/ Retracted	5	6	28	2	0	1	59
Runway Overrun	1	1	10	0	0	0	16
Take-off/ Landing Event	13	14	106	18	10	3	302
Wheels-up Landing	2	2	20	3	3	1	34
Component System-Related Event	4	1	11	5	4	0	61
Weather-Related Event	1	6	33	6	1	0	64
Aircraft Damage	7	3	9	1	1	1	23
Other/Unknown	9	3	43	9	4	2	125
Total	70	73	553	148	51	24	1552
Aeroplanes Involved in Fatal Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	0	1	9	1	0	0	22
Power Loss	0	0	3	1	1	0	18
Collision with Object	0	0	4	2	0	1	17
Collision with Terrain	2	3	24	5	2	3	54
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	0	1	0	1	1	10
Operations-Related Event	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Component System Malfunction	0	1	0	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	1
Wheels-up Landing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Component System-Related Event	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Weather-Related Event	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Aircraft Damage	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other/Unknown	0	0	8	1	1	0	22
Total	2	6	56	11	5	5	160

Figures are preliminary as of 07 December 2007.

Table 7 – Canadian-Registered Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents, First Event vs. Pilot Licence Type, 1997–2006

	Pilot Licence Type1
	Student	Private	Commercial	Senior 2 Commercial	Air Transport	Total
Aeroplanes Involved in Accidents by First Event
Control Loss	6	18	18	0	10	52
Power Loss	3	15	15	0	11	44
Collision with Object	2	13	18	0	5	38
Collision with Terrain	1	13	34	0	20	68
Collision with Moving Aircraft	0	9	8	0	0	17
Operations-Related Event	2	5	3	0	1	11
Component System Malfunction	1	4	4	0	11	20
Landing Gear Collapsed/ Retracted	0	2	0	0	2	4
Runway Overrun	0	2	2	0	3	7
Take-off/ Landing Event	2	12	9	0	15	38
Wheels-up Landing	0	0	1	0	1	2
Component System-Related Event	0	2	3	0	2	7
Weather-Related Event	0	8	11	0	7	26
Aircraft Damage	1	1	2	0	1	5
Other/Unknown	2	14	16	0	12	44
Total	20	118	144	0	101	383

1. Accident pilots for whom the licence type is unknown, and pilots with other licence types were excluded. ↑

2. This column represents pilots who had senior commercial licences at the time of their accidents. This licence type was discontinued by Transport Canada on 15 November 1994. ↑

Figures are preliminary as of 07 December 2007.

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