AVIATION STATISTICS - 2010-07


Table 1
Aviation Occurrence and Casualty Statistics - July

				July			Year To Date
				2010	2009	2005-2009	2010	2009	2005-2009
						Average			Average
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Accidents			a	48	36	45	145	144	153
	Aeroplanes Involved		b	45	31	36	132	127	127
		Airliners		1	0	0	4	1	4
		Commuters		0	0	1	2	5	3
		Air Taxis		3	5	5	17	22	23
		Aerial Work		6	5	5	13	7	10
		State		1	0	0	3	2	2
		Corporate		0	0	0	1	2	4
		Private/Other	c	34	21	25	92	88	83
	Helicopters Involved			4	4	8	13	17	26
	Other Aircraft Involved		d	0	2	1	1	4	3

Fatal Accidents				4	4	5	16	14	15
	Aeroplanes Involved			4	2	3	16	10	11
		Airliners		0	0	0	0	0	0
		Commuters		0	0	0	0	0	0
		Air Taxis		3	1	0	7	2	2
		Aerial Work		1	0	0	3	0	1
		State		0	0	0	0	0	0
		Corporate		0	0	0	0	0	1
		Private/Other	c	0	1	2	6	8	7
	Helicopters Involved			0	2	2	0	3	4
	Other Aircraft Involved			0	0	0	0	1	0

Fatalities				10	7	7	36	36	26
Serious Injuries				7	5	8	17	18	23

Canadian-Registered Ultralight Aircraft Accidents				4	5	6	15	17	16
	Fatal Accidents			0	0	0	2	1	2
	Fatalities			0	0	1	2	1	3
	Serious Injuries			0	2	2	2	4	4

Foreign-Registered Aircraft Accidents in Canada				5	3	3	11	11	9
	Fatal Accidents			1	1	1	1	1	1
	Fatalities			1	1	1	1	1	1
	Serious Injuries			0	1	1	0	3	2

All Aircraft: Reportable Incidents				90	75	79	489	490	510
	Risk of Collision/Loss of Separation			24	9	15	130	80	96
	Declared Emergency			38	32	24	186	188	167
	Engine Failure			9	13	14	51	78	85
	Smoke/Fire			6	11	11	46	61	67
	Collision			0	2	1	4	7	7
	Other			13	8	14	72	76	88

Data extracted August 23, 2010.
All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.
a. Ultralight aircraft excluded.
b. As some accidents may involve multiple aircraft, the number of aircraft involved may differ from the total number of accidents.
c. Other: contains, but is not limited to, organizations that rent aircraft (i.e. flying schools, flying clubs, etc.).
d. Includes gliders, balloons and gyrocopters.

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Table 2
Canadian-Registered Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing Aircraft Involved in Accidents - July 2010
By Type of Operation

			July			Year To Date
			2010	2009	2005-2009	2010	2009	2005-2009
					Average			Average

Canadian-Registered Aircraft Accidents		a	48	36	45	145	144	153
Aeroplanes Involved			45	31	36	132	127	127
	Training		7	6	4	18	33	20
	Pleasure/Travel		23	14	19	64	57	59
	Business		2	0	1	5	2	4
	Forest Fire Management		1	1	1	2	3	2
	Test/Demonstration/Ferry		2	0	1	5	0	2
	Aerial Application		7	3	4	10	3	5
	Inspection		0	0	0	1	0	0
	Air Transport		3	5	5	21	21	26
	Air Ambulance		0	0	0	0	4	2
	Other/Unknown		0	2	2	6	4	6
Helicopters Involved			4	4	8	13	17	26
	Training		0	1	0	0	4	3
	Pleasure/Travel		0	0	1	2	1	3
	Business		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Forest Fire Management		1	1	1	1	1	1
	Test/Demonstration/Ferry		0	0	0	0	0	1
	Aerial Application		1	0	0	2	0	1
	Inspection		0	0	0	1	0	0
	Air Transport		2	2	4	4	8	11
	Air Ambulance		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Other/Unknown		0	0	1	3	3	5

Fatal Accidents			4	4	5	16	14	15
Aeroplanes and Helicopters Involved			4	4	5	16	13	15
	Training		0	1	0	0	2	1
	Pleasure/Travel		0	1	2	5	7	6
	Business		0	0	0	1	0	1
	Forest Fire Management		1	0	0	2	0	0
	Test/Demonstration/Ferry		1	0	0	1	0	1
	Aerial Application		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Inspection		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Air Transport		2	2	2	5	3	4
	Air Ambulance		0	0	0	0	1	0
	Other/Unknown		0	0	0	2	0	2

Fatalities			10	7	7	36	36	26
Serious Injuries			7	5	8	17	18	23

Data extracted August 23, 2010.
All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.
a. Ultralight aircraft excluded.

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Table 3
Canadian-Registered Aircraft Involved in Incidents - July 2010
Selected Reportable Incident Types by First Event

		July			Year To Date
		2010	2009	2005-2009	2010	2009	2005-2009
				Average			Average

Risk of Collision/Loss of Separation		25	12	19	175	117	135

	Air Proximity	13	3	7	63	52	46
	Air Traffic Services Event	8	9	9	76	46	72
	Altitude Related	1	0	0	3	3	4
	Runway Incursion	1	0	1	15	7	5
	Other	2	0	1	18	9	9

Declared Emergency		29	22	17	144	137	113

	Landing Gear Failure	9	8	4	35	40	29
	Hydraulic Failure	0	0	2	18	14	15
	Electrical Failure	1	1	1	6	8	5
	Other Component Failure	13	9	7	55	54	48
	Other	6	4	3	30	21	17

Engine Failure		8	12	11	39	70	67

	Power Loss	2	4	5	13	33	32
	Component Failure	6	7	6	24	32	31
	Other	0	1	1	2	5	4

Smoke/Fire		5	11	10	42	53	56

	Fire/Explosion	3	6	7	28	42	42
	Component Failure	1	5	3	13	10	13
	Other	1	0	0	1	1	2

Difficulty in Controlling Aircraft		1	0	3	12	8	20

	Component Failure	0	0	0	3	4	8
	Weather Related	0	0	1	5	0	6
	Other	1	0	1	4	4	6

Data extracted August 23, 2010.
All five-year averages have been rounded. Totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of averages.