Safety Publications/Articles
22nd Joseph T. Nall Report
Slightly fewer accidents despite a modest increase in flight time reduced the accident rate for non-commercial fixed-wing flights from 6.60 per 100,000 hours in 2009 to 6.30 in 2010, a decrease of almost 5 percent. The non-commercial helicopter accident rate dropped nearly 30 percent thanks to a 22 percent reduction in the number of accidents and a 7 percent increase in flight time. Both their total rate of 5.29 accidents per 100,000 hours and their fatal rate of 1.07 fell below the comparable fixed-wing rates for the first time. Accident rates on commercial flights, both rotorcraft and fixed-wing, remained almost unchanged. However, the safety record of amateur-built and experimental light sport aircraft improved dramatically, with one-third fewer fatal accidents and 20 fewer accidents of all kinds than the year before.
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Nall Report Archive
- 2010 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2009 (PDF file—2MB)
- 2009 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2008 (PDF file—2MB)
- 2008 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2007 (PDF file—2,520KB)
- 2007 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2006 (PDF file—2,330KB)
- 2006 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2005 (PDF file—2,758KB)
- 2005 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2004 (PDF file—995KB)
- 2004 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2003 (PDF file—588KB)
- 2003 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2002 (PDF file—368KB)
- 2002 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2001 (PDF file—693KB)
- 2001 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 2000 (PDF file—394KB)
- 2000 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 1999 (PDF file—671KB)
- 1999 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 1998 (HTML file—92KB)
- 1998 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 1997 (PDF file—1,868KB)
- 1997 Nall Report—Accident Trends and Factors for 1996 (PDF file—2,290KB)
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Updated February 18, 2010
