Safety Publications/Articles
2007 Joseph T. Nall Report
This annual safety report presents an overview of the previous year's general aviation accident statistics, including trends and contributing factors.
The general aviation fixed-wing safety record continued its improvement in 2006, reaching historic lows for both total (1,319, down 8.3 percent from 2005) and fatal accidents (273, down 6.5 percent). Also of note maneuvering flight, a consistent leader in fatalities, dipped significantly from 80 (33.1 percent) fatal accidents in 2005 to 54 (25.0 percent) in 2006. Click here to download the entire report (PDF file — 1,6100KB).
Nall Report Archive
- 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 Friday, January 11, 2008
