Aviation Safety Statistics

Data and trends from 30,358 aviation events in the NTSB database, including 6,221 fatal events.

The NTSB Aviation Accident Database contains 30,358 events across 57 states. Of these, 6,221 involved at least one fatality, resulting in 16,440 total fatalities.

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Events by Year

Aviation accidents and incidents reported to the NTSB per year.

Severity Breakdown

Events by highest injury severity level.

Top Aircraft Makes

Manufacturers most frequently involved in NTSB events.

Top States

States with the most NTSB aviation events.

Events by State

Complete state-by-state aviation event count.

#	State	Events	Fatalities
1	CA	2,274	749
2	TX	2,070	570
3	FL	1,850	505
4	AK	1,622	325
5	AZ	976	273
6	OF	953	630
7	CO	786	226
8	WA	763	152
9	GA	702	236
10	NC	575	184
11	ID	565	124
12	IL	561	122
13	NY	544	216
14	OR	537	138
15	OH	517	167
16	UT	505	173
17	MI	489	135
18	PA	486	105
19	WI	462	123
20	VA	452	116
21	MO	439	109
22	MN	439	97
23	NV	437	123
24	TN	427	136
25	NM	390	130
26	IN	380	94
27	AR	366	119
28	LA	360	138
29	OK	349	125
30	MT	329	105
31	SC	325	87
32	KS	325	65
33	AL	321	118
34	NJ	294	81
35	IA	274	61
36	MD	248	41
37	WY	222	69
38	KY	219	56
39	NE	216	68
40	MS	204	70
41	MA	203	55
42	HI	164	83
43	ME	152	43
44	SD	150	55
45	ND	132	23
46	CT	124	32
47	WV	108	40
48	NH	103	15
49	PR	77	36
50	VT	61	13
51	RI	35	5
52	DE	32	6
53	AO	28	29
54	PO	24	8
55	GM	13	5

About This Data

All aviation event data comes from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Aviation Accident Database. The NTSB investigates every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant incidents involving commercial air carriers. Our database contains 30,358 events including both accidents and incidents.

An accident is an occurrence associated with aircraft operation in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or the aircraft receives substantial damage. An incident is an occurrence other than an accident that affects or could affect the safety of operations. Both are investigated and documented by the NTSB.