Aviation Safety Statistics

Data and trends from 30,516 aviation events in the NTSB database, including 6,243 fatal events.

The NTSB Aviation Accident Database contains 30,516 events across 57 states. Of these, 6,243 involved at least one fatality, resulting in 16,512 total fatalities.

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Events by Year

Aviation accidents and incidents reported to the NTSB per year.

Top States

States with the most NTSB aviation events.

Events by State

Complete state-by-state aviation event count.

#StateEventsFatalities
1 California 2,281 751
2 Texas 2,076 570
3 Florida 1,861 508
4 Alaska 1,627 326
5 OF 1,001 656
6 Arizona 980 275
7 Colorado 791 228
8 Washington 765 152
9 Georgia 704 236
10 North Carolina 580 184
11 Idaho 565 124
12 Illinois 561 122
13 New York 545 218
14 Oregon 538 138
15 Ohio 517 167
16 Utah 505 173
17 Michigan 490 135
18 Pennsylvania 488 105
19 Wisconsin 462 123
20 Virginia 452 116
21 Minnesota 441 99
22 Missouri 439 109
23 Nevada 437 123
24 Tennessee 428 138
25 New Mexico 394 130
26 Indiana 380 94
27 Arkansas 366 119
28 Louisiana 360 138
29 Oklahoma 351 125
30 Montana 332 105
31 South Carolina 329 91
32 Kansas 327 65
33 Alabama 323 118
34 New Jersey 296 81
35 Iowa 275 61
36 Maryland 249 41
37 Wyoming 223 69
38 Kentucky 220 56
39 Nebraska 216 68
40 Mississippi 204 70
41 Massachusetts 203 55
42 Hawaii 165 86
43 Maine 152 43
44 South Dakota 150 55
45 North Dakota 132 23
46 Connecticut 124 32
47 West Virginia 109 40
48 New Hampshire 103 15
49 PR 78 36
50 Vermont 61 13
51 Rhode Island 36 5
52 Delaware 32 6
53 AO 29 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 30,516 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.