Aviation Safety Statistics

Data and trends from 31,308 aviation events in the NTSB database, including 6,399 fatal events.

The NTSB Aviation Accident Database contains 31,308 events across 58 states. Of these, 6,399 involved at least one fatality, resulting in 16,839 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 2,327 768
2 Texas 2,124 581
3 Florida 1,900 513
4 Alaska 1,675 346
5 OF 1,191 809
6 Arizona 997 279
7 Colorado 814 230
8 Washington 785 155
9 Georgia 719 240
10 North Carolina 595 184
11 Idaho 580 125
12 Illinois 570 124
13 New York 556 226
14 Oregon 555 143
15 Ohio 531 174
16 Utah 520 177
17 Michigan 503 135
18 Pennsylvania 496 106
19 Wisconsin 474 124
20 Virginia 463 117
21 Missouri 454 127
22 Minnesota 449 101
23 Nevada 445 125
24 Tennessee 436 140
25 New Mexico 404 134
26 Indiana 383 95
27 Arkansas 375 119
28 Louisiana 365 141
29 Oklahoma 360 128
30 Montana 339 105
31 South Carolina 334 92
32 Kansas 332 65
33 Alabama 331 119
34 New Jersey 301 81
35 Iowa 285 62
36 Maryland 255 44
37 Wyoming 229 69
38 Kentucky 225 58
39 Nebraska 220 69
40 Massachusetts 212 58
41 Mississippi 209 71
42 Hawaii 166 86
43 Maine 157 45
44 South Dakota 152 56
45 North Dakota 134 24
46 Connecticut 127 32
47 West Virginia 114 41
48 New Hampshire 109 15
49 PR 79 36
50 Vermont 64 13
51 Rhode Island 39 6
52 Delaware 32 6
53 AO 29 29
54 PO 24 8
55 GM 15 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 31,308 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.