February 8, 2013 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SAFETY STUDIES DIVISION, RE-10 PRELIMINARY* MONTHLY SUMMARY U. S. CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS MONTH OF DECEMBER YEAR THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 2012 2011 2012 2011 ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Accidents Accidents Accidents Accidents ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Fatal- Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities Total Fatal ities ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- US CIVIL AVIATION** 83 23 42 73 20 44 1532 281 445 1553 282 489 AIR CARRIERS** 8 2 4 11 4 14 68 9 15 85 16 41 14 CFR 121 @ (No Majors) (No Majors) (No Majors) (No Majors) Scheduled 2 0 0 3 0 0 26 0 0 28 0 0 Nonscheduled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 CFR 135 Scheduled 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 Nonscheduled 5 2 4 6 4 14 38 9 15 50 16 41 GENERAL AVIATION** 75 21 38 62 16 30 1464 272 430 1469 266 448 Personal 54 17 27 42 14 28 982 202 316 992 204 344 Business 2 1 1 3 1 1 29 8 14 24 3 9 Corporate/Exec 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 5 4 0 0 Aerial Applic. 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 5 5 98 8 8 Instructional 10 0 0 10 0 0 205 19 33 184 15 26 Other 9 3 10 7 1 1 175 38 61 172 39 66 MIDAIR COLLISIONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 6 8 6 10 * Statistics reflect accident information entered into the computer by the Office of Aviation Safety, and are current as of the date of this document. ** Detail may not add to the total because of aircraft involved in midair and on ground collisions. @ Major - an accident in which any of three conditions is met: a Part 121 aircraft was destroyed, or there were multiple fatalities, or there was one fatality and a Part 121 aircraft was substantially damaged. 14 CFR 121 ACCIDENTS - 2012 "MAJOR" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- "SERIOUS" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- "INJURY" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 02/18 Detroit, MI DELTA Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 02/23 Pawnee, NE SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 02/24 Millville, NJ US AIRWAYS Airbus A321 0 1 Passenger injured during turbulence 02/26 Angers, France DELTA Boeing 767 0 1 Flight attendant injured after tripping over passengers luggage 03/20 Laverne, OK SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 04/15 Bueno Vista, CO US AIRWAYS Airbus A319 0 2 Two flight attendants injured during turbulence 05/10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FRONTIER Airbus A319 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/07 Philadelphia, PA US AIRWAYS Boeing 757 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/10 Minneapolis, MN DELTA Airbus A320 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 06/12 Winnie, TX UNITED Boeing 737 0 2 Two flight attendants injured during turbulence 07/05 Tokyo UNITED Boeing 777 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 07/18 Peoria, IL AMERICAN EAGLE Bombardier CL-600 0 1 Passenger injured during evacuation 08/05 Hilton Head, SC US AIRWAYS EXP Embraer ERJ 170-200 0 1 Passenger injured during turbulence 09/18 Sophia, NC US AIRWAYS Airbus A330-323 0 1 Flight attendant injured during turbulence 10/16 Las Vegas, NV SOUTHWEST Boeing 737 0 1 Flight attendant tripped and fell in the aisle 12/28 Chicago, IL AMERICAN EAGLE Embraer EMB-145LR 0 1 Flight attendant injured her arm when she slipped "DAMAGE" Accidents Injuries Date Location Operator Aircraft Ftl Ser Circumstances ---- -------- --------- ----------- --- --- ---------------------- 01/16 Huntington, WV PIEDMONT Boeing DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft damaged when it collided with a truck 02/03 San Francisco, CA SKYWEST Bombardier CL-600 0 0 Aircraft impacted by a belt loader 04/07 Houston, TX COLGAN AIR Bombardier DHC-8 0 0 Aircraft landed with nose gear retracted 05/11 Guatemala City IFL GROUP Convair 440 0 0 Aircraft nose gear collapsed on landing 05/30 Chicago, IL AMERICAN EAGLE Embraer EMB 135 0 0 Aircraft's rudder and stabilzer struck by a taxiing aircraft 08/10 Dulles, VA UNITED EXPRESS Bombardier DHC-8-402 0 0 Aircraft sustained damage to its rudder and vertical stabilizer 09/13 Sao Paulo DELTA Boeing 767 0 0 Aircraft experienced a tire failure 10/04 Milwaukee, WI AIRTRAN Boeing 717 0 0 Aircraft damaged by catering truck 10/13 Sao Paulo CENTURION McDonnell Douglas MD-11 0 0 Aircraft's landing gear collapsed 12/26 Memphis, TN FEDERAL EXPRESS McDonnell Douglas MD-11 0 0 Aircraft damaged when it struck deicing equipment