Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Gordon Gilbert

Fatalities from accidents of U.S. business jets worldwide remained unchanged in the first nine months compared to the same period in 2017, according to statistics researched by AIN. However, fatalities declined from accidents involving non-U.S.-registered business jets and turboprops worldwide year-over-year. (Figures do not include intentional crashes, such as the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-08-14/utah-man-crashes-citationjet-home-following-arrest">August 13 event involving a Cessna CitationJet</a>.)

 


Three people died in two U.S.-registered business jet crashes in the first three quarters: an April 15 accident of a CitationJet that hit terrain near Crozet, Virginia, in night IMC, killing the private pilot; and a September 27 overrun crash of a Dassault Falcon 50 landing at Greenville Downtown Airport, South Carolina, that killed the two pilots and critically injured the two passengers. &nbsp;

 


Three crashes of non-U.S.-registered business jets took the lives of 12 in the first nine months, four fewer fatalities than a year ago. Eleven of the fatalities this year occurred in the March 11 crash of a privately operated Turkish-registered Bombardier Challenger 604.

 


Fatalities from N-numbered business turboprops declined by half in the first nine months versus last year—eight people died in four accidents this year, compared with 17 people in eight accidents in 2017. Non-U.S. registered turboprops also bettered their fatality statistics—in the first three quarters, 19 people perished in five accidents versus 30 fatalities in seven crashes last year.

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