There were no U.S.-registered fatal turbine business airplane accidents in the third quarter of this year. However, the exceptionally high number of fatal accidents and fatalities in the first half of this year are aiming to set a record, with the second quarter clearly being the deadliest time frame. According to preliminary statistics gathered by AIN, 21 people died in five business jet crashes and 36 lost their lives in eight turboprop crashes during the first nine months of this year. Ten of the 13 fatal turbine airplane accidents occurred while operating under Part 91.
In the same nine-month block last year, three died in two business jet accidents and eight perished in four turboprop mishaps. Four of the six fatal turbine accidents in 2018 were being flown under Part 91. There were no reported accidents this year involving Part 91K operations, but there was once incident on August 8 in which three people were injured when their NetJets Bombardier Challenger 600 was hit by wake turbulence. There also was one 91K incident in the corresponding time frame a year ago.
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