Accidents
U.S.-registered Bizjets Mark Fatal-accident-free Year
While there were no fatal accidents of U.S.-registered business jets in 2022, those registered outside the U.S. saw an increase in fatal mishaps.
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According to data compiled by AIN, U.S.-registered business jets suffered no fatal accidents last year. That is a significant improvement from 2021 when 23 people lost their lives in six (all Part 91) accidents involving N-numbered business jets.

Meanwhile, non-U.S.-registered business jets were involved in three fatal accidents last year, resulting in 14 deaths versus a single fatality from one crash in 2021. These accidents included the June 22 crash of a chartered Venezuela-registered Bombardier Learjet 55 while on approach to Charallave-Machado Zuloaga Airport; the crash on takeoff from Rio Grande Airport on July 1 of an Argentina-registered Learjet 35A; and the crash into the Baltic Sea near Latvia on September 4 of an Austria-registered Cessna Citation II/SP.