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NTSB Report: Fewer Fatal GA Accidents in 2020

Less flying brought fewer fatalities in 2020, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's annual study of U.S. civil aviation.

The NTSB says there were fewer general aviation airplanes in the air in 2020 than in 2019. Credit: Isabel Goyer
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Key Takeaways:

  • The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) annual study of U.S. civil aviation reported a significant decrease in fatalities for 2020.
  • This decline, observed in general aviation and Part 135 on-demand charter operations, is attributed to a "broad reduction in flight activity."
  • General aviation fatalities dropped to 332 in 2020 from 414 in 2019, while commercial air carriers recorded no fatalities for the year.
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Less flying, fewer fatalities. That’s the message behind the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) annual study of U.S. civil aviation. 

The NTSB investigates aviation accidents in effort to identify issues or trends that can be used to make air travel safer. In its reports, it looks at:

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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