The NTSB says there were fewer general aviation airplanes in the air in 2020 than in 2019. Credit: Isabel Goyer
Key Takeaways:
The NTSB's annual study reported a significant decrease in U.S. civil aviation fatalities in 2020, primarily attributed to a broad reduction in flight activity.
General aviation fatalities fell from 414 in 2019 to 332 in 2020.
Part 135 on-demand charter operations also saw a decline in fatalities, from 32 in 2019 to 21 in 2020.
Commercial air carriers (Part 121) experienced no fatalities in 2020.
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:
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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.
