Insights
31,365 NTSB general-aviation records and 16,802 lives lost, aggregated. Figures update as new reports land.
Mishaps by year
2008–2026. 10 earlier records across 9 scattered years are excluded from the chart — too sparse to plot, not omitted from any count. 2026 is still in progress and is shown muted.
Investigation status
Trailing five years. Each record counts once.
Aircraft category · 2024
Final reports only. The year is computed, not fixed — it tracks the most recent year whose final reports have substantially landed, so this chart moves on its own as the corpus fills.
- Airplane 968
- Helicopter 97
- Glider 21
- Balloon 13
- Trike 7
- Gyroplane 7
- Powered parachute 3
- Unknown/Other 2
- PLFT 1
Fatalities by year
Complete years only; 2026 is omitted rather than shown as a partial-year drop.
What pilots search for
235 searches over the last 90 days. Every search is counted, including those that fit no category — the shares below sum to 100%.
- Other 58.7%
- Weather / IMC 12.8%
- Engine / power loss 10.2%
- Aircraft type 6.4%
- Loss of control 4.7%
- Fuel 3.4%
- Landing / runway 3.4%
- Registration 0.4%
Source: NTSB accident records held in the Pilot Debrief database. Fatality counts use the authoritative NTSB field.