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This list of accidents and incidents involving general aviation is grouped by the years in which the accidents or incidents occurred. "General aviation" here includes private as well as corporate aircraft operating under general aviation rules, [note A] i.e. not flights of airliners , commuter or military aircraft .
The Aviation Safety Reporting System, or ASRS, is the US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) voluntary confidential reporting system that allows pilots, air traffic controllers, cabin crew, dispatchers, maintenance technicians, ground operations, and UAS operators and drone flyers to confidentially report near misses or close call events in the interest of improving aviation safety.
The accident spurred the creation of the Federal Aviation Administration. June 20, 1956 47 0 0 Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (June 1956) Atlantic Ocean, off of Asbury Park: New Jersey: Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
FAA RI Rank [a] [8] NTSB Accident ID (links to reports) [9] Refs. 2023-01-09 Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, California Air traffic control cleared a plane to land in the same location where a plane was already being inspected. B [10] Not investigated by NTSB [1] 2023-01-12 Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Maryland
The contractors working on the Federal Aviation Administration's NOTAM system apparently deleted files by accident, leading to the delays and cancellations of thousands of US flights.