Does anybody know the average number of plane crashes every year?

Also, what are the chances of a random plane crashing? Is there a plane crash every day? Please answer all three questions, and please answer them accurately. Thanx.|||It's atypical for there to be less than one per day and common for there to be several per day. To get an idea of what you're looking for, got to www.ntsb.gov, select "aviation" and then select "accident database and synopses." After that, select "monthly list," and you can select anything from yesterday to 1962.





My favorite was a couple of pilots trying to join the mile high club, someone, evidently, got a portion of their anatomy into the yoke with enough force to disengage the autopilot and cause a dive. The a wing broke off, the airplane crashed, the pilot, the pilot rated passenger that had gone out for "simulated instrument practice," both died and the NTSB wrote up a report saying that the pilot's "inappropriate decision to turn her attention away from the duties of flying the aircraft" was the cause of the wreck.





You can get the exact file number for that one on the darwin awards site, I can't seem to come across it at the moment.








There are some other neat ones. You can look them up by date, or by the tail number, (registration number of the airplane,) you don't want to know what dumb pilots, dumb mechanics, or dumb line crews can do to cause crashes.





So, with some patience, and the NTSB adress, you can build your own average over a 45 year period.





Good Luck|||For the statistics in the US your best bet to find the information is on the NTSB website - they have all of the current information on crashes, etc...





http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.ht鈥?/a>|||For airlines and commercial aviation - the information is available at -


http://aviation-safety.net/statistics/period/stats.php?cat=A1


(World Wide)


For 2006 - There were 27 accidents (commercial airliners) worldwide with 888 fatalities. The average number would depend on the period you choose (last 10 years, etc.) Average accidents per year looks like will be steady around the 30 range. So every 14 days somewhere in the world.





If your looking for information regarding general aviation - http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/06nall.pdf


See page 5. 1436 Accidents, of which 242 were fatal. There were 25.4 Million flight hours for GA - 4.6 accidents a day/0.63 are fatal.





Any questions, let me know|||okay, im going to give you the average that i found on this link...138 per year is the average. the ratio is 1 to 2,067,000. i got this from a graph: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/planecrash/risky.html


it continues to explain that this is a average from 1999 to 2003(this is excluding 9/11). u must understand that this includes private jets and other plane owners as well. sometimes in one year, there isnt a single plane that crashes. check out the website, i think i will help.