Aircraft age

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Age is the year of the occurrence minus the year the aircraft was built, as recorded by the NTSB, so it can be a year more than the true age. The year built is recorded for 6 of 81 aircraft in these occurrences. These are counts of occurrences, not rates: they do not account for how many aircraft of each age are flying, so they do not show whether older aircraft are riskier.

Median age: 12.5 years

Age at the time of the occurrence

An occurrence involving aircraft of different ages counts under each age.

Aircraft age at the time of the occurrence
Aircraft age	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities
Under 5 years	Under 5 years: 2 occurrences, 2.5% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 74).	2.5%	1	2
5–9 years	5–9 years: 1 occurrences, 1.3% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 74).	1.3%	0	0
10–19 years	10–19 years: 1 occurrences, 1.3% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 74).	1.3%	0	0
30–39 years	30–39 years: 2 occurrences, 2.5% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 74).	2.5%	1	7
Not recorded	Not recorded: 74 occurrences, 92.5% of the occurrences shown. 14 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.	92.5%	14	87

Median age by operation

Median aircraft age by operation
Operation	Aircraft	Age known	Median age
Airline	28	2	3.5 years
Charter & commuter	14	1	19 years
General aviation	39	3	35 years

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