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Aircraft age

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8,975 of 183,362 records: Airline. · Show all 183,362

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 700 of 9,465 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: 14 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 ageOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
Under 5 yearsUnder 5 years: 118 occurrences, 1.3% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).1.3%2190
5–9 years5–9 years: 108 occurrences, 1.2% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).1.2%11
10–19 years10–19 years: 255 occurrences, 2.8% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).2.8%4136
20–29 years20–29 years: 160 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 5 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).1.8%528
30–39 years30–39 years: 30 occurrences, 0.3% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).0.3%220
40–49 years40–49 years: 10 occurrences, 0.1% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).0.1%00
50–59 years50–59 years: 2 occurrences, 0.0% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).0.0%00
60 years or more60 years or more: 4 occurrences, 0.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Not recorded, 8,323).0.0%13
Not recordedNot recorded: 8,323 occurrences, 92.7% of the occurrences shown. 2,317 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.92.7%2,31775,301

Median age by operation

Median aircraft age by operation
OperationAircraftAge knownMedian age
Airline9,46570014 years
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