Phase of flight and conditions

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Phase of flight

The phase in which the NTSB's defining event happened.

Phase of flight
Phase	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities
Landing	Landing: 516 occurrences, 27.1% of the occurrences shown. 11 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.	27.1%	11	14
En route	En route: 407 occurrences, 21.3% of the occurrences shown. 115 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	21.3%	115	196
Maneuvering	Maneuvering: 241 occurrences, 12.6% of the occurrences shown. 102 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	12.6%	102	174
Approach	Approach: 232 occurrences, 12.2% of the occurrences shown. 58 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	12.2%	58	102
Initial climb	Initial climb: 201 occurrences, 10.5% of the occurrences shown. 46 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	10.5%	46	83
Takeoff	Takeoff: 153 occurrences, 8.0% of the occurrences shown. 13 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	8.0%	13	14
Taxi	Taxi: 65 occurrences, 3.4% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	3.4%	1	1
Standing	Standing: 25 occurrences, 1.3% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	1.3%	0	0
Emergency descent	Emergency descent: 11 occurrences, 0.6% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	0.6%	0	0
Unknown	Unknown: 9 occurrences, 0.5% of the occurrences shown. 9 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	0.5%	9	12
Other	Other: 4 occurrences, 0.2% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	0.2%	1	1
Pushback/towing	Pushback/towing: 4 occurrences, 0.2% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	0.2%	0	0
Uncontrolled descent	Uncontrolled descent: 4 occurrences, 0.2% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	0.2%	4	6
Prior to flight	Prior to flight: 2 occurrences, 0.1% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	0.1%	0	0
Not recorded	Not recorded: 39 occurrences, 2.0% of the occurrences shown. 29 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Landing, 516).	2.0%	29	1,267

Most common defining events

The NTSB picks one defining event per accident to group similar accidents. It is not meant to indicate or suggest a cause.

Most common defining events
Defining event	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities

Weather conditions

Visual (VMC) or instrument (IMC) meteorological conditions at the time of the event.

Weather conditions
Conditions	Occurrences	Share	Fatal occurrences	Fatalities
Visual Meteorological Cond	Visual Meteorological Cond: 1,750 occurrences, 91.8% of the occurrences shown. 288 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.	91.8%	288	497
Instrument Meteorological Cond	Instrument Meteorological Cond: 113 occurrences, 5.9% of the occurrences shown. 70 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Visual Meteorological Cond, 1,750).	5.9%	70	128
Not recorded	Not recorded: 44 occurrences, 2.3% of the occurrences shown. 30 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Visual Meteorological Cond, 1,750).	2.3%	30	1,242

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