Accidents
Turbine airplane fatalities fall
In the first quarter of this year, the U.S.-registered Part 91 and 135 business jet and turboprop fleet experienced 22 total accidents, five of which kille

In the first quarter of this year, the U.S.-registered Part 91 and 135 business jet and turboprop fleet experienced 22 total accidents, five of which killed a total of 15 people, according to safety analyst Robert E. Breiling Associates of Boca Raton, Fla. This is just a slight reduction in total and fatal accidents, but a significant decrease in fatalities, compared with the same period last year, when there were 23 total accidents, seven fatal accidents and 45 fatalities.

Jets were involved in six total accidents, one of which killed five people, in the first quarter, compared with 12 total accidents, two fatal accidents and 20 fatalities in the first quarter a year ago. Eighteen people were killed in one jet accident alone on March 29 last year–a Part 135 Gulfstream III on approach to Aspen (Colo.) Airport.

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