Comment on Small plane crashes in Northeast PhiladelphiaparentComments−vultour1yNo it's not, small planes crash frequently.−noman-land1yHow frequently?−cowgoesmoo1yMultiple accidents per day. A fatal one every ~2 dayshttps://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institut...−ranger2071ySeveral per day, not all of them fatal https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/year/2025/1/N−gs171yhttps://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.asp... has a dashboard with the NTSB's aviation data. It lists 8 fatal accidents so far this year.−mindcrime1ySomebody could probably answer that using data from FAA, NTSB, NHTSA or whatever, but it's probably all offline right now. :-(EDIT:FWIW, the NTSB incident search site still seems to be up.https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/AviationQueryv2.aspx−mulmen1yAccording to NTSB 210 in 2021. So a few times a week.https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/GeneralAviationDashbo...
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No it's not, small planes crash frequently.
How frequently?
Multiple accidents per day. A fatal one every ~2 days
https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institut...
Several per day, not all of them fatal https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/year/2025/1/N
https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.asp... has a dashboard with the NTSB's aviation data. It lists 8 fatal accidents so far this year.
Somebody could probably answer that using data from FAA, NTSB, NHTSA or whatever, but it's probably all offline right now. :-(
EDIT:
FWIW, the NTSB incident search site still seems to be up.
https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/AviationQueryv2.aspx
According to NTSB 210 in 2021. So a few times a week.
https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/GeneralAviationDashbo...