Atsb transport safety report
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3EXPLANATORY NOTESOccurrence data represent a picture of aviation derived from information available at the time this report was prepared. The following section contains a brief explanation of inclusions, exclusions, the structure of the report and other relevant factors to consider when reading this report. InclusionsSpecifically, occurrence data in Chapters 4 to 6 includes: the number of aircraft involved in incidents, serious incidents, serious injury accidents, fatal accidents and total accidents; the number of serious injuries and fatalities; and accident and fatal accident rates per million departures and million hours flown. ExclusionsFatalities do not include those resulting from: parachuting operations where aircraft safety was not a factor suicides criminal acts. Structure of data in this reportIn order to understand the structure of data in this report, a number of procedures are used in each chapter to distinguish occurrences from aircraft and injuries. An occurrence may involve one or more aircraft. The following points are of note: Occurrence data in Chapters 4 to 6 are presented based on aircraft involved in occurrences. Occurrences involving more than one aircraft are recorded once for each aircraft involved. Aircraft involved in fatal accidents are counted based on what happens to the aircraft occupants. This means that each aircraft with an onboard fatality is counted separately as being involved in a fatal accident within the operation type of the aircraft. If two aircraft collide in mid-air and fatalities occur onboard both aircraft, two aircraft involved in fatal accidents are counted. Using the same example, if two aircraft collide in mid-air and a fatality occurs on one aircraft only, one aircraft is recorded as being involved in a fatal accident, but in total, two aircraft are recorded as being involved in accidents. Injuries and fatalities are recorded against only the operation type of the aircraft in which the injury or fatality occurred. Tables in this report record aircraft where the registration or flight number is known and/or where the operation type can be reasonably ascertained. For example, aircraft operating in Class G airspace without a transponder or flight plan can be reasonably expected to belong to general aviation, even though the operation subtype is not known. Where an occurrence has more than one level of injury, the highest injury level is recorded. For example, an accident involving an aircraft with four occupants may have one person with no injury, one person with minor injury, one person with serious injury, and one person with fatal injuries; this aircraft will be recorded as being involved in a fatal accident only. The number of serious injuries are derived from both fatal accidents that involve some serious injuries, and from serious injury accidents (serious injury accidents represent occurrences where serious injury is the highest injury recorded.) It is important not confuse serious injury accidents and serious incidents. A serious incident is an incident where an accident nearly occurred. In contrast, a serious injury accident involves an occurrence resulting in the highest injury that requires, or would usually require, admission to hospital within 7 days after the day when the injury is suffered. The high-level categories of all air transport and all general aviation include occurrence data where the country of registration is not known, but the general type of operation is known. This means that the addition of sub-categories will be less than the total number at the higher level. Further definitions of terminology used in this report can be found on page 9. 
Collision with terrain, Robinson R22 helicopter (VH-CME), 93km N of Julia Creek, Queensland (AO-2011-145) 4OCCURRENCES BY OPERATION TYPEThis chapter provides data on occurrence numbers and rates relating to the following operational types: Commercial air transport - high capacity regular public transport (RPT) flights, low capacity RPT flights, and charter flights (involving both VH-registered and foreign-registered aircraft). General aviation - aerial work operations, flying training, and private, business and sports aviation (involving both VH-registered and foreign-registered aircraft). Table 3 compares the number of fatal accidents and fatalities for commercial air transport and general aviation, and each of their operation subtypes (discussed in further detail in this chapter). Compared to the previous edition of this report (2001-2010), there has been a slight decrease in almost all types of air transport and general aviation operations in 2002 to 2011 in both the number of fatal accidents and the number of associated fatalities. Despite this, the number of fatalities and serious injuries increased in 2011 when compared to 2010. Private/business aviation has by far the highest number of fatal accidents and associated fatalities. Fatal accidents in some aircraft operations are more likely to have a greater number of associated fatalities than in other operation types. For example, there were 10 aircraft involved in fatal accidents while conducting survey and photography-related aerial work operations over the last 10 years (2002 to 2011), and 17 people were killed in these accidents. In comparison, there were 14 fatal accidents in aerial agriculture operations over the same period, which resulted in 14 fatalities. This is because aircraft used for agricultural operations usually have only the pilot on board, whereas survey/photography aircraft generally have a pilot, as well as camera operators or navigators, on board. This shows that the severity of an occurrence is a function of the number of aircraft involved, the type of flying operation, and the number of people on board these aircraft who may potentially be at risk of injury. 
Collision with terrain, PZL Warszawa-Okecie M-18 Dromader aircraft (VH-FOZ), 22 km WSW of Dirranbandi, Queensland (AO-2011-082) Table 3: Fatal accidents and fatalities by operation type, 2002 to 2011
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