Introduction
Welcome to the NTSB's Summary of US Civil Aviation Accidents for Calendar Year 2012. This summary combines information on accidents involving air carriers (regulated by Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Part 121), commuter and on-demand carriers (regulated by 14 CFR Part 135) and general aviation (regulated by 14 CFR Part 91).
Summary data is provided for each of the categories listed in the table to
the right. This summary was developed before the adoption of the probable cause
for many of these accidents.
For 2012, all the sections use data updated on January 13, 2014.
Information on the methods used and the sources
of this information.
