Sector safety performance

Between 2014 and 2023, there were 2,455 occurrences in Australia reported to the ATSB.

There were 33 accidents with 1 of these being fatal.

Figure 3: The breakdown of occurrences across certified non-controlled aerodromes (2014 to 2023).
Incident type	CAT	Non-CAT	Total
Accidents	5	28 (1 Fatal)	33
Serious Incidents	19	107	126
Incidents	1,630	666	2,296
Total	1,654	801	2,455
Incident %	67%	33%	100%

Source: BITRE, ATSB Occurrence Database

Note: The BITRE data is only available until 2022.

Accidents per million flying hours

We analysed certified non-controlled aerodromes separately.

Figure 4 shows the rate of accidents, serious incidents, and incidents per million flying hours from 2014 to 2023 in this sector. Across all 3 occurrence types an increasing trend is clear as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 4: ATSB Occurrences Rate (per 1 million movements) for all operations from Certified Non-Controlled Aerodromes (2014 to 2023).
Rates per 1 million movements	All Operations in 300 Class G
Accidents	4.4
Serious Incidents	16.9
Incidents	307.2
Total Movements in 10 years (2014 to 2023)	7,472,977

Source: BITRE, ATSB Occurrence Database

Published date: 30 September 2024