Aviation accidents in 2003

1,999 accidents and incidents are recorded in 2003, with 1,259 people killed and 396 seriously injured. 21% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 84% of these accidents and 80% of deaths. Airline flights account for 4% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. UTA Flight 141, Cadjehoun Airport (Dec 25, 2003) · 141 killed
2. Sudan Airways Flight 139, Port Sudan New International Airport (Jul 8, 2003) · 117 killed
3. Turkish Airlines Flight 634, Turkey (Jan 8, 2003) · 75 killed
4. Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230, Turkey (May 26, 2003) · 75 killed
5. TANS Perú Flight 222, Chachapoyas (Jan 9, 2003) · 46 killed
6. Beech 1900D, Charlotte, NC (Jan 8, 2003) · 21 killed
7. Tropical Airways Flight 1301, Haiti (Aug 24, 2003) · 21 killed
8. 2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash, United States (Oct 24, 2003) · 10 killed
9. Cessna 402B, Tecalitran, MX (Sep 13, 2003) · 8 killed
10. Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, Louisiana (Feb 1, 2003) · 7 killed

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Nearby years

• 2001 · 1,847 accidents
• 2002 · 1,910 accidents
• 2004 · 1,837 accidents
• 2005 · 1,902 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.