Aviation accidents in 2006

1,576 accidents and incidents are recorded in 2006, with 1,471 people killed and 272 seriously injured. 22% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 85% of these accidents and 73% of deaths. Airline flights account for 3% of accidents.

Deadliest accidents

1. Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612, Sukha Balka (Aug 22, 2006) · 170 killed
2. Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Mato Grosso (Sep 29, 2006) · 154 killed
3. S7 Airlines Flight 778, Irkutsk International Airport (Jul 9, 2006) · 125 killed
4. Armavia Flight 967, Black Sea (May 3, 2006) · 113 killed
5. ADC Airlines Flight 053, Nigeria (Oct 29, 2006) · 96 killed
6. Bombardier, Inc. CRJ-100, Lexington, KY (Aug 27, 2006) · 49 killed
7. Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688, Multan (Jul 10, 2006) · 45 killed
8. 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash, Hungary (Jan 19, 2006) · 42 killed
9. Iran Airtour Flight 945, Iran (Sep 1, 2006) · 28 killed
10. TEAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 6865, Brazil (Mar 31, 2006) · 19 killed

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Nearby years

• 2004 · 1,837 accidents
• 2005 · 1,902 accidents
• 2007 · 1,696 accidents
• 2008 · 1,836 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.