Aeroplane Accidents in U.S.A.: An Analysis of the Causes of Accidents in Civil Flying During the Past Three Years

Abstract

A DECREASE in the number of passenger fatalities and an increase in the number of miles flown per passenger fatality in miscellaneous flying operations for the period July to December, 1930, is shown in the half‐yearly report of the Aeronautics Branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce on accidents to civil aircraft. The number of passenger fatalities was 104 and, as the miles flown totalled 56,502,560, the miles flown per passenger fatality were 543,294.

Citation

(1931), "Aeroplane Accidents in U.S.A.: An Analysis of the Causes of Accidents in Civil Flying During the Past Three Years", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 3 No. 8, pp. 194-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb029434