Accident rate data

[evilroy]

I'm looking for data on USAF accident rates during the 1950s / 1960s. Is there an online resource anywhere? A technical report database, perhaps?

For specific reports, there are two good sources, the DOT Special Collections and the Aviation Safety and Security Archives at Embry Riddle. Links below:

Online Digital Special Collections Library (http://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/)

Aviation Safety and Security Archives: Digital Library (http://prcarc1.erau.edu/index.html)

[IGh]

This response does NOT specifically answer that question about mishap-rate during 1950's and 1960's. You probably already saw the Report cited below.

Key words might be "mishaps", USAF.

[Some advice from Safety Center, USAF then didn't have any accidents: they had "mishaps".]

Report to Congress, order code RL31571, "Military Aviation Safety, Appendix 2, shows a graph of data since 1950's. A pdf is available on the web.

Rpt states that in 1955, USAF had MORE THAN 2200 Class A Mishaps (contrasted with 70 in 1999). The mishap-rate, shown in Appdx 2, chops the extreme-rate years before 1970, but then-on shows steep drops in rate. [Footnote states that USAF had many more aircraft during that 1950's period, and states that comparisons are not valid.]

For mishaps during an earlier time-interval, found this:
"General George Price, Chief of USA's AAF Office of Flying Safety, revealed that during the war 22,000 Army planes were completely destroyed in non-combat accidents and that 26,000 lives were lost . . . " [Quote from The Air Line Pilot, Dec'45, pg 1, under "Late News" header. ]

[evilroy]

Thanks for the replies - will check them out.

[Apollo30]

Wiegmann & Shappell have been working on USAF accidents and in their books there is some onformation concerning USAF accidents. So I cam imagine, that they have published some books/reports/anything else showing more detailled information about the USAF.

One of their most interesting books (perhaps) is:
Wiegmann, D. A., & Shappell, S. A. (2003). A human error approach to aviation accident analysis: The human factors analysis and classification system. Aldershot: Ashgate.

A free accessible docoument concerning nearly the same can be found here:
Wiegmann, D. & Shapell, S. (2001). A Human Error Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents Using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System: Final Report (No. DOT/FAA/AM-01/3). Washington. Retrieved from http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/faa-aviation-medicine-reports/AM01-03.pdf.

Both sources don't include too much USAF things, but if you go on searching, perhaps you can find more.