Publication Quarterly Aviation Report Q4 2022

Each year, the Dutch Safety Board looks back on the occurrences investigated in the year just ended. In 2022, 33 occurrences were reported that took place in the Netherlands and that were classified by the Dutch Safety Board as a serious incident or accident. This entire series contained no reports of occurrences involving commercial aircraft. This is remarkable give the large number of flights involving these aircraft and the reporting obligation that applies to serious incidents and accidents. In 2022, the Dutch Safety Board assisted foreign safety investigation agencies on 18 aviation-related investigations.

Once again in 2022, the airprox was the most frequently investigated type of occurrence. In 2022, five people died in three accidents in general aviation; these accidents involved two motorized aircraft and one glider. These investigations are currently still underway.