What is the aircraft loss-rate from Nimitz-class aircraft carriers?

Question

What is the aircraft loss-rate from Nimitz-class carriers? That is, what proportion of sorties result in the loss of the aircraft for reasons other than enemy action?

I was prompted to ask this after the Russian carrier Kuznetsov lost two aircraft in the space of a couple of weeks.

Answer 1

The Naval Safety Center publishes some useful stats here.

^{(Rates are per 100,000 flight hours per year. Source.)}

(Source.)

A few more details are available in the summaries. One example:

Other examples:

• E-2C: Electrical arcing at vapor cycle power receptacle led to aircraft fire in the hangar bay.
• A single F/A-18C crashed 6.6 miles northwest of Lakenheath, England. Event Cost \$72,000,000
• MV-22: While recovering to LPD, MV-22 landed short of spot 2, main landing gear in deck edge netting
• Engine fire leading to ejection. Event Cost \$71,000,000
• Two CH-53 helicopters crashed while on training flight. All 12 crewmembers deceased.
• AV-8B experience catastrophic engine failure during takeoff. Event Cost \$62,800,000
• AV-8B experienced loss of thrust, pilot ejected safely. Event Cost \$62,800,000
• 2xF/A-18F Collided during Air-to-Air training. 2 aircraft lost. No fatalities. Event Cost \$173,580,662
• EA-18G inflight engagement during night CV landing caused extensive damage to aircraft
• F/A-18 impacted ground during air show practice. Event Cost: \$75,400,000
• MH-60S crashed into James River while performing SAR training flight. Event cost: \$25,508,816
• KC130T EXPERIENCED HAIL DAMAGE WHILE PARKED ON THE RAMP AT PETERSON FLD, CO (KCOS)
• F/A-18C crash during night air-to-ground training mission. Event cost: \$76,500,000
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• T-45C: ACUTE PHYSIOLOGICAL EPISODE RESULTS IN ACTIVATION OF THE EJECTION SEQUENCE BY CREw. Event Cost \$37,800,000
• A single T-45C impacted the ground at high energy. \$37,800,000
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• Aircraft impacted a tree during low level training. Aircraft recovered safely.
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• MV-22 ditched off Okinawa during NVD training mission. Event Cost \$80,600,000

Class A mishap definition:

\$2,000,000 or more and/or aircraft destroyed [or] Fatality or permanent total disability

Just note that these are just Class A's. It doesn't include B's, C's, or D's. Some of these aren't carrier related.

On a completely unrelated note, notice the costs. Modern a/c are expensive (although not all that is flyaway cost).