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From the user to whom you're replying: > [...] show that general aviation aircraft average nearly seven accidents per 100,000 flight hours, compared with an av
by labcomputer 9y ago
From the user to whom you're replying:
> [...] show that general aviation aircraft average nearly seven accidents per 100,000 flight hours, compared with an average of 0.16 accidents per 100,000 hours for commercial airlines.
So the accident rate for GA is over 40 times higher than commercial.
On top of that, around three quarters of these fatal accidents are the result of what could be broadly categorized as pilot error... Which is why the FAA has such a stick up its butt about the licensing status of the TapJets pilots.