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Old November 14th 03, 04:41 PM
RobertR237
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In article , Ron Wanttaja
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Total homebuilt accident rate: 10%
Total certified BD-5 rate: 21%
Total all-listing BD-5 rate: 8.5%

So whether the BD-5 is twice as bad as the main fleet or a little bit
better really depends on your interpretation of the certification data. By
the FAA and EAA's interpretation, the BD-5's accident rate is twice that of
the main homebuilt fleet.

Ron Wanttaja



What would be more telling would be the accident rate per hours flown. Even if
the 236 BD-5s were accurate, I suspect the accident per hour would be
significantly higher for the BD5 than your figures indicate. Unfortunately,
there is no available database that would give that information.


Bob Reed
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