"We have examined (in detail) the 96 reported accidents..."

I would argue that only one accident was examined in detail - Kawa's. There can't be any meaningful discussion about the causes of the other 95 accidents.

The basic idea of compiling meaningful accident reports is sound. BGA has done a fantastic job of publishing in-depth accident reports (https://members.gliding.co.uk/librar...tion-reports/), which could serve as the gold standard for glider accident reporting for other countries.

In addition to the accident report database, it would be very helpful to have a database of voluntary near miss reports.

Branko XYU