Single-Seat Accident Records (Was BD-5B)

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:44:32 GMT, Ron Wanttaja wrote:

OVERALL ACCIDENT RATE:

Let's look at the overall accident rate for the homebuilt fleet and the
individual types. The "Accidents" is the total number of accidents vs. the
number of that type on the Jan 2003 register, and the "Fatals" column is
the number of accidents in which the pilot was killed.

Accidents Fatals
All Homebuilts 11.1% 3.2%
Fly Baby 5.7% 1.9%
BD-5 27.2% 11.1%
RV-3 8.2% 2.9%

An email discussion with a fellow netter pointed out that these figures are
liable to misinterpretation.

The rates shown above are over the 14-year period of the data collected,
and are not *ANNUAL* rates! Divide by 14 to get the average annual
accident and fatality rate. Or, heck, just read it off this table:

Acc. Fatals
1990 1.33% 0.45%
1991 1.17% 0.38%
1992 1.36% 0.44%
1993 1.32% 0.36%
1994 1.24% 0.34%
1995 1.29% 0.43%
1996 1.14% 0.32%
1997 0.99% 0.34%
1998 1.19% 0.34%
1999 1.09% 0.30%
2000 1.14% 0.26%

Ron Wanttaja