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Super Dimona accident
The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at
Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ |
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On Sep 8, 7:44*am, JJ Sinclair wrote:
The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny |
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On 9/8/2011 8:54 AM, Renny wrote:
On Sep 8, 7:44 am, JJ wrote: The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny Don't we have close to 10 fatalities in a typical year, so this year is about average? Assuming that there are 5000 active pilots in the US, that gives a typical pilot a 1/500 chance of getting killed each year, or about 20 times higher than the chance of getting killed in an auto crash. |
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On Sep 8, 12:23*pm, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 9/8/2011 8:54 AM, Renny wrote: On Sep 8, 7:44 am, JJ *wrote: The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, *this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny Don't we have close to 10 fatalities in a typical year, so this year is about average? Assuming that there are 5000 active pilots in the US, that gives a typical pilot a 1/500 chance of getting killed each year, or about 20 times higher than the chance of getting killed in an auto crash. On the NTSB Aviation Accident site since Jan.1st of this year I counted 31 Cessna 182 and 35 Piper PA-28 accidents. That’s just two plane types. So it’s not just glider pilots that need refresher training, it’s all pilots Glenn |
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On Sep 8, 10:23*am, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 9/8/2011 8:54 AM, Renny wrote: On Sep 8, 7:44 am, JJ *wrote: The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, *this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny Don't we have close to 10 fatalities in a typical year, so this year is about average? Assuming that there are 5000 active pilots in the US, that gives a typical pilot a 1/500 chance of getting killed each year, or about 20 times higher than the chance of getting killed in an auto crash. From the latest SSF Safety report... "In addition, the average number of fatalities has remained nearly constant, at just over 6 per year since the mid 1990’s." Thx - Renny |
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Don't we have close to 10 fatalities in a typical year, so this year is about average? Assuming that there are 5000 active pilots in the US, that gives a typical pilot a 1/500 chance of getting killed each year, or about 20 times higher than the chance of getting killed in an auto crash. That assumes all pilots are of the same skill level and safety adherence. So if the fatalities are happening to above-average pilots, the chances are probably worse. |
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On Sep 8, 9:23*am, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 9/8/2011 8:54 AM, Renny wrote: On Sep 8, 7:44 am, JJ *wrote: The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, *this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny Don't we have close to 10 fatalities in a typical year, so this year is about average? Assuming that there are 5000 active pilots in the US, that gives a typical pilot a 1/500 chance of getting killed each year, or about 20 times higher than the chance of getting killed in an auto crash. Average is around 6-7 per year. At this rate we will break 10 before the year ends! 1/500 chance per year, makes it 1/20 chance in 25 years! This sounds about right when you look at how many old time pilots are still around... This is really sad. Ramy |
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On 9/8/2011 8:54 AM, Renny wrote: On Sep 8, 7:44 am, JJ *wrote: The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, *this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny - If you include the 2 Canadians I coundt12 now. You all seem to have missed the dead tow-pilot. Jim |
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On Sep 8, 11:05*am, Ramy wrote:
On Sep 8, 9:23*am, Greg Arnold wrote: On 9/8/2011 8:54 AM, Renny wrote: On Sep 8, 7:44 am, JJ *wrote: The NTSB just reported a Super Dimona crashed in the pattern at Winsted, MN on 5Sept. 1 dead, 1 injured. Anybody got any more info on this? Does that make 8 this year? Sad, JJ JJ, Sadly, *this appears to be the 9th glider or motorglider related fatality of the year in the US..... Renny Don't we have close to 10 fatalities in a typical year, so this year is about average? Assuming that there are 5000 active pilots in the US, that gives a typical pilot a 1/500 chance of getting killed each year, or about 20 times higher than the chance of getting killed in an auto crash. Average is around 6-7 per year. At this rate we will break 10 before the year ends! 1/500 chance per year, makes it 1/20 chance in 25 years! This sounds about right when you look at how many old time pilots are still around... This is really sad. Ramy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does this mean we can't use the "safer than driving to the airport" anymore? |
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