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Crash Data
This is according to the NTSB database and reflects helicopter crashes between 1/1/1999 and 5/11/2004 for the helicopter models mentioned only. Helicopter Total Accidents Total Fatal Percent Fatal =========== ================ =========== ============= Mini 500 7 2 28% Robinson R22 178 30 17% Brantly B2B 7 1 14% Rotorway 48 2 4% Safari 0 0 -- ================================================== ======= Note that there are huge numbers of R22s and Rotorway helicopters out there which account for the larger number of accidents. Not surprising was the relatively few crashes of Mini500s, Brantlys and Safaris because these helicopters are rare by comparison. There were no reported crashes of Safari helicopters during that period and there was only one prior to 1999. The Rotorway category also includes Scorpion helicopters. What this table shows is the percentage of fatalies to the total number of crashes. From this data, we can conclude that if one is in a crash, its better to be in a Rotorway. Although there is not enough data to conclude this, it looks like the Safari may be better at not having accidents in the first place. There are two pieces of data that would be nice to have and those are the mean number of hours between accidents and the mean number of hours between fatalities. If anybody has this, please post it. |
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