Private Pilot Flight Training and Instruction Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM 1996 For 100,000 Hours of Flying Singles 1.5 Twins 2.12 Homebuilts 2% of the flying and 10% of the accidents with aircraft destroyed 52% more often and pilots killed 69% more often. The decision making process is the problem with general aviation not the knowledge. We wait until we are in the air before determining if the flight can be continued. You will run out of gas ten times before you have a mid-air. Thus, by always having plenty of fuel you don't need to watch for airplanes. Only 11% of cold weather accidents have anything to do with the weather. 50% of these cold weather accidents result in fatalities. Airline weather decisions are made on the ground prior to takeoff, not in the air. 1996 Statistic 23% of accidents were related to weather. Of these 8% gave icing as a cause. Pilot population peaked at 827,000 in 1980. In 1999 we are at 635,000 and only 5% are women. Written by Gene Whitt Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM