Private Pilot Flight Training and Instruction Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM 1997 Nall Report An accident as a judgment failure. Pilots only spot one third of ATC traffic reported as significant. 85% of scud running accidents result in fatalities Personal flying is 42% of all flying and 67% of the accidents Flight instruction is 20% of the flying and only 6% of the accidents. Pilots over 60 are more likely to die. Not having a current flight reviews have twice the accident risk as those who have taken a flight review. 50% of airline accidents are survivable. 40% of airline fatalities are due to smoke and fire. Interior cabin materials are at fault and are being changed. There are 60,000 CFIs 70 hour averge to private ticket. 50% of airspace vilations aoccur during VFR flight 1980 U.S. had 300,000 airplanes 2000 U.S. has fewer than 190,000 airplanes Written by Gene Whitt Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM