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Feature Article: Fatalities and Survival
- 90% of people involved in ditching accidents survive.
- Only 1 out of every 6 airplane accidents results in anyone
being hurt or killed.
- Any accident that occurs in normal landing sequence and configuration
has 80% survival rate.
- In 1991 41,150 died in auto accidents, only 49 died in major
commercial airline accidents.
- 46% of flying fatalities are weather related.
- 1/3 of serious accidents are cause by poor preflight inspections
- 50% of fatal accidents caused by a series of judgmental errors.
- Flying less than 10 hours in 30 days or less than 25 hours
in 90 days greatly increases accident vulnerability.
- From '75 to '86 VFR into IFR had 4% of accidents and 19% of
fatalities.
- Fatalities occurred in 72% of the VFR into IFR accidents
from '75 to '86
- BFR (Biennial Flight Review) does not seem to detect flying
deficiencies.
- Add 10-15 % to takeoff/landing performance data to account
for present aircraft performance since new.
- A 2% uphill gradient can add 50% to the takeoff distance
under adverse conditions.
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