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Originally Posted by p1l0t
85% (I made that statistic up) of all aircraft accidents are pilot error. The majority of them are fatal. The errors due to mechanical the pilot just lands the aircraft the large majority of the time. Pilot unemployment right now is like 2%... I'm interested to see how that going to effect the commercial statistics.
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I think you are close on the pilot error stat (seems like its more around 75% as I recall). Sometimes Pilot Error is used as a scapegoat though.
Most accidents are not fatal though. From the report I quoted above: