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Old 09-05-2018, 10:51 AM   #47904
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Originally Posted by Dadhawk View Post
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:
I presume these include such things as skidding off a runway at low speed, non severe bird strikes, hitting objects while taxing, or other such non flight related occurrences? Pretty much everything must be reported I assume.
That would really skew the stats when comparing against cars where such minor (relative to the possibilities) incidents are not recorded.
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