Safety Publications/Articles

2008 Joseph T. Nall Report

2007 saw an increase in the number of fixed-wing general aviation accidents (1,385, up 6.3 percent from the prior year) but a continued decrease in both the number of fatal accidents (252, down 5.6 percent) and the number of fatalities (449, down 9.7 percent). Maneuvering flight remained the leading cause of fatalities with 51, 20.2 percent of all fatal accidents, but the number of fatal accidents in descent and approach dropped from 37 (13.9 percent) to 22 (8.7%). Click here to download the entire report (PDF file — 2,520KB).


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Updated Friday, January 11, 2008

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