Safety Publications/Articles

General Aviation Accidents 10-Year Trends

How safe is flight in today's general aviation America and where is it headed? According to the NTSB, 2004 was the safest year on record—but looking at a single year is not descriptive of the safety picture. Even a few years doesn't necessarily tell the full story. The AOPA Air Safety Foundation analyzed accidents from 1994 to 2003 to find out.

Stall/Spin Accidents

Pilots who believe that aerobatic training will enable a recovery from an inadvertent spin in the traffic pattern are fooling themselves. That myth—and other misconceptions about stalls and spins in GA aircraft—is explored in this ASF study. View search results for stall/spin accidents.

Instructional Accidents

Your chance of having an accident while training for a pilot certificate or rating is less than having an accident in other types of GA flying, especially personal flights by already-certificated pilots, given the proportion of flying in each category. However, there are definitely some areas for improvement.

View search results for instructional accidents:

• Solo Instructional Accidents
• Dual Instructional Accidents