Air transport pilot involvement in general aviation accidents

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• Creators:
  Salvatore, S ; Stearns, M. D. ; Huntley, M. Stephen, Jr. ; Mengert, Peter
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air
  • Transport
  • Pilot
  • Involvement
  • General
  • Aviation
  • accidents
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  General aviation (GA) fatal accident records of airport transport pilots (ATPs) ; were ; compared to those of private pilots (PVTs). ; ATPs are safer GA pilots than the PVTs. ; They have comparable exposure in GA airplanes and account for 7.5% of all ; certified to fly, but only 3.5 % of the fatal accidents. ATPs are less often involved in ; pilot-induced accidents. Nearly 50% of ATP pilot-induced accidents occur during ; aerobatics. Often these risky aerial operations are performed below a safe altitude ; and are associated with the descriptors 'careless' and 'reckless'. The ATP aerobatics- ; related fatality is likely to occur in a multi-wing aeroplane with which he has little ; experience. The ATP aerobatics-related accident is likely to be of the spin, stall, or ; controlled flight into terrain variety, and to occur in summer or early autumn.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8771/dot_8771_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 552.88 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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