United States Department of Transportation
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Air transport pilot involvement in general aviation accidents
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1986-01-01
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Abstract:General aviation (GA) fatal accident records of airport transport pilots (ATPs)
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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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