The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety\nInstitute has released the updated Fatal Flight Training Accident Report 2000 \u2013\n2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A collaboration between the AOPA Air Safety Institute and\nthe Liberty University School of Aeronautics, the report explores flight\ntraining risks and innovations within the past two decades. The study covers\nfatal training accidents in the United States, offers a breakdown of accidents\nand their causes, and concludes with accident prevention and mitigation\nrecommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report notes that loss of control comprises the largest\naccident category, accounting for 54 percent of all fatal instructional\naccidents with the vast majority being stall\/spin related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe aviation industry has done an excellent job of\nstall\/spin awareness when overshooting base to final,\u201d said Robert Geske, AOPA\nAir Safety Institute manager of aviation safety analysis. Geske continued,\n\u201cSimilarly, we should stress stall\/spin risk during takeoff, climbout, and\ngo-around, and emphasize energy awareness and management during those flight\nphases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe good news is that flight training is getting safer.\nSustained efforts by the FAA, NTSB, manufacturers, and the flight training\ncommunity have resulted in a fatal accident rate that is now roughly half of\nwhat it was at the start of the century,” said Andrew Walton, Liberty\nUniversity director of safety. \u201cFrom 2000 to 2004, the fatal accident rate\naveraged 0.49 per hundred thousand hours and decreased to 0.26 in the last five\nyears of the study. However, there remains plenty of work to do, particularly in\nmitigating the risk of loss of control in flight,” concluded Walton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n