Showing posts with label transportation safety board statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transportation safety board statistics. Show all posts

Monday, 11 August 2014

Small Airplanes - how safe are they?

It's tourist season! They go round and round and round!

Airplanes from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
It seems as if everyone is up in the air. I counted 6 or 7 flybys. I just hope they all are good pilots! Incidents, per 100,000 km flown are down, but it only takes one to devastate a family.



Airplane incoming from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
You hear it, you can't see it, then you see it! Don't land on my house!

Pilot killed in jet crash at Ottawa air show

The pilot of a home-built airplane was killed Friday afternoon at a small airport west of Ottawa. Scott Manning, of Toronto, died when his BD-5 jet hit the ground at the Carp Airport at 12:14 p.m.

Plane crash kills 3 Minnesotans on Ontario fishing trip
Three northern Minnesota outdoors lovers who were on a fishing trip in Canada died when their Cessna 182 float plane crashed on the shore of a lake north of Minnesota, officials said.

Mid-air collision and 2 other crashes in Canada in a week

May 14, 2012
Three small-plane crashes in one week are raising questions about the safety of private airplane travel in Canada. In Canada there are about 32 fatal crashes a year involving a single-engine aircraft, according to the Transportation Safety Board. In the U.S., there are about four or five fatal crashes by private aircraft every week, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Transportation Safety Board Data

In 2012, a total of 290 aviation accidents were reported to the TSB, a 13% increase from the 2011 total of 257 but comparable to the 5-year average of 292. Of the total, 239 involved 
Transportation Safety Board Data