SAFETY REPORT--GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENTS INVOLVING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

This report presents a statistical compilation of data from the National Transportation Safety Board's Aviation Accident Data System. The data includes 361 general aviation accidents that occurred between 1983 and early 1987. In all of these accidents, visual flight rule flight into instrument meteorological conditions was listed as a probable cause or a related factor. There were 276 fatal accidents which resulted in 583 fatalities. Ninety-four percent of the aircraft involved in these accidents were airplanes; the remainder were helicopters.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Bureau of Safety Programs, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1989-2-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 42 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airplanes; Crash causes; Crashes; Fatalities; General aviation; Helicopters; Statistics; Weather
• Old TRIS Terms: Meteorological conditions
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482418
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/SR-89/01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM