Factors Contributing to Fatalities in General Aviation Accidents

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, general aviation (GA) accounts for 82% of all air transport related accidents and incidents and for 83% of all air transport related fatalities. By applying logistic regression on a large sample of GA accidents from 1983-2002, the authors identify factors that increase the chance of a fatal GA accident. A wide range of variables, such as light condition, flight phase, pilot experience, pilot gender, wind condition, and aircraft characteristics and complexity involved in the accident are analyzed. While many factors identified as contributing to a fatal accident are in line with expectations, some are counter-intuitive. Both sets of factors are discussed in this paper.

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• Authors:
  • Bazargan, Massoud
  • Guzhva, Vitaly S
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 170-182
• Serial:
  • World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1749-4729
  • EISSN: 1749-4737
  • Serial URL: https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=writr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft pilotage; Aviation safety; Fatalities; General aviation; Logistic regression analysis
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01077214
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 1 2007 8:04AM