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A Review And Analysis Of General Aviation Instructional Accidents, Sydney Sommers
A Review And Analysis Of General Aviation Instructional Accidents, Sydney Sommers
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
General aviation student pilot accidents represent a substantial portion of all aviation accidents in the United States. Almost 50% of general aviation accidents involve student pilots. Analyzing historical accident reports is the most common approach to studying accident causation. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates all civil aviation accidents in the US. Using the NTSB data, I analyzed general aviation student pilot accidents in the US between 2013 and 2022. Results indicate that most accidents take place in California and Florida and can be attributed to student pilots between 18 and 65 years of age. Alaska and Maine had …