Fatalities Uptick
The NTSB’s preliminary statistics on 2008 U.S. transportation fatalities indicate aviation deaths increased slightly to 572 in 2008 from 550 in the previous year, with almost 87% or 495 occurring in general aviation accidents. The resulting GA fatal accident rate is 1.25 per 100,000 flight hours.
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