Ugly:
quote:The Beech Skipper and Tomahawk look identical to the casual observer yet apparently the Tomahawk is involved in twice as many spin accidents?
Not trying to be a smarta$$ - but Piper built 6 times more PA38s than Beech built Skippers.
Actually it was 8 times
2500 v 300
The AOPA US link I quoted doesn't show exact stats, so I can't tell you if the accident rates is across the fleet, hours flown or whatever. However it does also mention the C150/152
"ASF research indicates that the PA38 is involved in roughly twice as many stall/spin accidents...as are the Cessna 150/152 and Beech 77 Skipper..."
and I believe Cessna built something like 3 million C150/2s
(alright, a slight exageration - about 31,000)