Flight safety
Hi all!
I have been asked the question 'how safe is a flight in a light aircraft compared to other activities?'
I would suggest driving, motorcycling, skiing, cycling and horseriding as a comparison although how meaningful it can be..well..I dunno....
We have all heard the expression' the most dangerous think about flying is the drive to the airport'.
This statement is of course incorrect when applied to light aircraft, at least when the entire spectrum of light aircraft flying is considered.
However, I believe that a flight in a well maintained (PTCofA) aircraft, flown by a current and experienced pilot in good VFR, on a non aerobatic/ non display flight removes a lot of the risk.
Certainly the big killers -CFIT/ Loss of control in IMC etc. - are'nt there in the above scenario.
I have studied CAP 735 - a mighty 54-page tome - and have found some very interesting data on it.
However, comparisons as above are not within the scope of 735.
Can anybody point me in the right direction please?
I believe I did see one somewhere. Maybe I didn't....
For those really interested in safety stats - try CAP 701 and the older CAP 667.
All are on the CAA website.
See what you can do for me on the above. First one to point me in the direction of a properly structured report of the nature I seek gets a flight in the yellow cabrio!
All the best.
HP