Originally Posted by
Bksmithca
qulliBell, would have to agree, either they've be incredibly lucky with a pile of accidents that haven't resulted in a fatality or there due for one hell of string of a fatal crashes. Hopefully someone will check the numbers to confirm them.
Good effort in calling for a check on these figures. The Australian fleet is very large on a global scale; due in part to the large number of light machines, many are privately owned. (High loss rate). These machines, due mustering, fly more hours than the rest of the register. Most low level rural accidents usually occur at a slower speed than that of heavier faster turbine helicopters. And the smaller machines appear to be more survivable as a general rule. All kinetic energy stuff - and a lot of solo accidents pushes up the rate/100,000 but exposes less bodies to fatal impact forces. Hope this helps.
I use international and local figures from trusted government sources., just to be careful.