I've think I've posted this before but may worth putting it on here again.
We used to have a lot of crop spraying and fertiliser applied by air,by Piper Pawnee.
When I asked the pilot how dangerous it was and the accident rate,the pilot ,who was I reckon around mid fifties,said.
"There are very young pilots and old pilots,the ones in the middle are dead!"
He went through some cables later that year,but survived.
Lister
Old newish pilot,just about to amend my age.