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Old 31st Oct 2016, 16:18
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According to the FAA accident database, in the USA, calendar year 2016 to date, there are 89 helicopter accident entries so far (not including home-builts). It breaks down as follows:

Make (all types), # accidents, # total fatalities

Airbus/Eurocopter, 10, 5
Hughes/MD, 12, 2
Robinson, 24, 4
Bell, 33, 12
All other makes, 10, 4

Now without knowing the total hours flown by each make, it's not a very good set of stat's. However, is it reasonable to assume that training activities, meaning Robinsons, account for most of the hours flown annually by all helicopters?
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