Sorry about opening up the old chestnuts again, but there is a new report from AOPA out on stalling / spinning which makes interesting reading. It seems to dispute some of the oft-churned out myths and points the finger at PPLs / CPLs as being the most likely candidates to suffer a circuit-level stall / spin which is unrecoverable.
EXPERIENCED PILOTS' FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY?...
AOPA's Air Safety Foundation (ASF) just released a report on spins and stall accidents, and while some of the results aren't surprising, it challenges some pretty well-entrenched perceptions of one of the most deadly types of in-flight mishaps. The ASF reports stall and spins have a fatality rate of about 28 percent, and account for about 10 percent of all GA accidents. "Fatal stall/spin accidents most often begin at or below traffic pattern altitude (generally 1,000 feet above ground level), well below the altitude necessary to recover from even a one-turn spin," the report reads.
The full report is available
here and it even dares to talk about the PA38!
I'm sure this may well open up the old discussions, but this is maybe a new slant on things.
[Having lit the blue touch paper, I shall now retire to a safe distance - Singapore sounds good
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