Bellringer has added a useful synopsis to this ongoing debate, but I would need to see the raw data and his analytical methodology before agreeing or disagreeing
All that matters is the number of fatal accidents - the number of deaths is due to aircraft capacity and multiple other factors, but a fatal accident is an accident with an impact speed that can kill
I am not sure I care if I die in a commercial or a 'light commercial' accident. I am still dead. The important issue is was it pilot error or aircraft malfunction.
So how many fatal accidents were clearly NOT pilot error? That is all that matters, for that determines the safety or otherwise of the aircraft, not the pilot
I feel safer in a turbine, and safer still in a twin, but I cant afford more than a Robbie for much of my flying. I sit on the fence - there does seem to be an issue with mast bumping BUT is it due to failure to slow down...... in other words if I am a careful driver am I more at risk in a Robbie?
I dont think we have the evidence one way or the other