Build9A
Well Known Member
The 2009 NALL report is available from AOPA, either through their email newsletter or at the AOPA website. Amateur-built safety and accident statistics are not improving, they are getting worse. It's not RV specific but is worth reading as a reminder.
"In 2008, amateur-built aircraft had
27.29 accidents per 100,000 estimated flight hours,
almost five times the rate of type-certificated
aircraft, and their fatal accident rate of 7.00 was
more than seven times higher."
"The shares attributed to mechanical failures (22%) and unexplained
losses of engine power (12%) were noticeably
higher. Together they accounted for more
than one-third (34%) of all accidents in amateurbuilt
airplanes, almost double the 18% seen in the
fleet as a whole and two and a half times the 14%
share in the manufactured sector."
I haven't tried to analyse the numbers nor am I trying to say that RVs are more or less safe than other homebuilts. It's just information and a reminder especially in the general categories of engine and mechanical failures.
"In 2008, amateur-built aircraft had
27.29 accidents per 100,000 estimated flight hours,
almost five times the rate of type-certificated
aircraft, and their fatal accident rate of 7.00 was
more than seven times higher."
"The shares attributed to mechanical failures (22%) and unexplained
losses of engine power (12%) were noticeably
higher. Together they accounted for more
than one-third (34%) of all accidents in amateurbuilt
airplanes, almost double the 18% seen in the
fleet as a whole and two and a half times the 14%
share in the manufactured sector."
I haven't tried to analyse the numbers nor am I trying to say that RVs are more or less safe than other homebuilts. It's just information and a reminder especially in the general categories of engine and mechanical failures.