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The Real Accident Rate

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ToddK

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Mike Patey's highly public crash in Draco, admission of culpability, and desire for aviators to "learn from his mistake" has resulted in an overwhelming amount of sympathy, applause and encouragement. Today on many of the FB aviation groups that I am a member of, there have been an unnerving number of similar admissions made by other aviators all in the vein of "helping people to learn from mistakes". Most have been the usual issues: fuel starvation and poor airmanship. I don't think I am wrong to wonder based on the content of these posts, how many of these accidents went un-reported, and what the real accident rate is for experimental aviation is.
 
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