I am sure you all heard about the desire of some local politicians to ban all experimental aircraft from their airports; What I find curious is that this bunch claims that homebuilts account for12% of all accidents. Well, since they also now constitute 30% of the GA fleet - isn't the logical conclusion that they are actually more than twice as safe??
I have no idea where they actually got this figure from.
Ban Experimental Homebuilt Aircraft At Las Vegas? By Glenn Pew, Contributing Editor, Video Editor
A state senate and local assembly joint resolution in Las Vegas is urging Congress to authorize a ban on flights of experimental homebuilt aircraft to and from the North Las Vegas Airport. The resolution points to increased residential density in the neighborhoods "directly in the flight paths" of aircraft arriving and departing at North Las Vegas and states that experimentals have "higher accident rates" than other aircraft groups. Experimental aircraft account for "more than 12 percent of airplane accidents nationwide in 2007," according to language in the resolution, which also states that in the area surrounding North Las Vegas, "several persons" on the ground were killed due to experimental aircraft crashes in 2008. As federal law grants the U.S. government exclusive sovereignty of airspace, the senate and assembly of the state of Nevada is jointly requesting the Congress of the United States to enact legislation granting Clark County authority to ban flights of experimental homebuilt aircraft. Sponsors of the proposed legislation are Senator Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, and Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick.
I have no idea where they actually got this figure from.
Ban Experimental Homebuilt Aircraft At Las Vegas? By Glenn Pew, Contributing Editor, Video Editor
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