@article{Nordyke:208058,
      recid = {208058},
      author = {Nordyke, Shane},
      title = {Trends and Analyses of General Aviation Fatalities},
      address = {2005-03},
      number = {1426-2016-118504},
      pages = {13},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {Recent publications have shown that general aviation  accident rates in the United
States are decreasing, though  they remain much higher than other segments of  aviation.
What is behind this safety improvement? Are all  types of accidents decreasing or are
certain types of  accidents driving the overall decrease? This study provides  the
preliminary results of an in depth analysis of the  causes of fatal general aviation accidents
from 1992  through 2002. First a database of all fatal Part 91  accidents during this
timeframe was created by examining  the NTSB accident report for each accident and
determining  the initial cause of the accident. Forty-four different  cause categories were
used and 1305 individual accidents  were analyzed. Both the absolute and relative change
of the  causes of Part 91 fatal accidents from 1992 through 2002  were considered. This
study provides the findings from four  years from this time period (1992, 1997, 1999, and
2001) in  order to evaluate initial results and trends and to develop  some initial hypotheses
for later testing. Preliminary  analyses of the data reveal that the distribution of  fatal
general aviation accidents by flight phase differs  from commercial aviation accidents.
The data also reveals  that while pilot error remains a significant cause of fatal  accidents,
the rate of pilot error accidents is decreasing  and CFIT accidents, which are thought to be
a particular  area of concern within general aviation, are actually not a  significant cause of
accidents within this sector.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208058},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.208058},
}