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I would be willing to bet that experimentals do more than 15 percent of the flight hours which would help our ratio. I would like to see a statistic for accidents per flight hour for both general aviation and experimentals. I would guess they are pretty close... Randy Snarr N694RS Sent from my iPhone On May 28, 2012, at 11:17 AM, vtailjeff@aol.com wrote: > Please read the rest of the report. The fatal experimental accident rate is two to four times as great as the comparison GA certified aircraft fatal rate. > > Jeff > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 26, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Lorn H Olsen <lorn@dynacomm.us> wrote: > >> 224,000 / 33,000 = 15% >> >> 15% of the fleet, 20% of the accidents. Not bad, not bad at all. >> >> >> On May 25, 2012, at 6:00 AM, Lancair Mailing List wrote: >> >>> Among 224,000 general-aviation aircraft across the USA, 33,000 are considered experimental, meaning they were built from a kit or from a unique design. The aircraft account for 20% of fatal crashes of general aviation, despite representing a small portion of the fleet. >> >> >> -- >> Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, ASMEL, ASES, Comm, Inst >> DynaComm, Corp., 248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.us >> LNC2, FB90/92, O-320-D1F, 1,800 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan >> >> >> -- >> For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html