Bryan,

 

Here's some food for thought (as opposed to that for the belly).  Being lazy, I just poked around the Air Safety Foundation's database and looked at the last 5 years (1/1/2004 thru 12/25/2008).  I was only interested in fatal accidents.  There were 10 235/320/360, 12 IV or IV/P and 7 Legacy. 

 

235/320/360 - (numbers add up to more 10), 3 departure stalls, 4 loss of control, 7 stalls, a midair, 1 instrument flight, 1 low flat approach.

 

IV - IV/P - (numbers add up to more than 12), 3 departure stalls, 3 loss of control, 5 stalls, 4 bad weather breakups, 5 related to power loss (4 on takeoff).

 

Hmmmm, most 235/320/360s are powered by Lycs or look-a-likes.  IVs go into bad weather more than they should.  Otherwise, bad things happen when going too slow.

 

Now then,  the FAA registry yields the following (number currently registered):

 

235 - 102

320 - 216

360 - 130

Total 448  448/10 = 1 fatal accident per 44.8 planes in 5 years

 

IV  -   93

IVP- 212

Total 305  305/12 = 1 fatal accident per 25.4 planes in 5 years.

 

On the other hand, there are 1480 RV3/4 aircraft with 9 fatals in the last 5 years (2 CFITs, 2 Aerobatic Stalls, 2 Departure stalls, a wing that broke off and a few misc).  That computes to 1 fatal accident per 164.4 planes in 5 years.

 

 

 

Its ridiculous that all Lancair's are getting lumped into this Insurance mess.  I understand most of these issues started after the rash of Lancair IV/Legacy accidents.  If the 235/320/360's are having too many accidents per insured then I stand corrected. But I don't think that is the case.  Guilty by association I guess.  Can someone tell me if the accident rate on the  LNC2's was part of the cause to this mess?