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October 10, 2018

Amateur-Built Accident Rate Drops To New Low In 2017

E-AB Pilots Involved In 2.63 Fatal Accidents Per 100,000 Flight Hours

According to the recently finalized results of the 2017 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey), pilots of experimental amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft were involved in fatal accidents at a lower rate than has ever been recorded, with 2.63 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours last year. This breaks the record set the previous year, when E-AB pilots were involved in 3.6 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours.

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