How safe is the Cessna 150?
Safety records indicate that the 150 is one of the safest small airplanes ever built. To illustrate: In the USA in 2003, 136 of the registered 18,420 Cessna 150 and 152’s in the USA were involved in accidents. This equates to an accident rate of less than 1%. In the same year, 18 of the 1,039 US registered Piper PA-38 Tomahawks were also involved in accidents. This equates to an accident rate of 6% . Let us place these figures further into perspective. During 2003, more than half of the registered Cessna 150 airplanes were flown by student pilots. By comparison, very few Tomahawks were flown for training purposes. Around two thirds of the Cessna accidents during that year were caused by pilots undergoing training or by human error, such as running out of fuel. This is impressive, to say the very least. Perhaps the secret to the superb safety record lies in the fact that the Cessna 150 is an easy to fly airplane. Perhaps it is its sturdy build or the simplicity of its engine and its unc
