What are the safety statistics for small aircraft?
Yes, general aviation is the safest it has ever been. There are many statistics out there to support this. Newspapers love to frontline airplane accidents. If there’s a plane crash (with loss of life) it will be on the front page (at least locally). You don’t see much of this anymore. Last 4th of July weekend in the state of WI there were 21 automobile deaths in one weekend! The national general aviation loss of life was 4 for the entire US. Many of us personally would feel much safer flying than driving.
