I would never fly in a small plane. They’re always having crashes. I don’t get people who think they are safe. Their rate of crashes seems not to be very good to me.
My father was a pilot, his brother a flight instructor, and I learned to fly a plane before I could drive a car - (no teke-offs & landings tho). Two of my sons are pilots, one a Navy pilot, and his wife is a Marine pilot.
I feel safer in a plane than on the road where so many 30 and under are texting while driving.
Especially commercial. Trust me. Commercial pilots are almost 100% extremely careful and not risk-takers.
Yes, most crashes are human error - because humans are not perfect. When you examine total flight hours to crashes, even light planes are safe. Mechanical problems do occur, but are rare and most do not result in death.
I hate to break the news to you, but you are full of it.
Aircraft like land bound vehicles are operated by people of widely varying skill levels.
And even some of the most skilled have no fear of death and get killed doing things that even a test pilot or astronaut would never attempt.
I am not familiar with that airport but considering the temperatures, a first thought in my mind would be the gross weight, whether loaded within the envelope, density altitude, and of course the captain’s skill level and reputation for caution or lack of caution.
Some of the best I knew are dead, varying all the way from students to highly skilled airline captains....most because they were more brave than wise.
My husband flew one of those all over the world. I went to Argentina, Greece, Hawaii on one. I loved that plane.
Not so true.....
But carry on.....