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To: old curmudgeon

Per hour of operation light twin engine planes have a much worse accident rate than single engine planes.


12 posted on 05/06/2022 3:35:16 PM PDT by blackdog (Disinformer and Deplorable because I do my own thinking. )
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To: blackdog

Per hour of operation light twin engine planes have a much worse accident rate than single engine planes


I just explained why statements like that are worthless.

To beat it to death: What percent of its hours is the average single flown on instruments in heavy weather?

What percent at night?

My twins were flown 50% at night during winter months and almost that much during the summer months....and IFR as required.

There are thousands of singles that have never been flown on instruments or at night....therefore the safety numbers are distorted. Twins flown only in daylight and “severe VFR” would have a much better safety record than they do now, but even then we have no idea what the numbers would be unless we took the numbers we have at present and sort out all night time and weather related crashes.

Maybe you could do that.


27 posted on 05/06/2022 3:57:36 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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