High enough, it would seem, that the V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza acquired the nickname "Doctor Killer"
Do doctors have a high crash rate?
The reason you so frequently hear of professionals like doctors and lawyers crashing is that they have the money to get themselves into an airplane, usually a higher performance airplane. But all the money in the world will not buy talent, experience or judgement.
"Do doctors have a high crash rate?"
It seems they do. They can afford a plane but fly it so little that most never see 30 hours a year. Their arrogance towards learning to fly shows as well. Being doctors, they think flying is such a trivial matter that they fail to pay attention to the details that will kill them.
Every filght instructor I've had has said so. The common opinion is that they have a very high opinion of their skills ("I'm a Dr. I can do anything"), but as someone else said, they don't have the time to practice to be able to safely fly what they can afford. My brother in law is a Doc and scared himself badly enough in weather to give up flying and sell his plane.
High enough, it would seem, that the V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza acquired the nickname "Doctor Killer"
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Off the top of my [Forty+ years career Aviator's] head -- and having had several medico partners through the years -- I'd venture the highest of any profesion.
Poor fellows also cannot write legibly and/or run businesses!