A small airplane comes apart when you fly it into a thunderstorm.

This one should not be there. I mean, larger airplane larger parts
because of a larger force being extered on them. Smaller plane smaller
parts, but looking as a whole using some other method like percentages
that doesn't account to the actual sizing of some part but its relation
to others they should follow rules.
Someone made a relation between cars and trucks which are commercial.
Well, on the same road, car's wheel should not fall off (say, pot-hole)
and truck's would stay bolted on. Also comparison is not quite the same
- cars and trucks are using the same road mostly in traffic jams in
larger metro areas. And they have no other way to go but in the same
direction. If planes fly like that in one very small route where
distance between each piston aircraft is say 200 meters which would be
similar to a 10-20 meter distance on the highways between cars - then
comparison would probably be better. Further, standards for personal
cars and trucks do not have to be so strict, since if your engine dies
or you get a flat tire, etc, you can always stop at the shoulder and
wait for help or tow truck. If airplane engine dies, you do not have
that option pretty much.

You guys here know more so I am asking, don't consider this as some
"attack". I agree its mostly in pilot, just when we look at the
personal airplane as a mode of transportation from point A to point B
with all conveniences it offers, what can I do to keep safety to max
apart from the pilot human erorr (my error). Someone mentioned piston /
turbbine engines, etc. That would be nice to look into more.



stall and spin when a pilot isn't paying attention during a buzz job.
The only way to fix it is to provide a full time nanny for each private
pilot.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.


wrote:
Many times I am reading a magazine related to flying and some aviation
related newsgroups and there are a fairly large number of people that
are dying, crashing, etc.
Even the post a bit below about OSH show, etc.

Since I would like to learn to fly I have one question:

Airplane is considered to be the most safe mode of transportation.
Looking at the airliners and their operation where they fly 24/7 all
over the world, seldom some crash happens. What is the root cause and
problem in general aviation regarding safety, crashing, etc? Shouldn't
the standards be the same and are they the same in terms of flying,
rules and equipment. Basically, I wonder, what is going on and most
importantly what to do to correct it? And why it hasn't been done yet?

Thanks