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Old April 12th 07, 04:41 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Logajan
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"Maxwell" wrote:
I wonder what the latest numbers are for GA fatalities due to fuel
stavation and weather? Isn't it about 90%?


Nowhere near that. Time to get your statistics updated! According to the
following source, those two items accounted for about 18%[*] of all
fatalities:

http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/06nall.pdf

(Should be required reading for pilots, IMHO.)
[*] 82.9% * (8.3% + 13.6%) = 18.2%