Ten Year Fatal Accident Review

The NTSB has a web site to do a search of accidents. Many accidents
are never reported, however, fatal accidents always are, so the
statistics are clear.

For the period 2001 through 2011 to this date, there were 63 fatal
accidents and 71 fatalities. In addition, there were several tow pilot
fatalities.

47 accidents (75%) were west of the Mississippi and 16 (25%) east. The
SSA membership is nearly divided by this river. This is very close to
historical numbers for the past several decades.

Twenty three states had a fatal accident.

California leads with 9 fatal accidents, while Colorado, Nevada,
Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, each had 5 fatal accidents for
the period.

Utah had 4, Arizona, and Idaho, had 3, Alabama and Hawaii had 2, while
Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Maryland, Michigan, Montana,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, and Wyoming each had one.

Next weekend, Nov 12/13, we will conduct a Glider Pilot Safety Clinic,
and CFI Revalidation Clinic, in Minden, Nevada, sponsored by Soaring
Nevada. The primary focus will be preventing glider accidents.

This is an important event, and we hope many pilots from the region
can attend. There is a fee of $150

To sign up for the Minden clinic, contact Soaring Nevada at:
or www.eglider.org or phone (775) 782 9595

Tom Knauff