Mxsmanic wrote:
Dave Doe writes:

Well... *what are they*? The fatality stats are easy. How about the
non-fatals - the sucess stories.

What about them? They are vastly outnumbered by incidents that result in
fatalities. When something is fatal most of the time, it is best avoided.

The above assertion is an invention without foundation and is contradictive
of existing statistics. In 2006, of 153 fixed wing GA accidents whose
causal chain began during the takeoff phase of flight, 16 resulted in
fatalities (~10%) [Ref 1, figure 9]. Of the 160 fixed wing GA accidents
attributed to pilot error during takeoff or climb, 31 resulted in
fatalities (~19%) [Ref 1, figure 2].

[1] 2007 Nall Report, AOPA Air Safety Foundation Publication.
http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/nall.html