Female pilot accident rates

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:14:03 -0800, "gatt"
wrote:

I haven't seen any stats on this, but it seems to me that, just
maybe, there could be a much higher rate of crashes when there
are ladies in the cockpit.

Why ever might such a thing "seem" to you?

I assume we're talking about GA here. Are there really enough military
and commercial women pilots for the stats to be meaningful?

My own guess is that men run out of gas more often, fly VFR into IMC
more often, and have buzzing accidents more often than women do,
accidents per million miles flown.

And that women by contrast have more stall/spin accidents.

And that overall women GA pilots have fewer accidents than men do.





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My own guess is that men run out of gas more often, fly VFR into IMC
more often, and have buzzing accidents more often than women do,
accidents per million miles flown.

I'd say that's a good guess.

And that women by contrast have more stall/spin accidents.

But what leads you to that premise?

vince norris

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:40:17 -0500, vincent p. norris
wrote:

And that women by contrast have more stall/spin accidents.

But what leads you to that premise?

I extrapolate from my wife. While I get into trouble by being too
aggressive, she gets into trouble by being too timid.

Or as the mother said to her son the L-4 pilot in the Philippines: "Be
careful out there, dear. Fly low and slow."


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