Stats Are Below FAA's Not-To-Exceed Goal -- Continuing Decade-Long Improvement In Safety
There's good news for the sport aviation community. Things are safer out there than expected and seem to be trending that way for the future. Safety totals for experimental amateur-built aircraft continued the decade-long improvement trend in 2020, as fatal accident totals finished below the Federal Aviation Administration not-to-exceed number for the 12 months ending September 30, 2020. Over the 12-month period from October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, which mirrors that federal government fiscal year, total fatal accidents in experimental aircraft dropped more than 15 percent from the previous year, to 44 total fatal accidents including 32 in a