You may recall at the start of the summer flying season FAA Administrator Michael Huerta implored general aviation pilots to fly safely in June, July and August. In an open letter to the GA community delivered just before the Memorial Day weekend, Huerta begged us, “Make sure you’re ready – really ready – to fly.”
So how did we do? Now that Labor Day has come and gone we can examine the summer accident stats to see if we fared better or worse than the norm. Although no official numbers have been released by the FAA or NTSB, it appears that, in general, we failed Huerta’s test – miserably.
