Safety in numbers: Accident rates for instructional flights aboard piston-powered multi-engine airplanes for the years 2008 through 2022. While non-fatal accident rates have declined substantially over the period, the fatal rates have ranged between zero to two.
Key Takeaways:
Multiple fatal aviation accidents in May 2024 involved aircraft breaking up in flight, frequently associated with adverse weather conditions like turbulence or heavy precipitation, or reported system malfunctions.
Pilot errors, ranging from critical oversight (e.g., taking off with a flight control lock installed) to operating without proper certification, were direct causes or contributing factors in several incidents.
Other notable accidents included a regional jet's hard landing in strong gusty winds, an engine flameout requiring an off-airport landing, and several collisions with terrain under still-unknown circumstances.
At about 1800 Central time, the regional jet was substantially damaged in a hard landing. Of the three crew and 21 passengers aboard, one crew member sustained minor injuries. The aircraft was operated by Delux Public Charter as a public charter under FAR 135 as a nonscheduled passenger flight. It originated in Dallas, Texas.
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