Highlighting the growing frustration aviation officials face in their quest to improve general aviation safety, accident statistics released this week remained virtually unchanged from 2011 to 2012, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
There were 1,471 GA accidents in 2012 versus 1,470 in 2011, according to the latest statistics compiled by the NTSB. Fatalities, meanwhile, edged slightly lower from 448 to 432 while the accident rate per 100,000 hours fell marginally from 6.84 to 6.78.
