Safety
Nall Report: Helicopter Safety Record Mixed
Fatal accidents and fatalities increase for both commercial and non-commercial helicopter operations.

While the number of fixed-wing general aviation accidents has been improving, turbine and piston helicopter accidents have shown more mixed results, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute's 25th Joseph T. Nall report. The report showed an overall decline in general aviation fatal accidents for 2013—the most recent year where complete sources of accident data are available—but the number of helicopter fatal accidents was up by four, and the number of resulting fatalities was up significantly for both non-commercial and commercial helicopters.


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